Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump (2026) - News and Discussion!

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[defensor_de_boruto]

I think Alien Headbutt is growing on me a lot, this chapter was awesome. And this is probably bc shirokiba is such a charismatic MC, he remembers me a lot of Sakuragi from Slam Dunk

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Having someone whose life you saved trying you assassinate you would throw anyone off.

I'm feeling MONSTER vibes with this lol

 

[RealityChecker]

I think Alien Headbutt is growing on me a lot, this chapter was awesome.

I fear it is on the track of being cancelled.

 

[NeeNeen]

My impressions about Elrock, would love to see you guys checking it and commenting too since it's pretty cool:

Elrock's Notebook by Iwakami Sango: This was really not what i expected from the preview image and premise, i thought it would be more like a criminal mystery story but i guess i should have paid more attention about the "sci-fi" part of the premise because literally the first page of the one shot is a octopus alien girl (the one from the color cover) in a octopus planet writing in a notebook, so yeah, right from the first page you're already like "wth?" lol

Being honest i don't know what is going in a good part of the one shot, it's visually confusing if you don't know exactly what's going on with the dialogues and etc, but what i did get by translating a bit of it is that you have this investigator that is investigating certain crime, and going over the details he simply meets this alien octopus woman that saves a girl from being hit by truck-kun, she went to earth and has this notebook, so basically the one shot seems to be about the investigator and the alien girl solving this crime from the first pages but of course since it's a alien girl that has some powers things don't go realistic, it gets pretty trippy visually in the climax of the one shot when the alien girl uses the notebook, the end seems like the alien girl and the investigator forming a duo?

Anyway, visually it's a very interesting one shot but i have to address the elephant in the room, with his former one shot published on Jump GIGA i mentioned how you could feel the Chainsaw Man influence, but here, Jesus Christ, the Iwakami Sango isn't even trying to hide the influence, quite the opposite, he is shoving on everybody's face that he is influenced by Fujimoto lol from the art & character designs to the story itself, if you change his name, put Tatsuki Fujimoto and told it was a old one shot people wold not doubt it, but don't get me wrong, it's not necessarily a criticism since i enjoyed it and think it looks good and is just a one shot but i do hope he doesn't reduce himself to just a Fujimoto copycat because he has potential, he already improved noticeably with his art despite just having published a one shot on GIGA very recently and he seems to have the passion to try different things, he obviously still needs quite the work to refine his art for a serialization but in general his art is quite good already, there are some impressive and impactful panels and spread pages in the one shot, so i hope he keeps refining his art & writing and not imitate Fujimoto so much because he is for sure a author to keep a eye in the future

I agree that it looks and feels very Chainsaw Man. Unfortunately I do not like Chainsaw Man, so this would normally be an instant skip for me.

Hearing that it's about solving mysteries got me a little interested, but the story would have to be pretty good to overrule my first impression.

I fear it is on the track of being cancelled.

Yeah, it probably won't be long for this world. It's a typical first attempt, where you can feel the mangaka is still learning.

I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts though. Let's hope this author has an "in case of axe" ending prepared so we get at least some explanation even if it's cut short.

 

[Baes]

Alien Headbutt is a very classic "enjoy it while it lasts"

So cool

 

[CastletonSnob]

On Chapter 736 of One Piece.

Only Oda could make a grown man dressed like a baby be cool.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I'm not a fan of Fujimoto for the most part, particularly their art style so I'm also in the same boat it'd have to be pretty well done to not be an instant skip for me

 

[Phantom RPG]

So from the looks of it it seems like Rin Matsui is making some kind of comeback, he is looking for assistants for a new work of his. Now whether its in the magazine or not its up in the air.

 

[Kiaida]

Makibao x Uma Musume. Neat collab!

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

So from the looks of it it seems like Rin Matsui is making some kind of comeback, he is looking for assistants for a new work of his. Now whether its in the magazine or not its up in the air.

best of luck to him, i enjoyed Dear Anemone

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WHAT? That's gotta be april fools

 

[Dippy Fresh]

best of luck to him, i enjoyed Dear Anemone

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WHAT? That's gotta be april fools

It's almost certainly an April Fools joke. There are series that were more successful and lasted longer than MMYY. Magu-chan, P6, Hard Boiled Cop, Phantom Seer, etc.

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So from the looks of it it seems like Rin Matsui is making some kind of comeback, he is looking for assistants for a new work of his. Now whether its in the magazine or not its up in the air.

I vaguely checked his Twitter and didn't see anything about looking for editors. Do you mind sharing where you saw?

 

[icrawfish]

Hima-Ten! (Genki Ono)

I couldn’t put it aside and draw this week. I was crying so much that I couldn’t eat.

Is this him reacting to his own chapter or did some absolute tragedy strike Ono these past few weeks? I can see how the feelings come through in his characters either way, though.

 

[JBC008]

I vaguely checked his Twitter and didn't see anything about looking for editors. Do you mind sharing where you saw?

I saw it too, it was Reddit.

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[shillin65]

Chojo announcement was in fact a joke
A very true to character tokusatsu parody

 

[Shockzz1234]

Issue 18 Rankings:

Tier 1 (Great):

1 - One Piece (Luffy and Loki are a great duo....I know it's farfetched but hope Loki still joins the crew lol. Anyway, I don't think this arc is done tbh, there's still the whole entire top layer of Elbaph to explore, a whole 1/3rd of the Island. My guess is Imu is gonna rock up on the island and he and Luffy will fight in that third layer - a battle of Gods up in the heavenly upper layer...sounds good to me!)
2 - Ichi the Witch (Nice breather chapter, really enjoyed seeing different part of the Mantinel and Ichi seeking out Dess because she's upset is cute. Also Moneygold and her butler getting caught having a moment was hilarious)
3 - Akanebanashi (Zensho is such a prick lmao, but Akane putting him in his place was very cathartic)
4 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Oh my god, Bobo being a huge Kiyoshi fanboy is so funny, that's 2/3 that were obsessed with him in some way...wonder how the final Demon Lord will be obsessed with him lol)
5 - Someone Hertz (No room, awww, but still cute. Dude, she has a pic of you and her together in her important memories book...get the hint!)

Tier 2 (Good):

- Kagurabachi (we were reading Kagurabachi: Next Generation all along!)
- Shinobi Undercover (looks like the son is the main threat after all!)
- Blue Box (This truly was.....our Blue Box)
- Alien Headbutt (This truly was....our Alien Headbutt. Seriously, it's funny we got two title drops this week lmao. I quite like the tactics on display for the fights in this series so far tbh!)
- Sakamoto Days (Shishiba's fights are constantly among the best in this series)
- Under Doctor (might be WAY too early to be making this claim, but Haiji and this new character Maximillion Pegasus or uhh Maxell, reminds me of Vash and Wolfwood for some reason lol.)
- Witch Watch (Let's gooooo, these final fights are gonna be great)

Tier 2.5:

Kinato's Magic - (I'm gonna put this here because on one hand there were some really good moments this chapter - especially Lamia apologising to Kinato and Kinato and Zeo forming a rivalry officially, but at the same time the two villains of the arc seem to have been dealt with already in very anticlimactic circumstances and it feels SUPER abrupt (like the author cancelled the story half way through), and the big "emotional" payoff didn't really work for me, it feels a bit unearned, I haven't really known the two characters centre to it for nearly long enough to care a lot about that moment, like I didn't even know the little kid (Elsie?) was trying to do stuff with flowers or the reasoning behind it at all till right before the "big moment", even though visually it looked nice. If I had to compare it, it's a bit like the end of Drum Kingdom and the Cherry Blossoms moment in One Piece, but like way worse with not nearly as much investment. Overall, a solid chapter and better than the ones below but not quite as good as the ones above this week imo. Looking forward to the meeting that it hyped up in the last page though, meetings of important people usually = lore and worldbuilding, and I love me some lore and worldbuilding lol)

Tier 3 (Ok):

- Hima Ten (this seems like it's approaching the end tbh, all of Iemori and the girl's feeling etc are being cleared and aired out. Screams endgame stuff to me, doesn't mean it'll end SOON necessarily, but you can see the end in sight imo)
- Me and Roboco
- Nue's Exorcist (Gekka is pretty cool tbh)
- Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits (this weirdly doesn't feel like it's about to be axed?)
- The Mage Next Door

Tier 4 (Bad):

- Gonron Egg (yeah uhhhhh......what a ride)

Speaking of Gonron - it was horrible yes. But I always subscribe to the thought that I'd rather something be terrible rather than bland/mid (obviously you'd prefer it to be good above all else though lmao). Because then at least I'll remember it. I want to feel SOMETHING when consuming a piece of media, not just nothing and then never remembering it again. So whilst quality wise, Gonron was among the worst I've ever read, I think that there's still been some stuff in WSJ that has actually been "worse" imo. Some stuff I don't even remember and never will remember lol.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Makibao x Uma Musume. Neat collab!

Really cool, and the 30th anniversary is for the original anime not the series itself, it's actually surprising how they never gave the series another anime considering its popularity and that it has 2 long running sequels after the original, would be pretty cool if it gets a remake or something.

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I saw it too, it was Reddit.

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Hmm, shounen manga so it's either WSJ or J+, more inclined to be on WSJ but it's probably going to take a while to know anything else about this supposed new work, i kinda wish he would try a anthropomorphic series like Beastars, i remember the anthropomorphic rabbits part of Dear Anemone being the best part of the series so he has potential there.

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best of luck to him, i enjoyed Dear Anemone

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WHAT? That's gotta be april fools

lol weakest April 1st joke possible

 

[Lord Anubis]

I just realized that tomorrow's probably gonna be the worst possible day for leaks...

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I just realized that tomorrow's probably gonna be the worst possible day for leaks...

Leaks will actually happen on April 2 after midnight by either Ryo or me, so any "leak" that appears earlier than that is simply fake unless i get the ToC and preview earlier than normal which can happen but it will likely not be the case

 

[Lord Anubis]

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Finally Gonrong has ended.
It was one of the most embarrassing series serialized. I can remember only a few series worse like that

i can name a few of the recent series that were as bad or worst.
Start of Beethoven, Ping Pong Peril, Nice Prison, and Ekiden Bros.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I'm aware I could simply be lacking knowledge: Has there/when was the last time an author noted they were returning to WSJ with an editor search?

I've heard it multiple times on Jump+ which has me leaning more towards Matsui moving there and, while I think their artistry could do well on Jump, I think if their tone as an author is anywhere similar to Dead Anenome, they have a better chance on Jump+