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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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~ Shinuki

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[KyuKyu555]

My votes for Issue #17 of 2026:
1. Blue Box 235
2. Sakamoto Days 252
3. Akane-banashi

4. One Piece 1177
5. Ichi the Witch 75

6. Witch Watch 241
7. Shinobi Undercover 74
8. Hima-Ten! 83
9. Someone Hertz 26
10. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 18
11. Under Doctor 9
12. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85
13. Alien Headbutt 7
14. Kinato’s Magic 8
15. The Mage Next Door 19
16. Gonron Egg 20

One Piece:
As expected Zoro & Co. were very brutal towards the Reversi Giants. Didn’t expect that from Chopper. Nice solution for detaining the Gods Knights (Killingham). Nami yelling at them was funny, so was Ragnir patting Luffy on the back. Nice reenactment of that Enel scene complete with an almost unnoticeable bug eye from Loki. That Usopp moment was a nice appetiser for more moments that I expect will come. That final double page spread is awesome.

Witch Watch:
Very Infinity Castle-esque scenario happening right here. Very cool double page spread. Cool character moments near the end and a very cool final page. Overall a very good setup chapter.

Ichi:
Dang, those nurse witches have both thick thighs and muscly arms. The medical captain has an interesting name considering her profession. Madoka has some owl features from her dad while also being both ugly and cute. Mostly cute though. Desscarass’s face after the birth was also cute.

Sakamoto:
Huh, I thought her throat was completely crushed last chapter. Very horror movie like scene there with a brutal finisher too boot. A bit bummed we don’t get to see her face but overall a good fight. Awesome character moment for Shishiba.

Akane:
Kaisei referring to Akane as a little sister super cute. Some nice Akane and Hikaru interactions, so much so that I felt my yuri senses tingling. This was a really good setup chapter and it’s got me hyped.

Blue Box:
Very pretty/cute double colour page spread. When I read the title of the chapter, I immediately heard Lupa-san from Yaboyroshi saying “Is that the Blue Box?” in my head. College Chinatsu in a more mature one piece dress is definitely a Taiki killer. That box monologue got us half of a title drop. Very cool aquarium double page spread. This chapter was just really cute.

Kiyoshi:
Cool colour page. Really liked Shishido’s ‘I don’t care’ panel but I’m a bit disappointed he was offscreened. Demons have an iPhone equivalent. Another breathing callback with a very funny nervous Kiyoshi scene. I don’t know what those 3 lines on his face are but I really like the glare letters on his face like they were a tattoo while he was glaring.

Himaten:
Kinda went overboard with the disguise there. Dang Kanna dang! I liked the Yamato moving company parody. Her fully furnished place looks really cool. I really liked their talk.

Shinobi:
Still not that impressed by the Family Kekkai. I really like the buildup and the payoff to Hibari’s Boarhearted Charge. Kasasagi coming out of the box was really cool.

Hertz:
Mizuo getting carried away was funny. I thought Potato was going to be the pet of the shrimp girl. This dog is really smart to be able to phrase his woofs as questions. She was just waiting to get a reaction for that ape joke! So the chapter title was referencing the Asian Kung-Fu Generations song. Her turt “Just look at the fireworks, Mimei.” was pretty funny. The double page spread was cute as was the chapter. Oh, a home visit this late at night~!

Gonron:
Reigoku’s boobs are really boobing in that cover page. Thought Ohma was going to turn into thicc-thighed girl for a second there. So the dragon attack gets bigger and more powerful the more it absorbs a certain material. In Ohmas case it was the dead bodies of his people. Oh, she’s not dead!

Mage Next Door:
Yobuko trying to reassure him was funny. I’m disappointed, I thought it was a spell that sends your enemies magic back at them. The ancient artifact is already broken/destroyed!? And now the final boss is here!!! Oh dear, I can feel the end coming.

Hero Girl/Demon Lord:
Didn’t expect to see Yui back. I liked the wake-up proclamation page. Also didn’t expect Demon Lord to pose. Why is Hippo sweat pink? How did you lose in interesting funny?! Asuka’s ‘hmph’ was cute! I don’t think he has tickle spots anymore considering he doesn’t need to sweat. Did he just enter Subspace!? (To tickle) That thanks page was cool. This chapter was good!

Under Doctor:
Some awesome backstory and characterisation for Haiji this chapter. A year in as the Under Doctor and he uses words like “ugh”. Reina is pretty. I really like the banter between her and her dad. Reina’s “shrewd female ceo” comment was really cute. Chiwa with a hair clip definitely makes her look younger. Sleep deprived Shuli was funny to see.

Kinato:
Still a bit confused about how his magic works but I get the gist of it. Cid doesn’t look right. Nice pajamas(?) for Lamia. Also, why did her relaxing page have the masked member of their guild in it? Some good characterisation, though the sequence of events seems to be going a bit too fast for my liking. At least for this chapter.

Alien:
Double team,huh? Pretty good wrestling moves and teamwork this chapter. Cool boss design and move set. Cool setup for a power up for Tatsumi.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Thanks for your votes!

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #17 (2026) - VOTING RESULTS

1. Ichi the Witch 75 (71 J-points)
2. Nue's Exorcist 138 (46 J-points)
3. Under Doctor 9 (34 J-points)
4. Someone Hertz 26 (32 J-points)
5. Kinato's Magic 8 (30 J-points)
6. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85 (26 J-points)
7. Akane-banashi 199 (24 J-points)
8. One Piece 1177 (22 J-points)
9. Blue Box 235 (24 J-points)
10. Hima-Ten! 83 (16 J-points)
11. Sakamoto Days 252 (19 J-points)
12. Shinobi Undercover 74 (15 J-points)
13. Witch Watch 241 (14 J-points)
14. Alien Headbutt 7 (9 J-points)
15. Me & Roboco 274 (8 J-points)
16. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #18 (3 J-points)
17. The Mage Next Door 19 (2 J-points)
18. Gonron Egg 20 (3 J-points)

Notes:

-34 Users voted in the poll & 18 in the comments
-Tied placements decided by which series is older

Poll Source:

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Comment Source:

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Thehoennhippo

1. Nue's Exorcist 138
2. Someone Hertz 26
3. Ichi the Witch 75
4. Blue Box 235
5. Me & Roboco 274

Kiaida

1. Nue's Exorcist138
2. Hima-Ten! 83
3. Someone Hertz 26
4. Ichi the Witch 75
5. Sakamoto Days 252

Pietro

1. Ichi the Witch
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85
3. Shinobi Undercover 74
4. Under Doctor 9
5. Someone Hertz 26

shillin65

1. Ichi the Witch 75
2. Kinato's Magic 8
3. Someone Hertz 26
4. Blue Box 235
5. Under Doctor 9

nkempi

1. Nue’s Exorcist 138
2. Someone Hertz 26
3. Ichi the Witch 75
4. Kinato’s Magic 8
5. Hima-Ten! 83

Discomusic

1. Under Doctor 9
2. Ichi the Witch 75
3. Sakamoto Days 252
4. Nue's Exorcist 138
5. Alien Headbutt 7

WyldViolet

1. Ichi the Witch 75
2. Kinato's Magic 8
3. Nue's Exorcist 138
4. Hima-Ten! 83
5. Someone Hertz 26

Shockzz1234

1. One Piece 1177
2. Ichi the Witch 75
3. Someone Hertz 26
4. Akane-banashi 199
5. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85

ItsSamu

1. Akane-banashi 199
2. Ichi the Witch 75
3. Sakamoto Days 252
4. One Piece 1177
5. Blue Box 235

DrLazer

1. Someone Hertz 26
2. Under Doctor 9
3. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85
4. Nue's Exorcist #138
5. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #18

Xanji06

1. Ichi The Witch 75
2. Blue Box 235
3. Hima-Ten! 83
4. Under Doctor 9
5. Akane-banashi 199

Inumaru

1. Me & Roboco 274
2. Witch Watch 241
3. Ichi The Witch 75
4. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 18
5. Under Doctor 9

LogicoftheVI

1. One Piece 1177
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85
3. Kinato's Magic 8
4. Ichi the Witch 75
5. The Mage Next Door 19

icrawfish

1. Ichi the Witch 75
2. Akane-banashi 199
3. Nue’s Exorcist 138
4. Under Doctor 9
5. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85

Nuesmoker

1. Nue's Exorcist 138

NeeNeen

1. Shinobi Undercover 74
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 85
3. Witch Watch 241
4. Alien Headbutt 7
5. Ichi the Witch 75

KyuKyu555

1. Blue Box 235
2. Sakamoto Days 252
3. Akane-banashi 199
4. One Piece 1177
5. Ichi the Witch 75

Shinuki no Reborn

1. Nue's Exorcist 138
2. Kinato's Magic 8
3. Under Doctor 9

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WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #18 (2026) - POLL & COMMENT VOTING!

Yo guys & girls, the voting for issue #18 is now officially open, so don't waste time and vote fast!

Also, @KyuKyu555 if you can, please vote soon for this issue, i'm posting the results waaay to late recently and i want to change it, and while it's not really your fault for that, many times i do end up waiting longer to post because i know you're going to vote, it would be cool if you could try to sync your chapters read and votes with the actual week of release

The members that already voted:

Spoiler

Thehoennhippo

1. Ichi the Witch 76
2. Nue's Exorcist 139
3. Blue Box 236
4. Witch Watch 242
5. Someone Hertz 27

Kiaida

1. Someone Hertz 27
2. Nue's Exorcist 139
3. Hima-Ten! 84
4. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 19
5. Sakamoto Days 253

Lord Anubis

1. Kagurabachi 116
2. Ichi the Witch 76
3. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 86
4. Shinobi Undercover 75
5. Alien Headbutt 8

shillin65

1. Ichi the Witch 76
2. Kinato's Magic 9
3. Hima-Ten! 84
4. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 19
5. Blue Box 236

Hawke

1. Ichi the Witch 76
2. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits 19
3. Nue's Exorcist 139
4. Kinato's Magic 9
5. Kagurabachi 116

Discomusic

1. Witch Watch 242
2. Ichi the Witch 76
3. Under Doctor 10
4. Alien Headbutt 8
5. Kagurabachi 116

NeeNeen

1. One Piece 1178
2. Under Doctor 10
3. Kagurabachi 116
4. Akane-banashi 200
5. Shinobi Undercover 75

WyldViolet

1. Nue's Exorcist 139
2. Kagurabachi 116
3. Ichi the Witch 76
4. Under Doctor 10
5. Someone Hertz 27

Shockzz1234

1. One Piece 1178
2. Ichi the Witch 76
3. Akane-banashi 200
4. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 86
5. Someone Hertz 27

icrawfish

1. Akane-banashi 200
2. Ichi the Witch 76
3. One Piece 1178
4. Blue Box 236
5. Hima-Ten! 84

LogicoftheVI

1. One Piece 1178
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 86
3. Kinato's Magic 9
4. The Mage Next Door 20
5. Ichi the Witch 76

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

 

[DrLazer]

My ranking of issue #18 2026

1st - Nue's Exorcist #139
2nd - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #86
3rd - Hima-Ten! #84
4th - Someone Hertz #27
5th - Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #19
6th - The Mage Next Door #20
7th - Kagurabachi #116
8th - Under Doctor #10
9th - Ichi the Witch #76
10th - Shinobi Undercover #75
11th - Alien Headbutt #8
12th - Kinato's Magic #9
13th - Gonron Egg #21

First, rip Gonron, and uhh yeah I don't really have anything to say about it. That was terrible, sorry. Hope Tanizaki will return in a monthly magazine with an healthier schedule. Hope he is doing good rn.

Anyway, that was a great issue as always! I love Nue's Exorcist. Soranaki is such a GREAT character.
Kiyoshi was great asf too. This villain is fun and pretty well written. Peak.
Hima-Ten.. yeah, you did good. Don't worry. Anyway, it was a very emotional chapter imo, that was great.
Hertz was as always fun asf
HGDL is so good actually!! I hope it gets another round of 8-10 chapters and not be axed yet.
I'll miss Mage a lot.
Great flashback arc for KGB for now. Waiting to see more.
UD was pretty nice, weirdly paced but still good.
Ichi was very good, as always.
Shinobi had a great panel this week lol but yeah still nice
Alien & Kinato were good. Pretty hyped about Kinato next chapter.

Hyped for the new series Sunday!!!

 

[nkempi]

I thought the last chapter of Gonron revealing that the sister is sort of in a mirrored situation to Gonron was more interesting than anything else that happened in the series. It was at least kind of an interesting twist that she is apparently not in any danger and that the usurper king has at least ostensibly good intentions. Otr had a similar final twist, but then pulled out a new common enemy for everyone to face together. I liked how Gonron just left it up to the readers interpretation of what’s actually going on.

It was the only Gonron chapter I wouldn’t rank dead last, I enjoyed it more than Mage Next Door and Alien Headbutt this week.

Top 5 for #18
1. Nue’s Exorcist
2. Someone Hertz
3. Kagurabachi
4. Kinato’s Magic
5. Hero Girl and Demon Lord

 

[Wookitake]

SH's grasp of the #1 position on the TOC is mind-blowing. I truly don't understand the JP public.

 

[RealityChecker]

SH's grasp of the #1 position on the TOC is mind-blowing. I truly don't understand the JP public.

Why do you think so?

 

[Hawke]

the full akane opening is out!! such a cool song, very much fits the vibes of the show

 

[Inumaru]

Issue #18 votes:
1 - Ichi The Witch
2 - Witch Watch
3 - Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
4 - Someone Hertz
5 - Me & Roboco

 

[RealityChecker]

the full akane opening is out!! such a cool song, very much fits the vibes of the show

Do you think it will get a nice boost?

 

[CastletonSnob]

Made it to Chapter 785, shortly after Luffy uses Gear 4 for the first time.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

After the last discussion about spoilers and everything, i thought about the situation and since we now have 3 new series i decided to finally create our 10th rule which is about the 3 chapters spoiler rule for a new series:

"#10. Regarding rule #9 about spoilers, an exception will be made for when we have new series, in this case, spoilers will be allowed only for the first 3 chapters of a new series for the users who are interested in knowing informations and details about the new series, these spoilers will obviously be kept under tags to protect anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled, so don't worry about it."

This rule will be strictly followed by me since i'm the one getting chapters early and is able to share information about the new series, so don't worry, it will be only for the first 3 chapters and inside tags so no one gets spoiled against their will, maybe not even 3 if i see that there's no point in doing it beyond the 1st or 2nd, i hope with this we solved the discussion about spoilers

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#10. Regarding rule #9, an exception will be made for when we have new series, in this case, spoilers will be allowed only for the first 3 chapters of a new series for the users who are interested in knowing informations and details about the new series, these spoilers will obviously be kept under tags to protect anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled, so don't worry about it.
~ Shinuki

I hope everyone reads the rules and use it as a guide to behave well in the thread, thanks!

 

[CastletonSnob]

Finished the Dressrosa Arc.

On to Zou.

 

[WyldViolet]

After the last discussion about spoilers and everything, i thought about the situation and since we now have 3 new series i decided to finally create our 10th rule which is about the 3 chapters spoiler rule for a new series:

"#10. Regarding rule #9 about spoilers, an exception will be made for when we have new series, in this case, spoilers will be allowed only for the first 3 chapters of a new series for the users who are interested in knowing informations and details about the new series, these spoilers will obviously be kept under tags to protect anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled, so don't worry about it."

This rule will be strictly followed by me since i'm the one getting chapters early and is able to share information about the new series, so don't worry, it will be only for the first 3 chapters and inside tags so no one gets spoiled against their will, maybe not even 3 if i see that there's no point in doing it beyond the 1st or 2nd, i hope with this we solved the discussion about spoilers

Does this also apply to completed series or arcs from current series that happened long ago? Like, do I have to spoil "Goku is actually a giant ape under the full moon" "Goku is actually the Legendary Super Sayian" or "Luffy is Garp's grandson" or "Crocodile is Luffy's mom"? Stuff thats decades in the past, that everyone already knows?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Yeah guys, time to pack it up, JK Hero is totally ending next chapter:

Spoiler

The "great calamity" just started and ended this chapter, they did nothing, just Asuka being close to the Demon Lord is enough to prevent, so in the end they just need to keep together, there was actually a moment that it really seemed like they would kiss, pure bait kkkk

So seems like either HxH will return or we will get some one shots for a while.

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Does this also apply to completed series or arcs from current series that happened long ago? Like, do I have to spoil "Goku is actually a giant ape under the full moon" "Goku is actually the Legendary Super Sayian" or "Luffy is Garp's grandson" or "Crocodile is Luffy's mom"? Stuff thats decades in the past, that everyone already knows?

Hmm, that's more complicated but i would advise if you're talking about important plot points in details instead of just something casual, put it inside of "inline spoilers" just in case

 

[CastletonSnob]

Doflamingo mentions Devil Fruit Awakenings, which foreshadows

Spoiler

Gear 5.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Yeah guys, time to pack it up, JK Hero is totally ending next chapter:

Spoiler

The "great calamity" just started and ended this chapter, they did nothing, just Asuka being close to the Demon Lord is enough to prevent, so in the end they just need to keep together, there was actually a moment that it really seemed like they would kiss, pure bait kkkk

So seems like either HxH will return or we will get some one shots for a while.

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Hmm, that's more complicated but i would advise if you're talking about important plot points in details instead of just something casual, put it inside of "inline spoilers" just in case

Nooooooo. This is seeming to me then that unless next batch is a 2-batch, and both Kinato + Alien Headbutt flop, then we're going to see an established series get cut short here. Just because, I can't see any of the big players ending until September or so. So which will it be? Himaten or Kiyoshi? At the very least we'll be losing 3 established series later this year, so we can hope this could lead to this new batch having 3 series survive. Just really odd we're having a 4-out 3-in this round tho.

 

[WyldViolet]

Yeah guys, time to pack it up, JK Hero is totally ending next chapter:

Spoiler

The "great calamity" just started and ended this chapter, they did nothing, just Asuka being close to the Demon Lord is enough to prevent, so in the end they just need to keep together, there was actually a moment that it really seemed like they would kiss, pure bait kkkk

Damn, that's a shame. Expected tbh, but I was hoping it would squeak through. Deserves it more than Otr.
Was at least hoping we'd get more focus on the aliens.

Hmm, that's more complicated but i would advise if you're talking about important plot points in details instead of just something casual, put it inside of "inline spoilers" just in case

Eh, your rules, so it is what it is. I just think it's enabling this weird gen zalpha mentality I've seen where they're almost too obsessive about spoilers to the point where they think something as colloquial as Vader being Luke's father, or Snape killing Dumbledore should be spoiled, even in communities where the majority of said fanbase has been around for decades.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Nooooooo. This is seeming to me then that unless next batch is a 2-batch, and both Kinato + Alien Headbutt flop, then we're going to see an established series get cut short here. Just because, I can't see any of the big players ending until September or so. So which will it be? Himaten or Kiyoshi? At the very least we'll be losing 3 established series later this year, so we can hope this could lead to this new batch having 3 series survive. Just really odd we're having a 4-out 3-in this round tho.

If HxH doesn't come back JK Hero spot will just kept not filled until next round happens, so if is 2 series it will be only 1 series canceled + JK Hero spot

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Damn, that's a shame. Expected tbh, but I was hoping it would squeak through. Deserves it more than Otr.
Was at least hoping we'd get more focus on the aliens.



Eh, your rules, so it is what it is. I just think it's enabling this weird gen zalpha mentality I've seen where they're almost too obsessive about spoilers to the point where they think something as colloquial as Vader being Luke's father, or Snape killing Dumbledore should be spoiled, even in communities where the majority of said fanbase has been around for decades.

I mean that if you're going to start a whole discussion about important development from older mangas, is better to just do inside spoilers, not something like "oh do you remember when Naruto defeated Pain?"

 

[Kiaida]

Nooooooo. This is seeming to me then that unless next batch is a 2-batch, and both Kinato + Alien Headbutt flop, then we're going to see an established series get cut short here. Just because, I can't see any of the big players ending until September or so. So which will it be? Himaten or Kiyoshi? At the very least we'll be losing 3 established series later this year, so we can hope this could lead to this new batch having 3 series survive. Just really odd we're having a 4-out 3-in this round tho.

Even if JK Hero ends, if there's no 4th series, that will still be free for a second series. Even if it's HxH, it'll end in 10 chapters again and free the slot.