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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

I'm sorry, but you updating this rule then posting JK Hero spoilers literally 2 hours later is just hilarious. Improperly tagged ones too. Thanks for telling me that it's gonna end without warning, dude.

Rule #9: Don't discuss or hype chapter spoilers before Sunday release, only comment if is related to a series surviving status and do it only inside the spoiler tag.

Please, everybody knew that JK Hero was like 95% ending next week, the other 5% was just cope, this isn't even a spoiler at this point and you would be "spoiled" anyway next week with ToC leaks, I literally did that with Gonron Egg and no one complained, and i only commented about the content under spoilers, so unless you clicked on that you don't know what happened in the chapter, so everything i did was under the already estabilished rules.

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#9. Don't discuss or hype chapter spoilers before Sunday release, only comment if is related to a series surviving status and do it only inside the spoiler tag.
~ Shinuki

 

[Stivie]

Horror comedy series hardly pan too much on the horror side. The horror aspects are only the fact that the protagonist is dealing with ghosts and stuff. I'm not saying there won't be moments of serious horror, but I doubt it will be that much.

Please guys anything quoting what i put in my summary, discuss inside spoilers



The horror so far is more related to the theme and the supernatural curses, it's mainly a comdy so it was never going to be scary or anything but is also just the first chapter introducing everything

Please don't try to defend the lack of horror, because that's already a flaw.

If the series is classified as horror and comedy, it's essential that both elements are present, not just one.

If the first episode only had horror without comedy, the mistake would still be there. There has to be a balance between the two; if that wasn't present in the first episode, it started off on the wrong foot.

 

[cameronney618]

So there's already a problem, after all, the series promised comedy and horror, and only delivered comedy? What about the horror?

it's horror themed, bro.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Bruh, Horikoshi wishing Happy New Year in freaking April! "It's a bit late"

 

[cameronney618]

Please don't try to defend the lack of horror, because that's already a flaw.

If the series is classified as horror and comedy, it's essential that both elements are present, not just one.

I don't think most readers would make this mistake you did. They see horror comedy and would immediately assumed it's horror themed comedy.
Not 2 different elements that completely negate each other.

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Please, everybody knew that JK Hero was like 95% ending next week, the other 5% was just cope, this isn't even a spoiler at this point and you would be "spoiled" anyway next week with ToC leaks,

That's a WILD assumption you're making up.

 

[Stivie]

I don't think most readers would make this mistake you did. They see horror comedy and would immediately assumed it's horror themed comedy.
Not 2 different elements that completely negate each other.

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That's a WILD assumption you're making up.

Horror comedies also need to have horror in the story, otherwise they're a lie.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Not to be a grammar nerd but isn't "horror" being used as an adjective to describe comedy? If it was "horror x comedy" then I would expect it to be equal amounts of both

The same way if it was an action comedy, I'd expect some action but not it to be anywhere near as present as the comedy. Moreover, if it was more horror, it would be a comedic horror with "comedy" describing the horror

All that to say, it just seems like the horror elements are the flavor/background to the comedy which is what Nakamura seems known for anyhow

 

[Bulju]

Rule #9: Don't discuss or hype chapter spoilers before Sunday release, only comment if is related to a series surviving status and do it only inside the spoiler tag.

Please, everybody knew that JK Hero was like 95% ending next week, the other 5% was just cope, this isn't even a spoiler at this point and you would be "spoiled" anyway next week with ToC leaks, I literally did that with Gonron Egg and no one complained, and i only commented about the content under spoilers, so unless you clicked on that you don't know what happened in the chapter, so everything i did was under the already estabilished rules.

Even if you somehow KNEW that JK Hero was ending (if it isn't, you just posted random chapter spoilers for no reason), was the Mage Next Door spoilers you also posted also related to its surviving status? No, of course it wasn't, you made a rule that specifically only applies to you and still couldn't even go a single day without breaking it. What a joke.

 

[RealityChecker]

Horror comedies also need to have horror in the story, otherwise they're a lie.

And the horror element is ghosts and supernatural curses.

 

[Stivie]

And the horror element is ghosts and supernatural curses.

Temaku cinema, even though it's not a good example, had ghosts in the story and wasn't classified as horror.

It's no use having ghosts and supernatural curses if you don't have jump scares in the story, so it's a flaw not to have that in a story that promises horror and comedy.

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Not to be a grammar nerd but isn't "horror" being used as an adjective to describe comedy? If it was "horror x comedy" then I would expect it to be equal amounts of both

The same way if it was an action comedy, I'd expect some action but not it to be anywhere near as present as the comedy. Moreover, if it was more horror, it would be a comedic horror with "comedy" describing the horror

All that to say, it just seems like the horror elements are the flavor/background to the comedy which is what Nakamura seems known for anyhow

Agravity Boys had the Syfy element from the very first episode, even though it was entirely comedy. But this one is much more complicated; in horror, you need to have jump scares.

 

[RealityChecker]

Temaku cinema, even though it's not a good example, had ghosts in the story and wasn't classified as horror.

It's no use having ghosts and supernatural curses if you don't have jump scares in the story, so it's a flaw not to have that in a story that promises horror and comedy.

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Agravity Boys had the Syfy element from the very first episode, even though it was entirely comedy. But this one is much more complicated; in horror, you need to have jump scares.

Mieruko-chan is a horror comedy manga that I read and I rarely have jump scare or stuff. The horror aspects are the supernatural stuff. Even though Tenmaku had a ghost, it was not horror simply because it had no other otherworldly aspects to it. From what I am feeling from this new manga, it may be heavily inspired on Akuma-kun, which was a horror manga, but it has many chibi stuff that you don't even feel the horror.

 

[Stivie]

Mieruko-chan is a horror comedy manga that I read and I rarely have jump scare or stuff. The horror aspects are the supernatural stuff. Even though Tenmaku had a ghost, it was not horror simply because it had no other otherworldly aspects to it. From what I am feeling from this new manga, it may be heavily inspired on Akuma-kun, which was a horror manga, but it has many chibi stuff that you don't even feel the horror.

That's it, I haven't seen the chapter, I'm just going by Shinuke's description. Maybe tomorrow, after seeing the chapter, I'll have a better understanding, but this description doesn't help.

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But what guarantees that another person won't be scared reading Mieruko-chan?

You might not be scared, but someone else might be.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

That's a WILD assumption you're making up.

Even if you somehow KNEW that JK Hero was ending (if it isn't, you just posted random chapter spoilers for no reason), was the Mage Next Door spoilers you also posted also related to its surviving status? No, of course it wasn't, you made a rule that specifically only applies to you and still couldn't even go a single day without breaking it. What a joke.

Are you guys for real? Are we really trying to act like JK Hero ending next week wasn't something more than obvious for everybody outside just a bit of cope due to the mom being introduced out of nowhere? I feel like i'm being gaslighted here lmao!

My post about JK Hero fits perfectly well in the original rule, fact, there's nothing to discuss about it and my comment about The Mage Next Door also fits with the rule 9, fact, there's nothing else to discuss about it too, no rule was broke with my posts, it would be the case if i told anything about the other series going on, which i didn't, so that's it.

 

[Shockzz1234]

Are you guys for real? Are we really trying to act like JK Hero ending next week wasn't something more than obvious for everybody outside just a bit of cope due to the mom being introduced out of nowhere? I feel like i'm being gaslighted here lmao!

My post about JK Hero fits perfectly well in the original rule, fact, there's nothing to discuss about it and my comment about The Mage Next Door also fits with the rule 9, fact, there's nothing else to discuss about it too, no rule was broke with my posts, it would be the case if i told anything about the other series going on, which i didn't, so that's it.

I do kinda understand them tbf. Even if they know Hero was ending sometime soon, sometimes people don't like to know EXACTLY when it's ending + they'd like to see it ending in real time as they read it live, rather than knowing in advance. "Spoiler" just means it spoils someone's experience of something, so in a way, saying it's for sure ending next issue is a bit of a "spoiler". Even if it's just them coping that it'll go more than one week more, they still have their experience ruined a bit. I don't personally mind it too much, but I get where they're coming from.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I do kinda understand them tbf. Even if they know Hero was ending sometime soon, sometimes people don't like to know EXACTLY when it's ending + they'd like to see it ending in real time as they read it live, rather than knowing in advance. "Spoiler" just means it spoils someone's experience of something, so in a way, saying it's for sure ending next issue is a bit of a "spoiler". Even if it's just them coping that it'll go more than one week more, they still have their experience ruined a bit. I don't personally mind it too much, but I get where they're coming from.

I understand but we would get "spoiled" about JK Hero ending in the ToC leaks next week anyway, there's no escaping, this thread is for discussing and posting information related to the magazine and its series, informing that X manga is getting axed next week is part of it and has been since forever in this Forum.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

 

[Neala897]

Full PV version is so much better.

 

[PikRuto 0_0]

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WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP THREAD RULES​

#1. No fights or personal insults.
#2. No bait or troll comments with the intention of being annoying or starting serious heated discussions, if i notice it's a continuous behavior, i will warn the user or delete the comment.
#3. No toxic attitude towards series, no one is obligated to enjoy any series and it's totally fine to criticize what you don't like, just avoid posting gratuitous hateful or toxic comments about X or Y series, if i notice this behavior, comments will be deleted.
#4. Don't bring politics or off-topic stuff to the thread, this is about Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and mangas, so keep any conversation about topics that aren't related about anime & manga outside the thread.
#5. Don't post news about series from other magazine or publishers in the WSJ thread, post in the series own thread, but it's fine if you're mentioning other series or magazine to express a opinion or reflection about Shonen Jump.
#6. Any tweet, specially japanese, about news, update or some interesting thing about the magazine or series has to come with a text of what that tweet means and also be on topic, if not it's going to be either deleted or i will edit the post.
#7. Refrain from self advertising or advertising Youtubers videos in the comments.
#8. Constant fanart posts just for the sake of praising a favorite series is prohibited, this rule doesn't apply for official art by Jump artists posted on social media, they're fine to post.
#9. Don't discuss or hype chapter spoilers before Sunday release, only comment if is related to a series surviving status and do it only inside the spoiler tag.
#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!

Kinato's Magic pages?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Opinions about Akane-banashi 1st episode? I'm not going to start the Spring Season yet but feel free to give your impressions

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Kinato's Magic pages?

I can't post pages even if full spoilers were allowed in the thread

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 4, 2026 ---

lol The bookstore helping the young boys to buy Nue's Exorcist Vol 14

Spoiler

 

[WyldViolet]

Horror comedies also need to have horror in the story, otherwise they're a lie.

No, you're a lie!

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 4, 2026, Original Post Date: Apr 4, 2026 ---

in horror, you need to have jump scares.

Excuse me? That's insane. Horror is moreso about atmosphere. Jump scares are just a tool horror can utilize.
This argument is so dumb and just splitting hairs.

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I understand but we would get "spoiled" about JK Hero ending in the ToC leaks next week anyway, there's no escaping, this thread is for discussing and posting information related to the magazine and its series, informing that X manga is getting axed next week is part of it and has been since forever in this Forum.

The JK Hero stuff I'm mostly on your side with. It'd be silly to not list series that are ending. Just like it would be dumb to consider a series starting as a spoiler.
I just think people found it a bit ironic given how hardline the rule seems to be. Especially after you told me that even stuff like Crocodile being Luffy's mom needs to be spoiled. You specifically said that in reference to me asking about if even the most obvious stuff, or plot twists in old series that have been known for decades needs to be spoiled.
You literally wrote out details from the chapter which goes a bit further than just listing that it ended. It doesn't really matter how obvious the HGxDL ending contents were, they still would technically push the line of your new rule.

But like, this isn't a casual audience forum. This is a niche forum for a niche subject. We're mostly all adults here who have been reading manga for decades. I feel limiting the breadth of our discussions to be contradictory to the entire nature of this thread.