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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #50 (2026)
00. Akane-banashi (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
01. Sakamoto Days
02. One Piece
00. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
03. Someone Hertz
04. Ichi the Witch
05. Roku's House of Oddities
00. Shishikabane (One Shot by Maki Gyujirou, Color Page, Golden Future Cup #7)
06. Shinobi Undercover
07. The Ura Files
08. Witch Watch
09. Graykeith: Translator Daemonica
00. Me & Roboco (Color Page)
10. Nue's Exorcist
11. Under Doctor
12. Animal Signal
13. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
14. Hal Formula
15. Kagurabachi
16. Cannon Master

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #51 (2026) - Information!
Jean is in Danger! (New Series by Nakama Ryo, Cover & Lead Color Pages)
Witch Watch (Color Page, End)
Graykeith: Translator Daemonica (Color Page)
Shinobi Undercover (Color Page)

 

[WyldViolet]

Because chapters take like 3-5 minutes to read. Even when stretched out into anime, an individual episode is like 11 minutes when you cut out intros, outros, recaps, and previews.

It’s an extremely long series, but you can blast through it pretty quickly doing like an hour a day.

Yooo, I haven't seen you in forever man! Neat that several of us old-timers are coming back to the thread. If only 101nemesis and Giathuan would come back.

 

[RealityChecker]

If you want comedy, have it; but if you also promised horror, deliver horror too.

Is it so hard for you to understand something so simple?

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It doesn't have to be all jump scares; creating situations that put the MC's life in danger also helps.

I'm not preventing comedy, but horror was promised as well. I'm just asking that the horror be delivered too.

What is the ideal ratio? 25% comedy to 75% horror? How many jumpscares should one chapter have in contrast to jokes? If only one jumpscare happens on the whole series, does it count?

 

[WyldViolet]

What is the ideal ratio? 25% comedy to 75% horror? How many jumpscares should one chapter have in contrast to jokes? If only one jumpscare happens on the whole series, does it count?

Again, jump scares are not the point of horror. It is just a tool that the genre utilizes.

 

[Stivie]

What is the ideal ratio? 25% comedy to 75% horror? How many jumpscares should one chapter have in contrast to jokes? If only one jumpscare happens on the whole series, does it count?

50% of each.

I'm not asking for a 100% horror series.

However, if the manga is marketed as a horror comedy, then present the horror elements better.

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Again, jump scares are not the point of horror. It is just a tool that the genre utilizes.

Horror is also a genre.

 

[RealityChecker]

50% of each.

I'm not asking for a 100% horror series.

However, if the manga is marketed as a horror comedy, then present the horror elements better.

How many pages per chapter should it focus on each? How many jumpscares per chapter?

 

[WyldViolet]

Horror is also a genre.

Yes Stivie. You are correct. Horror is indeed a genre.

 

[echo]

I see complaining about a new manga before the first chapter is even out will never end here lol

 

[Phantom RPG]

Man I think if stivie is complaining about a series that is not even out yet and its JUST the first chapter of a brand new series just because it focused a bit on the comedy, which is something nakamura seems to like, I wonder if he would say the exact same thing for something that is already out and its horror related like say the day hikaru died.

I say give it time, like any other series. Not that hard to do. It might surprise or it might not that is what is so fun about new series. No need to be a killjoy.

Its like treating someone to a new experience but the fellow already judged it for one thing and one thing only regardless of the say of the one who does have experience.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

I see complaining about a new manga before the first chapter is even out will never end here lol

Truly transcendent is to complain about a manga that hasn't even been announced yet.

*Ahem*

"Honestly, I'm not too impressed with Naoshi Komi's new manga. The male lead just seems really unlikable and it's just feels like it's going to be super slow paced. No idea how Jump approved this in the future smh"

 

[WyldViolet]

At least Rain Spectre is gone. He'd probably come up with an entire first chapter in his head and start critiquing it as if it was the actual chapter just to have something to post and show off how smart he thought he was (he wasnt).
Ngl tho, for a long time I thought Stivie was a Rain alt.

 

[NeeNeen]

Since we're complaining about series that aren't out yet, I just read the one-shot of Summer and Fireflies.

It's quite good, but the premise is VERY reminiscent of Kuroko's Basketball. Do you think they're going to change that, or will we just be getting Kuroko 2.0: This Time There's a Girl?

 

[Thehoennhippo]

At least Rain Spectre is gone. He'd probably come up with an entire first chapter in his head and start critiquing it as if it was the actual chapter just to have something to post and show off how smart he thought he was (he wasnt).
Ngl tho, for a long time I thought Stivie was a Rain alt.

I definitely still have a bit of nostalgia for Rain because we joined at about the same time and iirc were about the same age. Wonder what he'd think of the current lineup lol.

 

[JBC008]

I see complaining about a new manga before the first chapter is even out will never end here lol

I’m not complaining, I’m actually pretty excited actually.

 

[CastletonSnob]

What if Blackbeard becomes King of the Pirates first and Luffy has to fight him to dethrone him?

 

[WyldViolet]

I definitely still have a bit of nostalgia for Rain because we joined at about the same time and iirc were about the same age. Wonder what he'd think of the current lineup lol.

Yeah, but you were cool from the start. He was always insufferable.
I only have nostalgia for the times when Buranchi would let everyone in the thread just dogpile him lol.
I miss the thread under his reign (sorry Shinuki, you're great too).

 

[NeeNeen]

Btw, does anyone know where to find the Phantom Seer one-shot? I know there is one, but I've never seen it.

 

[WyldViolet]

Btw, does anyone know where to find the Phantom Seer one-shot? I know there is one, but I've never seen it.

Read Phantom Seer - Chapter 0: Oneshot | MangaBuddy

 

[Phantom RPG]

I have recently started looking at Tabletop rpg mostly to divert attention away from playing video games, as am currently building a small anthology of chronicles about cooking, and I had a sudden thought after looking in up one dubbed The Wildsea and Mystic Bastionland. Has there been a truly outlandish series that no one thought anyone would ever make within Weekly Shōnen Jump? For me I remember the premise of Candy Flurry and thought the overall setting was truly interesting to play around with, sucks that it had bad story full of cliches.

 

[WyldViolet]

I have recently started looking at Tabletop rpg mostly to divert attention away from playing video games, as am currently building a small anthology of chronicles about cooking, and I had a sudden thought after looking in up one dubbed The Wildsea and Mystic Bastionland. Has there been a truly outlandish series that no one thought anyone would ever make within Weekly Shōnen Jump? For me I remember the premise of Candy Flurry and thought the overall setting was truly interesting to play around with, sucks that it had bad story full of cliches.

Chainsaw Man, To Love Ru, & Death Note,

 

[JBC008]

I have recently started looking at Tabletop rpg mostly to divert attention away from playing video games, as am currently building a small anthology of chronicles about cooking, and I had a sudden thought after looking in up one dubbed The Wildsea and Mystic Bastionland. Has there been a truly outlandish series that no one thought anyone would ever make within Weekly Shōnen Jump? For me I remember the premise of Candy Flurry and thought the overall setting was truly interesting to play around with, sucks that it had bad story full of cliches.

Well, I know a series you can follow on YouTube that has been tracking the history of Jump as well as following what “Axed” Jump series there were. I want to be careful that I don’t break the rules here, but I know that this particular person as well as what they track is amazing and articulate. But if there are some series that fit in the weird, but outlandish concepts, I have a list for those axed series (that are translated in English [hopefully in Portuguese as well for you too Phantom RPG]) that are worth checking out. Stuff like Metallica Metalluca, Build King, Lock On!, and so on and so forth.

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But one series I was surprised that was published and lasted a little over a year was a 1992 series called “****** Kamen.” And in case that it will get taken down, I’m not saying it as a joke, this was a series that actually existed and was able to make an impact as it got a live action movie, which surprised me.