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

Your Favorite Chapters of Issue #46 of 2026 (5 Choices At Most)

  • One Piece 1195

  • Me & Roboco 300

  • Sakamoto Days 278

  • Witch Watch 265

  • Akane-banashi 225

  • Nue's Exorcist 165

  • Kagurabachi 134

  • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 111

  • Ichi the Witch 101

  • Shinobi Undercover 100

  • Someone Hertz 52

  • Under Doctor 35

  • Roku's House of Oddities 25

  • Class 2B Hero Destroyerz 23

  • Animal Signal 17

  • Hal Formula 16

  • Cannon Master 15

  • The Ura Files 6

  • Graykeith: Translation Daemonica 5


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Issue #19:
1. One Piece #1179
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #87
3. Under Doctor #11
4. Ichi the Witch #77
5. Kinato's Magic #10
6. Kagurabachi #117
7. Alien Headbutt #9
8. Shinobi Undercover #76
9. Someone Hertz #28
10. The Hero Girl and The Demon Lord #20
11. Roku's House of Oddities #1
12. The Mage Next Door #21

Roku's House of Oddities - imo opinion this was much worse than Agravity boys dirst chapter (which i actually enjoyed). Comedic moments feel forced and just fall flat. I'm seeing that from a lot of the newer series (Hero Girl and Someone Hertz), maybe it works for jumps target demographic but it doesn't work for me.

Under Doctor - This was far and always the best chapter and a really enjoyable one at that. I hope the subsequent chapters can keep rising this moment. If they do it will certainly become one I look forward to weekly.
 

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Roku's House Of Oddities? Should've been a harem manga. The setup was perfect for it. Trying for gag comedy in the same batch as Sorachi is career suicide. Rosario Vampire and Yuuna and the Hot Springs have shown that men would stop at nothing to lust at otherworldly creatures, especially ones that live with them. Let it be known in 18 weeks when it gets axed that I definitely called it.

The content? It's okay. I found it funny enough, and I like the characters. Art's fantastic. 2026 stole all the good artists from 2025. It's decent and I don't hate it. I just simply won't gamble on it because of the external factors surrounding its publication. Now's a REALLY bad time to do comedy.
 

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Roku's House Of Oddities? Should've been a harem manga. The setup was perfect for it. Trying for gag comedy in the same batch as Sorachi is career suicide. Rosario Vampire and Yuuna and the Hot Springs have shown that men would stop at nothing to lust at otherworldly creatures, especially ones that live with them. Let it be known in 18 weeks when it gets axed that I definitely called it.

The content? It's okay. I found it funny enough, and I like the characters. Art's fantastic. 2026 stole all the good artists from 2025. It's decent and I don't hate it. I just simply won't gamble on it because of the external factors surrounding its publication. Now's a REALLY bad time to do comedy.
I would disagree on the last paragraph. Since we will see 2 comedy series concluding this year, comedy and the sports genres need to be filled to have those staples present. So there really isn’t a need to fill the battle or romance genres as they are fine or have representation.
 

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I would disagree on the last paragraph. Since we will see 2 comedy series concluding this year, comedy and the sports genres need to be filled to have those staples present. So there really isn’t a need to fill the battle or romance genres as they are fine or have representation.
You're racing against Sorachi though. Even in the scenario that he writes a complete dud, his failure point is much higher than your success point.
 

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You're racing against Sorachi though. Even in the scenario that he writes a complete dud, his failure point is much higher than your success point.

I don't wanna jinx things but I do not think it's possible for Sorachi to fail. He's too big comments (and inevitable Kishimoto was too comments aside) don't matter because it's already really highly anticipated. His fanbase is passionate and even those of us who didn't get into Gintama know he's legit, like I truly don't think he can write something bad but also the hype around a perceived level of quality and long awaited return is going to guarantee him a full round no matter what.

And let's be honest, no one's competing with him any batch of releases for a while. It's just perfect conditions for Sorachi to come and take over and once Shinohara is out, that slot is his for however the fuck long he wants. I'm going to be enjoying seeing the two back in the magazine together.
 

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I don't wanna jinx things but I do not think it's possible for Sorachi to fail. He's too big comments (and inevitable Kishimoto was too comments aside) don't matter because it's already really highly anticipated. His fanbase is passionate and even those of us who didn't get into Gintama know he's legit, like I truly don't think he can write something bad but also the hype around a perceived level of quality and long awaited return is going to guarantee him a full round no matter what.

And let's be honest, no one's competing with him any batch of releases for a while. It's just perfect conditions for Sorachi to come and take over and once Shinohara is out, that slot is his for however the fuck long he wants. I'm going to be enjoying seeing the two back in the magazine together.
Exactly, so let’s see how this goes.
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I don't wanna jinx things but I do not think it's possible for Sorachi to fail. He's too big comments (and inevitable Kishimoto was too comments aside) don't matter because it's already really highly anticipated. His fanbase is passionate and even those of us who didn't get into Gintama know he's legit, like I truly don't think he can write something bad but also the hype around a perceived level of quality and long awaited return is going to guarantee him a full round no matter what.

And let's be honest, no one's competing with him any batch of releases for a while. It's just perfect conditions for Sorachi to come and take over and once Shinohara is out, that slot is his for however the fuck long he wants. I'm going to be enjoying seeing the two back in the magazine together.
I don't have much arguments, but Kishimoto came back and flopped. So it's not like things are set in stone. While I fully believe Sorachi would most likely hit it out of the park, the possibility of him flopping is non-zero. I'm just naming the best possible scenario for any comedy manga starting while he returns: Sorachi flops.

But a failure point for Sorachi would be like selling 20k volumes, which is high considering current standards. For Roku to be considered a success, it'd have to sell 10-15k volumes. Of course, there are surveys and placements, but we won't really know what's going on there other than our rough estimates.
 

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Yeah, if Kishimoto, Watsuki, Kurumada, Tamura, Shimabukuro, Okano, Takei, Fujisaki, Shiibashi + more can get cancelled after such huge hits, Sorachi can't be guaranteed safe either.
I'm excited, but always apprehensive to have firm faith in a new series no matter who it's from.
 

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Not saying he's going to fail but I absolutely see a future where Sorachi gets axed despite selling more than like Under Doctor Volume 1, but the TOC is bad so they axe the series.

Cause usually every year we need the next example of "Jump doesn't know what they're doing" from Western audiences who only look at sales numbers
 

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Even in regards to sales, there's a higher expectation for established authors because they have an existing fanbase to draw from. A newbie selling 10k per volume is pretty good as they're still building a fanbase and have lots of room to grow, a veteran returning from a 500k series to get just 10k is underwhelming (especially if their sales peak in v1 which many do).
 

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With how text heavy Sorachi is, I wonder how gen alpha/gen z readers in Japan will respond to his new series. It's what makes me worry the most in regards to its survival.
 

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Sorachi is going to come back with an average 30k seller like Matsui.
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No KINATO CP.
Someone HERTZ DOMINATION!(Idontreadthis)
 

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Ah so someone hertz, Blue Box, and firefly color pages next week. Well at this rate, I don't have to see the TOC to assume that Kinato and Alien are gonna sink to the bottom.
 

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Damn, no Kinato color? Wyd Short Saito...?
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Kinato is bottom 2. Under Doctor bottom 3. Fuck.
 

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Told y'all Kinato was dead. Sucks to see but obviously people just didn't like the style of series in Jump since it had SO many comparisons
 

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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #20 (2026)
00. Drawn to the Fire (New Series by Masayoshi Satosho, Cover & Lead Color Pages)
01. Ichi the Witch
02. Sakamoto Days
00. Roku’s House of Oddities (Color Page)
03. Someone Hertz
04. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
00. Shinobi Undercover (Color Page)
05. Blue Box
06. Kagurabachi
00. Nue's Exorcist (Color Page)
07. Witch Watch
08. Akane-banashi
09. Me & Roboco
10. Alien Headbutt
11. Hima-Ten!
12. Under Doctor
13. Kinato's Magic
14. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits (Final)
00. One Piece (Absent)


Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #21 (2026) - Information!
Class 2-B: Hero Destroyers (New Series by Hideaki Sorachi, Cover & Lead Color Pages)
Drawn to the Fire (Color Page)
Someone Hertz (Color Page)
Blue Box (Color Page)
 

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Just a shame they gave Under Doctor an early color page only for it to sink to the bottom so quickly. Saito sucks.
 

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Seems like new batch is dead, especially after how much everyone raved it was the best in a while lol

Under Doctor still has a chance with that color page and it's the worst chapters being ranked rn but yessh
 
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