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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[cameronney618]

Shouldn't have axed PEAK Pong Peril.

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There's nothing particular going on online, the magazine readers that are just not liking anything, sometimes even the online reception is very disconnected with the actual magazine readers reaction like with Ping Pong Peril.

From what i remember the jp conversation was:

-Syd Craft: There was nothing particularly negative that i remember, in fact many actually liked, it was just not at WNL level
-Embers: Boring, the coach was the most interesting character and disappeared from after ch1
-Star of Beethoven: I don't remember exactly what was the criticism going on, most of what i remember that was talked/joked is how the main girl breasts were gigantic and kept growing lol
-Nice Prison: Simply terrible and unfunny
-Otr of the Flame: Cliche but decent first chapter, what killed it was Kawaguchi yet again with the slow pace in the first 10 chapter, mc going right into a training arc after letting the village.
-Harukaze Mound: Too normal which made it boring
-Kaedegami: Generic and bad action scenes, also Chiyo fanservice being heavily reduced after ch1
-Ekiden Bros: Terrible, readers couldn't stand the constant MC open mouth panels
-Ping Pong Peril: It was overall enjoyed and etc, what everybody already knows but there was criticism even among the fans towards the art that according to them was bad and outdated
-Gonron Egg: Terrible
-The Mage Next Door: Just boring
-Hero Girl & Demon Lord: It was fine but not suitable for Jump, felt more like a Shonen Champion series, and there was also some criticism towards the art.

Japan loves a Jump series with cute main girl. That's how Hertz and especially Ruri are selling.

Jump needs to attempt an action series with a proper FeMC.

 

[WyldViolet]

I just love that Under Doctor has the York Shin/Black Cat vibe.

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Shouldn't have axed PEAK Pong Peril.

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Japan loves a Jump series with cute main girl. That's how Hertz and especially Ruri are selling.

Jump needs to attempt an action series with a proper FeMC.

Man, if Hero Girl balanced out the cute comedy stuff with more plot focused arcs about the Hero group+Demon Lord VS demon clans angry at the demon lord for "defecting" VS the aliens, I feel it could've been unique enough to really stick around.
All 3 groups against each other, sometimes having to make temporary alliances in arcs for the sake of the plot.

I wonder how quickly it received the axe notice, because that's what I kind of felt it was going for initially, only to nip those threads in the bud real quick.

 

[tirakai]

Under Doctor climbing back up after hitting 3rd last is interesting, reflecting it going from fighting to doctor parts. if the doctor parts prove more popular. The series still seems to be going back and forth for now, but if that keeps happening I'm curious to see if it'll do a reverse Shinobigoto/Sakamoto Days and decrease the focus on fights going forward. Personally I'd much rather have a Doctor series focused on drama and surgery than another underworld battle shounen. It'd be something different for WSJ.

Are any of these special oneshots by known authors? Or are they all newbies?

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For me, Kinato's weakness is the MC. He's been really dull as a character and his power, while cool in theory, hasn't been used in any interesting ways at all so far, it's always either a general power-up, or a oneshot victory.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Okay what exactly gives you those vibes?

The design, letters and composition, it resemble, for example, these covers from 2000/2001:

 

[Phantom RPG]

Under Doctor climbing back up after hitting 3rd last is interesting, reflecting it going from fighting to doctor parts. if the doctor parts prove more popular. The series still seems to be going back and forth for now, but if that keeps happening I'm curious to see if it'll do a reverse Shinobigoto/Sakamoto Days and decrease the focus on fights going forward. Personally I'd much rather have a Doctor series focused on drama and surgery than another underworld battle shounen. It'd be something different for WSJ.

Are any of these special oneshots by known authors? Or are they all newbies?

I plan to investigate that shortly. But right now I can say that Yuta Kato is a well know name, Takahata Yuu previously did a one shot for the magazine years ago, Mori Tomohiro is the name of an author who made a one shot in 2023 on jump giga, but that's about it for this author. Miya Ayumu looks to be a newcomer debuting for the first time(However it could just be a pen name for all we know), lastly Amakaya Yumihiko seems to be a complete newcomer just like Miya Ayumu.

 

[cameronney618]

What is this chapter UD is ranked for? 4th? If it's fourth then i get why UD ch 3 was bottom 3.

That was the weird chapter where the author refers to the president of turkey as the president of istanbul.
And also the subplot about a heart transplant for an adult man with a child donor. There was alot of amateurish mistake that could have been avoided with a simple googling.

 

[BelTL]

What is this chapter UD is ranked for? 4th? If it's fourth then i get why UD ch 3 was bottom 3.

That was the weird chapter where the author refers to the president of turkey as the president of istanbul.
And also the subplot about a heart transplant for an adult man with a child donor. There was alot of amateurish mistake that could have been avoided with a simple googling.

I stopped reading it after chapter 1 but bruh, what was the advisor even there for if the author didn't even bother to ask

 

[tirakai]

It should be ch 6, after the fighting arc ends when we learn about the person Haiji couldn't save.

 

[kiyoshibro]

What is this chapter UD is ranked for? 4th? If it's fourth then i get why UD ch 3 was bottom 3.

That was the weird chapter where the author refers to the president of turkey as the president of istanbul.
And also the subplot about a heart transplant for an adult man with a child donor. There was alot of amateurish mistake that could have been avoided with a simple googling.

This ToC is chapter 6
The last week was chapter 5
The next one is chapter 7


Make always -7 on actual ToC chapter: So if kiyoshi in this issue is chapter 89, the chapter that has receive the votes for this ToC is the 82.

 

[cameronney618]

It should be ch 6, after the fighting arc ends when we learn about the person Haiji couldn't save.

if it's chapter 6 then i get why it's high rank.

This ToC is chapter 6
The last week was chapter 5
The next one is chapter 7


Make always -7 on actual ToC chapter: So if kiyoshi in this issue is chapter 89, the chapter that has receive the votes for this ToC is the 82.

Though i dont know why 5 would be low. I guess it's because it's a nothing burger ch.
What did ch 3 get? Is it that CP? Lucky dog if it is.

 

[kiyoshibro]

Though i dont know why 5 would be low. I guess it's because it's a nothing burger ch.
What did ch 3 get? Is it that CP? Lucky dog if it is.

Because most of the reader didn't appreciate how Haiji "unmute" Shuli (that's my reading on low ranking last week)
Yea, chapter 3 gets the colorpage (but colorpage normally isn't only for ranking factor, but other things..)

 

[Phantom RPG]

A new One Shot Festival will start on Shonen Jump from Issue #22-23 to #27 with 5 one shots:

#22/23: Tensai Harai Gakusha Raro Papuru no Hatsukoi by Yuta Kato
#24: Shangai Ryujin by Takahata Yuu
#25: Blood Marriage by Mori Tomohiro
#26: New Year Day no Kaibutsu by Miya Ayumu
#27: Tamura-ka Hyaku Monogatari by Amakaya Yumihiko



So there you have JK Hero space being filled, i guess HxH will maybe return on #28 or we will for real get a 20 chapters batch this time lol

To you have a preview page of this? Can you show us?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Class 2-B: Brave Destroyers Lead Color Pages

Spoiler

Drawn to the Flame Color Page

Spoiler

Someone Hertz Color Page

Spoiler

Blue Box Color Page

Spoiler

 

[cameronney618]

Class 2-B: Brave Destroyers Lead Color Pages

Spoiler

Drawn to the Flame Color Page

Spoiler

Someone Hertz Color Page

Spoiler

Blue Box Color Page

Spoiler

Kenshiro Parody?

WIDEEEEE

 

[Nuesmoker]

Class 2-B: Brave Destroyers Lead Color Pages

Spoiler

Drawn to the Flame Color Page

Spoiler

Someone Hertz Color Page

Spoiler

Blue Box Color Page

Spoiler

Dttf's is pretty good! Nice colors and energy.

Someone Hertz is a little boring tbh, "vibes" don't carry it here.

And Blue Box is just so ugly I'm sorry.

 

[Kiaida]

Glad to see a Himaten color page, I'm getting tired of all the posts that keep assuming it's over just because they want it.

I think social media can give you a certain idea but in the end those sites all have their own bias as well. They are never going to be an accurate reflection of the general audience reading Jump

Not trying to be a "haha I told you", but I was arguing that this perception about how the batch was having a "good reception" in Japan was off. All series weren't getting many comments to begin with, so even if 10 users on Twitter praise a chapter, it's still only 10 users.

But even then, it was always more mixed. There was a lot of ciriticism for these series on forums, Kinato probably even had the biggest number of haters from the go, with people saying he was a boring MC and the manga felt like a narou novel. Things got worse with recent chapters that have very bad reception.

I strongly doubt Under Doctor will survive as well. Maybe Saito only needs two series to axe next batch, don't think the color page or this jump represents readers specifically liked a chapter. He decided to keep it for a bit, but barely anyone talks about it and it's divisive to say the least.

 

[cameronney618]

I think social media can give you a certain idea but in the end those sites all have their own bias as well. They are never going to be an accurate reflection of the general audience reading Jump

I think you can gauge a series popularity in social media through these components;
- engagement with the series
- the quantity of JAPANESE MADE Fanarts
- the quantity of various JAPANESE artists doing those fanarts
- the amount of likes said fanarts gets from Japanese audience

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Glad to see a Himaten color page, I'm getting tired of all the posts that keep assuming it's over just because they want it.



Not trying to be a "haha I told you", but I was arguing that this perception about how the batch was having a "good reception" in Japan was off. All series weren't getting many comments to begin with, so even if 10 users on Twitter praise a chapter, it's still only 10 users.

But even then, it was always more mixed. There was a lot of ciriticism for these series on forums, Kinato probably even had the biggest number of haters from the go, with people saying he was a boring MC and the manga felt like a narou novel. Things got worse with recent chapters that have very bad reception.

I strongly doubt Under Doctor will survive as well. Maybe Saito only needs two series to axe next batch, don't think the color page or this jump represents readers specifically liked a chapter. He decided to keep it for a bit, but barely anyone talks about it and it's divisive to say the least.

But there's no "Haha i told you" moment here, Kinato was the best well received of the three, the criticism you're mentioning was mostly people being snobish towards the series from the start for being a "narou style" series that according to them isnt worthy being on Jump, the actual criticism started just recently.

Alien was DOA from the moment the J+ views showed to be bad, in reality the comments about the series arent even bad per se, the series just has no reach and Under Doctor has gotten its fair share of criticism but its not like it was ever actually "hated" online, series being criticized online but turning out to be well or decently received isnt really anything new.

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Glad to see a Himaten color page, I'm getting tired of all the posts that keep assuming it's over just because they want it.

To be fair the series is giving potential "its ending soon" vibes at the moment lol

 

[Kiaida]

But there's no "Haha i told you" moment here, Kinato was the best well received of the three, the criticism you're mentioning was mostly people being snobish towards the series from the start for being a "narou style" series that according to them isnt worthy being on Jump, the actual criticism started just recently.

Alien was DOA from the moment the J+ views showed to be bad, in reality the comments about the series arent even bad per se, the series just has no reach and Under Doctor has gotten its fair share of criticism but its not like it was ever actually "hated" online, series being criticized online but turning out to be well or decently received isnt really anything new.

I'm just saying that people assumed this batch was going to do really well, but there were always hints of low engagement, including the bad views numbers, and more divisive comments. They weren't like Hertz that anyone who checked japanese reception could easily expect it to do well.

Like you said, it feels like they have no reach. The readers keep basically refusing to give a chance to almost all newbies from the start, like you mentioned before. I don't know how Jump can fix this, but the impression I get is that they just assume everything they debut will be bad and axed soon, so they don't even bother reading.

To be fair the series is giving potential "its ending soon" vibes at the moment lol

Maybe, but it's a romcom, so you know how things go. If he wanted this arc could easily end with Iemori telling all the girls he likes all of them, needs more time to think and setting a new status quo.

Haters, both in Japan and in the west, are extremely annoying about this manga. lol They just keep forcing this narrative about how it's failing and "we have Hertz now, it can go". Logically, it makes no sense to axe Himaten, it sells way better than any newbies and if it ends I can imagine it just being Ono's decision. While the TOC is bad, it gets color pages sometimes like Nue (lower frequency, of course) and recently had one of the most high profile Jump MVs.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Class 2-B Jump cover tweet already has 1.2k likes, people are hyped lol

I will only get the chapter on Friday but looking at the color pages and Ryo praise for ch1, i'm already feeling quite confident about this series being a obvious hit, i wasn't feeling that much by just the description & preview but the color pages looks great, Sorachi art already instantly stand out from the rest of the magazine line up, so it elevated my confidence quite a lot already.