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[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)

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Noren is trending in japan

 

[DrLazer]

Noren is trending in japan

KB's ep 2 was so good today!!

Also, the ending song with visuals:


It's beautiful omfg

 

[galaxy-juice]

lol you should have worded in a better way because it seemed like you hated Moriking kkkk

The problem is that it's not a matter of believing or not, Moriking, Ichinose Family and Earthchild were 100% axed series because of bad rankings, Ichinose Family in special bled in sales after vol 1 and rankings fell apart, not to mention the the series was hated on japanese forums, Taizan wrapped the series in a way that it felt conclusive because it was able to run for 50 chapters due to early good sales & rankings, if it wasn't for that it would have been 20/30 at best, so while these very likely not intended to be as long as Me & Roboco for example, they were still cut short against the authors will.

I don't think that's untrue, but I do think there is more nuance to it. Mitama Security ended "early" at 47 but had been headed toward a natural resolution about a volume later. Ichinose Family did have bad ratings, but it is apparent that there wasn't, like, a whole extra year of content that we never got to see. Then there are stories like Agravity Boys that often feel like they slightly outlive their original scope. Some of it is obviously "the author starts small and expands as necessary". This is evident with Fabricant 100, which had to pull back almost immediately after introducing a new power system. And I don't think if any series had been a true breakout hit that the authors wouldn't have found a way to continue them.

But Moriking in particular had a very specific pacing from Volume 1, maintained that pacing until the end, and ended very shortly after where it said it would end in Chapter 1, and it fully explored its premise, which is why I say it was never really possible for it to be a long-runner. (I actually think Moriking had to go longer than the author originally intended.)

But yeah, in essence: My conspiracy theory is that since 2020, Jump will publish series they know won't succeed in the long-term but because they want it to maybe flesh out the magazine for 2-3 rounds instead of 2-3 years. And I think in some of those cases the author is aware that they only have enough story for about a year. It might end up being several months less or a few months more than expected. But that's all. Just that, for a handful of series, I imagine the scope was a little smaller from the outset.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Finally i properly read Drawn to the Fire 1st chapter and damn, it was really good, i like how the art and interactions exude "youthness", it has this exciting vibe, the interaction between the characters are all very chaotic with silly humor and the author is able to make you feel like these are in fact teenagers, is a bit hard to explain but i felt like the whole thing was able to convey that fire and hype of following these characters starting their journey as a team and i liked that the main character motivation is not something cliche like "i want to be the best or go the nationals", is actually about the promise he made with the girl he loves which ads a romantic spice to the series and made you interested in seeing what will happen once they know each other again.

After praising it, i do agree a bit with the complain from the japanese side about Keiki drastic personality change and arrogant face expressions, it's not out of nowhere because it's stated before that he gets carried away during matches but i feel like the author could've done that just a bit better, i think doing it twice was a mistake, that fake pass should have been done just that one time before the climax spread page of Natsu dunking, doing it twice can create the impression the mc is bullying the other player, it's not like the guys of the other team were even acting like assholes, they weren't, so making the mc do that fake pass and being all arrogant twice can feel like a one sided thing and make the mc looks bad to some people, i don't think is the case but i understand that it can rub some readers in the wrong way, i really hope that this doesn't impact the chances of success because besides this small detail, the 1st chapter was pretty good and it has some good potential

 

[nemu asahi]

I don't think that's untrue, but I do think there is more nuance to it. Mitama Security ended "early" at 47 but had been headed toward a natural resolution about a volume later. Ichinose Family did have bad ratings, but it is apparent that there wasn't, like, a whole extra year of content that we never got to see. Then there are stories like Agravity Boys that often feel like they slightly outlive their original scope. Some of it is obviously "the author starts small and expands as necessary". This is evident with Fabricant 100, which had to pull back almost immediately after introducing a new power system. And I don't think if any series had been a true breakout hit that the authors wouldn't have found a way to continue them.

But Moriking in particular had a very specific pacing from Volume 1, maintained that pacing until the end, and ended very shortly after where it said it would end in Chapter 1, and it fully explored its premise, which is why I say it was never really possible for it to be a long-runner. (I actually think Moriking had to go longer than the author originally intended.)

But yeah, in essence: My conspiracy theory is that since 2020, Jump will publish series they know won't succeed in the long-term but because they want it to maybe flesh out the magazine for 2-3 rounds instead of 2-3 years. And I think in some of those cases the author is aware that they only have enough story for about a year. It might end up being several months less or a few months more than expected. But that's all. Just that, for a handful of series, I imagine the scope was a little smaller from the outset.

You should go further in your conspiration theory: why are they doing that? Because they have nothing better to publish.

And why do they have nothing better to publish? (I have already written what I think about this matter last time so I won't this time)

Anyway, it's worse than what we can imagine. IMHO.

 

[WyldViolet]

At ch 989 of One Piece. Just gotta say that Yamato is the best character and I hope they join the Strawhats.

 

[Hawke]

KB's ep 2 was so good today!!

Also, the ending song with visuals:


It's beautiful omfg

goddamn this show is cooking with its quality theh gotta be shitting bricks at editorial

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

goddamn this show is cooking with its quality theh gotta be shitting bricks at editorial

Yeah, so far everything about Kill Blue anime has shown that the adaptation is done by care & love to the work despite so many people having thought it would be a mediocre production at best when announced, which makes Saito looks even worse

 

[CastletonSnob]

Saito is the worst Editor in Chief in a long time.

 

[JBC008]

I feel that until we see more evidence and figure out how the readers survey’s were, we are still left in the dark about Kill Blue. However, it really does show that Saito is losing more credibility as an EiC. He better get a hit otherwise he could be doomed this year.

 

[WyldViolet]

Btw, the Ninku fighting game for the Saturn just had a fan translation released. Haven't played yet, but I love that the character sprites look like actual animation cels from the anime.
GitHub - ExxistanceDC/Ninku-English-Translation: An English translation patch for the Sega Saturn game Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu! · GitHub

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I feel that until we see more evidence and figure out how the readers survey’s were, we are still left in the dark about Kill Blue. However, it really does show that Saito is losing more credibility as an EiC. He better get a hit otherwise he could be doomed this year.

The frustrating thing is that on people's head they have this memory of the manga doing terrible but if you look at the rankings for the last months before the series ended you actually realise it wasn't even ranking bad for most of the time and got many color pages, the manga was in fact having some of the highest placements in a long time but it still simply rushed to end.

Ch94: 10th
Ch95: Color Page
Ch96: 11th
Ch97: 8th
Ch98: Color Page (2nd Anniversary)
Ch99: 11th
Ch100: 9th
Ch101: 12th (Bottom 4)
Ch102: Color Page
Ch103: 10th
Ch104: 12th
Ch105: Color Page
Ch106: 14th (Bottom 3)
Ch107: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch108: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch109: 11th
Ch110: 12th (Bottom 5)
Ch111: 14th (Bottom 3)
Ch112: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch113: 12th
Ch114: 6th
Ch115: Color Page (Final Chapter)

 

[FantasticFootno]

I don't think that's untrue, but I do think there is more nuance to it. Mitama Security ended "early" at 47 but had been headed toward a natural resolution about a volume later. Ichinose Family did have bad ratings, but it is apparent that there wasn't, like, a whole extra year of content that we never got to see. Then there are stories like Agravity Boys that often feel like they slightly outlive their original scope. Some of it is obviously "the author starts small and expands as necessary". This is evident with Fabricant 100, which had to pull back almost immediately after introducing a new power system. And I don't think if any series had been a true breakout hit that the authors wouldn't have found a way to continue them.

But Moriking in particular had a very specific pacing from Volume 1, maintained that pacing until the end, and ended very shortly after where it said it would end in Chapter 1, and it fully explored its premise, which is why I say it was never really possible for it to be a long-runner. (I actually think Moriking had to go longer than the author originally intended.)

But yeah, in essence: My conspiracy theory is that since 2020, Jump will publish series they know won't succeed in the long-term but because they want it to maybe flesh out the magazine for 2-3 rounds instead of 2-3 years. And I think in some of those cases the author is aware that they only have enough story for about a year. It might end up being several months less or a few months more than expected. But that's all. Just that, for a handful of series, I imagine the scope was a little smaller from the outset.

Eh I gotta disagree with some of these. Something like Agravity Boys had longer term plotlines/gags it was setting up that got kinda handwaved away so that the series could end. Even for something as dragged out as Ichinose, there were still clear loose threads that were dropped iirc. I think what ends up happening is just some authors are able to roll with the punches, and shorten the series in such a way that its not really noticeable. At the very least, thats how I also felt reading Moriking. I doubt the 30 something chapter run was in the original plan lol.

 

[JBC008]

The frustrating thing is that on people's head they have this memory of the manga doing terrible but if you look at the rankings for the last months before the series ended you actually realise it wasn't even ranking bad for most of the time and got many color pages, the manga was in fact having some of the highest placements in a long time but it still simply rushed to end.

Ch94: 10th
Ch95: Color Page
Ch96: 11th
Ch97: 8th
Ch98: Color Page (2nd Anniversary)
Ch99: 11th
Ch100: 9th
Ch101: 12th (Bottom 4)
Ch102: Color Page
Ch103: 10th
Ch104: 12th
Ch105: Color Page
Ch106: 14th (Bottom 3)
Ch107: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch108: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch109: 11th
Ch110: 12th (Bottom 5)
Ch111: 14th (Bottom 3)
Ch112: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch113: 12th
Ch114: 6th
Ch115: Color Page (Final Chapter)

Interesting. If I had to guess, Saito didn’t want to have, “mediocre, middle of the road,” manga, and was ambitious to make a name for himself. I say that because, in business and sometimes politics, heck even in organizations, there are leaders who will honor the past and try to improve upon the previous leaders decisions whether they were good to make them exceptional, and then there are leaders who don’t care about the past and are out for themselves, all in the power of power, greed, and ego. However, that all depends on the circle they have that was given or they built. It’s fine if they want to shake up things they know won’t be a success, but don’t do it if it comes to the disrespect of the employees or the general public which will not only affect that person but the institution itself.

 

[WyldViolet]

Interesting. If I had to guess, Saito didn’t want to have, “mediocre, middle of the road,” manga, and was ambitious to make a name for himself. I say that because, in business and sometimes politics, heck even in organizations, there are leaders who will honor the past and try to improve upon the previous leaders decisions whether they were good to make them exceptional, and then there are leaders who don’t care about the past and are out for themselves, all in the power of power, greed, and ego. However, that all depends on the circle they have that was given or they built. It’s fine if they want to shake up things they know won’t be a success, but don’t do it if it comes to the disrespect of the employees or the general public which will not only affect that person but the institution itself.

But Kiyoshi has been selling 10k for nearly 2 years now with near zero growth.

 

[JBC008]

But Kiyoshi has been selling 10k for nearly 2 years now with near zero growth.

Well there are some biases. Don’t forget about how much Nakano really pushed Roboco.

 

[echo]

lol KB ranked in the bottom half of the magazine the entire second half of its serialization and its sales dropped below everything but Kiyoshi but sure, keep gaslighting people that it was doing okay.

Cancelling it was still the correct decision. The only mistake is Someone Hertz ended up being the only successful hit (excluding the short lived JJK sequel) of 2025.

 

[JBC008]

lol KB ranked in the bottom half of the magazine the entire second half of its serialization and its sales dropped below everything but Kiyoshi but sure, keep gaslighting people that it was doing okay.

Cancelling it was still the correct decision. The only mistake is Someone Hertz ended up being the only successful hit (excluding the short lived JJK sequel) of 2025.

I wouldn’t call Someone Hertz a mistake, but more so Chojo being one. However, the fact that Someone Hertz being a romcom and Saito only having Nisekoi and We Never Learn as his major accomplishments is the thing I knew I would worry about going forward. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind romance series, the problem I have is being varied in the genres needed as EiC to recognize, what goes into them and what the artists strengths and weaknesses are.

 

[echo]

I didn’t call Hertz a mistake. There being only one hit in 2025 was the mistake.

KB was teetering on the edge of cancellation early in the year and when they axed Astro (thank God) instead they tossed KB some color pages, saw it was still struggling and finally put KB out of its misery. Them failing to find a more popular replacement is the problem. But axing KB was still the correct move.

 

[FantasticFootno]

lol KB ranked in the bottom half of the magazine the entire second half of its serialization and its sales dropped below everything but Kiyoshi but sure, keep gaslighting people that it was doing okay.

Cancelling it was still the correct decision. The only mistake is Someone Hertz ended up being the only successful hit (excluding the short lived JJK sequel) of 2025.

As someone with a love hate relationship with Kill Blue, the only mistake Saito made with it was not cancelling it sooner, specifically in that June batch instead of Chojo. If it was killed then, the entire student council arc would have probably never been started (considering he would've known ahead of time he was being axed), and then I wouldn't have been tricked into thinking the story would become good again. Plus, the fight with the principal leading into the final arc would have worked much better than what actually happened.