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Your Favorite Chapters of Issue #50 of 2026 (5 Choices At Most)

  • One Piece 1198

  • Me & Roboco 304

  • Sakamoto Days 282

  • Witch Watch 269

  • Akane-banashi 229

  • Nue's Exorcist 168

  • Kagurabachi 138

  • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 115

  • Ichi the Witch 105

  • Shinobi Undercover 104

  • Someone Hertz 56

  • Under Doctor 39

  • Roku's House of Oddities 29

  • Class 2B Hero Destroyerz 27

  • Animal Signal 21

  • Hal Formula 20

  • Cannon Master 19

  • The Ura Files 10

  • Graykeith: Translator Daemonica 9


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Issue 21:

Hero Destroyerz: Yep, that's a Sorachi manga. Pretty much just like Gintama in terms of tone, gag delivery, mix of action, character is similar to Gintoki. And because it's a Sorachi manga it's, of course, enjoyable.

That said, it's so much of a setup chapter that it feels a bit too full. Sorachi needs to have his gags, introduce our duo, do the world building, etc. It feels like homework a bit, but unlike other authors, I'm rewarded with funny jokes and know later chapters will be able to relax a bit more and focus more on situations. We just needed this chapter to get done with the story's base.

Action wise, I like how the fantasy elements aren't being ignored. Will allow it to have its own unique elements in comparison to Gintama. Good debut and I'm sure it'll get better.

Roku: Best chapter so far. The basic idea of Johan's noble attitude moving everyone around him worked, the character does give that aura. A good execution of art and dialogue that makes him charismatic and hilarious. Reminded me a bit of Fate's Gilgamesh, I'm already loving the guy.

Roku's grandma being fine with the curses was expected, but still warm and cute. Even the rest of the cast was used well, the bit with the cooking was great.

Mushikago: Isn't the heroine kinda way too good to not be a regular part of the story? She's cute and hates social media, I want to see more of her...

As for the main guys, it's pretty much more of the same. The main issue is that the MC is kinda annoying, like some japanese readers mentioned. I don't mind it too much, but if he keeps being this arrogant, I can see that hurting the manga. While a strong personality is welcome, the characters still need to be likeable and so far he's who I care about the least.

And I'm glad we're not wasting too much time to build the team. Already showing them as decent players is good enough, we don't need to spend a lot of time getting them to a basic level.

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1. Nue's Exorcist: This manga is cursed with western readers that either want to comment about it without reading or comment without properly paying attention to the story. We get a full chapter dedicated to an intro fight and somehow people think it's rushed? Maybe the previous chaoter was,, but I'm happy we got the pacing here for a full battle chapter with both sides showing some of their powers, with choreography similar to a fighting game, but clearly with no one going all out yet. It builds proper excitement for the next chapter, that shot at the end with Gakuro and Gekka is way too cool. They're probably getting a huge beat down next week before the magazine break...

2. Roku: Never expected this to be my favorite comedy this week, but it was allowed to have a simple setting that made for a decent casual read.

3. Yuusha Destroyerz: Read above. Excited for the next chapter.

4. Himaten: Conflicting feelings! Internal drama! Youth! Give me all of this.

5. Roboco: This was a great week for comedy because Roboco also got a few laughs out of me this time with her stupid answers.

As for the rest... Ichi could get a vote because we get an interesting new villain, but I dislike the magi keepers a lot and seeing them right is even worse! Under Doctor was somehow the best of the previous batch this week because it finally had a decent battle scene, meanwhile Kinato is becoming even more boring. Sorry, I don't buy that this guy is so strong after his silly introduction, feels like the tone of the manga changed completely out of nowhere. Alien Headbutt's chapter gave me "this was axed already" vibes.
 

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The official YouTube channel of weekly Shōnen jump launched the Pv for hero destroyers, I cannot tell what its being said but knowing Sorachi, I might have an idea or two:

 
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So Destroyerz was... so-so. It could be not bad one-short ( is it wasnt in school setting again ) but the whole premise screams as something that can be ended in 2-3 chapters if needed
 

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So Destroyerz was... so-so. It could be not bad one-short ( is it wasnt in school setting again ) but the whole premise screams as something that can be ended in 2-3 chapters if needed
Sorachi is already old. So, I don't think this new manga will have the same duration as Gintama.
 

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The funniest part about people complaining about the kagurabachi toc placement this week is that I'm pretty sure its ranking the .5 chapter lol. Really just complaining to complain. (Even ignoring that the second/third highest selling series in the mag does not need to care about toc at all).
 

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Sorachi is already old. So, I don't think this new manga will have the same duration as Gintama.
Yeah. It is most likely having between 400 and 600 chapters.
 

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Is... anyone complaining about the ToC placement? From what I've seen pretty much everyone on the western side of things is focused on Alien Headbutt hitting dead last rather than Kagurabachi lol
 

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Alien is already cancelled. No matter what they complain about.
 

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Is... anyone complaining about the ToC placement? From what I've seen pretty much everyone on the western side of things is focused on Alien Headbutt hitting dead last rather than Kagurabachi lol
Alien Headbutt is the main one, but like every week it isn't #1 I see complaints about it on twitter and reddit lol. And I just figured I'd check this week in particular, because yeah, the lower ranking the chapter is probably the extra chapter. I just think its a funny thing that people are ignoring, but its not really a big deal at all.
 

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Alien Headbutt is the main one, but like every week it isn't #1 I see complaints about it on twitter and reddit lol. And I just figured I'd check this week in particular, because yeah, the lower ranking the chapter is probably the extra chapter. I just think its a funny thing that people are ignoring, but its not really a big deal at all.
No yeah I agree if it is still happening then it's kinda pointless (unless they just want an excuse to pounce on Saito for which I wouldnt discount) but my timeline was pretty exclusively just people complaining about Alien Headbutt. It'd be funny though if the anime does get announced next week and people still take time to complain about ToC of all things

Would not have survived the bottom 5 gauntlet we were going through before late stage Rakuza Ichi 😭
 

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Yeah, good 1st chapter as expected from a veteran like Sorachi, i never read Gintama but watched more than half of the 1st anime season which means over 100 of the 201 episodes so i do know Sorachi comedy style and how wordy it is, the chapter was in fact a bit too wordy sometimes, not at the level of Gintama but still wordy and the unnusual larger amount of the pages can make it feel a bit too long sometimes, so i understand if some people may get a bit bored in some parts but i think once they get to the bathroom it's when the chapter truly starts to shine and from here it goes all smooth and interesting through the end, i have nothing to complain about the climax of the chapter, only the middle of the chapter that it gets a bit boring.

I'm interested in seeing what Sorachi is planning for this series, will it be mainly comedy for a while or will actually blend well between comedy and actual plot?

And so far the opinions i've read have been 99% positive, which isn't a surprise, going to see more later.
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Alien Headbutt is just another example of a jump manga having a very vocal cult following in the west.
This is literally Phantom Seer, Ayashimon and Red Hood/Otr all over again.
The difference is that Phantom Seer sold well in Japan, it wasn't just a western thing, Alien will not.
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1. Nue's Exorcist: This manga is cursed with western readers that either want to comment about it without reading or comment without properly paying attention to the story. We get a full chapter dedicated to an intro fight and somehow people think it's rushed? Maybe the previous chaoter was,, but I'm happy we got the pacing here for a full battle chapter with both sides showing some of their powers, with choreography similar to a fighting game, but clearly with no one going all out yet. It builds proper excitement for the next chapter, that shot at the end with Gakuro and Gekka is way too cool. They're probably getting a huge beat down next week before the magazine break...
Mankichi fearmongering on Twitter :grin
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The official YouTube channel of weekly Shōnen jump launched the ovos for hero destroyers, I cannot tell what islets being said but knowing Sorachi, I might have an idea or two:

It's supposed to be Sorachi and his editor talking since Gintama ending in 2019, i don't know how much of this is true or just comedy but if it is, damn, things were really chaotic, basically his editor was already pushing Sorachi to think about a new series since 2019 and Sorach just kept stalling for years, so it seems like this series was in the works for a long time.
 

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It's supposed to be Sorachi and his editor talking since Gintama ending in 2019, i don't know how much of this is true or just comedy but if it is, damn, things were really chaotic, basically his editor was already pushing Sorachi to think about a new series since 2019 and Sorach just kept stalling for years, so it seems like this series was in the works for a long time.
Knew it. Classic Gorilla, I mean do we recall how Gintama was supposedly ending for a hot minute for a while when it was still running in the magazine? A then it was put on giga and then on an special app of some kind.

That is not even going for the movies.
 

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Knew it. Classic Gorilla, I mean do we recall how Gintama was supposedly ending for a hot minute for a while when it was still running in the magazine? A then it was put on giga and then on an special app of some kind.

That is not even going for the movies.
He explained what it happened, he simply was unnable to finish Gintama in the time he was given by the editorial when he decided to end Gintama, so was moved to GIGA.
 

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I wonder if we get a witch watch and 2b crossover. Gin tama will for sure have a crossover moment in 2B if it survives long
 

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He explained what it happened, he simply was unnable to finish Gintama in the time he was given by the editorial when he decided to end Gintama, so was moved to GIGA.
But even then he could not finish on giga, he had to go for a special app for the last few chapters if memory serves me straight.

Oh Shinuki did you take a garner on some of the one shots I posted on some of the authors who will make one shots starting this week? I know I posted them on a previous no seemed interested.
 

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Kill Blue is entering the Amazon top 1000 on physical LMAO!!!! :XD

KILL BLUE (PHYSICAL / DIGITAL)

Vol.1: #1,057 / #345
Vol.2: #773 / #238
Vol.3: #868 / #278
Vol.4: #986 / #302
Vol.5: #1,078 / #341
Vol.6: #1,178 / #370
Vol.7: #1,262 / #400
Vol.8: #1,282 / #407
Vol.9: #1,398 / #429
Vol.10: #1,385 / #427
Vol.11: #1,388 / #435
Vol.12: #1,377 / #436
Vol.13: #1,245 / #404


F@CK SAITO!!! :\m/

And they're above Akane!

AKANE-BANASHI (PHYSICAL / DIGITAL)

Vol.1: #1,277 / #422
Vol.2: #1,349 / #434
Vol.3: #1,372 / #445
Vol.4: #1,393 / #460
Vol.5: #1,425 / #465
Vol.6: #1,430 / #467
Vol.7: #1,545 / #504
Vol.8: #1,572 / #518
Vol.9: #1,581 / #541
Vol.10: #1,555 / #531
Vol.11: #1,650 / #532
Vol.12: #1,608 / #525
Vol.13: #1,563 / #520
 
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