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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

Jump doesn't have an artist right now well suited to doing a Jump Heroines poster (though it would still be nice to see a cover collab with all the different artists).

Bruh, Kawae is literally there, drawing girls in bikini and sexy stuff all the time lol

Genki Ono also could do it just fine.

 

[icrawfish]

You can tell Hokazono misses drawing Chihiro because how isn't this volume cover Azami or Yura

He took one volume off from having Chihiro on the cover to do the masterpiece that was volume 10, and then decided he was getting Chihiro withdrawal immediately. I only hope he’ll be able to survive the volume covers for the Seitei war, haha.

That new chick is totally Ichi's mom.

I had the exact same thought just off her design, while I’m hesitant to think it true I’d be really curious to see what they do with it if she is her mom. Maybe they take the angle of explaining how Ichi was able to become a witch despite being male, as if Uroro’s gimmick wasn’t the only thing that caused that?


Regarding Wano, I think the thing people usually complain about is how long the middle of Act 3 dragged between the start of the raid and the main Luffy/Kaido fight? People usually cite Chopper spending eons solving the Ice Oni virus as a damper. And like others said, all of this isn’t nearly as bad when you’re just chugging through it full-speed. I quite enjoyed Wano overall, even if some things weren’t 100% for me it still delivered a lot of things.

 

[cameronney618]

Jump doesn't have an artist right now well suited to doing a Jump Heroines poster (though it would still be nice to see a cover collab with all the different artists).

I find it crazy that Kyo Tanimoto isn't one of these artists y'all recommending.
He can draw almost as good as hori and if hori was here, i'd pick him in a heartbeat. So i pick Temu Hori.

 

[Wookitake]

Jump doesn't have an artist right now well suited to doing a Jump Heroines poster (though it would still be nice to see a cover collab with all the different artists).

From the already mentioned names, I'd say tht Shinohara could do it. And Moue from Akane too.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Pretty good 2nd chapter for Drawn to the Fire, author is doing everything well, we got Tachibana being updated on what Keiki is doing, we got many of the mc problems addressed which is important, the other team members introduced and already a development for Keiki, seriously, that's pretty good so far which scares me, because i don't want to get attached to yet another good sport manga that will not succeed because of Jump readers bullshit.

And Roku 3rd chapter, the best of the series, no doubt, this was pretty good, i didn't dislike chapter 2 or anything but i wasn't as sure if Nakamura would be able to delivery with this series but i'm happy to be proven wrong so far and i hope he can keep the quality from here, obviously being a comedy series some chapters will naturally be more or less fun than others, and i disagree with the idea that this should've been chapter 2, you couldn't just do this chapter directly after ch1, you need at least one chapter of them living together and creating some sort of bond for this chapter 3 to actually work or it would be just like "Okay, why you didn't show any of these bonding moments before?" when Johan was showing the pictures.

Yeah, i'm starting to get a bit nervous, i want Kinato & Under Doctor to survive but i'm also liking Fireflies & Roku, Class 2-B too but even if i didn't this is safe for at least 2 rounds, so things are going to get tough from here...

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I find it crazy that Kyo Tanimoto isn't one of these artists y'all recommending.
He can draw almost as good as hori and if hori was here, i'd pick him in a heartbeat. So i pick Temu Hori.

They wouldn't give a Jump heroine posters to a newbie that they don't even know is surviving for long.

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 20, 2026 ---

Akanebanashi has been and always will be a hard sell for most average people. A female lead and being about rakugo doesn't immediately draw the same crowd that usually reads battle shonen. Kill Blue amusingly has much better immediate appeal, since assassin stuff has been on the rise ever since Spy x Family broke out of confinement into the mainstream. So I wouldn't be surprised that at the first leg of the race, Kill Blue's anime would have the bigger boost.

You got it a bit reversed, Akane started much stronger than Kill Blue, putting a couple of volumes on Shoseki and etc, what happened is that Kill Blue 2nd episode managed to trend in Japan (the official account even posted about it) which naturally caused a even better impact in the sales than episode 1 did making all volumes charting higher than Akane on Amazon for example, unfortunately since Shoseki doesn't track Amazon we will not see it reflected. Akane still has at least vol 1 charting on Shoseki,

 

[FantasticFootno]

Yeah, i'm starting to get a bit nervous, i want Kinato & Under Doctor to survive but i'm also liking Fireflies & Roku, Class 2-B too but even if i didn't this is safe for at least 2 rounds, so things are going to get tough from here...

I think the main things to look at right now is that we have about 16 chapters until the september batch. And so, I think pretty easily we'll see Blue Box ending in that timeframe, but also I think there's a heavy possibility of witch watch doing the same? I cannot tell if the 1v1s have ended or not, but if they have, we really only have the main villain left to fight here. Even with a resurrection plotline, 16 chapters would double the length of the arc, and I think it could comfortably end in that time.

 

[WyldViolet]

2. Someone Hertz: This episode was cute. It requires the reader to know about the radio exercise routine for japanese school kids, but luckily an old episode of Gintama taught me everything on the subject.

For me it was Animal Crossing on the Gamecube haha.

 

[Lord Anubis]

WSJ #24 full prediction
Lead: Kagurabachi (anime announcement)
Colors:Sorachi new manga (name so long), Ichi and Kiyoshi (for new volumes)

No way that isn't like that

Sounds good, but one of the color pages is confirmed to be a new one-shot by the Vati Lipepe guy, called Shanghai Ronren

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #20 OF 2026

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Magazine Cover: Class 2-B: Brave Destroyerz

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ToC Page

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Color Pages

Class 2-B: Brave Destroyerz

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Drawn to the Fire

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Someone Hertz

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Blue Box

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Media Advertising

Jump New World Manga Award 107th Edition With Takeru Hokazono (Results + Link For the Top 2 Picks)

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Sakurazawa Went to Hell by Ino Yutaka - https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/17107419589536396034
Look by Asuka Ariga - https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/17107419589536396041

J Next Break Generation One Shot Festival

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Anime, Movie & Stage Play

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Games & Cards

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Shueisha Manga Magazines Advertisement

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Others

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Weekly Shu-chan Issue #342: Youtube Scenes on Jump Mangas

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WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #22-23 (2026) - PREVIEW

 

[Lord Anubis]

Jump doesn't have an artist right now well suited to doing a Jump Heroines poster (though it would still be nice to see a cover collab with all the different artists).

What about Kouta & Usazaki?

 

[DKong]

Monday's Report

back at it

Hero Destroyerz
Inside you there are two beasts inside you a battle hungry delinquent, and a really big shit, which gate will you open? I read the first 2 volumes of Gintama recently and this certainly feels like more of that, only with alot more toilet humour hopefully toned down as we continue lol. Overall a really solid first chapter, MC's and the main conflict have been introduced (RPG NPC's are going to isekai into the world, through the toilet ig ) and their dynamics are firmly in place.I liked Vallaris more than I thought I would, its pretty cute and funny how desperately she wants to be taken seriously (that stupid grin she kept doing was golden) and I'm a real sucker for villains that are big losers so this will probably be a hit with me. It's kind of wordy in some parts and it a operates at a very high level of gags per minute (chapter I guess?) not all hits but they don't overstay their welcome so you can breeze past the flops, I am interested in seeing how the average chapter will go and what new tropes Sorachi will play with. Very promising, I'm exited to see what the gorilla has behind his ninth seal

Drawn to the Fire
Feels like just more of the same but I'm glad to see more of Tachibana so that's cool, Aqyurs mentioned this earlier but I do wonder if they're going to keep her as a relevant character because I'd love to see more of her and her interactions with Mizuhara, I just hope it doesn't fall into what I didn't like about Harukaze Mound where the two brothers are rivals but one just basically disappears at the start, taking the hook of the story with him until the end. I guess that's why manga often have rivals be teammates, as they can both be gunning for the same position or goal and you can more easily milk the dynamic. I am still wondering about other characters as this is a sports series, so if we don't get any other funny handsome lads in here soon I'll start to worry, but overall I'm pretty positive so far.

Roku's House of Oddities
Definitely getting more into the rhythm of things now. We're aiming for a more mellow vibe than Agravity Boys ,but this is the best chapter for me so far I'm super glad that the ghosts aren't always going to be together because I don't know why but I was worried we would get any 1 on 1 time. However this is absolutely what I was picturing when I finished chapter 1, ghostly shenanigans and more character work ,Johan's sheer kingly aura is enough to make me bow to my computer (also can everyone just see the ghosts all the time then?). An A from me though, exited for the Sachiko solo chapter now too.

Ichi the Witch
Waiter! Waiter! More Desscaras and Minakata STAT!! Peak chapter this week, I'm fully on board for wherever this arc leads us idc where. Tbh I had never considered evil witches before lol but it's cool how we now have an inverse Chro, a human betraying her race for the majiks (although I wouldn't call Chro and Minerva "traitors" but you get it). But now I have even more questions, how does Fujimine's magic work? is it more of a deal arrangement because if she captured her majik's I feel World-hater wouldn't work with her so readily but maybe he doesn't care. How do non-organisation witches operate? Are there outlaw witch guilds? I assume they are considered criminals off rip ,are their any good rouge witches, are they in like majik protection groups like PETA? ,and what is World-haters favourite doughnut? so many questions.

Sakamoto Days
And you are? The twins ohh yeah. A little hype here a little aura there "we're actually talking seconds", but overall I'm still not invested, like would anyone actually care if this fight was just skipped. Why did Suzuki add an extra 4 villains for us to fight in the final arc and expect us to? It's not like they were built up in anyway like Al-Kamar either its just " twins, policeman, wrestler go!!" and I'm truly just not that fussed with any of them ,still waiting for Sakamoto vs Uzuki tho.

Shinobi Undercover
Yodaka really is such a massive freak, it's so funny how he's a little disappointed to not be talking with his imaginary boss anymore. Pretty solid chapter too, Yoichi is being overtaken by his kekkai, this only makes me more curious about Aoi's lineage and importance if this is whats possible with her blood. It'd be nice to see her again for more than 5 pages before Yodaka's ninja harem swoops him away but I don't think we'll have to wait that long tho as we seem to be wrapping up. I really do hope Yoichi makes it through tho I need more big personality villains for the series.

Kagurabachi
Hey, nice Dune reference, the Mikaboshi's underwater civilisation is pretty interesting, I wonder what do they eat,just fish? Does the datenseki sustain them? how many generations has it been since they were sent down there ,had any of them ever deserted if so how? Mashiro really knows his worth " you wasted your ambush on me" he stays very calm for someone who is certainly dead in a chapter or two but I suppose he knows this too, it's cool to see characters who know how important they are in the grand scheme of things but can still be useful and confident . The crown prince has now unleashed his proto-magatsumi and is about to decimate the battlefield and I'm still super nervous for how this will turn out but nevermind all that ANIME ANNOUNCEMENT IN A WEEK WOOOHOOO, if I hear Chihiro speak I might genuinely pass out lmao.

UNDERDOCTOR
The action was kind of cool but this better not be the end of Maxell and the doctors interactions,I thought we were gonna get more from Haiji emotionally, I mean this is someone he failed to save right? At least mentally. I also really hope that the " I stun-locked you so you're deffo still human" isn't the thesis of this fight, it probably wont be but I just need something to hook me to this series, it has to give me arc or something, anything to hang on to for more than two chapters because this faux ultra instinct mode certainly isn't cutting it for me.

Kitano's Magic
A separate post for you Deku-lite..

Alien Headbutt
Human breeding facility and alien blunt rotation , definitely the most interesting of its batch I'm afraid. It seems the woman at the end is a human so are there more traitors? Is she mind controlled? How many alien factions are there on the island and what is this alien baby were doing this all for? Shirokiba has given himself up so I'm expecting a huge lore drop soon also maybe an explanation of what hes a candidate for this is just an incubation expedition for these aliens afterall? It's 100% progressing the best of all three as it seems to actually know what it whats to do with its story atleast.



Overall OK issue, the previous batches floundering is getting irritating though. The Hero-Egg-Next Door batch seemed to know what they were and were just kind of bad at execution it whether it be pacing or just not knowing what the people want, but this batch seems like it came out the gate with solid ideas and concepts but are now just meandering around trying to find out what will work when they already had it in with the first chapter. oh well

I wanna talk about Kitano in a bit so I will post that soon (not that its some highly anticipated event ) sorry if this is long.



thanks for reading x

 

[Bulju]

Top 5:
1. Kagurabachi
2. Someone Hertz
3. Akane-banashi
4. Hero Destroyerz
5. Roku's House of Oddities

Bottom 1:
19. Kinato's Magic

You broke my heart, Amemiya.

 

[iker_03]

Kill Blue managed to get its first 2 vols in shoseki after Episode 2 aired:

334 9784088836867 キルアオ　１ 集英社 藤巻忠俊 2023.09.04
419 9784088837376 キルアオ　２ 集英社 藤巻忠俊 2023.11.02

 

[monstera11]

Jump doesn't have an artist right now well suited to doing a Jump Heroines poster (though it would still be nice to see a cover collab with all the different artists).

Kento Amemiya is right there

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 21, 2026, Original Post Date: Apr 21, 2026 ---

I def miss the Jump Heroine posters, if anything for the discourse. I wish we had one in 2023 or 2024 so I could see if Nobara would have still made it even if she had been gone in the manga for years at that point or if Maki would take her place

Narratively Megumi is in the heroine spot (always have been since ch 1)

 

[KrenKren]

if I hear Chihiro speak I might genuinely pass out lmao.

I hope he keeps the vomic VA I've listened to it so much now that it'd honestly be jarring to hear anyone BUT Shoya Ishige as Chihiro. He'd pull off the emotional moments really well. I'm just curious if we'll get a teaser trailer like all the other Jump Press announcements, since they're hyping it up so much...

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Kill Blue managed to get its first 2 vols in shoseki after Episode 2 aired:

334 9784088836867 キルアオ　１ 集英社 藤巻忠俊 2023.09.04
419 9784088837376 キルアオ　２ 集英社 藤巻忠俊 2023.11.02

LMAAAAAAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Rushed manga guys, congratulation in being f@cking incompetent Saito!

Obs: Above Akane vol 2 too!

 

[WyldViolet]

I just realized when Shinuki updates his sig, Under Doctor will immediately enter the second tier.

 

[JBC008]

I’m almost done reading the 3 chapters of the new series. Just need to finish reading Roku now, but something about Drawn to the Fire has my concern.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (4/13/26 - 4/19/26)
75. Akane-banashi #21 (5,450 / 39,274)
191. Nue's Exorcist #14 (2,298 / 19,988)

 

[Xanji06]

Kill Blue managed to get its first 2 vols in shoseki after Episode 2 aired:

334 9784088836867 キルアオ　１ 集英社 藤巻忠俊 2023.09.04
419 9784088837376 キルアオ　２ 集英社 藤巻忠俊 2023.11.02

now imagine if kill blue got the same promo as akane with a cover etc.

loving this