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

[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)

 

[Stivie]

YOU’RE TELLING ME KILL BLUE IS RANKING IN SHOSEKI AGAIN?

KILL SAITO NOW

I'll repeat this until you and Shinuki understand.

Kill Blue lasted two years in Shonen Jump and always had good rankings, even reaching first place. Even though its sales never improved. If Kill Blue ended before the anime, it's also the author's fault for not being able to make the story more appealing.

Saito is keeping Kyoshi, a battle shonen, in the magazine, even though that manga sells less than Robocco, which is a gag manga.

 

[Kiaida]

Kill Blue lasted two years in Shonen Jump and always had good rankings, even reaching first place. Even though its sales never improved. If Kill Blue ended before the anime, it's also the author's fault for not being able to make the story more appealing.

We got it already. You want everything but battle shounen that sell at least 150K to be axed no matter what. The magazine would be dead under you guys obsession with mainstream considering it always needed and had mid tier sellers, not just Naruto and Dragon Ball.

 

[Stivie]

We got it already. You want everything but battle shounen that sell at least 150K to be axed no matter what. The magazine would be dead under you guys obsession with mainstream considering it always needed and had mid tier sellers, not just Naruto and Dragon Ball.

It didn't need to have 150,000 copies, but a reasonable increase would be good. Kill Blue isn't Fujimaki's first work in Jump; he was the author of Kuroko, which was VERY SUCCESSFUL, especially after the anime. Even with the failure of Robot x Laserbeam, more was expected from Kill Blue.

 

[BelTL]

If Kishimoto's new work after Naruto can die in Jump, then who is even Fujimaki

 

[Broseph]

Funny thing is I actually used to support axing Kill Blue since I thought it was a weak series that was losing popularity but that was before I found out it had an anime planned. Cancelling a manga when you have an anime on the way is something I could never foresee. Just insane

 

[Phantom RPG]

Alright, since this is happening again like last time. Let be adults and not try to constantly prove a point whether or not something is deserved or not or whether something should be dead or not. So let’s kill this now and focus on other things, for example: How about what are some of the current assistants helping out in some of the series within weekly Shōnen jump? Cause the more I think on this I believe we never really had a topic on this beforehand, no? It could be a good conversation at the very least.

 

[nemu asahi]

No, please, I'm here for all the hate and blood...

 

[Newkerzy]

Funny thing is I actually used to support axing Kill Blue since I thought it was a weak series that was losing popularity but that was before I found out it had an anime planned. Cancelling a manga when you have an anime on the way is something I could never foresee. Just insane

I would argue that the stakeholders involved should’ve rushed the anime out as soon as possible before cancelling it. Then they would’ve tried to figure something out from there.

 

[cameronney618]

JUMP+SHADOW DROPPED HITONER! I REPEAT THEY SHADOWDROPPED HITONER!

MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp

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

2 CHAPTERS, OH LORD

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 21, 2026 ---

Oh wait, chapter 1 is the oneshot!

 

[RealityChecker]

I think the Kill Blue discourse is boring since Kill Blue was cancelled but it was wrongfully cancelled. Neither of the contrasts will win a war about nothing. The two points are right.

 

[Stivie]

I think the Kill Blue discourse is boring since Kill Blue was cancelled but it was wrongfully cancelled. Neither of the contrasts will win a war about nothing. The two points are right.

There's no point in complaining, the Kill Blue anime has started, it's very well animated and adapted. So there's no reason to keep complaining about the manga being "canceled".

 

[FantasticFootno]

I think the Kill Blue discourse is boring since Kill Blue was cancelled but it was wrongfully cancelled. Neither of the contrasts will win a war about nothing. The two points are right.

Idk, about “wrongfully cancelled”. Fujimaki was given a lot more leeway than he deserved with some of those abyssmal arcs he was pumping out. Let’s not forget it was consistently bottom 3 for like a year, and deservedly so.

 

[WyldViolet]

JUMP+SHADOW DROPPED HITONER! I REPEAT THEY SHADOWDROPPED HITONER!

MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp

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

2 CHAPTERS, OH LORD

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 21, 2026 ---

Oh wait, chapter 1 is the oneshot!

Meh, Yagi is a hack. Red Sprite one of the worst Jump manga I've read. Iron Knight just a deeply mediocre attempt at hopping on the Shingeki no Kyojin bandwagon.

 

[RealityChecker]

Idk, about “wrongfully cancelled”. Fujimaki was given a lot more leeway than he deserved with some of those abyssmal arcs he was pumping out. Let’s not forget it was consistently bottom 3 for like a year, and deservedly so.

The thing is: You don't cancel a manga that has an anime in production, regardless. You can cancel whenever after the anime is airing, since it already brought whatever people it brought into reading the magazine.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

The thing is: You don't cancel a manga that has an anime in production, regardless. You can cancel whenever after the anime is airing, since it already brought whatever people it brought into reading the magazine.

He’s not only cancelled an manga with anime in production, he cancelled WITH THE ANIME ANNOUNCEMENT

 

[cameronney618]

Meh, Yagi is a hack. Red Sprite one of the worst Jump manga I've read. Iron Knight just a deeply mediocre attempt at hopping on the Shingeki no Kyojin bandwagon.

maybe, just maybe, judge the series on it's own merits instead of the old ones?

 

[WyldViolet]

maybe, just maybe, judge the series on it's own merits instead of the old ones?

I'll give it a read on Sunday, I'm just not expecting much. I think it's completely fair to set your expectations based on the quality of someone's previous series.
If he's improved over the years, that'd be rad, just that his previous series were not good.

 

[cameronney618]

Also, this kill blue discussion is absolutely trashfire.

You guys really want shitters like chojun to overstay it's welcome just because it has an anime adaptation up? Really? Are you guys listening to yourself?

Are we gonna have the same discussion again when kiyoshi and himaten also gets axed with an anime announced?

 

[FantasticFootno]

The thing is: You don't cancel a manga that has an anime in production, regardless. You can cancel whenever after the anime is airing, since it already brought whatever people it brought into reading the magazine.

Either way, it looks like to me they greenlit the anime early because “oh it’s fujimaki, it’ll be a hit”. And it was, for like the first 30 chapters. But then the series started tanking, and they couldn’t ditch it because there was already the plans for the anime. Like once again, it was bottom 2 for like a good year. If he wasn’t a veteran, and the anime wasn’t in production, he clearly would have been cut much earlier. So I don’t think it was worth it to keep running beyond the anime announcement.

 

[coldmess]

Honestly the biggest mistake in regards to Kill Blue is green lighting an anime in the first place. It probably deserved to be canceled, but it's really not a good decision to cancel a series with an anime in production. They should've waited to see if it would continue to decline before green lighting the anime, and it honestly should've been canceled sooner.