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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Moderator Notice:

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP THREAD RULES​

#1. No fights or personal insults.
#2. No bait or troll comments with the intention of being annoying or starting serious heated discussions, if i notice it's a continuous behavior, i will warn the user or delete the comment.
#3. No toxic attitude towards series, no one is obligated to enjoy any series and it's totally fine to criticize what you don't like, just avoid posting gratuitous hateful or toxic comments about X or Y series, if i notice this behavior, comments will be deleted.
#4. Don't bring politics or off-topic stuff to the thread, this is about Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and mangas, so keep any conversation about topics that aren't related about anime & manga outside the thread.
#5. Don't post news about series from other magazine or publishers in the WSJ thread, post in the series own thread, but it's fine if you're mentioning other series or magazine to express a opinion or reflection about Shonen Jump.
#6. Any tweet, specially japanese, about news, update or some interesting thing about the magazine or series has to come with a text of what that tweet means and also be on topic, if not it's going to be either deleted or i will edit the post.
#7. Refrain from self advertising or advertising Youtubers videos in the comments.
#8. Constant fanart posts just for the sake of praising a favorite series is prohibited, this rule doesn't apply for official art by Jump artists posted on social media, they're fine to post.
#9. Don't discuss or hype chapter spoilers before Sunday release, only comment if is related to a series surviving status and do it only inside the spoiler tag.
#10. Regarding rule #9, an exception will be made for when we have new series, in this case, spoilers will be allowed only for the first 3 chapters of a new series for the users who are interested in knowing informations and details about the new series, these spoilers will obviously be kept under tags to protect anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled, so don't worry about it.
~ Shinuki

I hope everyone reads the rules and use it as a guide to behave well in the thread, thanks!

 

[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)

 

[RealityChecker]

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?

I don't think you should say Choujun is "shitter" or anything, since it is getting an anime adaptation before Kagurabachi. On the other hand, what do you mean "shitter"? What do you consider "shitter"? Are there any "shitter" on WSJ right now?

 

[Stivie]

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

I think Kyoshi could at least be transferred. The manga sells less than Robocco, but sometimes it's placed in positions above Kagurabachi.

Kyoshi has Saito's full protection, and the author isn't even a veteran.

 

[RealityChecker]

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.

The anime decision most likely came on under a year of publication. And why would you not greenlight any anime adaptation? Look, Sakamoto Days sold less than 20K on the first volume and would only grow considerably after the seventh or something like that. Do you believe they should wait years and years to see if a manga should be awarded of an anime adaptation?

 

[Inumaru]

Issue #21 votes:
1 - Roku's House of Oddities
2 - Alien Headbutt
3 - Witch Watch
4 - Ichi The Witch
5 - Drawn to the Fire

 

[Subarashiii]

I don't think you should say Choujun is "shitter" or anything, since it is getting an anime adaptation before Kagurabachi. On the other hand, what do you mean "shitter"? What do you consider "shitter"? Are there any "shitter" on WSJ right now?

This is kind of strange logic because production timelines are the only thing determining when an anime releases or is announced. Nue is undoubtedly more popular than Chojo or KB ever were but it's not getting an announcement yet because whoever the studio is who plans to adapt it isn't ready to show anything right now. It's not just manga release timing and literally never has been

 

[Stivie]

The anime decision most likely came on under a year of publication. And why would you not greenlight any anime adaptation? Look, Sakamoto Days sold less than 20K on the first volume and would only grow considerably after the seventh or something like that. Do you believe they should wait years and years to see if a manga should be awarded of an anime adaptation?

It may have been Fujimake himself who decided to end Kill Blue, just as Kyouharu Gotouge decided to end Kimetsu no Yaiba, even with the anime's success. I don't think you can put all the blame on Saito. guy keeps Kyoshi in the magazine to this day; keeping Kill Blue going wouldn't be that difficult, theoretically.

 

[coldmess]

The anime decision most likely came on under a year of publication. And why would you not greenlight any anime adaptation? Look, Sakamoto Days sold less than 20K on the first volume and would only grow considerably after the seventh or something like that. Do you believe they should wait years and years to see if a manga should be awarded of an anime adaptation?

That's exactly my point. Kill Blue didn't really have the performance to green light an anime in under a year. They should've waited at least a year before deciding.

 

[RealityChecker]

That's exactly my point. Kill Blue didn't really have the performance to green light an anime in under a year. They should've waited at least a year before deciding.

And what about Roboco? Or Chojo? That is the thing: Not every anime decision must be about the 100K sellers or close to it. There are countless reasons behind any studio decision of taking a manga and make an anime about it. There is no way it should only be about sales. And just to be extremely fair: Kill Blue got a cover on chapter 18 or so. It had a good performance on the early chapters and somewhat a year.

 

[Nuesmoker]

This Kill Blue discussion has gotten really annoying so I'm out!

Anyways, I read Hero Destroyerz-

Yeah it's funny lol.

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

Yknow what they could have done for the combined issue instead of a solo Sakamoto cover?

A live action cover of all the mcs but with irl designs, Sakamoto in front to celebrate the live action, lcp was already for itself. There, done. It can't POSSIBLY cost that much to do, just dress up edotorial staff.

Imagine! Real life Gakuro, Luffy, Chihiro, and most of all, ROBOCO!

 

[nemu asahi]

Studios don't decide to make an anime, a producer does. This producer is part of a studio or not. So, some studios can decide to make an anime, but most of them are sub contractors.

A producer decides to make an anime, he deals the rights, try to get investors to fund the thing and hire a studio to make the anime.

There are different types of producers that are engaged in different types of activities during all the process.

I learned that there is a difference between 制作 and 製作. The first one is the anime production only, the other is the production overall (with funding, marketing etc.). I'm trying to learn more because I want to make my own anime some day (well it will be a one scene anime only because of lack of funding, but anyway First step is manga (done), second step is voice comic in japanese, and the third step is anime)

Shueisha is in the iinkai because they manage the secondary rights of the IP, but I'm not sure that they invest a lot for titles like kill blue. I don't have the data to support my claim, tho...

I'd like to have the data of how many percents of the funding they did for each title...

 

[Franz]

It wasn't enough to diminish my enjoyment of the chapter but I definitely see where Disco is coming from. KGB usually has very distinctive character designs to offset the sameface syndrome, but these guys are all pretty same-y looking, so it can get hard to follow along. Doesn't help that they seem to have some degree of inmortality, so it becomes harder to track who was beat and who wasn't.
Also, I appreciate the effort to have interesting angles during the flashback ritual scene, but that also made it harder to follow. I bet it'll look a lot better animated.

Just read the manga

 

[RealityChecker]

Studios don't decide to make an anime, a producer does. This producer is part of a studio or not. So, some studios can decide to make an anime, but most of them are sub contractors.

A producer decides to make an anime, he deals the rights, try to get investors to fund the thing and hire a studio to make the anime.

There are different types of producers that are engaged in different types of activities during all the process.

I learned that there is a difference between 制作 and 製作. The first one is the anime production only, the other is the production overall (with funding, marketing etc.). I'm trying to learn more because I want to make my own anime some day (well it will be a one scene anime only because of lack of funding, but anyway First step is manga (done), second step is voice comic in japanese, and the third step is anime)

Shueisha is in the iinkai because they manage the secondary rights of the IP, but I'm not sure that they invest a lot for titles like kill blue. I don't have the data to support my claim, tho...

I'd like to have the data of how many percents of the funding they did for each title...

Well, Studio Cue was founded by one of the Production I.G. animation producers, so maybe they had the right to handle the negociation. Besides, that may be the reason behind Kill Blue being adapted. Since Kuroko no Basketball was the real deal when it came out and did wonders for Production I.G. Regardless of the situation, both Shueisha and the Studio/producer got the best agreemeng they could reach and Kill Blue is now airing.

 

[Pietro]

This week chapter:

Class 2b
Kiyoshi
Under Doctor
Kagurabachi
Kinato's Magic

 

[Jay_Senju]

Hero Destroyerz being #2 isn’t surprising. Alien Headbutt getting some sort of traction this issue honestly shocks me imo.

 

[rg24]

Is funny to see people call Kill Blue a succes when the "sells" are a few hunders copies, is like when some say a series deserved to be in the magazine over other just because it sell like 100 copies more the other and both series sell like 2k copies that make them a huge lost for the editorial (you need to sell between 10 and 15k to break even),
If you see this is the first anime of that studio and for sure they got with a producer to get a "huge series" in that moment and it was the same time that Kill Blue started so I will guess the series got the anime by being in the right moment and time. Maybe Shueisha didn't put any money into the production so they don't really care about the series and that is way they didn't push to keep publishing it for more vols into the anime because it doesn't change much for them.
At the end of the day is bussiness and the series behind it doesn't really matters.

 

[icrawfish]

This Kill Blue discussion has gotten really annoying so I'm out!

Anyways, I read Hero Destroyerz-

Yeah it's funny lol.

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

Yknow what they could have done for the combined issue instead of a solo Sakamoto cover?

A live action cover of all the mcs but with irl designs, Sakamoto in front to celebrate the live action, lcp was already for itself. There, done. It can't POSSIBLY cost that much to do, just dress up edotorial staff.

Imagine! Real life Gakuro, Luffy, Chihiro, and most of all, ROBOCO!

Dress up Saito as the Hero Destroyerz protag since he and Sorachi both have a history of being personified as a Gorilla

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

Hero Destroyerz being #2 isn’t surprising. Alien Headbutt getting some sort of traction this issue honestly shocks me imo.

Why is Jump+ number 1 here by such a big margin? Or is that Jump Press? (the latter would make more sense)

 

[Aqyurs]

Why is Jump+ number 1 here by such a big margin? Or is that Jump Press? (the latter would make more sense)

When the chapters launched digitally this week, Jump+ went down (or something like that). That's also why the lower half of the chart has such low numbers for posts. The person who made the chart shifted what was considered "peak hour" for posting about the magazine this week to accommodate for it.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I'll repeat this until you and Shinuki understand.

I think everybody here already noticed that you have some kind of obsession with quoting members talking about Kill Blue trying to counter argue, but if you're actually doing this in purpose just to be stubborn or annoying i will ask you to stop doing it, your behavior is starting to fall into rule #2 and resemble the way Rain Spectre behaved during Samurai 8 serialization (which members that were here at the time remember how it was), let people celebrate the fact X or Y manga is enjoying some success without having someone quoting them everytime trying to argue back when there's no intention from the original poster to cause discourse, thanks!

 

[Stivie]

I think everybody here already noticed that you have some kind of obsession with quoting members talking about Kill Blue trying to counter argue, but if you're actually doing this in purpose just to be stubborn or annoying i will ask you to stop doing it, your behavior is starting to fall into rule #2 and resemble the way Rain Spectre behaved during Samurai 8 serialization (which members that were here at the time remember how it was), let people celebrate the fact X or Y manga is enjoying some success without having someone quoting them everytime trying to argue back when there's no intention from the original poster to cause discourse, thanks!

I'm not the only one talking about Kill Blue.

 

[Shockzz1234]

Issue 21 Rankings:
(short on time, so less comments than usual lol)

Tier 1 (Great):

1 - One Piece (Imu is efficient, I like!)
2 - Ichi the Witch (yesss, Minakata and Desscaras rivalry lol, also Ichi now has his own Kiriwo lol)
3 - Akanebanashi
4 - Kagurabachi
5 - Blue Box (I really really like whenever brotherly bonds are showcased, so this gets a good ranking from me lol)

Tier 2 (Good):

- Under Doctor
- Alien Headbutt (good lore drops)
- Kinato's Magic (this whole trio being at the bottom bums me out, I thought at least ONE would survive but at this rate....in any case, all three are solid imo, there's been worse things that survived, hell there's worse things in the mag right now imo lol)
- Someone Hertz
- Drawn to the Fire (yeah, pretty good start to the series tbh, the characters are already starting to bounce off each other well for me)
- Roku (THERE'S the "wacky" Agravity Boys type comedy hahaha, yeah this was fun)
- Witch Watch
- Shinobi Undercover (hopefully Squad 7 actually shine rather than being used to prop up Squad 9 lol)
- Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi

Tier 3 (Ok):

- Me and Roboco
- Nue's Exorcist (Gekka is the coolest thing this series has done/introduced for a minute imo)
- Himaten
- Class 2-B (Note that I haven't read Gintama, so I didn't really have any big expectations here or nor do I really know what Sorachi is like as an author, but I would say it was a fairly...well, ok start, as the tier suggests lol. The art is great, I like Valaris having black speech bubbles in her true form, that's a nice touch. I get real "old school" shounen vibes from it, it's like a delinquent manga x hero/demon king manga. But apart from that, I wasn't TOO enticed tbh. The plot is whatever, that's fine, but the comedy didn't really grasp me yet, toilet humour is really not my thing. Also it's SO wordy, was Gintama like this? It got better in the second half of the chapter, but being so wordy combined with me not really finding it funny is a death combo. I'm obviously gonna give it more of a chance (well, i read all WSJ series anyway) but yeah, it's an ok start, not good or bad, just kinda...mid, for me. Also, and this is more of a translation thing - but i hate that it's called Destoryerz with a Z at the end, just looks like one of those "trying to be cool" uncool things, just annoys me lol)
- Sakamoto Days (I just really don't care about these twins at all as opponents tbh, but I like the sibling stuff going on between them and the Seba brothers)

Tier 4 (Bad):

N/A