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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #49 (2026)
00. Ichi the Witch (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
01. Sakamoto Days
02. One Piece
00. Roku's House of Oddities (Color Page)
03. Akane-banashi
04. Someone Hertz
05. Shinobi Undercover
00. Superpower Battle Fantasy Club (One Shot by Tatara Kyo, Color Page, Golden Future Cup #6)
06. Me & Roboco
00. Under Doctor (Color Page)
07. Graykeith: Translator Daemonica
08. Witch Watch
09. The Ura Files
10. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
11. Animal Signal
12. Nue's Exorcist
13. Hal Formula
14. Cannon Master
15. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
16. Kagurabachi

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #50 (2026) - Information!
Akane-banashi (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
Me & Roboco (Color Page)
Shishikabane (One Shot by Maki Gyujirou, Color Page, Golden Future Cup #7)

 

[icrawfish]

Spoiler: Hima-Ten! #9

Spoiler: Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi #25

Spoiler: Me And Roboco #26

Spoiler: Sakamto Days #27

Coming to terms with the fact that we’re never gonna see a Hima-Ten cover for anyone besides the main 3 girls… a man can still wish for some Sumire treatment though!

Roboco doing Dragon Quest makes me wonder if Miyazaki either feels like Dragon Ball parody cover is too redundant after the manga had all of it’s covers remade by different mangaka, or he’s saving it for the final volume of Roboco.

 

[Nuesmoker]

Too much Nue hate on the page right now (for whatever reason, dunno why you guys just HAVE to bring it up to prop up your favs) So here I am to reverse the wave!

Issue 21 2026 (might make some people mad but eh):

1. Nue's Exorcist: Definitely much less to day compared to last week, it's a full action chapter- a REALLY good one though! Kasha and Gekka flow through the panels seamlessly, and we truly get a feel of the level of skill Gekka posseses. She feels like she's almost always in control, yet on the edge at the same time. Kasha's an insanely unpredictable opponent, changing his muscle mass at will and expanding the Kurikara Black Dragon Sword (an absolute mouthful by the way lol) over and over. The back and forth leading into Gakuro' appearance is just perfect. And speaking of- god I'm so happy that this is his new permanent battle form, it looks so good, combining his and Gekka's design elements beautifully! AND, GEKKA'S OWN HOLLOW WEAPON IS A DAMN LIGHT SABER!! This series is so fucking cool man... Can't wait to sew how these two will inevitably lose next week, because yeah, the fight going basically as Gekka said it would last chapter? Feels far too convenient, so I fully expect a twist next chapter. Still, 11/10!

2. Class 2-B Hero Destroyerz: For the moment, yeah Sorachi's still got it. My favourite bit was Valvaris getting hurt over and over while doing exposition. Sorachi has NOT lost his touch going from this first chapter. I laughed, and right now that's what matters most with this series. And that glorious final attack was the cherry on top! Waiting patiently to see what it can bring.

3. Kagurabachi: Interesting how this chapter goes out of its way to put the Mikaboshi in a more sympathetic light, but this conflict is still hardly black and white as they DID still attack unprovoked, or rather, provoked by the actions of the Soga clan in the long past. I think I was on point with clan grudges being the major theme with the war.

4. Ichi The Witch: Fujimine is hot. She can kill me? Eh, worth it. On a more serious note, I really hope her personality's not as one note as Kizashi. Minakata's addition and banter with Dess is fun, and overall the character interactions were simply nice. I won't be mad if the arc continues like this.

5. Drawn To The Fire: Solid second chapter. Keiki has to get more used to an higher training regimen, especially after stopping with his own, AND more Hana development which is good! Every main character is being developed at the same time and I like that.

6. Roku's House Of Oddities: Got a good few chuckles out of me! I predict that we are now going to see each curse one by one for the next few chapters, but I do not mind.

7. Someone Hertz: I am not going to lie, I am not feeling the series a whole lot. Again, this chapter is cute and all, but there is only so many times I can go "oh cute" each week. I need that twinge bit of drama of the Koshien back a little, and PLEASE bring back the rest of the cast more often. Again though, standard "cute Hertz chapter™".

8. Alien Headbut: Sorry, but I can SMELL the axe notice from a mile away, and I do not care for the characters enough to see anything beyond that.

9. Under Doctor: Sure.

10. Kinato's Magic: A double page spread of Jien "Aura farming"? Bet twitter folks loved it. *Checks* Yup.

 

[Shonenfan]

Coming to terms with the fact that we’re never gonna see a Hima-Ten cover for anyone besides the main 3 girls… a man can still wish for some Sumire treatment though!

Roboco doing Dragon Quest makes me wonder if Miyazaki either feels like Dragon Ball parody cover is too redundant after the manga had all of it’s covers remade by different mangaka, or he’s saving it for the final volume of Roboco.

Definitely saving it for last to have Roboco reenact DBZ’s final cover for Roboco’s final cover of waving goodbye while flying. It’s the most iconic final volume cover for any manga and I believe Nappa knees (a DBZ reference) was the first Jump reference it did. I’m curious what other major series Roboco hasn’t parodied yet. Bleach is the most obvious omission so far. Slam dunk, Ass class, Cpt tsubasa, kagurabachi, gintama, kochikame are all likely. (shaman king is very unlikely due to the history).

 

[Nuesmoker]

And while I'm at it? HERE, MY JAPANESE NUE VOLUME COLLECTION!!

And of course, can't forget my dear 1st anniversary issue!

 

[Kiaida]

Definitely saving it for last to have Roboco reenact DBZ’s final cover for Roboco’s final cover of waving goodbye while flying. It’s the most iconic final volume cover for any manga and I believe Nappa knees (a DBZ reference) was the first Jump reference it did. I’m curious what other major series Roboco hasn’t parodied yet. Bleach is the most obvious omission so far. Slam dunk, Ass class, Cpt tsubasa, kagurabachi, gintama, kochikame are all likely. (shaman king is very unlikely due to the history).

First cover was Doraemon and he did Conan before (also a whole chapter parodying Magazine's Fisherman Sanpei), so it doesn't need to be Shueisha. Also, Takei made up with Jump and even made a special illustration of Yoh coming back when they added Shaman King to Jumputi.

Miyazaki is probably more used to Jump works though, so other series probably need to be very iconic for him to pick for a cover. Maybe he could go for Kaiji or Baki? I agree that Roboco's last volume is for sure going to be Dragon Ball's last cover.

 

[Dippy Fresh]

Back for one opinion to say: Under Doctor to me is the most boring thing to survive in a long time. Not even upset anymore that Kinato and Alien are gone, I'm more upset that it's staying at this point lol. I truly think it does nothing exceptionally well but just solidly above average at best in areas like art.

Anyways, needed to rant cause if people are going to put down Shinobi or Kyoshi or Nue, I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring here. For Tanimoto and Jump, I hope I'm wrong but I bet it'll have one of the lowest first volume sales of a surviving series. Anywho, I'm going back on hiatus, just wanted to stir the pot as I go back to reading Webtoons lmao

 

[NeeNeen]

Back for one opinion to say: Under Doctor to me is the most boring thing to survive in a long time. Not even upset anymore that Kinato and Alien are gone, I'm more upset that it's staying at this point lol. I truly think it does nothing exceptionally well but just solidly above average at best in areas like art.

Anyways, needed to rant cause if people are going to put down Shinobi or Kyoshi or Nue, I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring here. For Tanimoto and Jump, I hope I'm wrong but I bet it'll have one of the lowest first volume sales of a surviving series. Anywho, I'm going back on hiatus, just wanted to stir the pot as I go back to reading Webtoons lmao

It hasn't survived anything yet. We're only 13 chapters in and it hasn't received any colour pages.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it died alongside the rest of the batch.

 

[Nuesmoker]

It hasn't survived anything yet. We're only 13 chapters in and it hasn't received any colour pages.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it died alongside the rest of the batch.

But it DID get a color page

 

[tirakai]

Under Doctor got a colour page on ch 10.

It's performed well enough so far that it'll survive one round at the very least. Even if it falls to 3rd last, the early promise it's shown gives it something to work on.

 

[echo]

Back for one opinion to say: Under Doctor to me is the most boring thing to survive in a long time. Not even upset anymore that Kinato and Alien are gone, I'm more upset that it's staying at this point lol. I truly think it does nothing exceptionally well but just solidly above average at best in areas like art.

I’ve avoided talking about UD so far but I absolutely agree its one of the most boring manga I have ever tried to read. The only interesting character was that old doctor from the first chapter.

Like AH is bad imo (the story requires having zero brain cells) but at least its trying in the style department. UD is beyond forgettable.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Okay, that was some discussion happening after i left...

Nue's is just a battle manga with boobs... why should it be treated better than Under Doctor?
Oh true.. it has boobs.

But let’s not forget that, after 14 volumes, there’s still not a single rumor about an anime adaptation of Nue’s Exorcist (and it’s been overtaken by Kill Blue, Chojo Policeman, Akane Banashi (with the hardest category in the scene, the Rakugo), Kagurabachi and maybe even Ichi the Witch if things keep going this way)

If we stop provoking people with opinions that clearly come out of nowhere without having read a single chapter, you’ll be doing everyone a favor.
You clearly have a bias toward certain series over others, which undermines your critical thinking, you can't be taken seriously

(I apologize to the mods for this message, but I just couldn't take it anymore)

Okay, i understand your frustration when people keep talking bad/negative things towards X or Y series either because of personal bias or because of obssession over amount of sales, i really do, but attacking other series that has nothing to do with the discussion is unnecessary too and will do nothing but create more heated discussions, so let's just try to not do that

They need something like One Piece in 1997, a series that instantly becomes face of the magazine and looks like it could run for over ten years. OP also came out in a time when Jump was still recovering from the Golden Age ending so something like it popping up now would be very nice albeit unrealistic to expect in today's industry. It's kinda crazy to think they had 4 of those in the 2000s with OP, Naruto, Bleach, and Gintama. When you have that many mega hit long runners, the magazine in general feels more stable and there's less pressure on the mid tier sellers to try and 'carry' the magazine.

They will never get that until One Piece ends, Jump will never puts anything above One Piece (and they're right in not doing) even if something like Assassination Classroom selling 1 million copies with the 1st volume appears, for a new "One Piece" to appear in the industry OP needs to end first and left that huge cultural hole in the industry to be filled.

I would absolute kill for a Saiki sequel, wow. Especially if it was in Jump? Sorachi return, Saiki return? The golden age of gags would smile down on Jump once again, and thats without Nakano at the helm lol.

Unless Jump is really that desperate it would be for sure published on Plus.

Watch Kiyoshi get an anime announcement before Nue does.

Honestly, i would be fine with that, Kiyoshi definitely needs a faster anime adaptation than Nue.

Do you mean it is gonna sell like those two?

lol of course not.

I'll never understand your logic for this. You complain all the time about how biased Saito is, but when a series you like ranks well, the ranking is fair. Under Doctor isn't showing any hints of popularity, unless it's the invisible kids again. If he wants to keep it for a round, he'll do it just like he gave Otr a color page when it was going to skip an axe.

Under Doctor is being saved because all three are likely flops, but Under Doctor is Saito's favorite type of manga; mindless battle shounen that feels made by someone that only reads shounen manga and watches popcorn western movies. Otr, Kiyoshi, Shinobi, etc. His favorites. Anything that leans weird or niche gets treated like it has leprosy, he wants normies and mangaplus readers, not nerds.

I'm not saying it's unfair even to rank it there, just that I don't understand why we're acting like it's a hit and ranking well because it's not on the bottom 5.

There's a whole difference between Saito being biased about a manga that is popular like Shinobi Undercover and the idea that Saito is falsely giving Under Doctor decent rankings for whatever bias you think he has.

By the way why would Saito have a preference for Under Doctor when he literally has Kinato's Magic right there that fits 100% what you described and is also popular overseas?

So is Kinato shaping up to be the Ping Pong Peril of 2026?

It's the Green Green Greens of 2026

Neither of the 2, PPP was a online darling in the JP forums, Kinato isn't.

Spoiler: Hima-Ten! #9

Spoiler: Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi #25

Spoiler: Me And Roboco #26

Spoiler: Sakamoto Days #27

Really cool cover for Roboco lol

I don’t think there’s anywhere else on the internet where people talk about Kiyoshi as much as they do here lol.

I need to get back to reading it, I stopped near the beginning and have no idea how it’s doing now. I honestly didn’t think it would survive in the magazine.

You know for a series that’s really not popular Kiyoshi seems to be talked about a lot on this forum and Reddit lol.

Well, this Forum is to talk about the Shonen Jump magazine and everything surrounding it so is just normal.

Pedroland If you hadn't reached the part of Asuta Roth being introduced that is when the rankings skyrocketed and completely saved the manga, so read it

And while I'm at it? HERE, MY JAPANESE NUE VOLUME COLLECTION!!

And of course, can't forget my dear 1st anniversary issue!

lol send me one copy of each volume

Back for one opinion to say: Under Doctor to me is the most boring thing to survive in a long time. Not even upset anymore that Kinato and Alien are gone, I'm more upset that it's staying at this point lol. I truly think it does nothing exceptionally well but just solidly above average at best in areas like art.

Anyways, needed to rant cause if people are going to put down Shinobi or Kyoshi or Nue, I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring here. For Tanimoto and Jump, I hope I'm wrong but I bet it'll have one of the lowest first volume sales of a surviving series. Anywho, I'm going back on hiatus, just wanted to stir the pot as I go back to reading Webtoons lmao

I'm starting to really believe you guys (and girls) do some of these exaggerated takes on purpose

Btw, webtoon? come on, so many great mangas out there...

 

[Kiaida]

There's a whole difference between Saito being biased about a manga that is popular like Shinobi Undercover and the idea that Saito is falsely giving Under Doctor decent rankings for whatever bias you think he has.

I literally said it would survive the batch and could be getting mote votes than Kinato and Alien Headbutt, I contested the idea that it was a hit because it doesn't rank that well and has questionable metrics all over the place. Is this such an extreme argument?

There are many series I don't care for in this magazine and I don't contest their support. Ichi is a big disappointment to me, but I believe it's a good thing to push it as a possible long running battle success. My opinion about Under Doctor not being safe long term yet isn't related to my opinion about the manga itself.

By the way why would Saito have a preference for Under Doctor when he literally has Kinato's Magic right there that fits 100% what you described and is also popular overseas?

Kinato has fanservice, something Jump and Jump+ try to remove as much as possible. And you know it, but Kinato has a ton of haters in japanese forums because they compare it to light novels, narou, etc and say it shouldn't be in a Jump work. Not that I agree with it, but it's something said often.

Btw, webtoon? come on, so many great mangas out there...

Just want to say I agree with this. lol Maybe he could try some Sunday series, Albus is pretty fun.

 

[Lord Anubis]

And while I'm at it? HERE, MY JAPANESE NUE VOLUME COLLECTION!!

And of course, can't forget my dear 1st anniversary issue!

You got the issue with the Drawn to the Fire pilot, nice

 

[JBC008]

First cover was Doraemon and he did Conan before (also a whole chapter parodying Magazine's Fisherman Sanpei), so it doesn't need to be Shueisha. Also, Takei made up with Jump and even made a special illustration of Yoh coming back when they added Shaman King to Jumputi.

Miyazaki is probably more used to Jump works though, so other series probably need to be very iconic for him to pick for a cover. Maybe he could go for Kaiji or Baki? I agree that Roboco's last volume is for sure going to be Dragon Ball's last cover.

Is this for real? Takei returning? What will that mean for Shaman King? Will it still stay with Kodansha or come back to Shueisha?

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

Pedroland If you hadn't reached the part of Asuta Roth being introduced that is when the rankings skyrocketed and completely saved the manga, so read it

it's literally the peak of the story, it makes sense why it saved the manga

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Is this for real? Takei returning? What will that mean for Shaman King? Will it still stay with Kodansha or come back to Shueisha?

lol nothing, this is about Shaman King being added to Jumputi, their former Shonen Jump mobile game, Takei is right now serializing his new series Juro on CoroCoro from Shogakukan and the final sequel of Shaman King is going to be published on Kodansha in the future.

 

[JBC008]

lol nothing, this is about Shaman King being added to Jumputi, their former Shonen Jump mobile game, Takei is right now serializing his new series Juro on CoroCoro from Shogakukan and the final sequel of Shaman King is going to be published on Kodansha in the future.

Thank you for the update.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I literally said it would survive the batch and could be getting mote votes than Kinato and Alien Headbutt, I contested the idea that it was a hit because it doesn't rank that well and has questionable metrics all over the place. Is this such an extreme argument?

There are many series I don't care for in this magazine and I don't contest their support. Ichi is a big disappointment to me, but I believe it's a good thing to push it as a possible long running battle success. My opinion about Under Doctor not being safe long term yet isn't related to my opinion about the manga itself.



Kinato has fanservice, something Jump and Jump+ try to remove as much as possible. And you know it, but Kinato has a ton of haters in japanese forums because they compare it to light novels, narou, etc and say it shouldn't be in a Jump work. Not that I agree with it, but it's something said often.



Just want to say I agree with this. lol Maybe he could try some Sunday series, Albus is pretty fun.

But no one is saying it's a hit lol just that its getting a decent reception.

Kinato doesn't have fanservice, it has one single scene in 12 chapters so far.

 

[Shonenfan]

I literally said it would survive the batch and could be getting mote votes than Kinato and Alien Headbutt, I contested the idea that it was a hit because it doesn't rank that well and has questionable metrics all over the place. Is this such an extreme argument?

There are many series I don't care for in this magazine and I don't contest their support. Ichi is a big disappointment to me, but I believe it's a good thing to push it as a possible long running battle success. My opinion about Under Doctor not being safe long term yet isn't related to my opinion about the manga itself.



Kinato has fanservice, something Jump and Jump+ try to remove as much as possible. And you know it, but Kinato has a ton of haters in japanese forums because they compare it to light novels, narou, etc and say it shouldn't be in a Jump work. Not that I agree with it, but it's something said often.



Just want to say I agree with this. lol Maybe he could try some Sunday series, Albus is pretty fun.

Could you explain the underlined part to me in a little more detail? What are the comparisons they are making and why is it that Kinato is the one facing the comparison?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Could you explain the underlined part to me in a little more detail? What are the comparisons they are making and why is it that Kinato is the one facing the comparison?

Kinato is like a narou series, these fantasy & magic light novels or web series with super long names and about a mc that isn't the typical adventurer or badass magic user and etc or isekai series. There many "Jump elitists" kind of readers in jp forums that hate or act like the series isn't worth to be on Shonen Jump, these people don't really have any power in the survey results tho.