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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Lord Anubis]

I've played around with similar hypothetical rosters. I like yours but would move Seiya into the main cast. Arguably the most influential Jump battle manga.
I'd prefer if they went the Smash Bros route to revive the Jump Super/Ultimate Stars branding and gameplay. Go back to the massive cast of characters with an even larger amount of koma/assist trophy characters.
Just have the koma deck system heavily simplified and assigned to buttons/button combos.
Assembling your own unique koma hand allows all players to feel unique regardless of character used, and adds that deck building element of gameplay.

Plus, buying character packs/koma booster decks as dlc is a great avenue for the game to make a lot of money.

Thanks, might also share my idea for the Melee equivalent sometime later tonight, glad you like it.
I was also contemplating having Kinnikuman instead of Kenshiro for the longest time...

 

[Newkerzy]

Would be nice to see some Jump+ mangaka get a chance in the main mag.

A few I think would fit pretty well include;
Nao Iori; I loved Manaka. High concept, fantastic action, and touching character work. Has a really strong grasp on how to write characters with trauma.

Wataru Momose; My Marriage To Sanaka had a great art-style and character design, really touching character relationships, and the final arc showed they could do pretty decent action as well.

Ryuji Kunimoto; His art improved a lot over the course of Blood Wing Hunter, and his action panelwork is really dope. While he clearly wore his influences on his sleeves with that series, it managed to do some pretty cool stuff with it.

Mononobu; fantastic art-style. Writing showed promise as well before the series started rushing itself towards the end.

Also wanna mention Kanya Aki, Haruka Nanase, Alpa, Hisaya Hashida, Kyoko Soda, Asako Mabuchi/Kohei Ando, Emofuu, Yosuke Takano, Ire Nomamoto, Shiro Moriya, Haruhisa Nakata, and Teito Heji/Sai Yamagishi,

I think you’re forgetting Naoya Matsumoto. After his commercial success with Kaiju 8, I am curious to see what he’ll come up with next.

I hope Himaten's getting a natural/good ending for it

Oh, don’t worry about it. All signs point to a perfectly natural ending.

 

[WyldViolet]

I think you’re forgetting Naoya Matsumoto. After his commercial success with Kaiju 8, I am curious to see what he’ll come up with next.



Oh, don’t worry about it. All signs point to a perfectly natural ending.

I hadn't included them because they had an axed Jump series with Nekko Wappa, although it was their only attempt so they probably could come back if they wanted after the success of Kaiju.
Wasn't a big fan of Kaiju #8 tbh, mainly cause it just lacked the personality and creativity of their previous series, but I absolutely adored Pochi Kuro. One of the most underrated Jump+ series imo. If their next series had a tone more similar to that I'd be 1000% on board.

 

[Jay_Senju]

I think Hima-ten being a “short run” is a good thing. imo romance manga should not be running for 200 chapters or more. Either way congrats to ono for getting a successful series after full drive got axed.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Where is this from @Nuesmoker?

--- Double Post Merged, May 1, 2026, Original Post Date: May 1, 2026 ---

I saw this on Twitter saying that there is a original merchandise project currently in progress and that future updates will happen on May 25 which is curiously the exact date of Issue 27 release in Japan

 

[Dongus]

If Hima-ten gets soft-axed, then Saito should do that thing where an entire round is made up of the same genre. Three prospective harem manga to take the Hima-ten spot? We Weekly Romcom Jump now, baby!

 

[Shonenfan]

I think you’re forgetting Naoya Matsumoto. After his commercial success with Kaiju 8, I am curious to see what he’ll come up with next.



Oh, don’t worry about it. All signs point to a perfectly natural ending.

Kaiju 8’s mangaka has incredible art. He’d be great to be paired up with a good author. I feel like Kaiju 8 really lacked in the story department after the first arc. Him with someone like Nisoisn, inagaki, or kishimoto would be awesome

 

[echo]

Himaten is obviously getting out of the way for the return of Komi Naoshi. Surely.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Himaten is obviously getting out of the way for the return of Komi Naoshi. Surely.

lol i genuinely don't doubt that at all

 

[tirakai]

They are certainly going to have to start some new romcoms at any rate, with Himaten ending soon and Blue Box probably not lasting too long after.

I didn't expect Himaten to end before Blue Box but I guess the author isn't interested in stretching it out with years of shenanigans like most harems do, and it's also not big enough to WSJ to push for that either. I hope it at least can get a final chapter anime announcement like Kill Blue did.

 

[Dongus]

Hima-ten anime on series ending, trust the plan.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

And split-cour season to adapt the entire manga

 

[WyldViolet]

Kaiju 8’s mangaka has incredible art. He’d be great to be paired up with a good author. I feel like Kaiju 8 really lacked in the story department after the first arc. Him with someone like Nisoisn, inagaki, or kishimoto would be awesome

There's no need. Pochikuro was brilliant on its own. It felt like they were just trying to play more safe with Kaiju as well as out of their comfort zone.

 

[JBC008]

They are certainly going to have to start some new romcoms at any rate, with Himaten ending soon and Blue Box probably not lasting too long after.

I didn't expect Himaten to end before Blue Box but I guess the author isn't interested in stretching it out with years of shenanigans like most harems do, and it's also not big enough to WSJ to push for that either. I hope it at least can get a final chapter anime announcement like Kill Blue did.

I just had that conversation with others how I think Jump’s higher priorities are comedy and sports series than romance. But then again if they want another to be a companion with Someone Hertz, that is their and Saito’s choice. However with battle series, I think they are solid with 6-7 of them right now.

 

[Lord Anubis]

However with battle series, I think they are solid with 6-7 of them right now.

Me to the rest of the thread:

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

lol Jump just said "f@ck it" and shoved Gonron Egg, Osoegawa & JK Hero Vol 2 & 3 together in the same month in June so they can get rid of them:

I'm pretty sure it wasn't like this until like yesterday kkkk

Alien Headbutt vol 1 will be released on July.

 

[JBC008]

Me to the rest of the thread:

I get it.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

We actually have 10 battle shounens right now in the magazine, but i'm sure @Kiaida isn't satisfied with just that, so Saito-san, please another round!

 

[JBC008]

We actually have 10 battle shounens right now in the magazine, but i'm sure @Kiaida isn't satisfied with just that, so Saito-san, please another round!

I know that we do have 10 now, but I’m looking ahead at the 2 series possibly facing the axe and 1 of our pillars being Sakamoto Days reaching its conclusion. And if Under Doctor is really a hit from what the ToC suggests, then we have 7 solid battle series.

 

[tirakai]

Sakamoto Days might be nearing the conclusion in a story-sense, but Suzuki is clearly in no rush to actually get there.

I think he'll push the series up past ch 300 at this point, if only for the sake of hitting that number.