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[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)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Talking about Nue, this will be a tense week with the reveal of who is going to take the cover for issue #25 on leak night..

 

[Magister Xehanort]

Sometimes I read that Toryama editors or Shonen Jump forced him to continue the manga and that he wanted to finish it, but this is not true, in fact there is no online proof that this happened.

Here is a post on reddit about this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dbz/commen...&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title

And here's the original and most complete link commenting on each of the online theories about when he wanted to end the manga:

Intended Endings Guide - Kanzenshuu

An in-depth look at where the Dragon Ball series was supposedly ending, and dispelling many common fan misconceptions and rumors about its intended ending

www.kanzenshuu.com

And here are the specific articles about the end of Freeza and Cell's arcs:

https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/

Intended Endings Guide | Possible Ending #6: Cell - Kanzenshuu

Kanzenshuu explores the popular fan rumor that Akira Toriyama intended to end the Dragon Ball series with the Cell story arc

www.kanzenshuu.com

 

[tirakai]

I remember the interviews with Toriyama and the editor, saying something like the Namek arc was literally the only arc that was never planned to be the end. Pretty much every other arc in the series had some thoughts to possibly end it there, but there was always going to be another arc after Namek.

Which makes the made-up internet story of "Toriyama wanted to end it after Frieza but was forced to continue" extra ironic.

 

[nemu asahi]

Sometimes I read that Toryama editors or Shonen Jump forced him to continue the manga and that he wanted to finish it, but this is not true, in fact there is no online proof that this happened.

Here is a post on reddit about this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dbz/commen...&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title

And here's the original and most complete link commenting on each of the online theories about when he wanted to end the manga:

Intended Endings Guide - Kanzenshuu

An in-depth look at where the Dragon Ball series was supposedly ending, and dispelling many common fan misconceptions and rumors about its intended ending

www.kanzenshuu.com

And here are the specific articles about the end of Freeza and Cell's arcs:

https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/

Intended Endings Guide | Possible Ending #6: Cell - Kanzenshuu

Kanzenshuu explores the popular fan rumor that Akira Toriyama intended to end the Dragon Ball series with the Cell story arc

www.kanzenshuu.com

I don't know if this is true or not regarding forcing Toriyama to continue his manga, but I've read/watched interviews about his editor and I wouldn't want him to become mine. He thinks he owns mangaka, that they have to obey him and his every wishes. He even said that an editor should be able to CONTROL his mangaka by not allowing him/her to do what he/she wants and that, nowadays, editors are too weak and give too much freedom to mangaka, even let them take too many breaks or whatever. I don't remember where the interview is (it's on the net), but I was shocked, really. Anyway, Showa jidai thinking is shit.

Now he's at mecha comics I think and I wish him good luck with gen Z mangaka.

 

[Stivie]

Sometimes I read that Toryama editors or Shonen Jump forced him to continue the manga and that he wanted to finish it, but this is not true, in fact there is no online proof that this happened.

Here is a post on reddit about this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dbz/commen...&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title

And here's the original and most complete link commenting on each of the online theories about when he wanted to end the manga:

Intended Endings Guide - Kanzenshuu

An in-depth look at where the Dragon Ball series was supposedly ending, and dispelling many common fan misconceptions and rumors about its intended ending

www.kanzenshuu.com

And here are the specific articles about the end of Freeza and Cell's arcs:

https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/

Intended Endings Guide | Possible Ending #6: Cell - Kanzenshuu

Kanzenshuu explores the popular fan rumor that Akira Toriyama intended to end the Dragon Ball series with the Cell story arc

www.kanzenshuu.com

I don't know if this is true or not regarding forcing Toriyama to continue his manga, but I've read/watched interviews about his editor and I wouldn't want him to become mine. He thinks he owns mangaka, that they have to obey him and his every wishes. He even said that an editor should be able to CONTROL his mangaka by not allowing him/her to do what he/she wants and that, nowadays, editors are too weak and give too much freedom to mangaka, even let them take too many breaks or whatever. I don't remember where the interview is (it's on the net), but I was shocked, really. Anyway, Showa jidai thinking is shit.

Now he's at mecha comics I think and I wish him good luck with gen Z mangaka.

I think the Cell saga could have been a better ending than the Majin Buu saga.

Dragon Ball fans don't seem to have as much affection for the Majin Buu saga as for the previous sagas.

 

[Pedroland17]

I don't know if this is true or not regarding forcing Toriyama to continue his manga, but I've read/watched interviews about his editor and I wouldn't want him to become mine. He thinks he owns mangaka, that they have to obey him and his every wishes. He even said that an editor should be able to CONTROL his mangaka by not allowing him/her to do what he/she wants and that, nowadays, editors are too weak and give too much freedom to mangaka, even let them take too many breaks or whatever. I don't remember where the interview is (it's on the net), but I was shocked, really. Anyway, Showa jidai thinking is shit.

Now he's at mecha comics I think and I wish him good luck with gen Z mangaka.

Are you talking about Torishima? He really was a taskmaster. And more recently, at a Dragon Ball event, he told Toyotaro to his face that he needed to improve his paneling and that he was just average lol

 

[nemu asahi]

I would like to know how many hits/successes for each editor regarding the number of series handled... Too bad we can't have the data.

Rin said that he got 10% of what he thought would be a hit (I assume that it's of what he got published)

Does somebody have more than 10%?

It's like sports players... Baseball. How many homeruns, how many sure hits, etc.

--- Double Post Merged, May 3, 2026, Original Post Date: May 3, 2026 ---

Are you talking about Torishima? He really was a taskmaster. And more recently, at a Dragon Ball event, he told Toyotaro to his face that he needed to improve his paneling and that he was just average lol

Ah, yes, him.
And you see, he didn't have to say that to him, to his face, in front of everybody, right?

 

[Kiaida]

I would like to know how many hits/successes for each editor regarding the number of series handled... Too bad we can't have the data.

Isn't there a japanese wiki or something that compiles data for stuff like editors? If there is, just need to check what series went over two years. Koji Maki said his series God Sider was called a semi hit by Jump because it lasted over a year (ended with 78 chapters) and they immediately asked him to work on a new serialization after axing it, so two years always seemed to be the hit qualifier.

 

[nemu asahi]

Isn't there a japanese wiki or something that compiles data for stuff like editors? If there is, just need to check what series went over two years. Koji Maki said his series God Sider was called a semi hit by Jump because it lasted over a year (ended with 78 chapters) and they immediately asked him to work on a new serialization after axing it, so two years always seemed to be the hit qualifier.

I don't know if there is such a wiki. Will look for it.

2 years for a hit, like "sure hit" in baseball, not homerun? I agree. Everything over 2 years is a "sure hit".

 

[Stivie]

I don't think Kiyoshi confrontng his parents murderer necsasarily has to be the climax to the series, but moreso the climax to a part 1.
If there's an angels arc, I see that coming after the demon lords are done with/made friendly as it's revealed the angels have been pulling the strings the whole time or some shit like that.

That would never work, it would be like continuing Demon Slayer after Muzan's death.
The moment Kyoshi defeats the demon who killed his parents, the story needs to end; it's the closing of the circle.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

That would never work, it would be like continuing Demon Slayer after Muzan's death.
The moment Kyoshi defeats the demon who killed his parents, the story needs to end; it's the closing of the circle.

Bad comparison, Muzan was a general threat to humanity, he was the final boss of the series, the demon who killed Kiyoshi parents is not, he's just tied to Kiyoshi past, the point of the series isn't even Kiyoshi searching for the demon lol defeating that doesn't change anything to the world of the series unless the demon in question suddenly gets promoted to final boss that will destroy humanity.

--- Double Post Merged, May 3, 2026, Original Post Date: May 3, 2026 ---

I don't know if this is true or not regarding forcing Toriyama to continue his manga, but I've read/watched interviews about his editor and I wouldn't want him to become mine. He thinks he owns mangaka, that they have to obey him and his every wishes. He even said that an editor should be able to CONTROL his mangaka by not allowing him/her to do what he/she wants and that, nowadays, editors are too weak and give too much freedom to mangaka, even let them take too many breaks or whatever. I don't remember where the interview is (it's on the net), but I was shocked, really. Anyway, Showa jidai thinking is shit.

Now he's at mecha comics I think and I wish him good luck with gen Z mangaka.

Yeah Torishima is kind of a asshole and think too much of himself.

--- Double Post Merged, May 3, 2026 ---

Sometimes I read that Toryama editors or Shonen Jump forced him to continue the manga and that he wanted to finish it, but this is not true, in fact there is no online proof that this happened.

Here is a post on reddit about this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dbz/commen...&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title

And here's the original and most complete link commenting on each of the online theories about when he wanted to end the manga:

Intended Endings Guide - Kanzenshuu

An in-depth look at where the Dragon Ball series was supposedly ending, and dispelling many common fan misconceptions and rumors about its intended ending

www.kanzenshuu.com

And here are the specific articles about the end of Freeza and Cell's arcs:

https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/

Intended Endings Guide | Possible Ending #6: Cell - Kanzenshuu

Kanzenshuu explores the popular fan rumor that Akira Toriyama intended to end the Dragon Ball series with the Cell story arc

www.kanzenshuu.com

Yeah, it's just a myth based in bad translation and stuff, can't even force a mangaka to keep working in a manga like slaves, Toriyama simply accepted to continue, probably got a lot of money shoved on him to accept continuing lol

 

[Stivie]

Bad comparison, Muzan was a general threat to humanity, he was the final boss of the series, the demon who killed Kiyoshi parents is not, he's just tied to Kiyoshi past, the point of the series isn't even Kiyoshi searching for the demon lol defeating that doesn't change anything to the world of the series unless the demon in question suddenly gets promoted to final boss that will destroy humanity.

If I'm not mistaken, there are now 2 major demons in Kyoshi's history. After most of them were killed in the Black Parade, it makes no sense to continue after defeating these two. And as mentioned here, it doesn't make sense to prolong a story just for the sake of it.

 

[Pedroland17]

And we can’t forget that Kiyoshi is always on the edge too. Sales are stable, but they’re not growing. It really feels like the author writes every arc as if it could be the last, because honestly, it might be lol

I think it’ll pass 100 chapters, but it’ll probably struggle to reach 200. I’d be surprised if it even makes it to 150.

 

[tirakai]

Well that's basically a guarantee it hits ch 300 then, since that's exactly what people were saying here about Black Clover when it was Kiyoshi's length.

 

[Stivie]

Well that's basically a guarantee it hits ch 300 then, since that's exactly what people were saying here about Black Clover when it was Kiyoshi's length.

Black Clover has always had good sales, but we can't compare it to Kyoshi.

 

[Shonenfan]

An angel arc would be cool because kiyoshi’s strength and exorcist powers wouldn’t work. Unlike most series where the character is weak and at their strongest in the final arc, kiyoshi would start as the strongest and end the final arc battle not in his most suited final form.

 

[Discomusic]

IT IS NUE SUNDA-

...wait

Don't worry, I know it's tough to live through a week without Nue, but even if it's not the same thing I am here to give you something to read that I hope will console you even a little.

That's right, no Jump this week so it's time for...

Jump Retro Review

It works like this: I think of a chapter of any series in Jump history that is important for historical or personal reasons, or a particular issue historical on itself, then I wonder: "what was the magazine doing when this chapter/issue was published?". So I search for every available translated chapter from that particular ToC, and I review all those I can find in order to have a snapshot of what series were ongoing and at what part of the story they were at a certain point in time. It's like reading an issue of Jump of the past!

Spoiler: Previous episodes

Issue #17, 1999: the one where Luffy and the gang walked to Arlong Park, JoJo classic concluded and Yabuki was debuting with a later axed manga.
Issue #12, 2005: the one where the battle between L and Light had a winner, Matsui debuted with Neuro and many other series delivered their own historical chapter.
Issue #22, 1985: the one where I tried reviewing an issue of the '80s and it was so difficult that I swore to never do that again. Now updated!
Issue #45, 2011: the one where I wanted to cover a pivotal chapter of HunterXHunter, but I read the wrong issue and got a pivotal chapter of Naruto instead.
Issue #15, 1991: the one where a certain Saiyan turned his hair blonde for the first time, and the history of manga changed forever.
Issue #48, 2008: the one where Jump didn't care to celebrate its 2000th issue, but there are a number of historical chapters anyway, most notably Bleach is about vice-captain Omaeda.
Issue #33, 1997: the one where it was the last time we lived in a world without One Piece, and I thought it would be an easy issue to cover but there are too many unfound chapters.
Issue #43, 2011: the one where I corrected the mistakes of the past and covered the issue with that pivotal chapter of HxH, where we mourned the loss of a King.
Issue #41, 2001: the one with the weak motivation of being the last issue of Jump before 9/11, but at least it contained some gems like the 5th chapter of Bleach.
Issue #29, 2017: the one where a beloved Pillar says goodbye at the end of the Mugen Train Arc, and six consecutive series just debuted, all of them notable in different ways.
Issue #41, 1993: the one where YuYu Hakusho gets cruel with kids and nothing else was particularly impressive, sign of a transitional era for the magazine.
Issue #6/7, 2015: the one where Gintama lost an important member of the cast, and Tamura delivered a one-shot between Beelzebub and Hungry Marie.
Issue #29, 1990: the one where I finally had the chance to write about one of my favourite all-time series, Saint Seiya, and also Goku uses his mind-reading technique for the first and only time.
Issue #46, 1981: the one where I was tempted to go through the first Jump with 10 reviewable chapters, finding the first episode of Black Angel and some good classics like Cat's Eye or Dr. Slump.
Issue #36, 2003: The one where Death Note debuted as a special one-shot, tons of battle shonen are thriving at the same time, and Jaguar won the contest for the panel of the week.
Issue #1, 2010: The one that kickstarted the decade of the '10s, with One Piece Strong World heavily promoted any many future succesful authors trying their shot with a not very succesful series.
Issue #7, 1987: The one where Dio Brando went too far after five chapters from his debut, and Kinnikuman was so '80s weird that it has to be seen.

So, at this point I covered already a good number of issue from every decade from the '80s onwards. Everything I will do from now on will start to feel a repetition, but there is still a time interval where I can hope to put my hands on something new...

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/weekly-shonen-jump-1358-no-30-1995/4000-514888/

Issue #30, 1995. Why this issue specifically? Well, look at the cover and you will see what I was aiming at: italian footbal star Roberto Baggio had his own manga biography in this number (and the following one). Sounds great on paper right? Unfortunately, such manga biography can't be found online and my plan crashed even before it started. The issue was good though, and as I was saying I didn't cover much of the mid-'90s, when Dragon Ball was already over and the next big hit was still a litle far away. So screw it, let's do this!

Before going through, here are the series that I couldn't find:

• Jinnairyū Jūjutsu Butōden: Majima-kun Suttobasu!! Chapter 19 (only two chapters available)
• Tottemo! Luckyman Chapter 92
• Kochikame Chapter 932
• Forza!! Roberto Baggio Monogatari (duh)
• Ninku: second stage Chapter 20
• Midori no Makibao 30 (available up to chapter 16)
• Ryūdō no Shigu Chapter 7
• Ōsama wa Roba: Hattari Teikoku no Gyakushū Chapter 64

Apart from the delusion of the broken premise, it didn't go so bad for an issue of the '90s. I was able to review 12 series, and some of them aren't the usual hits of the time; there also also some hidden gems in this review. So let's get to it!

Spoiler: Jump Retro Review, Issue #30, 1995

1. Rurouni Kenshin 59: Sanosuke is basically the Shin to Kenshin’s Sakamoto. Here he is willing to go to Kyoto (where something big is going on I guess) but he is stopped by Saito, the equivalent of Nakumo, who wants to test him with a fight. Sanosuke loses because he is inexperienced, but he impresses Saito enough to get his permission to go, being informed that he is still too weak to survive the war. Good chapter where some tropes were established probably for the first time, with the right characters to make them work.
2. Slam Dunk 231: Sakuragi is up against a stronger opponent, Mikio, who has a dumb look but is all about power. Eventually the protagonist understands how to beat him by figuring out that his weaknesses are the same that he had at the beginning of the series. Good psychology work that made this chapter very enjoyable, together with Mikio’s dumb look that do for a little comedy.
3. Dragon Quest - Dai no Daibouken 277: Hyunkel (who I know from previous retro reviews) faces Hym, and the two are great rivals destined to each other. They throw manly speeches to each other and they go with their final attack, recognizing each other’s value. Who will be the victor? Tons of testosterone in this chapter, and I like it.
4. Hell Teacher Nube 90: A nice horror story about “Iminas”, people’s real names that can be used to manipulate everyone: if you know their Imina, they will obey every command of yours. Nube saves the day when the situation was getting too dark, and we get a final historical footnote that links the use of Iminas to…Ashikaga Takauji. Remember that guy from another series?
5. Takeki Ryuusei 9: It’s a Yakuza story drew by Tetsuo Hara. A man who I presume beat up the protagonist some chapters prior grew fond of him and cuts off his own arm to convince the higher-ups to let him go. Then he goes to visit him in the hospital and they talk about a meeting a man who wants to create a new country. So basically, this Yazuka sacrificed his arm, betting it on the next generation…it’s a pity that he did it only for the series to be axed, but apparently someone liked the idea and two years later it was proposed again, with much better results.
6. Rokudenashi Blues 345: A bunch of people who don’t like each other wake up in the same building, because they are unwillingly teaming up to face a new menace, a person who is even able to bend coins with his own hands! When it’s showdown time, it’s like 50 vs. 4, so I understand why they were so concerned. Another good chapter from our favourite Yankee series, sadly a dead genre today.
7. Karakurizoshi Ayatsuri Sakon 8: It looks like a detective series one year prior to the debut of Detective Conan. The protagonist deduces that the victim didn’t commit suicide through the position of his telephone, then the spirit who casually accompanies him gets possessed by the victim, becomes a puppet that speaks through ventriloquism, and confirms the deduction. The girl who presumably hired the duo is relieved. It is a little strange but it wasn’t that bad, imagine if this was the detective series that was still running 30 years later alongside One Piece.
8. Captain Tsubasa World Youth Hen 42: Actually chapter 60 according to the Tsubasa wiki and the translation of the japanese chapter title. In it, Hyuuga completes his Raijuu shot thanks to a storm that crashes the tree he was kicking his balls at. In the meantime he made a friend/love interest, who sucks at baseball and utterly lost despite all her training. So Hyuuga goes to her and consoles her, the badass that he is. Tsubasa is good with this kind of story, but this is where the suspension of disbelief started to go awry.
9. Jojo Bizarre Adventure 419: We are in part 4, Diamond is Unbreakable. A kid has a very bad father who is torturing him psychologically, but it’s clear that there is more to it. The protagonist arrives and with his ability to make a book out of everyone reads the story of the kid, but it turns out that his pages can predict the future. What the hell is going on here?
10. Bonbonzaka High School drama club 142: It is the final chapter! And it plays out as a standard epilogue. The obnoxious president takes a rocket to go acting an Hollywood movie with Spielberg (!), and after a “where are they now” clip, the main girl makes her move on the main guy but he is too dense, as it is a standard requirement for being a protagonist in Shonen Jump. I always like epilogue chapters, so I couldn’t put it at last place.
11. Hareluya II BOY 126: This historical delinquent series is now all about…forming a band? The protagonist is on vocals duty, and we don’t know if he’s a good singer but the others wouldn’t bet on it. The chapter show a glimpse of its actual genre at the end, when a bunch of yankees want to remove all the posters for the concert because of some kind of grudge. The arc was probably good, but out of context this chapter felt out of place in the series.
12. Hisoka returns 20: At first it was a weird read, because there is this kid who is in love with his teacher and wants to ditch his age appropriate girlfriend to stay with her…then a ghost appeared out of his body and I got it figured out…the boy is possessed by the dead boyfriend of the teacher, and his quest is to look after her even in death. Still weird because it is unclear if the original kid has control of his actions or not.

And that's it. I bet that Roberto Baggio special was amazing, but reading this issue was not wasted time. For a period where Jump was looking for his identity again, it turns out that there is a lot that was worth reading anyway, and that was a nice suprise.

That is all for today. See you on summer time for a new episode of...Jump Retro Review! (or not, I am also thinking of a new format but no spoilers for now)

 

[Kiaida]

Tottemo! Luckyman Chapter 92

Read this one recently, shame it isn't translated because it's one of the more memorable Luckyman chapters.

Lucky ends up being sorted to fight his sidekick, Doryokuman (Hard Work/Effortman) in the hero tournament. Their whole relationship is based on Doryokuman thinking Luckyman is the best and strongest hero, not understanding that he's the weakest and his only power is luck.

The fight goes with Doryokuman wanting to show his growth to his master Luckyman, who is scared because Doryokuman is absurdly strong and created a new attack, where he kicks the ground underneath his opponent before jumping high and kicking him back to the ground. If you find a raw, you can get the gist of it with this poor resume.

7. Karakurizoshi Ayatsuri Sakon 8: It looks like a detective series one year prior to the debut of Detective Conan.

Isn't Conan a year older? Didn't read this, but it might be inspired by Magazine's Shounen Kindaichi, from 1992. Conan itself was created to compete with Kindaichi's massive success, so maybe Jump also wanted to try some detective titles.

 

[Discomusic]

Isn't Conan a year older?

Yes you are right, my bad. I was somehow convinced that it debuted in 1996

 

[Reyes]