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)

 

[cameronney618]

Spoiler

Meanwhile Kinato is sooo not rushing is actually hilarious, it shows ZERO signs of ending.

Kaedegami, Harukaze Mound and Mage Next Door says Hi.

 

[echo]

Kaedegami did a decent job hiding its pending cancellation but both Harukaze and Mage Next Door made it pretty obvious they were ending.

 

[cameronney618]

Kaedegami did a decent job hiding its pending cancellation but both Harukaze and Mage Next Door made it pretty obvious they were ending.

Harukaze's final match was against some literalwho team. The author didnt even bother to skip to the match that mattered to the series. All that buildup for nothing.

The only "foreshadowing" to an ending was a last minute flashback to their childhood in either the last or 2 ch. Reality finally caught up to them there.

 

[Thehoennhippo]

Harukaze's final match was against some literalwho team. The author didnt even bother to skip to the match that mattered to the series. All that buildup for nothing.

The only "foreshadowing" to an ending was a last minute flashback to their childhood in either the last or 2 ch. Reality finally caught up to them there.

Eh, that’s not really true. They established the pitcher on that team as like the favorite to win the whole tournament. While obviously I would’ve rather seen the brothers face off, once they played that team in the first round it was pretty obvious the series was cooked.

 

[Thehoennhippo]

And off topic.

 

[JBC008]

Same as the Logan Paul scam of grating manga tankabons and magazines.

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Especially Jump ones.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Kaedegami, Harukaze Mound and Mage Next Door says Hi.

The other members already mentioned the last two but talking about Kaedegami, while the series ended much sooner than we expected, the reality is that arc and fight were very intense and pretty much done as a climax of the series, we just didn't realised at the time, but looking at this kind of page, come on, it was obvious, we were just in denial:

The thing is that Kinato right now isn't in the middle of any sort of climax but a simple training arc that will only start on issue #26, so considering how Alien Headbutt is totally done in (probably) a couple of chapters between ch15 ~ ch20, Kinato would have to end 1 issue earlier, and how the hell will do that? I don't remember any series simply ending in the middle of a training arc

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Of course the training can be interrupted with a sudden attack of the skull guy crew and turn into a final battle but it just sounds sooo extremely rushed lol

 

[Kiaida]

I don't remember any series simply ending in the middle of a training arc

PPPPPP was having a side character flashback just a chapter before it ended. Anything can happen in an axed ending.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

PPPPPP was having a side character flashback just a chapter before it ended. Anything can happen in an axed ending.

I don't think you can really compare PPPPPP with a traditional battle shounen, only a series of the nature of P6 could pull this kind of ending and even get some praise like it did.

And btw, at the time P6 was also giving some signs of reaching its ending, is just that the ending itself was extremely abrupt, but it wasn't really out of nowhere.

 

[Lord Anubis]

The other members already mentioned the last two but talking about Kaedegami, while the series ended much sooner than we expected, the reality is that arc and fight were very intense and pretty much done as a climax of the series, we just didn't realised at the time, but looking at this kind of page, come on, it was obvious, we were just in denial:

The thing is that Kinato right now isn't in the middle of any sort of climax but a simple training arc that will only start on issue #26, so considering how Alien Headbutt is totally done in (probably) a couple of chapters between ch15 ~ ch20, Kinato would have to end 1 issue earlier, and how the hell will do that? I don't remember any series simply ending in the middle of a training arc

--- Double Post Merged, May 17, 2026, Original Post Date: May 17, 2026 ---

Of course the training can be interrupted with a sudden attack of the skull guy crew and turn into a final battle but it just sounds sooo extremely rushed lol

I feel like that only Alien Headbutt might be ending this round, because there's still an extra slot.
As long as it's a 2 series batch & HxH doesn't return, Kinato should be good for now...

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

@Jay_Senju Try not to post tweets from randon people, why the topic itself isn't off in the thread we try to not "promote" random people from social media or Youtubers

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

Well, Naruto, it's what made me dive deep into the anime & manga world when i got a pc, and pretty much the reason i have talked about anime & manga for the last 20 years

 

[Shockzz1234]

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

One Piece! But also Bleach and Yu-Gi-Oh. I semi regularly re-read the latter two (since they're complete) to make sure I don't just love them for nostalgia reasons (not that there's anything wrong with that tbf), and I've actually discovered that as I've gotten older I actually like them even more. But yeah, those were the three manga I'd regularly read while growing up. Their styles also left an impression on me, even to this day I think Kubo and Takahashi are probably my two favourite artists in WSJ history. Also DBZ, but that's like...more of an anime only thing, I didn't read the manga till waaay later in my life when I was an adult.

PPPPPP was having a side character flashback just a chapter before it ended. Anything can happen in an axed ending.

Greatest final page in WSJ history.

 

[shillin65]

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

I've only been reading manga for about five years so I can't say I really "grew up" with it in that sense
but if it wasn't for me deciding to read One Piece I probably wouldn't have gotten into manga at all and that's honestly what I most appreciate it for

 

[JBC008]

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

Well, I was young, but I never understood manga. For me, it was their anime adaptations. I would say that Yu-Gi-Oh! left a huge impression on me with the card game and competitive gameplay, along with its cast of characters. Other series that caught my eye around that time and now I have more context were Dragon Ball (when it was in Z, then I saw the original), Naruto, and the 4Kids One Piece due to their concepts. I was young and a bit detached to truly understand. It wouldn’t be until I was older until, I got it. From there it helped me connect and appreciate anime, manga, and the like. I started to take it more seriously when I took an anime class and saw the series The Promised Neverland and Dr. Stone as they were premises that blew my mind as they had an innovative idea and opening that made me invested. Without them, I wouldn’t be here now.

 

[Kiaida]

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Cardcaptor Sakura. Got me into manga.

 

[JBC008]

Cardcaptor Sakura. Got me into manga.

Same

 

[Broseph]

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

I was obsessed with Pokemon when it first blew up circa 99-2002. I was 4-6 back then so perfect age for it but I never knew that was Japanese at the time. Similarly, I also watched Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragon Ball Z but I had no conception of 'anime' while watching them. They were just cartoons to me, no different than Scooby Doo, Batman, Jackie Chan Adventures etc...

First time I really got into an anime, knew the concept of animation from Japan and learned about what manga is and it being ahead of the anime was in middle school when I discovered Naruto. That's the manga/anime that really got me into the medium. Naruto and Avatar: The Last Airbender (not anime but it actually helped get me into anime more funnily enough) were probably the biggest reasons I got deep into Japanese animation

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

If talking about pre knowing what anime was and etc, so for me would be Dragon Ball Z, Digimon & Pokemon, and CardCaptor Sakura

 

[WyldViolet]

Question:

What do you all its a manga that truly stuck to you the most growing up? You can choose one.

Am gonna surprise some folks and say the likes of outside one piece, the manga I was following to the best of my abilities while growing up as a teen was the likes of Assassination Classroom.

I thought the whole premise was so absurd at first until I actually got to read it for the very first time and it kinda made me the sort that really appreciates the weird stories that writers can come up with and how they evolve their premises as a whole.

Probably Dragon Ball or Yu Yu Hakusho. I had posters, shirts, toys, video games. manga volumes, VHS tapes. Like I was obsessed with Pokemon & Digimon before those, but DB & YYH two were the first that I understood were anime, and opened up this whole industry for me.
Those were my defining childhood manga/anime during pre-adolescence. During middle/high school? Probably Hunter x Hunter, One Piece, Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Haruhi Suzumiya.