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)

 

[Newkerzy]

I'm glad to report that Roku's House of Oddities did the damn thing this week, and managed to channel the Agravity Boys energy I've needed/wanted/longed for! No thanks to the oddities in question, mind you. They're still badly designed in their conception. In one chapter, the boys at the club have more personality, better banter, and funnier reactions than what has come in all the chapters before (Sachiko excluded, she's earned her place and focus). It feels temporary in the grand scheme of what the series will be about, but this feels to me like the humour that should have been around since the beginning. Back to the usual next week, I guess.

On the contrary, while Roku was funny this week, I didn’t laugh as much as I hoped to. Probably because I’m subsconciously comparing it to Grand Blue which has the same flavor of humour as this chapter. So, while I thought it was an okay chapter and a nice change of pace, I couldn’t help but feel it’s just slightly below the previous chapters. I also don’t feel the science club will be all that important to the plot, sadly.

That said, Sachiko is clearly Best Girl.

 

[Javieroski]

Issue 25:

1. Sakamoto Days
2. Drawn to The Fire
3. Shinobi Undercover
4. Kinato's Magic
5. Under Doctor

 

[JBC008]

I predict Hima-ten ending at Ch. 108 since that’s considered a lucky number in Japan.

I had that exact same prediction.

 

[BelTL]

Holy hell, class 2-B is getting all the worst bullets in futaba

 

[tirakai]

It's not surprising, 2-B Hero Destroyerz feels like Sorachi's taken the very worst parts of Gintama, removed the appealing characters and setting, and thrown it at Jump daring them to publish it. Gintama had its fair share of poop jokes but they were just for occasional chapters and mini-arcs and were just one aspect of a huge variety with the Samurai vs Aliens setting, all the parodies and references, serious and dramatic backstories to everyone, etc.

But 2-B has poopoo toilet baked into its very core, it's completely inescapable here. Even this chapter which was a more serious one was still stuck making constant poop jokes because the central driving force of the male MC mandates them at all times. And when that's dumped onto the literal most overdone premise in the medium (Hero vs Demon Lord but there's a silly twist!!!) it makes the whole thing a tiresome read.

It feels like a borderline troll manga, as if Saito's WSJ pushed extra hard for Sorachi's return under any circumstances so he gave them least appealing idea he could come up with to screw with them (hero vs demon lord isekai but it's on the toilet). Which would be very Sorachi, but it still doesn't make for a very good manga.

 

[BelTL]

It feels like a borderline troll manga, as if Saito's WSJ pushed extra hard for Sorachi's return under any circumstances so he gave them least appealing idea he could come up with to screw with them

I would be angry if this was the case
just don't draw at all instead of using someone's chance to get their dream come true just to make a troll joke out of spite
Unless Saito is holding Sorachi's family hostage

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tbh I would rather read Dongus's posts if I need some giggles

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Sorachi is 46 years old, he will not go back to drawing weekly manga just to troll someone lol

 

[Neala897]

Sorachi is 46 years old, he will not go back to drawing weekly manga just to troll someone lol

The one that trolled with whole prolonged Gintama ending? Of course HE would.

 

[Kiaida]

Himaten clearly isn't quite done yet, it will be over fairly soon but definitely not in the next few chapters. I think one more batch is still a reasonable guess though with it going a little beyond ch 100. I wonder if it'll get a final chapter anime announcement, too.

It just recently had a Nogizaka46 MV, I honestly think it's a harder get than Creepy Nuts doing Someone Hertz, so the whole situation with Himaten is weird. Maybe Ono wanted to wrap up after all and this last arc will still go for a few months, remember when Komoto (Mashle) wrote in a volume the series was in its final phase and it still took more than a year for it to end?

Himaten also seems to be decently popular on some other asian forums, like Korean ones. If it goes over 100 chapters, it'll probably still get an anime.

 

[tirakai]

I'm pretty sure Himaten is ending naturally, I think Ono just got to a point where he's done everything he wanted and it makes sense for the character arcs. Respect to him for concluding the series where it feels right, rather than drawing it out constantly resetting progress long past where it should've ended (looking at you, basically every series in WSM).

Maybe if it was top ranking Jump would push him to take the Nisekoi route and screw around with slice of life comedy shenanigans for a couple extra years, but as a mostly low-placing series there'll be no desperation to extend it.

I just hope we can get a new successful romance series after it and Blue Box end. I suppose Someone Hertz is progressing partly in that direction.

 

[cameronney618]

Saying sorachi came back to troll is just pure copium.

Bro is washed.

 

[tirakai]

Just saying, it feels like the kind of thing Sorachi would do.

Not really wanting to be back to the weekly hell grind that is WSJ, but getting pushed into it and being like "fine, but I'm going to write about needing a poo and nothing else".

 

[cameronney618]

I've been watching / reading You and I are Polar Opposites and Ramparts of Ice this week. I wouldnt mind if Kocha Agasawa tries his or her hand in the main magazine after Blue Box and Himaten ends.
I love the dialogues in these.

Meanwhile for Gag Series, i nominate Teppei Fukushima (houkago himitsu club) and Chanta (sachi) for the gag bowl once roboco is done.

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Just saying, it feels like the kind of thing Sorachi would do.

Not really wanting to be back to the weekly hell grind that is WSJ, but getting pushed into it and being like "fine, but I'm going to write about needing a poo and nothing else".

So he's either washed or an ass for wasting a slot.

 

[Shonenfan]

Occam’s razor dictates that it’s simply a short manga similar to death note and even mashle (a Reiwa trend that I typically hate except for when it’s for rom-coms and I do think himaten will age better bc of it). The more imaginative part of me wonders that if fireflies gets cancelled then maybeeee Ono, showing he can do a successful series and with a built in audience, will be WSJ spokon savior with a new sports manga. After all, his debut was full drive, a ping pong manga, and with his much improved artwork maybe he wants to scratch that itch again.

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The hate for 2B is something I hope is more international than JP. I still really like it and while the bathroom stuff is a bit heavy, this is still just the first volume. As an artist from an older generation, sorachi hammering the same jokes for a first volume was actually pretty common. In fact, I think it is actually a pretty common thing in most Gag manga. You hammer the core joke in the first volume (and first arc) and then expand.[/QUOTE]

 

[BelTL]

The hate for 2B is something I hope is more international than JP.

reception is actually worse in JP than international
If even twitter has negative comments, then it's really bad

 

[nkempi]

This is a meta commentary on Alien Headbutt, but the more I’ve paid attention to online discourse and ToC the more I’ve noticed a phenomenon where western fans latch on to mid series and axebait and insist they are under-appreciated masterpieces. I kind of understood it with Otr because of the Norse influence probably being more appealing to westerners, but with AH I don’t get it. I know taste is subjective but the series has almost no plot and extremely thin characters - it’s just MC suplexing aliens. The art I guess stands out from other series but is hardly amazing. But you see on places like Twitter and Reddit people acting like the series is amazing and a gem that is being overlooked.

Maybe I am assuming a lot, but it feels like some western fans latch on to these series as a way of showing they have superior taste to Japanese readers. Like they think the Japanese are too stupid to appreciate something that isn’t isekai and heavy fanservice, but these western readers are so enlightened so they know these axebait series are actually under-appreciated masterpieces that aren’t given a chance they deserve. It’s pretty predictable that if an action series comes out to a weak reception, people on Reddit will start insisting it’s amazing. This kind of goes hand in hand with western readers who will apparently read and enjoy manga, read and enjoy WSJ series, but insist common tropes are bad, and any series that eschews common tropes is inherently good. I dunno, just something I’ve observed.

 

[Kiaida]

This is a meta commentary on Alien Headbutt, but the more I’ve paid attention to online discourse and ToC the more I’ve noticed a phenomenon where western fans latch on to mid series and axebait and insist they are under-appreciated masterpieces. I kind of understood it with Otr because of the Norse influence probably being more appealing to westerners, but with AH I don’t get it. I know taste is subjective but the series has almost no plot and extremely thin characters - it’s just MC suplexing aliens. The art I guess stands out from other series but is hardly amazing. But you see on places like Twitter and Reddit people acting like the series is amazing and a gem that is being overlooked.

Maybe I am assuming a lot, but it feels like some western fans latch on to these series as a way of showing they have superior taste to Japanese readers. Like they think the Japanese are too stupid to appreciate something that isn’t isekai and heavy fanservice, but these western readers are so enlightened so they know these axebait series are actually under-appreciated masterpieces that aren’t given a chance they deserve. It’s pretty predictable that if an action series comes out to a weak reception, people on Reddit will start insisting it’s amazing. This kind of goes hand in hand with western readers who will apparently read and enjoy manga, read and enjoy WSJ series, but insist common tropes are bad, and any series that eschews common tropes is inherently good. I dunno, just something I’ve observed.

Nah, that's exactly it, you're correct. A lot of western fans say they love anime and manga, but have this insane weird extremely negative percpetion on japanese people and culture because they like things that appeal to them instead of caring to follow mainstream western tastes. Also, everything is always blamed on the entirety of Japan as if everyone shares the same opinions, there are Jump readers who like Alien Headbutt, it's just a niche not viable for this magazine currently.

It's weird how any battle manga with hype spreads is treated as an underrated masterpiece full of potential even with bare bones plot and characters, but if something like Bakemonogatari was published now in this magazine for the first time ever, it would be dismissed as bad and flat because it has fanservice.

 

[Pedroland17]

Drawn to the Fire continues to be really good. Now the series has settled into a less rushed pace, taking its time to develop things, and I’m still fully invested. I just hope Jump doesn’t cancel this manga and actually puts some effort into keeping it in the magazine to see if it can grow into something bigger in the future, maybe even get an anime adaptation. It genuinely has potential.

Class 2B, by Sorachi, is a stupid manga. Like, REALLY stupid. And personally, ever since the first chapter, I’ve been into the premise. Honestly, it’s a niche manga, so the negative reactions online are understandable (especially since the internet only ever likes the same kinds of things over and over again). We’ll see how it does in the TOCs and especially how the first volume sells. I still think it’s totally possible for it to debut with something close to 10k sales or even more.

 

[Smirky Bell]

The new characters from Odd House of Roku are very funny. The big dude asking about Sachiko was so hilarious. I hope that the series continues with good chapter like this.

Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz showed a awesome power from Kumon and a good gag from Valaris' stumble. I think that will now start a sequence in the chapters 5, 6 and 7 about the humans from the school arriving in the Demon King world. I'm waiting isekai vibes in this.

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Maybe I am assuming a lot, but it feels like some western fans latch on to these series as a way of showing they have superior taste to Japanese readers.

Some people think that they can save the magazine from "bad taste" or "bankruptcy". I think that it's some type of arrogance.

 

[Shonenfan]

This is a meta commentary on Alien Headbutt, but the more I’ve paid attention to online discourse and ToC the more I’ve noticed a phenomenon where western fans latch on to mid series and axebait and insist they are under-appreciated masterpieces. I kind of understood it with Otr because of the Norse influence probably being more appealing to westerners, but with AH I don’t get it. I know taste is subjective but the series has almost no plot and extremely thin characters - it’s just MC suplexing aliens. The art I guess stands out from other series but is hardly amazing. But you see on places like Twitter and Reddit people acting like the series is amazing and a gem that is being overlooked.

Maybe I am assuming a lot, but it feels like some western fans latch on to these series as a way of showing they have superior taste to Japanese readers. Like they think the Japanese are too stupid to appreciate something that isn’t isekai and heavy fanservice, but these western readers are so enlightened so they know these axebait series are actually under-appreciated masterpieces that aren’t given a chance they deserve. It’s pretty predictable that if an action series comes out to a weak reception, people on Reddit will start insisting it’s amazing. This kind of goes hand in hand with western readers who will apparently read and enjoy manga, read and enjoy WSJ series, but insist common tropes are bad, and any series that eschews common tropes is inherently good. I dunno, just something I’ve observed.

Nah, that's exactly it, you're correct. A lot of western fans say they love anime and manga, but have this insane weird extremely negative people on japanese people and culture because they like things that appeal to them instead of caring to follow mainstream western tastes. Also, everything is always blamed on the entirety of Japan as if everyone shares the same opinions, there are Jump readers who like Alien Headbutt, it's just a niche not viable for this magazine currently.

It's weird how any battle manga with hype spreads is treated as an underrated masterpiece full of potential even with bare bones plot and characters, but if something like Bakemonogatari was published now in this magazine for the first time ever, it would be dismissed as bad and flat because it has fanservice.

I don't think it'a anything like. Like you said, different cultures will have different taste. Frankly, the opinions are laid out before we even know reception. For instance, most westerners did not like Nue and were surprised it was successful. It's far more likely pockets of people read a series and get attached to it and become vocal and disappointed when it fails. We all have had series we really like that failed and thus we blame the voting power (JP WSJ audience) for why it wasn't successful and it all ties to WSJ being pretty cut throat and majority of series being axed.

TL;DR: People get attached to series -> Most WSJ series get axed -> Therefore, most people get vocal & upset at WSJ/JP voting power for said series being axed.