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

Your Favorite Chapters of Issue #49 of 2026 (5 Choices At Most)

  • One Piece 1197

  • Me & Roboco 303

  • Sakamoto Days 281

  • Witch Watch 268

  • Akane-banashi 228

  • Nue's Exorcist 167

  • Kagurabachi 137

  • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 114

  • Ichi the Witch 104

  • Shinobi Undercover 103

  • Someone Hertz 55

  • RuriDragon 53

  • Under Doctor 38

  • Roku's House of Oddities 28

  • Class 2B Hero Destroyerz 26

  • Animal Signal 20

  • Hal Formula 19

  • Cannon Master 18

  • The Ura Files 9

  • Graykeith: Translator Daemonica 8


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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)
 

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anything but the boost it's getting is pretty above average for the industry.
Did it even get a boost?

The boost Elusive got is what you would call above average in this climate.
Yomi no Tsugai's boost right now is what considered good.

Akane got breadcrumbs.
 

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These were the one shots from future jump project that launched last year:









Well, I finally finished reading all 9 one-shots and I want to break down my thoughts on each and give my thoughts on if they should be made into series or not. With that said, let’s get started.

-Graykeys’ Demon World Translation: An overwhelming yes from me. I still remember its release and I stand with it. However, and this is coming from my concerns regarding the concept, and that is how much work that Hokami has to do to create all these different languages, the different demons cultures, and more specifically going into its lexicon to know how they have distinct features that will allow them to speak. It was something I learned from the creator of the Dathreki language on the reality competition Face Off. So if Hokami can pull this off, it can be an amazing series in the long run.

-The Moonlight Villa on the Hill: It’s not a bad one-shot, but I do think it is rather weak. My main complaint, and this is also coming from seeing their recent series in Jump, “The Mage Next Door,” Nabe has a bad habit of properly establishing and building the foundation in their world building. I would have been a yes as it could have felt like Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, but with Yokai and a bit serious for refuge Yokai, but due to how it is lacking structure, it will collapse into itself just like The Mage Next Door.

-Sensei Fukoku: This one is another solid yes from me. It has heart, likable characters, and can make a very solid romantic drama regarding its premise. Now, I need to bring in the elephant in the room. I am aware that this concept may bring up taboo subject matter regarding the relationship between the lead and his crush, but if it can touch on it in a human level and try to not make it as creepy or condone it, there is a possibility here. If this author can come up with more characters and the possibility of romantic options for the lead and his teacher to see others at their age, then it is possible.

-Old Man Lucifer: An absolutely big no from me (and probably the only no out of these one-shots). It wasn’t funny, didn’t capture my attention, and I would say, we could do better.

-Swimmest: I am a yes, it has a good idea with some likable characters and a new idea to swimming, however there is one major flaw that holds it back for me, its lead character. Now I get what they are trying to go for, but the lead comes across as unlikable with how he starts that I have Cars flashbacks of Lightning McQueen due to how unlikable he started out. Don’t get me wrong, there have been tons of characters in different mediums that had unlikable aspects, but there has to be a charm to them to actually make me want to follow them without them being a turn off by their behavior even if it’s a front.

-The Boy Next Door: Another huge yes from me. Despite it being close to Moonlight Villa, it has a solid backstory and likable characters that makes me want to see both characters of focus have a happy ending. The story was well structured, has tons of potential with it going into different directions as it pleases, and hopes that it will be a success.

-The Tale of Zanki the Vampire Slayer: It’s not bad, but I think this author needs more time to harness their skills more. Furthermore, the final boss who is supposed to be the vampire, I didn’t get vampire but more demon who collects faces.

-The Origin Story of Chikugawa High School’s Exorcism Club: Finally read it and will give it a high yes. This does have the potential of being another detective mystery series in the same vein as Muhyo & Roji or Nogami Neuro in terms of it being episodic with solving the cases of these cursed locations. The greatest risk is that people will compare this to being a discount DanDaDan, and yes that is true, I can see this being its own thing and just solve cases.

-Demon’s on a Plate: I am a marginal yes, but I won’t highly recommend it due to a flaw I have concerns about. The art is great, it has heart and a clear message, but the greatest concern I have is the risk of how repetitive it can get as it’s main goal is to get 100% on the leads cooking. The comparisons I’m seeing are Toriko and Food Wars! but with an exorcism twist, and that is my only concern.

With that said, that is all.
 

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I tried to remove the watermark but I can't (there's too much text... it's a mess)

UNDER DOCTOR & Kinato Vol.1
Last Batch Volumes

So, to avoid giving away too many spoilers, I’m editing the message and including the images as links
Under doctor really trying to pull in the sakamoto days crowd with that cover.
Love Kinato as a series and love that cover. Was worried it’d be bland. Hopefully like Kiyoshi, the first volume sells well
 

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Also, I don't know why people are acting as if the Akane anime is a massive flop? Like, sure, it's not a Elusive Samurai or Blue Box-level boost or anything but the boost it's getting is pretty above average for the industry. Heck, the latest episode got 8 volumes back on the shoseki daily. The digital volumes are also doing well on amazon and rakuten. It's a bigger boost than stuff like Witch Watch and Undead. Heck, there were people acting as if Kill Blue was some breakout success doing better than Akane when it hasn't gotten a volume back on the Daily Shoseki in weeks and the digital volumes are now much lower ranked. I'm not saying Kill Blue is a massive flop, but when people on here act like Akane is a major flop which will be a bottom dweller, it gets annoying.

Also, as for the rankings, it's extremely blatant that Saito's giving preference to his own series while treating Nakano's series like shit (aside from Sakamoto).
You could have gone without that part that sounds a bit dishonest, no one was acting like Kill Blue anime was a breakout hit doing better than Akane, at most just cheering for a anime of a rushed series being able to chart above one of the most pushed hit series in the magazine for a couple of days.
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Also, as for the rankings, it's extremely blatant that Saito's giving preference to his own series while treating Nakano's series like shit (aside from Sakamoto).
He's also treating Witch Watch & Me & Roboco pretty well, Roboco a bit too well actually lol
 
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Weekly Oricon Top 50 (5/11/26 - 5/17/26)
03. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #3 (30,387 / 307,616)
06. One Piece Chopper’s #1 (16,616 / 368,111)
09. Kagurabachi #11 (14,911 / 142,121)
11. Blue Box #25 (13,250 / 100,401)
13. Sakamoto Days #27 (12,391 / 98,878)
19. Ichi the Witch #8 (10,150 / 89,494)
32. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #2 (7,032 / 398,147)
34. One Piece #114 (6,752 / 1,006,359)
50. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #1 (5,410 / 431,979)

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Nue's Exorcist Volume 15

 

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Issue #25:
1. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #92
2. Kinato's Magic #15
3. Roku's House of Oddities #6
4. Ichi the Witch #82


5. Under Doctor #16
6. Someone Hertz #33


7. Shinobi Undercover #81
8. Alien Headbutt #14
9. Drawn to the Fire #5
10. Class 2-B Hero Destroyerz #4
 

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Damn, Hitoner twitter acc just open for a couple of days and already has 14k followers! That's more than Shinobi, Hima & Kiyoshi lol I wonder how this series would perform if done on Shonen Jump with no changes from how it is on Plus...:hmm
 

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Damn, Hitoner twitter acc just open for a couple of days and already has 14k followers! That's more than Shinobi, Hima & Kiyoshi lol I wonder how this series would perform if done on Shonen Jump with no changes from how it is on Plus...:hmm
unironically would get axed
 

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Oh wow, from all the nue cover i've seen, i think this is the best one by a long mile.

It looks so dynamic with a clear background art.
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Damn, Hitoner twitter acc just open for a couple of days and already has 14k followers! That's more than Shinobi, Hima & Kiyoshi lol I wonder how this series would perform if done on Shonen Jump with no changes from how it is on Plus...:hmm
Wasn't hitoner's one shot just as if not more popular than ruri dragon's? I think the series trajectory would have been the same as the latter in WSJ.

It's hard to gauge Jump+ popularity nowadays based on viewership numbers, with that said, it's extremely popular in social media. So i think it will still do really well as a J+ title.

Overall, i think hitoner is just a way better manga. Unfortunately, thats not enough of a deciding factor.
 
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Nue acc is posting all the named & not named characters on Twitter and Zenno & Machida are both the characters with the most likes above all the main ones! :XD


 

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Nue acc is posting all the named & not named characters on Twitter and Zenno & Machida are both the characters with the most likes above all the main ones! :XD


I can never understand how Kawae had no plans to make Zenno any more than a background character. With so many girls in the cast, he would have been a perfect emotional support character for gakuro if kawae couldn't pivot him into an action role.
 

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I can never understand how Kawae had no plans to make Zenno any more than a background character. With so many girls in the cast, he would have been a perfect emotional support character for gakuro if kawae couldn't pivot him into an action role.
I feel like he doesn't want to look like he is forcing Zenno into the story just for the sake of getting "memes" on Twitter, i also wish he would include Zenno more.
 

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Do wonder what the color pages for the other series are going to be like.
 
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