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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Bulju]

This 2020s trend of introducing extremely muscular busty girls into a series when it's on the brink of being cancelled needs to be studied.

 

[Newkerzy]

This 2020s trend of introducing extremely muscular busty girls into a series when it's on the brink of being cancelled needs to be studied.

Mikasa’s the OG though

 

[cameronney618]

Anime WORLD TRIGGER Exhibition “REBOOT”
Key Visual Revealed!

 

[monstera11]

Damn, 15k likes!

"A slender, ripped-abs female character and a huge, muscular, burly female character. You can see both in just one episode. That's "Kinato's Magic. Yes, I'll put in the survey!"

Kinato is saved

Please live

 

[KyuKyu555]

Thanks for your votes!

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #24 (2026) - VOTING RESULTS

1. Kagurabachi 121 (63 J-points)
2. Nue's Exorcist 144 (36 J-points)
3. Akane-banashi 205 (32 J-points)
4. Ichi the Witch 89 (32 J-points)
5. Someone Hertz 32 (31 J-points)
6. Witch Watch 246 (30 J-points)
7. Roku's House of Oddities 5 (28 J-points)
8. Under Doctor 15 (25 J-points)
9. One Piece 1182 (21 J-points)
10. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 91 (21 J-points)
11. Drawn to the Fire 4 (21 J-points)
12. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 3 (21 J-points)
13. Kinato's Magic 14 (20 J-points)
14. Blue Box 241 (17 J-points)
15. Shinobi Undercover 80 (13 J-points)
16. Sakamoto Days 258 (10 J-points)
17. Hima-Ten! 89 (9 J-points)
18. Alien Headbutt 13 (8 J-points)
19. Me & Roboco 280 (1 J-point)

Notes:

-36 Users voted in the poll & 18 in the comments
-Tied placements decided by which series is older

Poll Source:

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Comment Source:

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Thehoennhippo

1. Akane-banashi 205
2. Someone Hertz 32
3. Blue Box 241
4. Drawn to the Fire 4
5. Ichi the Witch 89

Xanji06

1. Kagurabachi 121
2. Witch Watch 246
3. Roku's House of Oddities 5
4. Under Doctor 15
5. Nue's Exorcist 144

Kiaida

1. Nue's Exorcist 144
2. Roku's House of Oddities 5
3. Someone Hertz 32
4. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 3
5. Me & Roboco 280

Pietro

1. Kagurabachi 121
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 91
3. Someone Hertz 32
4. Alien Headbutt 13
5. Roku's House of Oddities 5

WyldViolet

1. Kinato's Magic 14
2. Someone Hertz 32
3. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 3
4. Nue's Exorcist 144
5. Alien Headbutt 13

Hawke

1. Kagurabachi 121
2. Witch Watch 246
3. Roku's House of Oddities 5
4. Akane-banashi 205
5. Nue's Exorcist 144

shillin65

1. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 3
2. Under Doctor 15
3. Kagurabachi 121
4. Someone Hertz 32
5. Hima-Ten! 89

Discomusic

1. Akane-banashi 205
2. Witch Watch 246
3. Kagurabachi 121
4. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 91
5. Blue Box 241

Inumaru

1. Roku's House of Oddities 5
2. Witch Watch 246
3. Someone Hertz 32
4. Ichi The Witch 81
5. Drawn to the Fire 4

LogicoftheVI

1. One Piece 1182
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 91
3. Kagurabachi 121
4. Kinato's Magic 14
5. Ichi the Witch 81

Wookitake

1. Akane-banashi 205
2. Kagurabachi 121
3. Blue Box 241
4. Witch Watch 246
5. Drawn to the Fire 4

Shockzz1234

1. Ichi the Witch 81
2. Kagurabachi 121
3. Witch Watch 246
4. One Piece 1182
5. Shinobi Undercover 80

icrawfish

1. Kagurabachi 121
2. Nue’s Exorcist 144
3. One Piece 1182
4. Akane-banashi 205
5. Witch Watch 246

Javieroski

1. Drawn to The Fire 4
2. Sakamoto Days 258
3. Hima-Ten! 89
4. Under Doctor 15
5. Kinato's Magic 14

NeeNeen

1. Kagurabachi
2. Shinobi Undercover
3. Nue's Exorcist 144
4. Under Doctor 15
5. Roku's House of Oddities 5

Nuesmoker

1. Nue's Exorcist 144
2. Someone Hertz 32
3. Kagurabachi 121
4. Roku's House Of Oddities 5
5. Under Doctor 15

ItsSamu

1. Akane-banashi 205
2. Ichi the Witch 81
3. Kagurabachi 121
4. One Piece 1182
5. Under Doctor 15

KyuKyu555

1. Blue Box 241
2. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 3
3. One Piece 1182
4. Sakamoto Days 258
5. Drawn to the Fire 4

Shinuki no Reborn

1. Under Doctor 15
2. Kinato's Magic 14
3. Nue's Exorcist 144
4. Drawn to the Fire 4
5. Roku's House Of Oddities 5

--- Double Post Merged, May 19, 2026, Original Post Date: May 19, 2026 ---

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #25 (2026) - POLL & COMMENT VOTING!

Yo guys & girls, the voting for issue #25 is now open! So please send your votes!

The members who already voted:

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Thehoennhippo

1. Akane-banashi 206
2. Witch Watch 247
3. Someone Hertz 33
4. Drawn to the Fire 5
5. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 92

Kiaida

1. Nue's Exorcist 145
2. Roku's House of Oddities 6
3. Hima-Ten! 90
4. Someone Hertz 33
5. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 4

shillin65

1. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 4
2. Roku's House of Oddities 6
3. Someone Hertz 33
4. Hima-Ten! 90
5. Me & Roboco 281

Xanji06

1. Witch Watch 247
2. Shinobi Undercover 81
3. Roku's House of Oddities 6
4. Ichi The Witch 82
5. Under Doctor 16

WyldViolet

1. Akane-banashi 206
2. Nue's Exorcist 145
3. Someone Hertz 33
4. Kinato's Magic 15
5. Ichi the Witch 82

ItsSamu

1. Akane-banashi 206
2. Ichi the Witch 82
3. Sakamoto Days 259
4. Under Doctor 16
5. Witch Watch 247

defensor_de_boruto

1. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 92
2. Under Doctor 16
3. Sakamoto Days 259
4. Drawn to the Flame 5
5. Ichi the Witch 82

kiyoshibro

1. Under Doctor 16
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 92
3. Ichi the Witch 82

Pietro

1. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 92
2. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 4
3. Ichi the Witch 82
4. Under Doctor 16
5. Alien Headbutt 14

Javieroski

1. Sakamoto Days 259
2. Drawn to The Fire 5
3. Shinobi Undercover 81
4. Kinato's Magic 15
5. Under Doctor 16

If I was able to vote for the poll last week on time the rankings would’ve been slightly different:
10. Drawn to the Fire 4
11. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 3
12. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 91

Since you post just after i posted the result i decided to include your comment votes, so the results is now updated!

But please try to vote sooner this week

Sorry I didn’t vote earlier last week was trying a new schedule and kinda pushed this to the side.

Trying to adjust to a schedule is also the reason for my lateness for this week.

My votes for Issue #25 of 2026:
1. Akane-banashi 206
2. Ichi the Witch 82
3. Under Doctor 16

4. Witch Watch 247
5. Blue Box 242

6. Hima-Ten! 90
7. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 92
8. Drawn to the Fire 5
9. Kinato’s Magic 15
10. Sakamoto Days 259
11. Roku’s House of Oddities 6
12. Shinobi Undercover 81
13. Alien Headbutt 14
14. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 4
15. Someone Hertz 33

The chapters in the bottom 5 are still good, they just aren’t as good as the rest.

Random thing I noticed on the manga plus app, at least 2 jump covers so far were not shown when looking at the author’s comments. The covers were the last Sakamoto Days cover and the current cover. Both have one thing in common they are advertising something that’s not really about Shonen Jump.

 

[Pietro]

Anime WORLD TRIGGER Exhibition “REBOOT”
Key Visual Revealed!

They will do 200 episodes of just talking no jutsu Lol... for me that part has ruined totally the manga

 

[kiyoshibro]

Damn, 15k likes!

"A slender, ripped-abs female character and a huge, muscular, burly female character. You can see both in just one episode. That's "Kinato's Magic. Yes, I'll put in the survey!"

Someone says Otr of the Flame?

 

[ItsSamu]

Togashi has now submitted Hunter x Hunter Chapter 421, 11 chapter in total. I guess the reason we haven't see the 10-chapter batch maybe is that we're getting 20 instead? 422-430 are all underway in some stage of the production, and usually when he starts posting the envelopes he keeps good pace with them. If I remember correctly, I believe last time the 401-410 batch was officially announced was from when he publicly posted his submission of 404.

Thank you Togashi

Most optimistic way this plays out is Alien Headbutt cancelled in the coming weeks, then one new serialisation round + Hunter x Hunter returning, bringing the magazine back up to 20 series. Main reason this won't happen though is usually they time the serialisation resuming with a new volume, and there's no announcement yet even up until August.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Togashi has now submitted Hunter x Hunter Chapter 421, 11 chapter in total. I guess the reason we haven't see the 10-chapter batch maybe is that we're getting 20 instead? 422-430 are all underway in some stage of the production, and usually when he starts posting the envelopes he keeps good pace with them. If I remember correctly, I believe last time the 401-410 batch was officially announced was from when he publicly posted his submission of 404.

Thank you Togashi

Most optimistic way this plays out is Alien Headbutt cancelled in the coming weeks, then one new serialisation round + Hunter x Hunter returning, bringing the magazine back up to 20 series. Main reason this won't happen though is usually they time the serialisation resuming with a new volume, and there's no announcement yet even up until August.

Yeah idk if I mentioned it here before, but the posts a few months ago implied that like 421-428 would be finished from late May to mid July. I was hoping that meant that 411 would be published and the momentum meant that we’d have them finished in time for us to not get a break between 420 and 421, but it might just be a straight up 20 batch.

--- Double Post Merged, May 26, 2026, Original Post Date: May 26, 2026 ---

My bet is still a jump press in July/august, and return in September/october again unfortunately.

 

[Jay_Senju]

Fan service isn't gonna save Kinato lol.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Issue #26:
1. One Piece #1183
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #92
3. Roku's House of Oddities #67
4. Kinato's Magic #16

5. Ichi the Witch #83
6. Kagurabachi #122

7. Someone Hertz #34
8. Shinibi Undercover #82
9. Under Doctor #17

10. Drawn to the Fire #6
11. Class 2-B Hero Destroyerz #5
12. Alien Headbutt #15

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Togashi has now submitted Hunter x Hunter Chapter 421, 11 chapter in total. I guess the reason we haven't see the 10-chapter batch maybe is that we're getting 20 instead? 422-430 are all underway in some stage of the production, and usually when he starts posting the envelopes he keeps good pace with them. If I remember correctly, I believe last time the 401-410 batch was officially announced was from when he publicly posted his submission of 404.

Thank you Togashi

Most optimistic way this plays out is Alien Headbutt cancelled in the coming weeks, then one new serialisation round + Hunter x Hunter returning, bringing the magazine back up to 20 series. Main reason this won't happen though is usually they time the serialisation resuming with a new volume, and there's no announcement yet even up until August.

Okay, i think this time we're for real getting 20 consecutive chapters, there's no reason why Shonen Jump is holding the 10 chapters for this long

Btw most optimistic way would be 2 new series + HxH, Hunter has been used as the 21th spot a few times.

Anyway, if Saito is smart he will wait Togashi finish the current 10 batch chapters he's working, make Togashi draw a magazine cover & color page (which i'm sure it's one of the two colored pages Togashi said to have finished months ago) and announce it as a bi-weekly serialization, 20+ chapters spread in bi-weekly would basically mean HxH for nearly a entire year and who knows, maybe Togashi will keep working in more batches and that turns out to be even longer than a year.

Fan service isn't gonna save Kinato lol.

Never say never my friend

 

[Kiaida]

and announce it as a bi-weekly serialization, 20+ chapters spread in bi-weekly would basically mean HxH for nearly a entire year and who knows, maybe Togashi will keep working in more batches and that turns out to be even longer than a year.

I think they'll resist the idea of having bi-weekly series for as long as they can. Every other magazine has irregular series like this, but Jump seems to be proud of the weekly part of their name. Sunday and Magazine would even keep Ruri Dragon in their physical magazines, while Jump sent it to the digital version even with Ruri being a 100K+ seller with a major anime coming out.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I think they'll resist the idea of having bi-weekly series for as long as they can. Every other magazine has irregular series like this, but Jump seems to take pride into the weekly part of their name. Sunday and Magazine would even keep Ruri Dragon in their physical magazines, while Jump sent it to the digital version even with Ruri being a 100K+ seller with a major anime coming out.

They already run HxH for nearly 30 years in a completely irregular serialization and with the current state they should hold into any opportunity of having HxH as long as they can running in the magazine, HxH is quite literally the only thing (besides a Slam Dunk or Demon Slayer sequel) that can legit drive more people to buy the physical magazine to read, but that's why i throw the "If Saito is smart" line, because he is not, so he will not do the smart decision

 

[Kiaida]

They already run HxH for nearly 30 years in a completely irregular serialization

It still is published under the same batch system as everything else and gets released weekly. I think it would be a good decision to be more flexible, I just don't expect it.

 

[Shonenfan]

They already run HxH for nearly 30 years in a completely irregular serialization and with the current state they should hold into any opportunity of having HxH as long as they can running in the magazine, HxH is quite literally the only thing (besides a Slam Dunk or Demon Slayer sequel) that can legit drive more people to buy the physical magazine to read, but that's why i throw the "If Saito is smart" line, because he is not, so he will not do the smart decision

That'd be so cool. Hell have it switch off biweekly with burn the witch or a bleach hell arc.

Is there any other mangaka or sequel that could cause a big drive in magazine sales? I imagine Furudate and/or Haiku. I still think if Kishi or Kubo came back it'd be big too.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (5/18/26 - 5/24/26)
04. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo #3
14. Kagurabachi #11
15. Blue Box #25
18. Sakamoto Days #27
45. Ichi the Witch #8 (6,350 / 95,844)
134. Someone Hertz #3 (3,354 / 51,397)
141. The Elusive Samurai #25 (3,221 / 42,658)
466. Me & Roboco #26 (968 / 10,740)

 

[Reyes]

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #26 (2026)

Magazine Cover: One Piece

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ToC Page

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Color Pages

One Piece

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Blue Box

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New Year Day no Kaibutsu

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Media Advertising

Anime, Movie & Stage Play

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Games & Cards

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Shueisha Manga Magazines Advertisement

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Others

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New Year Day no Kaibutsu by Miya Ayumu (One Shot)

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #27 (2026) - PREVIEW!

 

[cameronney618]