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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Phantom RPG]

My guess for the next batch is 2 series with only Alien Headbutt ending and it'll be

- A romcom, since Himaten's ending soon and Blue Box is getting there eventually too (maybe Komi Naoshi's return?)
- a battle series by a total newbie (not anything based on a oneshot either, brand new)

Prediction for Issue 28:
Cover: Idk... Kiyoshi anniversary is end of june.. it worth to anticipate it for new batch?
Colors: Under Doctor (volume), Witch Watch (volume) and...Akane

Am quite torn on either, really, so I will predict both outcomes:

If Kiyoshi gets the Cover, the color pages will be for Under Doctor, Akane Banashi, and an additional one-shot from a newbie.

If it's a brand-new batch, it will be two, with only the Alien Headbutt ending. Cover will be for the new series, and the color pages will be for Under Doctor, Kiyoshi Kun, and Akane Banashi.

For the two new series, I'd guess they'll be battle-oriented or similar, since I suspect we will only get a romcom after Himaten ends. No offense, but I doubt Himaten ends this quickly right now. But would not be surprised if it does end in the next batch around August and September.

For authors, my guess is a complete newbie round this time. Mostly cause the last round was just veterans returning, so I anticipate that this time it's solely on rookies.

For potential newcomers, I could imagine we'd see one of the three GFC winners among the candidates(Likely Canvas Terra writer or Izumi Hakase, of Signal All Red); if not, it's likely a former contestant, which could be Reiya Machida, as he was the most active for a hot minute.

For those who did not participate in GFC, I would suspect Yuu Odoriba, a newcomer, as someone who could show up. I suspect he would either do something related to Bad Triper or My Little Mars one-shots.

Another, this one is coming out of left field, just a word of warning, could be Takegamo Itsuki with a series similar to his Denden Knight one-shot from 2024.

Lastly, some names I would like to mention would be Taro Kaneko(A name that is talked to death and beyond), Kongon(I think he could deliver something unique that was never done before), Yamada Kon(I just really like how they do their art and their overall panelling is impressive), Shinosuke Toujo( Another name I think people should take a bit of notice of), and finally Fukamori Shou(Think he could deliver something really fun).

 

[Hawke]

 

[Lord Anubis]

Lastly, some names I would like to mention would be Taro Kaneko(A name that is talked to death and beyond),

Bruh, I'm the only one here who really talks a lot about my hype for Kaneko, you don't have to be that generous...

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Also, I feel like that we might be getting a all-rookie 2 batch & that we're definitely getting a GFC winner this year, it's been way too long since we got one, most likely Shirosaki for the rom-com to fill in for Blue Box.
As for rookies doing a new battle series, I feel like we could be getting someone like Shinnosuke Tojo, Taisei Tsujita or Kento Sako

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We could also be getting Osonoe as it has been a long while since we heard from them...

 

[kiyoshibro]

Am quite torn on either, really, so I will predict both outcomes:

If Kiyoshi gets the Cover, the color pages will be for Under Doctor, Akane Banashi, and an additional one-shot from a newbie.

If it's a brand-new batch, it will be two, with only the Alien Headbutt ending. Cover will be for the new series, and the color pages will be for Under Doctor, Kiyoshi Kun, and Akane Banashi.

For the two new series, I'd guess they'll be battle-oriented or similar, since I suspect we will only get a romcom after Himaten ends. No offense, but I doubt Himaten ends this quickly right now. But would not be surprised if it does end in the next batch around August and September.

For authors, my guess is a complete newbie round this time. Mostly cause the last round was just veterans returning, so I anticipate that this time it's solely on rookies.

For potential newcomers, I could imagine we'd see one of the three GFC winners among the candidates(Likely Canvas Terra writer or Izumi Hakase, of Signal All Red); if not, it's likely a former contestant, which could be Reiya Machida, as he was the most active for a hot minute.

For those who did not participate in GFC, I would suspect Yuu Odoriba, a newcomer, as someone who could show up. I suspect he would either do something related to Bad Triper or My Little Mars one-shots.

Another, this one is coming out of left field, just a word of warning, could be Takegamo Itsuki with a series similar to his Denden Knight one-shot from 2024.

Lastly, some names I would like to mention would be Taro Kaneko(A name that is talked to death and beyond), Kongon(I think he could deliver something unique that was never done before), Yamada Kon(I just really like how they do their art and their overall panelling is impressive), Shinosuke Toujo( Another name I think people should take a bit of notice of), and finally Fukamori Shou(Think he could deliver something really fun).

Looking back at last year, we had:
Issue #28: Kiyoshi 1st Anniversary
Issue #29: Harukaze Mound (debut)
Issue #30: Kaedegami (debut)

If they stick to the same pattern, there’s an 80% chance the next issue will be Kiyoshi.

So I'm revising my previous prediction to a straight-up:
Cover: Kiyoshi 2nd Anniversary
Color: UNDER DOCTOR, Witch Watch and Akane Banashi (or Oneshot instead of Witch Watch)

 

[Lord Anubis]

Masashi Kishimoto's brother, Seishi, just drew this Kagurabachi art:

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Also, I'm staying true to myself with this:
Cover: New Series
Color Pages: Witch Watch, Under Doctor & either Roku or Class 2-B

 

[Shonenfan]

I’m a little skeptical of getting HxH in the next batch if it starts next week. Shouldn’t we get a new volume notice first? Earliest they can do that would be July since June is about to come. Anyone know how quickly they can announce a volume? Feels like that’d be our guide as to when it returns

 

[KrenKren]

Masashi Kishimoto's brother, Seishi, just drew this Kagurabachi art:

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Also, I'm staying true to myself with this:
Cover: New Series
Color Pages: Witch Watch, Under Doctor & either Roku or Class 2-B

He did art of Kunishige well back when as well, which is still one of my favorite pieces of fan art for the series.

 

[Nuesmoker]

I'm also going to predict Kiyoshi for the cover, they seem pretty adamant about keeping it

 

[Kiaida]

New batch seems more likely to me.

Betting on no veterans coming back this time.

 

[Exlipse]

New batch announced today?

 

[Lord Anubis]

Feels likely, the one-shot round ends this week

 

[Pietro]

isn't too early for a new batch? we just had recently a new one...

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Pretty exciting night! My predictions:

-New serialization round, 2 series, i'm betting in another veteran returning and a newbie, my options:

1. The veteran one will be either Tadahiro Miura or Kei Kamiki (2 years of serialization already puts you in the veteran group), if Miura i'm going with the priest x succubus one shot, if Kei will be something crazy like the last one shot

2. The 2nd series either from a total or a failed newbie, if total will be a football one for the obvious reasons lol, if from a failed newbie i'm betting on either Tadaichi Nakama (Tokyo Demon Bride Story) or Shinpei Watanabe (Ginka & Glüna), it's been 3+ years since their first series, so i think is time for a comeback, i think if Nakama will be another supernatural type of story and if Watanabe some sort of fantasy series? not necessarily magic like Kinato.

-Color Pages will be: Akane-banashi for vol release, Nue's Exorcist for vol release and Under Doctor for vol release

-Taking in count Alien Headbutt vol 2 is listed with the typical 192 pages i think it will end this issue with chapter 16 which is where almost every Jump volume 2 ends.

-Roku's House of Oddities 1st ranking will be Top 5, f@ck J+ views lmao!

-Top 5 will be: One Piece, Ichi the Witch, Sakamoto Days, Witch Watch and Roku's House of Oddities

-Bottom 5 will be: Alien Headbutt, Kinato's Magic, Hima-Ten!, Under Doctor and Nue's Exorcist

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

3 NEW SERIES!!!!

AND TSUTSUI IS BACK AS A ARTIST WITH A WRITER!!!!

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Alien Headbutt by Inui Akira has ended in the Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #27 of 2026 with 16 chapters!

 

[Jay_Senju]

welp I'm ready to see the meltdown on twitter lol.

 

[Shonenfan]

Great news in that it means kinato survived, but disappointing for AH (like Shinuki said the blurb was way more interesting then what we got, but I think the author has promise (which is something I usually don't think with most axed manager))

 

[Exlipse]

3 New series, Taishi Tsutsui & Kento Terasaka is back, and one newbie.

 

[Thehoennhippo]

Damn Tsutsui back already? Wow.

Terasaka too? Batch made for this thread.

 

[Lord Anubis]

Who's the newbie?