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[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)

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

“Under Doctor is popular...

Animate benefits are out of stock...

What? Can I buy it if I go to the Kore Animate store?”

 

[monstera11]

>>Three months after birth? You're not even gonna wait until the kid can crawl? Also I'm very curious how Chihiro came out of this.

@NeeNeen my prediction is Chiaki faked her death somehow, married Rokuhira and had Chihiro. Then died from an "no-MC-parents-can-live" illness

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #27 (2026)

Magazine Cover: Someone Hertz

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ToC Page

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Color Pages

Someone Hertz

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Shinobi Undercover

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Tamura-ka Hyaku Monogatari

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Media Advertising

New Jump World Manga Award 111th Edition with Kenta Shinohara (Witch Watch) as a Judge!

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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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Tamura-ka Hyaku Monogatari by Amakaya Yumihiko (One Shot)

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #28 (2026) - PREVIEW!

 

[NeeNeen]

Another one-shot? Does that mean we'll be seeing a series soon?

I imagine the first chapter will be closer to this one, since it's easier to work with a POV character who survives the first chapter. The mugging joke doesn't work as well though.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Tamura-ka Hyaku Monogatari by Amakaya Yumihiko (One Shot)

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #28 (2026) - PREVIEW!

Alright, here are some of the one-shots I managed to find for some, not all, mind you, from some of the authors that will show up in this one-shot festival.

The only one translated is Amakaya Yumihiko's, which is most likely going to be the same one-shot, to be completely honest, if what we saw last year is any indication, especially with Rinjin Douji from Nagisa Ide(Just want to point that out for this one shot):

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Alright, going to say this, I am genuinely surprised that Yumihiko tried to make some changes to the one shot, unlike how Nagise Ide with ring dourin(From last year)was effectively a copy paste of the one shot in jump giga.

So already, I I respect that. Good for him. What do you guys think?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

lol Jump giving the spotlight for Shinobi volume two consecutive weeks as if they don't have a certain series celebrating 3 years to advertise too

Well, surely Nue will get the spotlight in this week Jump...

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Another one-shot? Does that mean we'll be seeing a series soon?

I imagine the first chapter will be closer to this one, since it's easier to work with a POV character who survives the first chapter. The mugging joke doesn't work as well though.

???

 

[kiyoshibro]

“Under Doctor is popular...

Animate benefits are out of stock...

What? Can I buy it if I go to the Kore Animate store?”

Both Animate and CDjapan are out of stock (i take my volume like 2 days before the soldout)
It’s a strange reaction from the audience, even to me... I would have expected 2/3k for a debut (like Otr or Harukaze) but double souldout is crazy.

 

[WyldViolet]

Good taste! I just noticed the Ashiya pfp

Haha I had a feeling you & Kiada would both be fans.

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Again, I know this is WSJ, but are there any other 90’s-00’s WSJ-like series that have this big cool fantasy adventure worlds in other magazines? (Had to word it like j a way to be allowed here lol)

For the weekly mags?

Shoujo Hime in Weekly Young Magazine is fucking fantastic. Also has Led By Stars which isn't bad. Everyone is sleeping hard on Shoujo Hime though.

WSS has Frieren, Kai-Hen Wizards, Silver Mountain, Agakimi Chiuran, Albus, & Kagurai which I'd rank in that order. I enjoy all of them though. Especially the first 3.

For WSM beyond Ura Tokyo, it has Four Horsemen the Seven Deadly Sins Sequel which tbh I like a lot. Also Kajin Fugeki which is wild af. And Shangri-La Frontier, which is good but I'm not caught up.

WSC has Cherry Hero & The Holy Sword, which feels like Ichi with ecchi fanservice with the whole only women can be "heroes", yet somehow a man has become one. Quite different though overall.

Also, if you aren't reading Centuria, Witchriv, Oracles of Kami, & The Hero’s Bereaved Family in Jump+ you should probably hop on them. All are so damn good.
Centuria and Witchriv are the best of those four though and are two of the best manga running anywhere, in any genre right now. Both are also from former Chainsaw Man assistants.
Centuria probably wouldn't work in Jump with how mature it can be (think Berserk with battle shonen fights & artwork), but for Witchriv it's absolutely criminal it didn't end up in WSJ proper.
The world building is so incredible, characters so charming and well written, art and panelwork is fantastic, and handles a variety of tones so well. Will make you laugh, will make you emotional, will put you on the edge of your seat. Classic battle shonen manga in the making.

Speaking of Chainsaw Man assistants, MAD and Drama Queen are also from former assistants of Fujimoto. They're both sci-fi rather than fantasy. MAD is fantastic, but Drama Queen is honestly pretty mediocre and all over the place imo.
Just think it's cool that Fujimoto's helped shaped the careers of some of the best mangaka working today.

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Both Animate and CDjapan are out of stock (i take my volume like 2 days before the soldout)
It’s a strange reaction from the audience, even to me... I would have expected 2/3k for a debut (like Otr or Harukaze) but double souldout is crazy.

Makes you wonder if the low rankings could be a result of Tanimoto getting his chapters in late despite actually getting a lot of votes. I've read before that late chapters often result in lower placement in the magazine regardless of popularity.

 

[kiyoshibro]

Makes you wonder if the low rankings could be a result of Tanimoto getting his chapters in late despite actually getting a lot of votes. I've read before that late chapters often result in lower placement in the magazine regardless of popularity.

Honestly, I don't know.
We should find out in a few weeks if that's the case, since chapters 15 through 17 were a huge hit (Next ToC is chapter 12 position)

But considering that Hokazono is also someone who deliver things in late and randomly ends up in the bottom 10 a lot, I could kind of say yes

 

[KyuKyu555]

My votes for Issue #26 of 2026:
1. Akane-banashi 207
2. Under Doctor 17
3. Sakamoto Days 260

4. One Piece 1183
5. Hima-Ten! 91

6. Ichi the Witch 83
7. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 93
8. Blue Box 243
9. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz 5
10. Drawn to the Fire 6
11. Witch Watch 248
12. Shinobi Undercover 82
13. Kinato’s Magic 16
14. Someone Hertz 34
15. Roku’s House of Oddities 7
16. Alien Headbutt 15

 

[Kiaida]

Under Doctor doesn't have a lot of engagement on Twitter or the japanese forums and the Amazon numbers are not good. I don't think it or Kinato will sell well.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Under Doctor doesn't have a lot of engagement on Twitter or the japanese forums and the Amazon numbers are not good. I don't think it or Kinato will sell well.

Sell "well" they will not, at best decently but you know well to not take Amazon pre order rankings and specially Twitter engagement at face value lol

 

[Kiaida]

Sell "well" they will not, at best decently but you know well to not take Amazon pre order rankings and specially Twitter engagement at face value lol

What should I take then? Not saying I know for sure they'll flop, but this is a discussion thread. They're also both always in the bottom 3. I can't think of any positive metric for them, just like how when people pointed out how Otr and Harukaze had negative metrics all over them even with editorial supporting them for a batch.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

What should I take then? They're also both always in the bottom 3. I can't think of any positive metric for them, just like how when people pointed out how Otr and Harukaze had negative metrics all over them even with editorial supporting them for a batch.

These things aren't 8 or 80, there are nuances and cases & cases, Harukaze Mound is a pretty good example, it had mediocre Amazon rankings, vol 1 still has only 17 users score there, not much engagement on Twitter but sold 6k in the month while Ping Pong Peril trended a bunch of times, even went viral after the author final message driving Amazon rankings up and still sold just 2k, would probably do even less if wasn't for that viral message lol

Also Shoseki don't track Amazon btw.

 

[cameronney618]

Under Doctor doesn't have a lot of engagement on Twitter or the japanese forums and the Amazon numbers are not good. I don't think it or Kinato will sell well.

These 2 along with the roku batch are gone.
DestroyerZ might survive but we'll see.

 

[kiyoshibro]

before: "yo, UNDER DOCTOR makes double-soldout on Animate and CDJapan (2 of 7/8 biggest online market of Japan)
after: "Nah, i check only amazon and twitter, it never be a hit"

guys... i threw white flag

 

[Shonenfan]

Haha I had a feeling you & Kiada would both be fans.

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For the weekly mags?

Shoujo Hime in Weekly Young Magazine is fucking fantastic. Also has Led By Stars which isn't bad. Everyone is sleeping hard on Shoujo Hime though.

WSS has Frieren, Kai-Hen Wizards, Silver Mountain, Agakimi Chiuran, Albus, & Kagurai which I'd rank in that order. I enjoy all of them though. Especially the first 3.

For WSM beyond Ura Tokyo, it has Four Horsemen the Seven Deadly Sins Sequel which tbh I like a lot. Also Kajin Fugeki which is wild af. And Shangri-La Frontier, which is good but I'm not caught up.

WSC has Cherry Hero & The Holy Sword, which feels like Ichi with ecchi fanservice with the whole only women can be "heroes", yet somehow a man has become one. Quite different though overall.

Also, if you aren't reading Centuria, Witchriv, Oracles of Kami, & The Hero’s Bereaved Family in Jump+ you should probably hop on them. All are so damn good.
Centuria and Witchriv are the best of those four though and are two of the best manga running anywhere, in any genre right now. Both are also from former Chainsaw Man assistants.
Centuria probably wouldn't work in Jump with how mature it can be (think Berserk with battle shonen fights & artwork), but for Witchriv it's absolutely criminal it didn't end up in WSJ proper.
The world building is so incredible, characters so charming and well written, art and panelwork is fantastic, and handles a variety of tones so well. Will make you laugh, will make you emotional, will put you on the edge of your seat. Classic battle shonen manga in the making.

Speaking of Chainsaw Man assistants, MAD and Drama Queen are also from former assistants of Fujimoto. They're both sci-fi rather than fantasy. MAD is fantastic, but Drama Queen is honestly pretty mediocre and all over the place imo.
Just think it's cool that Fujimoto's helped shaped the careers of some of the best mangaka working today.

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Makes you wonder if the low rankings could be a result of Tanimoto getting his chapters in late despite actually getting a lot of votes. I've read before that late chapters often result in lower placement in the magazine regardless of popularity.

Meaheim has been such a pleasure to read for me.

I’m also stumped on the contradiction between UD’s seeming reception and yet the low ToC.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Exactly 1 day away from release in Japan, the Amazon rankings right now just for fun.

AMAZON PHYSICAL

31,766 . The Mage Next Door #2
29,648 . The Mage Next Door #3
22,517 . Gonron Egg #3
17,888 . Gonron Egg #2
13,440 . Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #3
12,781 . Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #2
7,107. Kinato's Magic #1
5,110. Under Doctor #1
1,694. Shinobi Undercover #8
974 . Nue's Exorcist #15
389 . Witch Watch #26
204 . Akane-banashi #22

AMAZON DIGITAL

16,816. Gonron Egg #3
16,107. The Mage Next Door #3
16,058. The Mage Next Door #2
11,717. Gonron Egg #2
7,610. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #2
7,334. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #3
6,908. Under Doctor #1
5,067. Kinato's Magic #1
668. Shinobi Undercover #8
253. Nue's Exorcist #15
114. Witch Watch #26
78. Akane-banashi #22


Interesting how Under Doctor is the only series with a higher physical ranking than its digital version.

 

[RealityChecker]

Do you guys think based on the twitter account and the JapanCD soldout that Under Doctor might have the biggest volume 1 sale release of the decade or so?

 

[Lord Anubis]

Alright, going to say this, I am genuinely surprised that Yumihiko tried to make some changes to the one shot, unlike how Nagise Ide with ring dourin(From last year)was effectively a copy paste of the one shot in jump giga.

So already, I I respect that. Good for him. What do you guys think?

Same, Amakawa didn't have to do that, but they did & good for them. I was expecting it to be the exact same one-shot, but with the new guy replacing the antagonistic spirit instead of what we did end up with

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I would understand why Amakawa would copy-paste the idea (manga takes a long ass time to make & is a pain in the neck, especially under a weekly schedule), but the fact they chose not to is surprising.