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

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[cameronney618]

Blue Box and Hima-ten are on the cusp of ending, Kinato's not out of the woods yet and 2-B's probably going straight into the toilet (heh), but yeah this time Kiyoshi will get axed for sure, you guys. Totally.

Those are romance manga. And hertz is already the bluebox replacement.

And either one of Roku or Destroyerz is replacing Witch Watch. Probably the latter.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Those are romance manga. And hertz is already the bluebox replacement.

And either one of Roku or Destroyerz is replacing Witch Watch. Probably the latter.

Jump don't axe or keep things based in genre lol

 

[WyldViolet]

Blue Box and Hima-ten are on the cusp of ending, Kinato's not out of the woods yet and 2-B's probably going straight into the toilet (heh), but yeah this time Kiyoshi will get axed for sure, you guys. Totally.

I think it's strange how quick people are to count out Hero Destroyerz. I don't think it'll be a Samura 8 level disaster. Even if it struggles, it's basically guaranteed to at least get the Illegal Rare/Kagamigami/Hardboiled Cop & Dolphin treatment that vets usually get and last a few rounds/close to a year.
The magazine is in serious need of high sellers and Sorachi does have a dedicated enough fanbase to prop up its first volume out of curiousity alone.
Plus, the series has been improving, I could easily see it sticking around long enough to make it hard to find reason to keep a series that can't pass the 10k barrier after 2 years of serialization over a successful veteran with a strong fanbase.

And sure, Kinato isn't out of the woods yet, but it's looking very likely it'll be outselling Kiyoshi from the getgo.

 

[Baes]

Kinato crew LETS GOOOOOOOO

 

[cameronney618]

Jump don't axe or keep things based in genre lol

Definitely not the reason they're trying their hardest to get another romcom while himaten and blue box is on it's way out. No.

And we conveniently got a gagbowl again as soon as WW and Roboco is looking to end.

 

[BelTL]

Jump don't axe or keep things based in genre lol

they do. Even if they don't want to, they will have to anyway if two or more series are in the more niche genre than action.
They are bound to get split votes anyway and only the one with better votes can survive

 

[WyldViolet]

they do. Even if they don't want to, they will have to anyway if two or more series are in the more niche genre than action.
They are bound to get split votes anyway and only the one with better votes can survive

If that was the case then why have we not had a spokon series actually stick around in the mag since Himomaru Sumo? The closest we've had was Straighten Up! which lasted two years, or Robot x Lazerbeam at a year. It's not like Jump hasn't tried to find new successful spokon series, however they get axed.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Yeah if all of the incoming series of an under-represented genre are ranking poorly, they won't just keep around those guys because the magazine needs variety lol. It might take another year or so to get back to this amount of romcoms once Himaten/Blue Box/Witch Watch end.

 

[Thehoennhippo]

The fuck.

 

[BelTL]

If that was the case then why have we not had a spokon series actually stick around in the mag since Himomaru Sumo? The closest we've had was Straighten Up! which lasted two years, or Robot x Lazerbeam at a year. It's not like Jump hasn't tried to find new successful spokon series, however they get axed.

The spokon curse is real and even now Saito still can't find an exorcist to get it exorcised

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Like i said, some are getting waaay ahead of yourselves because of one 1st good Shoseki day as if we didn't had this same dance a hundred times

We have no idea how Kinato will even sell, at the absolutely best scenario is maybe touching Kiyoshi 10k and will ultimately not even matter if the rankings still terrible, i can't believe y'all are making me say negative things about Kinato when i should be celebrating about it

 

[shillin65]

I don't think I've been more surprised by a debut in the past few years
I fully expected UD and Kinato to match Harukaze at best but somehow they might actually both break the 10k mark
Kinato specifically might end up the next MamaYuyu at this rate

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Under Doctor is out of stock even on Amazon too, and the physical ranking at 450th place, that's pretty good!

 

[WyldViolet]

Like i said, some are getting waaay ahead of yourselves because of one 1st good Shoseki day as if we didn't had this same dance a hundred times

We have no idea how Kinato will even sell, at the absolutely best scenario is maybe touching Kiyoshi 10k and will ultimately not even matter if the rankings still terrible, i can't believe y'all are making me say negative things about Kinato when i should be celebrating about it

And if Saito cancels a new series that is selling on par with Kiyoshi in its very first week, then that just goes to show how poor of an EiC he is.

 

[Satuuuuuuurn]

I don’t really know what’s going on, clearly they had some faith in Under Doctor and Kinato since they weren’t canceled with Alien Headbutt.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I don’t really know what’s going on, clearly they had some faith in Under Doctor and Kinato since they weren’t canceled with Alien Headbutt.

Tbf it was more simply Alien Headbutt being a massive flop

--- Double Post Merged, Jun 5, 2026, Original Post Date: Jun 5, 2026 ---

And if Saito cancels a new series that is selling on par with Kiyoshi in its very first week, then that just goes to show how poor of an EiC he is.

You know well this isn't about Saito, Jump is a survey based magazine, still is, you will get axed if you rank terrible even if you sell decently well, unless you pull some truly good sales and actually keep it (Looking at Ichinose Family)

 

[echo]

Like i said, some are getting waaay ahead of yourselves because of one 1st good Shoseki day as if we didn't had this same dance a hundred times

We have no idea how Kinato will even sell, at the absolutely best scenario is maybe touching Kiyoshi 10k and will ultimately not even matter if the rankings still terrible, i can't believe y'all are making me say negative things about Kinato when i should be celebrating about it

They refuse to give Kinato a color page or a decent ToC rank but also opted to keep it around as the 21st series for at least another batch. Jump probably knew Kinato had some legitimate popularity but still refuses to promote it lol.

 

[Satuuuuuuurn]

Tbf it was more simply Alien Headbutt being a massive flop

That’s kind of my point though they clearly didn’t see Kinato as a massive flop since it’s still here, there’s still a while til the next batch I’m sure if it sells well it will stick around

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Btw, Alien Headbutt western fans should be really happy vol 1 (and 2) weren't scheduled alongside Under Doctor & Kinato's Magic, the humiliation would be too brutal, i'm not even sure it would rank above Gonron tbh...

 

[SharkBait]

Sales don't save series. Where the Kinato's Magic color page. It can sell one piece level but it's meaningless without a magazine push.