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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How many Jump series do you think slot in the consensus top 5 of the main genres (Adventure, battle, non battle battle/drama, gag, romance, sports, SoL)? What outside series do you think are ahead of Jump in those spots? Any hidden gems you think will take off?
 

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What outside series do you think are ahead of Jump in those spots? Any hidden gems you think will take off?
In Jump+/Tonari Young Jump I have little doubt Make the Exorcist Fall In Love, Centuria, Choujin X, Hero Organization, MAD, Witchriv, Home At The Horizon, Empyreal Cabinet, West Tokyo Metal Bros, Mizunoke, & Oracles of Kami, & Hitoner will be huge when/if they get anime.
I think War of the Adults, Monochrome Days, Urban Legend Files, The Hero's Bereaved Family, Hatori & Furata, Island Rock, and Road Star, could end up doing pretty well with anime as well.

In Weekly Young Jump I think Life-Man and Enigmatica will be really big with anime.

Futari Bus will be huge when it gets an anime. Very similar sort of vibe and relationship dynamic as Someone Hertz. Less of an over-arching plot, but I think I prefer the lead duo in Futari Bus.
Kai-Hen Wizards in Sunday is going to be absolutely enormous when it eventually gets an anime. Although will have the same issue as Frieren with its hiatuses.
Also think Akakimi Chiuran will end up doing really well.
Maybe Albus, Parashoppers, or Kagurai, but idk if they'll truly ever be massive hits.

Cosmos from Sunday GX will be an massive hit when it gets an anime. Easily Tamura's best series, and the premise just has easy worldwide appeal across demographics.

From Sunday's online mags, Darwin's Deadly Sin, and Beast King & Medicinal Herb I could see getting pretty popular with an anime

Ura Tokyo: Exorcist City in Weekly Shonen Magazine I think will be the next phenomenon from the magazine once it gets an anime. Has a lot of other really good popular series as well, but like Yaergnacht, Kajin Fugeki, & Yumene Connect are just too weird/explicit to catch-on with non-otaku.
Maybe Dream Jumbo Girl and Zero to Hyaku if they manage to survive long-term.

Dead Rock in the monthly mag will inevitably be popular when it gets an anime. It's a Mashima fantasy series in the vein of Fairy Tail.

Shoujou Hime from Weekly Young Magazine Magazine has the potential to be really popular if it gets anime. It's such a fantastic fantasy adventure series, inspired by Journey to the West. Also think Golden Man and Tenkaichi could really hit it off as well.

From Kodansha's online mags, I can see Witch & The Mercenary, Galaxias, Prisoners of Twilight Town, Idolatry, and Gizoku all getting pretty popular with anime.
Maybe K9 as well if it continues after this arc. Although I feel it's about to get axed.
 

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I didn't know that Jump has a "Highlights of the World Cup" page lately, with Jump authors talking about their thoughts on what Japanese players and about the World Cup?


 

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1.7k likes in only 12/14 hours, that's some crazy numbers for a series with "low online engagement", Nue and others rarely get these numbers and this week Akane chapter tweet has only 200 likes more than Under Doctor after 24h.

 

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Any word on current online reception of Kinato and UD from JP after this week's sales? I'm also curious what the JP are liking and saying about UD as a whole
 

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Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (6/1/26 - 6/7/26)
7. Akane-banashi #22
9. Witch Watch #26
16. Nue's Exorcist #15
22. Under Doctor #1
23. Shinobi Undercover #8
54. Kinato's Magic #1 (5,076)
309. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #2 (1,132)
313. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #3 (1,124)


Kinato pulling 5k in just 4 days is pretty amazing considering the ToC placements, Under Doctor seems to be 10k+ :eek:
 

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Weekly Shoseki Top 500 (6/1/26 - 6/7/26)
7. Akane-banashi #22
9. Witch Watch #26
16. Nue's Exorcist #15
22. Under Doctor #1
23. Shinobi Undercover #8
54. Kinato's Magic #1 (5,076)
309. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #2 (1,132)
313. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits #3 (1,124)


Kinato pulling 5k in just 4 days is pretty amazing considering the ToC placements, Under Doctor seems to be 10k+ :eek:
5k isn't awful i'm pretty sure that's on track to sell 10k for the month. I think Kiyoshi,shinobi and hima-ten had similar numbers for their volume 1 releases I think.
 

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Break after 1185. Those spoilers and the break announcement are from the same source.
my bad I misread their post
"next" week not "this" week.....reading is fundamental....smh
 

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5k isn't awful i'm pretty sure that's on track to sell 10k for the month. I think Kiyoshi,shinobi and hima-ten had similar numbers for their volume 1 releases I think.
5k in 4 days for a bottom 2 series without a color page is pretty great result lol

It's actually on par with Kiyoshi:

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #1 (4.098) - 3 Days
 

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I didn't know that Jump has a "Highlights of the World Cup" page lately, with Jump authors talking about their thoughts on what Japanese players and about the World Cup?


Endo barely played over the last two seasons and was not the backbone of the team. Unless the translation was off, Horikoshi does not know ball 👎

I'll check Moue's insight, he's actually an afficionado.
 

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Kinato outdoing every 2025 axe in its first week is honestly impressive considering I expected it to perform on par with those axes
UD outdoing Shinobi (though by one place) is even more impressive
 

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Kinato outdoing every 2025 axe in its first week is honestly impressive considering I expected it to perform on par with those axes
UD outdoing Shinobi (though by one place) is even more impressive
Kinato in just 4 days almost outsold Harukaze Mound monthly sales (6.339) which we considered pretty decent at the time lol
 

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Under Doctor's position may indicate it is the biggest hit of the decade.
 

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Kinato in just 4 days almost outsold Harukaze Mound monthly sales (6.339) which we considered pretty decent at the time lol
Well, if it sells 10k in a week, it might be spared. Other than that, it might not make it.
 

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WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE #28 (2026) - AUTHOR COMMENTS!

Animal Signal (Robinson Haruhara)


Thank you for having me. I hope you enjoy the series!


Animal Signal (Taishi Tsutsui)


It’s me, Tsutsui! I’ll be devoting myself body and soul to bringing you Haruhara Sensei’s fun animal world!


Someone Hertz (Ei Yamano)


I was eating a homemade sandwich and accidentally ate the wrapping paper… It didn’t affect the great taste.


Sakamoto Days (Yuto Suzuki)


I had raw horsemeat from Kyushu. It was super delicious. The shoulder area is good.


Ichi the Witch (Shiro Usazaki)


The haramaki belly wrap a friend recommended to me is really good at helping me avoid a cold stomach.


Roku’s House of Oddities (Atsushi Nakamura)


I sometimes run into a super-huge Saint Bernard on walks. I’ve seen a borzoi too.


Nue’s Exorcist (Kota Kawae)


I saw Taketsuru whisky at the supermarket for the first time. I’m debating whether to buy it or not.


Drawn to the Fire (Masayoshi Satosho)


I debated for a while but finally bought some new headphones. The songs I was listening to sounded so great that I didn’t realize an hour had passed.


Akane-banashi (Yuki Suenaga)


I read In the Mega Church, Aoten, and Rojin Home de Shinuhodo Motetai. They were all great!


Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz (Hideaki Sorachi)


My 47th birthday ended while I was putting wrestling moves on a Yogibo pillow to relieve deadline stress.


Shinobi Undercover (Ippon Takegushi)


I was invited to go to the sumo May tournament! It was so intense!


Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Shoichi Usui)


I want to drink lots of water for my health, but I can’t stop with the cola and coffee.


Me & Roboco (Shuhei Miyazaki)


I was invited to see a live performance by Mogurider! It was so funny I couldn’t stop laughing!


Under Doctor (Kyo Tanimoto)


Every day there’s a Japanese player starring in the Majors. They’re all amazing!


Witch Watch (Kenta Shinohara)


Seeing my son play Minecraft with a friend who moved to Brazil made me feel the future.


Blue Box (Kouji Miura)


I went to the voice recording for the second season of the anime during Golden Week. It was great, and I can’t wait till the episodes air.


Hima-Ten! (Genki Ono)


Masahiro Higashide’s Yaei Detox was really funny. I’m jealous of the guest.


Kinato’s Magic (Kento Amemiya)


I’m so honored to receive a bellyband recommendation from Suzuki Sensei for volume 1. Let me handle a spin-off series starring Granny Miya!


Source: VIZ Website
 

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I wonder if Kinato would have done a bit better if it had slightly better TOC placements and 1-2 Color Pages. With BB, Hima, SakaDays (+- WW & Roboco potentially) ending this year hopefully Kinato can get a extra chance. In the most recent Issue they did give it a promo page afterall
 

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I wonder if Kinato would have done a bit better if it had slightly better TOC placements and 1-2 Color Pages. With BB, Hima, SakaDays (+- WW & Roboco potentially) ending this year hopefully Kinato can get a extra chance. In the most recent Issue they did give it a promo page afterall
Well, that's something about Jump system that you could argue, that the way Jump just so openly make it obvious the reception of X new series is bad in like 8 ~ 10 chapters is something that very likely hurt manga sales since why would people even try to buy a manga that they already know is "dead" from the way it's ranked, but they've been like this since forever so it's not like they're going to ever change, i do think at the very least a color page for vol 1 release should be something obligatory like in the majority of the manga magazines, of course unless the manga is literally about to be axed in the same time the volume is released, there's no point in doing it in these cases but in the case of Kinato where they saved the manga for another round, not giving a cp just feels like bad decision.
 
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