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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)

 

[CastletonSnob]

I dropped Hero Destroyerz after the first chapter. I didn't laugh once.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

It's not even noon, and I've already read 7 chapters of One Piece.

Egghead is a breeze compared to Wano.

Egghead is such a fun arc. Imo, it is way better than Wano.

 

[ItsSamu]

Animal Signal first chapter was actually very cute. Hal Formula lead colour page looks GOOD AS HELL. Not sold on Canon Master, feel like it'll be Canon Fodder, but I'm rooting for this author so hoping it's a case where the preview does it no justice.

That's a weird TOC. Other than Akane-banashi being 1st (much deserved). Someone Hertz in outside of 1st-3rd for the first time ever. Drawn to the Flame somehow not a giant flop, as cursed as every other sports series (not only do I not believe it, I don't really want it). Shinobi Undercover getting another colour page. Me & Roboco's colour page being above Blue Box's. Blue Box continuing to just be thrown to the second half of the magazine at this point until it disappears; this year it's the 12th best series ranking in the TOC and every other year it's been between 2nd-5th. Roku's House of Oddities dropping a good bit, and Class 2-B: The Hero Destroyerz being the lowest ranking first chapter of the batch. Under Doctor still being second from the bottom despite outselling Shinobi Undercover in the first week, and no colour page. Kinato's Magic remains a cushion.Something's not clicking...

I just want to say that Shinobi Undercover had a really entertaining chapter, just pure battle shonen goodness in pulling off the Big Organisation trope. Every one of them does it, most of them fail to pull it off with the weight they try and give it, but this was a lot of fun. For Hima-Ten!, as a fan of the unlikely way this could turn out in the end, this was also a really solid chapter, but I suspect all the girls are going to get 'rejected' in this current stage before it circles back to Himari getting the win.

Top 5 of Issue #28:
1. Akane-banashi
2. Ichi the Witch
3. Sakamoto Days
4. Shinobi Undercover
5. Hima-Ten!

Spoiler: The rest for this week

Good stuff:
6. Blue Box
7. Animal Signal
8. WITCH WATCH
9. Someone Hertz

I'm entertained:
10. Roku’s House of Oddities
11. Me & Roboco
12. Kinato’s Magic
13. Under Doctor
14. Class 2-B: The Hero Destroyerz

I guess things are moving along!:
15. Drawn to the Fire
16. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
17. Nue's Exorcist

What are you all caught up on in the magazine? Feel free, in fact, please do make a tier list if you’d like! I would make one myself but tbh I don’t really think I have any hierarchy outside of my favs being OP and HxH lol

Fine dining gourmet experience every time it's put down on the table:
1. Hunter x Hunter
2. Akane-banashi

That reliable restaurant you go to and it almost always satisfies:
3. One Piece
4. Ichi the Witch
5. Kagurabachi

It used to be a favourite place to eat; even if not anymore, it's still pretty good:
6. Sakamoto Days
7. Me & Roboco
8. Blue Box

A reliable, solid takeaway order that can hit the spot:
9. RuriDragon
10. WITCH WATCH
11. Hima-Ten!
12. Shinobi Undercover

That new chain restaurant in your area you want to enjoy but you're not really a fan yet:
13. Under Doctor
14. Someone Hertz
15. Kinato's Magic
16. Roku's House of Oddities
17. Class 2-B: The Hero Destroyerz

Food that tastes kind of bad but you eat out of habit at this point:
18. Nue's Exorcist
19. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
20. Drawn to the Fire

 

[Baes]

I like Fire Basket whatever manga with a bad name
But can't see it thriving

 

[Wookitake]

I like Fire Basket whatever manga with a bad name

lol that's a good name for a basketball manga

 

[Bulju]

So how y'all think things will go from here with Under Doctor outselling Shinobi, Kinato selling between 5k ~ 10k, Drawn to the Fire & Roku's House ranking decently well + Class 2-B having very likely immunity for at least a round, Blue Box & Hima-Ten almost sure ending in few chapters, Hunter x Hunter returning and the current round which Animal Signal is getting good reception so far and the other 2 new series being interesting? Yeah, tons of stuff

Obs: And please no "This series will get axed because i don't like it so i think it should get axed", let's try being realistic

Out of those series, Class 2-B is the most surefire axe. I don't remember a new series being recieved this badly since Ichigoki.
For Kinato and UD, we'll have to see how much the scalping has muddied the waters. The bottom already fell off for Kinato, but UD seems to be holding on a bit better. It'll still lose to Shinobi in the monthly rankings though. I still want Kinato to get axed out of spite, but leaving my feelings aside I could see both of them getting close to, or past, the 40 chapter mark at the very least.
As for the new series, Animal Signal will survive for sure. 22i's art is popular and Robinson's writing is popular so I don't see it failing, especially after the first chapter's reception. I'm still pessimistic about Hal Formula, but hopefully I'm proven wrong. The first spread already looks amazing. Canon Master is the big mystery of this batch for me so I won't speculate on it, but the synopsis sounds fun and creative.

 

[Shockzz1234]

My hype for Canon Master has gone up a bit ngl. A fantasy adventure series set in a desert environment? Potentially? Sounds pretty neat to me. I'll wait till I see more but the art kinda gives me early 2000s vibes too, the good kind.

For Hal Formula, I'm not big into racing/F1 etc., so it'll be something new for me. The art will obviously be incredible and that will be its early selling point for me, I'd say. But I'll have to wait and see if it can hook me on the actual racing stuff. Have to say, car racing is pretty unique for WSJ at least, I think there's only ever been one series that's done that before (at least, one that was successful), so it has that uniqueness going for it at least. Might turn out to be too unique, even. Let's see if it can break the spokon curse that the mag has had since Haikyuu ended lol (I don't think DttF is gonna break it, but it's turning out to be a possibly bigger success than I first thought tbf).

Speaking of which, Animal Signal doesn't give me WSJ vibes. Not sure how to explain it, but I fear it might have a better chance in another magazine. Guess we'll see!

 

[Shonenfan]

Up and down excitement for canon master for me. Addicted to fantasy adventure series and demon statues seems interesting, but I also tend to dislike desert environment media outside of alabasta. Haaaaaaaaated Magi

 

[Baes]

lol that's a good name for a basketball manga

Miami Heat creative process be like

 

[JBC008]

That or the village hidden in the sand in Naruto.

 

[Wookitake]

Wasn't there a one-shot in such a setting? I don't know if I'm mixing up things. There was VROOM!! by Fujimoto, but I think there was another one. I don't remember it exactly. It was years and years ago.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Wasn't there a one-shot in such a setting? I don't know if I'm mixing up things. There was VROOM!! by Fujimoto, but I think there was another one. I don't remember it exactly. It was years and years ago.

Manga:
Sand Land by Akira Toriyama
The Mashall King by Boichi

Old school Anime:
Trigun
Desert Punk

 

[Kiaida]

Canon Master's description sounded very uninteresting and I don't really like this author's oneshots, but we'll see. I hope there's more to it than just action scenes and aura. Doesn't help that Animal Signal and Hal Formula are really fun concepts, so if it's just a basic battle series after them it'll be hard to care.

 

[Baes]

pretty sure que "Canon" in the title won't be about an actual canon

 

[Shockzz1234]

pretty sure que "Canon" in the title won't be about an actual canon

Depends what you mean by “canon”. If you mean the boom boom shooty thing on pirate ships, it’s spelled cannon, with two ns. So I doubt it has anything to do with that, unless the author/whoever translated the title misspelled it.

I don’t really know what “canon” could mean in terms of the series though. I only know two ways to use the word, one is for the name of a real life camera company, which would be weird to use in a supposed fantasy manga and I don’t think the series has anything to do with taking pictures. And the other is ofc for story stuff, like canon story vs filler story. In which case, I’m still not sure…maybe the statues the description talked about have stories surrounding them and the protagonist changes the canon of them or something? Or maybe the series in general is to do with stories and changing them? Idk lmao.

Or maybe the author just thought “canon master” was a cool sounding title and that’s it

 

[CastletonSnob]

I wondered if the Cross Guild would break Doflamingo out of Impel Down, then I realized that Buggy would be TERRIFIED of Doflamingo.

 

[Shonenfan]

I wondered if the Cross Guild would break Doflamingo out of Impel Down, then I realized that Buggy would be TERRIFIED of Doflamingo.

I don’t think they would. Doffy wants to be PK and so does crocodile. CG works because croc wants to be PK, Mihawk wants peace of mind with the occasional challenge, and buggy just wants success and captain John’s treasure (and now the One Piece too).

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Wasn't there a one-shot in such a setting? I don't know if I'm mixing up things. There was VROOM!! by Fujimoto, but I think there was another one. I don't remember it exactly. It was years and years ago.

I think you’re thinking of the 4 chapter mini series by a former Oda assistant. Started with an S. Like sadaharu of the flower or something like that.

 

[CastletonSnob]

I don’t think they would. Doffy wants to be PK and so does crocodile. CG works because croc wants to be PK, Mihawk wants peace of mind with the occasional challenge, and buggy just wants success and captain John’s treasure (and now the One Piece too).

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I think you’re thinking of the 4 chapter mini series by a former Oda assistant. Started with an S. Like sadaharu of the flower or something like that.

I'm pretty sure Buggy would rather die than go back to Impel Down anyway.

 

[WyldViolet]

Depends what you mean by “canon”. If you mean the boom boom shooty thing on pirate ships, it’s spelled cannon, with two ns. So I doubt it has anything to do with that, unless the author/whoever translated the title misspelled it.

I don’t really know what “canon” could mean in terms of the series though. I only know two ways to use the word, one is for the name of a real life camera company, which would be weird to use in a supposed fantasy manga and I don’t think the series has anything to do with taking pictures. And the other is ofc for story stuff, like canon story vs filler story. In which case, I’m still not sure…maybe the statues the description talked about have stories surrounding them and the protagonist changes the canon of them or something? Or maybe the series in general is to do with stories and changing them? Idk lmao.

Or maybe the author just thought “canon master” was a cool sounding title and that’s it

Time travel or timeline shenanigans would be my guess.

 

[Baes]

Depends what you mean by “canon”. If you mean the boom boom shooty thing on pirate ships, it’s spelled cannon, with two ns. So I doubt it has anything to do with that, unless the author/whoever translated the title misspelled it.

lol forgot about the second N

bot in hiragana both canon, cannon, kanon etc have the same writing I think

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if it is about the same canon we use as a filler opposite, it has a religious meaning as well. a religious story is a "canon" in the religion