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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #42-43 (2026)
00. Sakamoto Days (Lead Color Pages)
01. Ichi the Witch
02. One Piece
03. Someone Hertz
04. Me & Roboco
00. GrayKeith: Translator Daemonica (Color Page)
05. Akane-banashi
06. Shinobi Undercover
00. Roku's House of Oddities (Color Page)
00. The Ura Files (Not Ranked)
07. Witch Watch
08. Animal Signal
09. Nue's Exorcist
00. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
10. Under Doctor
00. The secret of Captain Gozo Tsunoda (One Shot)
11. Hal Formula
12. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
13. Cannon Master
00. Kagurabachi (Absent)

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #44 (2026) - Information!
Someone Hertz (Cover & Lead Color Pages, 1st Anniversary)
Akane-banashi (Color Page)
Nue's Exorcist (Color Page, Characters Popularity Poll Results)
Cursed Case (One Shot by Oku Takuo, Color Page, Golden Future Cup 2026 #1)

 

[Shonenfan]

UnDoc is headed to lose 50% of its sales, which is pretty bad, regardless. And frankly, I fear volume 3 is headed into losing more. Kinatos position on first day shoseki is bad and it is not that good of story either, it will likely sell 3K and will not be looked back as a mismanagement from Saito, due to how unpopular it is right now.

Don’t we just have placements; we don’t have sales numbers to confirm that do we?

 

[RealityChecker]

Don’t we just have placements; we don’t have sales numbers to confirm that do we?

Even without sales numbers, we look through other stablished series around them to make a guess on where such series may sit on sales perspectives. A first day position on 40 is not that great when you look at other series.

 

[monstera11]

No director is ever making a blonde japanese ninja with bright colored spandex not look stupid in liveaction.

Not even a cool cheroegraphed fight like the LA Yusuke vs Gouki is saving this.

LA Superman looks cool. I am sure it can be pulled off

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Been a while since we've done this, how would you guys rank all the current series overall? Based off both the series as a whole, but also where the series currently is.

For me,

Overall
1. Hunter x Hunter
2. One Piece
3. Nue's Exorcist
4. Kagurabachi
5. Akane Banashi
6. Ruri Dragon
7. Roku
8. Kinato's Magic
9. Someone Hertz
10. Class 2-B Destroyerz
11 .Cannon Master
12. Ichi the Witch
13. Under Doctor
14. Sakamoto Days
15. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
16. Shinobi Undercover
17. Drawn To The Flame
18. Animal Signal
19. HAL Formula

Currently
1. Hunter x Hunter
2. Nue's Exorcist
3. Kagurabachi
4. Ruri Dragon
5. Roku
6. Kinato's Magic
7. One Piece
8. Class 2-B Destroyerz
9. Cannon Master
10. Under Doctor
11. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
12. Shinobi Undercover
13. Akane Banashi
14. Ichi the Witch
15. Someone Hertz
16. Drawn To The Flame
17. Sakamoto Days
18. Animal Signal
19. HAL Formula

Overall (my personal enjoyment what I look forward to reading each week):
1. One Piece
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
3. Ichi the Witch
4. Cannon Master
5. Kinato's Magic
6. Roku's House of Oddities
7. Kagurabachi
8. Hal Formula
9. Animal Signal
10. Someone Hertz
11. Shinobi Undercover
12. Under Doctor
13. Class 2-B Hero Destroyerz
14. Drawn to the Fire

Currently:
1. One Piece - The best manga in jump and the reason I still read the Magazine. I am loving where One Piece has been since we left Wano.
2. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi - I have loved it since the beginning, and the last few arcs have cemented its current position.
3. Ichi the Witch - I was an Ichi hater at the start. I feel like the story has come so far and probably hasn't hit its peak yet. The introduction of new characters recently has taken Ichi to new heights.
4. Kagurabachi - I am admittedly not too high on this series as a whole, but this current arc has been the best so far with the new cast of characters and the lore being revealed. Kagurabachi is at its best right now.
5. Roku's House of Oddities - Though I was not a fan of AGravity Boys or Cypher Academy I went into this with little to no expectations. The series has gotten progressively better as it goes. The cast is the highlight of the series; they just work so well together.
6. Cannon Master - I hope it gets good placement. I am a standard shonen fan, and this one has hit the ground running.
7. Kinato's Magic - This is a series I feel belongs in the pages of Jump. I have enjoyed it and liked what the author is doing for the most part.
8. Hal Formula - Drawn to the Fire's mangaka could learn from this series author. While I don't care for F1 this series is doing a great job of explaining the sport. The characters are okay so far though I could care less about the little brother. The introduction of the Rival and the MC being frustrated with not getting pole position were both welcome and right on time.
9. Someone Hertz - This series just doesn't do it for me. I don't really care about the cute aspect of the series, and the jokes just aren't funny. The best chapter was the one that did not focus on the Radio Show at all, I think I would enjoy it more without the forced jokes. And I get it their kids, and they aren't going to be the funniest at this stage in their development but even with that the comedy should be somewhat humorous.
10. Animal Signal - I really enjoyed the first chapter, and I do like the character dynamics
11. Shinobi Undercover - it's just not my thing. While the art is amazing everything else isn't working for me. I can see some intersting ideas I'm just not pleased with the execution. The current arc is creepy how they're trying to force the relationship the way they are.
12. Class 2-B Hero Destoryerz - A lot of hype for this series based on the
13. Under Doctor - Had its best chapter followed by another sticker. This series lack quality characters and consistency for me to be able to get behind it.
14. Drawn to the Fire - We've gotten some pretty bad sports manga over the last few years, but this may just be the worst. The characters are ugly to look at and don't stand out visually. I would say that Harukaze Mound, Embers, and even Ekiden Bros were all better series than this one. The characters are bland; the author doesn't illustrate the game of basketball well or use the game of basketball to tell compelling narratives.

Edit: added Shinobi comment.

 

[Phantom RPG]

Hm, I admit its tricking this time around in terms of predictions.

Personally I will go for some of the safe options and say Nue is for sure getting color pages for the popularity results, I will go on a limb and say either Roku or Ichi The witch get a color page while the last one is for a one shot.

As for lead color page its a coin flip between Nue or a new series debut. If its not one then maybe an early anniversary for Kagurabachi, Ichi the Witch or Shinobi Undercover.

I think cannon Master will be around the middle rank of the toc.

 

[KrenKren]

honestly can’t recall if we see the Masumi in modern day, so I’m gonna assume they’re jobbers (like a lot of the KGB cast tbh)

Masumi were Samura's guards in the SBAA!

Not the same ones obviously, though.

 

[Shonenfan]

Going with a One Piece cover and since we know Kiyoshi is one of the color pages, I’ll say witch watch for the other

 

[Shockzz1234]

Masumi were Samura's guards in the SBAA!

Not the same ones obviously, though.

I KNEW it seemed familiar, just couldn't pinpoint it. I really should have re-read the series while it was on break lol. I'm gonna guess the modern day Masumi are probably a bit more useful than the flashback ones are gonna be lol. Thanks!

 

[Lord Anubis]

My predictions for #39:

Cover/LCP: New Series #1 (I'm a firm believer that we're getting a new batch)
Color Pages:
- Kiyoshi (confirmed)
- Ichi the Witch
- Animal Signal (veteran boon)

 

[RealityChecker]

I really doubt they would end a series on a double issue.

 

[FantasticFootno]

What series would even be ending? I feel like Sakamoto Days has a good volume left in it, and then HxH has 4 chapters left, and Kinato definitely has like 3+ chapters left as well.

 

[shonenblue]

Been a while since we've done this, how would you guys rank all the current series overall? Based off both the series as a whole, but also where the series currently is.

For me,

Overall
1. Hunter x Hunter
2. One Piece
3. Nue's Exorcist
4. Kagurabachi
5. Akane Banashi
6. Ruri Dragon
7. Roku
8. Kinato's Magic
9. Someone Hertz
10. Class 2-B Destroyerz
11 .Cannon Master
12. Ichi the Witch
13. Under Doctor
14. Sakamoto Days
15. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
16. Shinobi Undercover
17. Drawn To The Flame
18. Animal Signal
19. HAL Formula

Currently
1. Hunter x Hunter
2. Nue's Exorcist
3. Kagurabachi
4. Ruri Dragon
5. Roku
6. Kinato's Magic
7. One Piece
8. Class 2-B Destroyerz
9. Cannon Master
10. Under Doctor
11. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
12. Shinobi Undercover
13. Akane Banashi
14. Ichi the Witch
15. Someone Hertz
16. Drawn To The Flame
17. Sakamoto Days
18. Animal Signal
19. HAL Formula

I love me a good tierlist! Here is mine:

S (GOAT, why I love WSJ) - One Piece, Hunter x Hunter

A (Love them, very invested) - Sakamoto Days, Akane-banashi, Kagurabachi, Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Ichi the Witch

B (Really like them, easy to read) - RuriDragon, Someone Hertz, Roku’s House of Oddities

Outside of those, I am still somewhat following Cannon Master but I don’t want to include it on a tier until I know it is staying long term (which I sadly don’t feel like it will). Other than that, I have dropped everything else. I have tried to read the whole mag many times in the last several years, and I always end up just not seeing the point in reading things I don’t genuinely really enjoy.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

ToC night! My predictions:

For issue #39

-I will bet in new series but only 1 which is Bleach Hell Arc filling Blue Box 21st spot.

With that i'm not saying Kinato is "safe" for another round but that they will wait for a bit longer to start a proper round, Sakamoto has 5 chapters to fill vol 30 (is getting 10 chapters in the last volumes), HxH 4 chapters to finish the batch and Kinato just started vol 4 with last ch26 so it should have at least a couple of chapters to fill it enough, so i feel like a proper round might start after the batch of anniversaries.

Obs: Watch just be Ichi anniversary lol

-Color pages will be: Ichi the Witch if doesn't get cover, if it gets so maybe Witch Watch for vol release, Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 2nd cp and Hal Formula for popularity

For issue #37-38

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

-Bottom 5 will be: Kinato's Magic, Drawn to the Fire, Hunter x Hunter, Class 2B Hero Destroyerz and Animal Signal

-Cannon Master 1st ranking will be surprisingly high at the upper middle in 6th

 

[Aqyurs]

I really doubt they would end a series on a double issue.

My Hero Academia ended on a double issue two years ago.

Jajanken - Weekly Shonen Jump 2024 Issue 36-37

Weekly Shonen Jump 2024 Issue 36-37 Table of Contents (ToC) data

www.jajanken.net

 

[Kiaida]

With that i'm not saying Kinato is "safe" for another round but that they will wait for a bit longer to start a proper round, Sakamoto has 5 chapters to fill vol 30 (is getting 10 chapters in the last volumes), HxH 4 chapters to finish the batch and Kinato just started vol 4 with last ch26 so it should have at least a couple of chapters to fill it enough, so i feel like a proper round might start after the batch of anniversaries.

But they said Nue would get the popularity poll results this month or September. It makes no sense if everything goes to anniversaries and a new batch.

 

[RealityChecker]

My Hero Academia ended on a double issue two years ago.

Jajanken - Weekly Shonen Jump 2024 Issue 36-37

Weekly Shonen Jump 2024 Issue 36-37 Table of Contents (ToC) data

www.jajanken.net

OMG, One Piece is ending?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

But they said Nue would get the popularity poll results this month or September. It makes no sense if everything goes to anniversaries and a new batch.

I know, but the whole moment is pretty confusing and crowded, so who knows what's going to happen

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 6, 2026, Original Post Date: Aug 6, 2026 ---

My prediction of the group cover:

-1st Tier: One Piece big in the middle with Sakamoto, Kagurabachi, Ichi & Hertz around it

-2nd Tier: Hunter x Hunter, Witch Watch, Akane-banashi, Nue's Exorcist & Shinobi Undercover

-3rd Tier: Me & Roboco, Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Under Doctor & Roku's House of Oddities

-4th Tier: Kinato's Magic, Drawn to the Fire, Class 2B, Animal Signal, Hal Formula & Cannon Master

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 6, 2026 ---

Of course the boring option is the one happening...

 

[FantasticFootno]

Lotta One Piece covers in such a short succession, no wonder he keeps going on break

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 6, 2026, Original Post Date: Aug 6, 2026 ---

Also like at this rate, I really think Bleach is not returning (if it even will) until the anime ends, no way Sakamoto Days ends in August, and it could easily stretch into October.

 

[Kiaida]

Nue will hit 160 chapters without an anime, other magazines much smaller are already announcing anime for their 2024 manga like Mochizuki-san. This magazine's management is a failure as usual, no wonder Jump SQ is dying without One Piece to bail them out, when that ends they're losing half their circulation at least.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Nue will hit 160 chapters without an anime., other magazines much smaller are already announcing anime for their 2024 manga like Mochizuki-san. This magazine's management is a failure as usual, no wonder Jump SQ is dying without One Piece to bail them out, when that ends they're losing half their circulation at least.

Cmon, you cannot be complaining about this when it took Sakamoto Days 168 chapters. Or akane 170! Nue is not going to get special treatment compared to those two series lol.