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

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[KrenKren]

Where did you hear about him having already finished a double spread? I haven't heard it brought up anywhere besides you mentioning it these two times now, so I'm curious where you got the intel regarding that.

Regardless, they can defer Hokazono's anniversary as much as they want given the position the series is in. I'm pretty sure this is far from the first time a big magazine hit has had it's anniversary moved back on a multi-month scale.

Funnily enough I had the joking idea that Sakamoto would snipe the cover from Kagurabachi to give Hokazono more time, but I didn't say it, partly cuz I wasn't super confident, and also cuz I didn't want to jinx it. Looks like the mere thought was all it took to manifest it, haha.

I presume they mean the one that was shown off in the Jump Press.

 

[cameronney618]

Where did you hear about him having already finished a double spread? I haven't heard it brought up anywhere besides you mentioning it these two times now, so I'm curious where you got the intel regarding that.

Regardless, they can defer Hokazono's anniversary as much as they want given the position the series is in. I'm pretty sure this is far from the first time a big magazine hit has had it's anniversary moved back on a multi-month scale.

Funnily enough I had the joking idea that Sakamoto would snipe the cover from Kagurabachi to give Hokazono more time, but I didn't say it, partly cuz I wasn't super confident, and also cuz I didn't want to jinx it. Looks like the mere thought was all it took to manifest it, haha.

He's talking about the art shown in Jump Press.

I honestly don't expect kgb to have any more covers for thing like anniversaries anymore. Only SUPER important stuff like anime announcement, season 2 announcement, movie announcement or Live action announcement.

 

[Stivie]

it will just get the ruri schedule if it gets worse.

Look, I don't mean to be insensitive, but unfortunately the manga is the second best-selling in Jump, and they barely have a replacement for Blue Box yet. So, the situation isn't good for the review to discontinue Kagurabachi.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Idk, skipping anniversaries is a bit much. Have any other series done that?

 

[Shonenfan]

Congrats to Ura files. Hope that means Greykeith gets one too and is also as reflectively positive online as it is in the survey like Ura.

 

[cameronney618]

Look, I don't mean to be insensitive, but unfortunately the manga is the second best-selling in Jump, and they barely have a replacement for Blue Box yet. So, the situation isn't good for the review to discontinue Kagurabachi.

Who's talking about discontinuing? Ruri was a best selling series for jump at one point too.

At some point, you need to prioritise not killing off your artist.

 

[Kiaida]

Where did you hear about him having already finished a double spread? I haven't heard it brought up anywhere besides you mentioning it these two times now, so I'm curious where you got the intel regarding that.

They showed it in the Jump Press and specifically mentioned it was a 3rd anniversary celebration art.

 

[icrawfish]

They showed it in the Jump Press.

Oh, that art?

To be honest, I never even considered the possibility of taking that art and turning it into a magazine color spread. It doesn't feel at all representative of anything that happened in the past year of the series the way you'd expect such a cover to (to put it more bluntly, this would be the most stale bread double spread possible for a magazine anniversary, but is more than good enough for a promotional thing).

Maybe I'm being harsh there. But looking at what he did for the 2nd anniversary color, I don't imagine he would make a drawing of default pose Chihiro and Hakuri with the intention of it being an anniversary LCP.

 

[Stivie]

Who's talking about discontinuing? Ruri was a best selling series for jump at one point too.

At some point, you need to prioritise not killing off your artist.

Ruri wasn't even ranked in Jump. I know they have to prioritize health, but that's already happening since the manga chapters are getting few pages; the problem is the rankings.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #47 Cover: Nue's Exorcist

 

[cameronney618]

Ruri wasn't even ranked in Jump. I know they have to prioritize health, but that's already happening since the manga chapters are getting few pages; the problem is the rankings.

first you talk about sales, now you're talking about toc ranking smh.

--- Double Post Merged, Thursday at 5:25 AM, Original Post Date: Thursday at 5:25 AM ---

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #47: Nue's Exorcist

Sick. Gakuro looking more and more like Haseo from .hack//gu everyweek.

 

[icrawfish]

To take a moment to snap back to the actual TOC, it seems Ura is succeeding in it's attempts to win people over with the sheer force of cute/hot Oni girl and little else. I can only hope this serves as a stepping point towards making the series more interesting since I know I am capable of learning to relish Numa's work.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Ok if the GFC ends on issue 50, and Sakamoto is getting a cover on 48 (it could theoretically end on issue 49), do we think we're getting a 4 batch, starting at issue 51? Because I could see both Cannon Master and Hal ending here, considering they each have hit the bottom of the toc. It certainly would be odd (but not unexpected), for only one to end.

 

[Nuesmoker]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #47 Cover: Nue's Exorcist

MY SQUAD LOOKS GORGEOUS!!!

 

[RealityChecker]

From how Roku is being treated, I can see it having another cover in a few issues. And Ura might have an early cover like Roku on chapter 17. Here is hoping for Graykeith to succeed as well.

 

[Newkerzy]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #47 (2026)
00. Nue's Exorcist (Cover & Lead Color Pages, Anime Adaptation Announcement!)
01. Someoen Hertz
02. One Piece
03. Ichi the Witch
04. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
05. Sakamoto Days
00. Akane-banashi (Color Page)
06. Roku's House of Oddities
00. The Ura Files (Not Ranked)
00. Graykeith: Translator Daemonica (Not Ranked)
00. The Young Witch and the Teacher (One Shot by Isshin Mineuchi, Color Page, Golden Future Cup 2026 #4)
07. Kagurabachi
08. Witch Watch
09. Shinobi Undercover
00. Me & Roboco (Color Page)
10. Under Doctor
11. Animal Signal
12. Hal Formula
13. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
14. Cannon Master

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #48 (2026) - Information!
Sakamoto Days (Cover & Lead Color Pages)
Roku's House of Oddities (Color Page, 2 Consecutive Issues)
The Ura Files (Color Page)
Inugami and Suzune (One Shot by Wani, Color Page, Golden Future Cup #5)

Roku in 6th again. Fine, but at this point I’m convinced Saito is just screwing around, because we all know Roku is easily a top 5 series in the magazine. Saito placing it in 6th is just a lame attempt at a pun.

That said, I guess my gripe is offset with consecutive CPs for it.

 

[Crimson Trickster]

Sick. Gakuro looking more and more like Haseo from .hack//gu everyweek.

He's not as edgy, but still pretty cool.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Ryokutya is claiming that this Sakamoto Color page is for the 6th anniversary (thats still like a good month off). So maybe this really will be the final cover?

 

[cameronney618]

He's not as edgy, but still pretty cool.

it's more similar to his 2nd form.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Anyway, I do wonder how LCP's will look next year, with Sakamoto gone. With this next one, Sakamoto will have had 6 whole covers this year, thats like an eighth of the issues that have come out this year. Idk if they'll push ichi to pick up the slack, but I could defo see Roku and Shinobi having a few more covers. It would be nice to see an extra Kiyoshi or Nue cover besides their anniversaries/big events, but I'm not counting on those for now.