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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)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I'm just mostly confused about the "Bleach is replacing Sakamoto Days" claim. As that seemingly isn't happening.

At this point i'm expecting it to be announced in the "Bleach Fes" big event that will happen in February 27 & 28, i don't know why Bleach is having a event when there will be nothing going on

 

[BelTL]

What about Kagurabachi?

peaked at bath house adventure

 

[FantasticFootno]

At this point i'm expecting it to be announced in the "Bleach Fes" big event that will happen in February 27 & 28, i don't know why Bleach is having a event when there will be nothing going on

But then is Sakamoto Days wrapping up now or then? Like the whole thing was it was replacing sakamoto days.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

NEW SERIALIZATION ROUND!!!​

#51: Jean is in danger! by Nakama Ryo (High School Family)

#52: Mr. Hizuki from the Ginza's Street Police Box by Gondaira Hitsuji (Yozakura Family)

#53: With you, The Tennis Club Member Next Door by Kasaya Shinobu

Jean - the art for Jean isnt doing much for me righr now, I hope the strory can draw me in.
Mr. Hizuki from the Ginza's Street Police Box - I'm most interested in this series.
The Tennis Club Next Door - I'm hoping this series can do for tennis what Hal has done for F1. Explain the sport while having interesting and compelling character writing.

Witch Watch is ending next week with color pages

I don't think I saw Witch Watch ending before Sakamoto Days on anyone's Bingo Card.

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)

GrayKeith color page!! Let's go!!!

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

But then is Sakamoto Days wrapping up now or then? Like the whole thing was it was replacing sakamoto days.

It's ending either next or issue #52, but in the end this is just technicality, it says it will start "after" Sakamoto ends, so it can be like 2/3 months after, i will wait for Bleach Fes, if nothing happens there? Yeah, i will call it bs...

 

[Lord Anubis]

So, how everybody felt about leak night and all the news?

I got Gondaira returning & Graykeith color page + Nue anime & Ura ranking well, so i got nothing to complain, Jump looks good right now!

Fucking fed up with Saito's risk aversion
This is the 3rd batch in a row to have a vet that had their series ended/axed last year coming back to the magazin and the 4th one in a row to consist almost entirely of vets than newbies.
Call me crazy, but don't you think that each magazine year should feel like we're moving forwards rather than feel like we're going backwards?
Jump is starting to succumb to the same problems that many entertainment companies in the west have succumbed to & the problems that people like myself went to Jump for to escape from these problems & I don't like it one bit in the slightest.
This year felt like a major overreaction from Saito from giving us plenty of new guys to almost no one at all after how almost every 2025 series flopped save for Hertz & Modulo...

 

[Shonenfan]

So, how everybody felt about leak night and all the news?

I got Gondaira returning & Graykeith color page + Nue anime & Ura ranking well, so i got nothing to complain, Jump looks good right now!

The Stivie army has gained some followers LOL. But I think there’s a general disappointment on lack of battle manga this time around. There is about 11/19 series in Jump that are battle manga. Of those, SD, cannon master, and 2B all look like they can end this or next batch. Meaning we only have 8 apparently stable battle manga around. UD is a pseudo battle one as it’s more drama based on doctor work (and Greykeith is kind of an unknown of what route it will lean). So there is really only 6-8 traditional battle manga that appear stable which feels very low. Gondaira’s series is probably the most unanimously praised one right now and will kind of fill the witch watch pseudo battle manga (although the ratio is inversed if it’s like MYF and be 3/4 battle as opposed to SoL dominating for witch watch).

Nakama’s art is pretty divisive particularly outside of JP. High school family was ok, but the art is such a turnoff and hard to see as a major hit. I understand if it’s good then jump will publish it, but just doesn’t fit the look of want you think of WSJ art especially the modern magazine look.

The Himaten/blue box hybrid also doesn’t really do anything for me but I’m willing to accept it to fill the romance hole in magazine.

MAINLY, I’m very pissed we’re only getting 3 series. To me that means 1. that SD and WW seemingly end this batch only and we have series that we know are DoA just wasting space and time (mostly speaking about Cannon Master and HAL not appear to be in a good spot and to a degree Animal Signal and 2B as well) or 2, cannon master ends but we still rock 19 series instead of the usual 20 which feels like we’re being cheated. Like they should’ve just kept Kinato or one of the other cult popular series at that point due to promising volume sales (I understand the ToC was bad though but that means it had a cult following that could grow).

 

[LogicoftheVI]

It feels like that too, but would that mean they continue to rock an open slot or is cannon master surviving another round?

This is what I was wondering. We currently have 2 open slots if WW and SD are ending in the same week or back-to-back then Canon Master might just last another round. If Canon Master ends too then they will still have 2 open slots + 3 completed series leaving 5 opens slot. With that many openings a batch of 3 feels too small.

 

[Kiaida]

Only 12h and Machida bikini illustration already became the most liked tweet ever on Nue's account, with the now 2nd place & former top 1 being.....Machida in the hot spring!

Wondering if it got a mini boost from the anime. I know these rankings can't be fully compared month to month, but it's doing much better at Amazon and other online rankings than usual.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Preview text for Jean is in Danger:

"The latest work from Ryo Nakama, creator of "Isobe Isobee Monogatari" and "High School Family"!

Warning!! Laughter Alert!!!! Read this, have a laugh, and feel great!!!

Uncharted thrills await!! The first installment of a three-part new winter serials featuring a lineup of top-tier authors!! A shocking, tough-guy comedy new series by Ryo Nakama featuring the cover and 36 pages including lead color pages!!!

An unexpected danger looms over Jean…!?"

only a 36 page first chapter? I do not really do comedy manga is this the norm for them? I double checked and Nice Prison was only 39 pages for its first chapter.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

only a 36 page first chapter? I do not really do comedy manga is this the norm for them? I double checked and Nice Prison was only 39 pages for its first chapter.

Me & Roboco was also 30-ish pages and it has a standard of 15p each chapter, so we gotta wait and see how long the next chapters will

 

[Shonenfan]

only a 36 page first chapter? I do not really do comedy manga is this the norm for them? I double checked and Nice Prison was only 39 pages for its first chapter.

Yeah, it’s the same reason that you usually don’t see comedy movies longer than 90 minutes, comedy tv shows being over 30 minutes, or comedy manga serialized monthly

Just hard to do.

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

So, how everybody felt about leak night and all the news?

I got Gondaira returning & Graykeith color page + Nue anime & Ura ranking well, so i got nothing to complain, Jump looks good right now!

So so, it were good news, but i always get my hopes up thinking masanori morita will be back to save spokon series on jump

 

[Shonenfan]

So so, it were good news, but i always get my hopes up thinking masanori morita will be back to save spokon series on jump

I think inagaki could do it again if he wanted to. I don’t think he’s had a miss yet and could join Matsui in the rare 3/3 club.

 

[JBC008]

On that subject of finding promising sports series, has there been a good collection of one-shots in the last 3 years that show potential? But I also don’t want to count ones that became series and failed like Harukaze Mound and Drawn to the Fire.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Akane-banashi Lead Color Pages

Spoiler

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi Color Page

Spoiler

Me & Roboco Color Page

Spoiler

Shishikabane Color Page

Spoiler

These are all really cool color pages. I like Shishikabane best followed by Kiyoshi, Akane, and Roboco.

I don't really agree that they're not trying new battle series. The readers just have to like them.

This is very true and I agree with it. We have gotten many battle series that have just failed to gain any traction.
-The Mage Next Door - Had a lot of promise but never lived up to it's potential (imo)
-Gonron Egg - Another failed battle series in a fantasy setting. Could have been really cool but the author never found their footing.
-Kaedegami - A lot of potential but a lack of world building and weak character writing sunk this series.
-Kinato's Magic - Probably my second favorite of the failed battle series. The character work was really good imo, magic system being developed, and the world was interesting but never had time to be developed.
-Alien Headbutt - This manga he potential but quickly squandered it. The characters we not written well at all and what people felt was the best part of the series was introduced too late to save it.
-Otr the Flames - Probably the best failed battle series to grace the pages of Jump recently. I really enjoy this author's work it's too bad the fans couldn't get behind it.
-Cannon Master - Amazing art and fight choreography, we just need better character writing. The world building would handle itself if the character writing were better imo. This manga is all about the visual storytelling, which is likely its gift and its curse.

this is probably the worst panel of all time

Not even close, it is actually sad that there are many panels from this manga that are much worse than this.

I dont know, it still makes me laugh.

To me it's cringe and he hasn't been showing this character in the more recent chapters he was in. Almost like the author forgot that Chihiro wakes up with fresh hate. Would be cooler if the author played with it more instead of it being a one-off thing.

 

[JBC008]

This is very true and I agree with it. We have gotten many battle series that have just failed to gain any traction.
-The Mage Next Door - Had a lot of promise but never lived up to it's potential (imo)
-Gonron Egg - Another failed battle series in a fantasy setting. Could have been really cool but the author never found their footing.
-Kaedegami - A lot of potential but a lack of world building and weak character writing sunk this series.
-Kinato's Magic - Probably my second favorite of the failed battle series. The character work was really good imo, magic system being developed, and the world was interesting but never had time to be developed.
-Alien Headbutt - This manga he potential but quickly squandered it. The characters we not written well at all and what people felt was the best part of the series was introduced too late to save it.
-Otr the Flames - Probably the best failed battle series to grace the pages of Jump recently. I really enjoy this author's work it's too bad the fans couldn't get behind it.
-Cannon Master - Amazing art and fight choreography, we just need better character writing. The world building would handle itself if the character writing were better imo. This manga is all about the visual storytelling, which is likely its gift and its curse

I would like to share my thoughts on this matter with the battle series. If it was set in our world but more grounded without all of the things that make it to over the top with special moves and some world building then it can work. But if it is a world that has to remain in the shadows to maintain the peace then it can be a bit playful. However by doing that there has to have a good amount of lore and the special factions and power systems that apply to them. Now if it is a grandiose world that is like a fantasy, then there is a lot more effort in doing a story like that, but the main thing is for the world to not overtake you and the characters, it’s about the characters and getting adjusted to their world where it doesn’t need to be exposition dropped by any secondary character from the start from where we are as if they were an NPC in a video game. The only time this is acceptable however is when we visit a new site and the people there explain their current situation (like One Piece when we travel from island to island). But to help with that small brief explanation or exposition it has to be done by a disembodied narrator to help so that it gives us the run down while letting the characters remain the characters helping the plot. Now having said that here is my take regarding those battle series.

-Gonron Egg: I do think it has a great amount of world building but the characters didn’t get to deep and it off screened some fights as well as important aspects to really give good transitions as well as character moments. Someone here said it best, if they are not going to do the work then why should I care. Furthermore the art got progressively worse for the characters and monsters. The backgrounds on the other hand look fantastic as the assistants did their job and need more credit.

-Mage Next Door: It had some good humor, but that organization to stop the mages on earth didn’t differentiate itself and made me think of Kiyoshi with one of its characters in how close they looked. Furthermore one aspect that I called when I read the authors one-shot prior to Mage was how weak their world building skills were. Going further, the art style really leaned close to Suzuki from Sakamoto Days and made it hard to figure out its identity when compared to that and the other fantasy series past and present that have done better in terms of their themes and execution.

-Kaedegami: This series was undercut pretty early. There are good moments character wise and a bit of the world building. Some potential but surprised that it was given the axe notice at chapter 7. However I do think this author is able to navigate and give something satisfactory even though it was cancelled, like Green Green Greens. But the greatest weakness regarding it as a battle series is the action for its length, depiction, and how it was choreographed and storyboarded.

-Otr of the Flame: Probably the most improved for Kawaguchi since he came back. Would say there are interesting ideas but the criticism regarding the early training arc is a mixed bag. On one hand it was a good idea to learn how this world’s battle system and magic works. However, getting that vigor ability to prevent the burning this early kind of takes away from how much drawback Otr would suffer from before he learned to master it and then not had to worry about it later on. Kind of like learning your limits, testing them, and learning that you need to be stronger so they won’t get worse or it would become none when mastered. Kind of like what Luffy when through with Gear 2 and 3 before training with Raleigh to master Haki and not have those drawbacks in the post time skip. Another aspect that Kawaguchi needs to master is handling characters. They’re fine but some can feel monotone and for some that didn’t join Otr’s party was a big mistake like Cindra, but was fixed when we got our archer. Then if we really want to go deep with needing stronger characters are the villains as they both need a presence and clear motivations and backstories to either make them tragic or justifiably evil. But compared to Red Hood, better paced, drawn, story boarded, and more proper introductions to the characters where I now know them compared to when Taguchi was his editor.

-Kinato’s Magic: Similar to Otr, a massive improvement for Amemiya. Very different from Shadow Eliminators. Where I believe Amemiya’s strengths lie is in its characters. Even a bit of fan service as it was shown in both his one-shot and this. Unfortunately I believe the thing that Amemiya adopted that was the worst habit from Suzuki as his assistant was underutilizing his characters and not keeping them around for long. Unlike Suzuki, his characters are brimming with personality and you don’t want to see them leave. However there were other missteps along the way when it comes to the handling of characters like one with that anti LGBTQ+ moment. But other than that it was a fun series. Although very My Hero Academia meets Black Clover meets Fairy Tail. If anything, maybe Amemiya should do a spinoff manga or an adaptation of a video game series just to harness his craft a bit more. If he did it should be Bayonetta, because one character Lamia of the Seraph Wings looks like Bayonetta with a tan and bright hair.

-Cannon Master: Still trying to catch up, but when it comes to my main criticisms with the series is…nothing. So I want this author to come back again.

Would go through the other battle series from last year or still going this year but give my takes on what works and what needs refinement. Other than that, I’m just glad the battle series are decent and are taking chances along with stuff that is more technical on a critical side that I can say what they need improvement on and can see them come back again but this time with a hit.

 

[Wookitake]

The first installment of a three-part new winter serials featuring a lineup of top-tier authors!!

What does this mean?

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I wish WW had more to go. The Kid Nico part took TOO MUCH time. And she was too sidelined during this last arc. Morihito was practically the main MC. I like him, but I wish Nico got more of the spotlight during this last arc. Or, during an hypothetical last arc after this one, somehow. I'm sad

 

[Dog the dog]

MC looks like someone who kills millions as a hobby with a smile on their face

He's Yuki Munehiro's descendant. The manga is secretly a The Elusive Samurai spin-off.

What about the Kagurabachi ToC placement? Do you guys think it is still a late submission problem?

Submission dates affect the TOC placement a lot. A chapter that is submitted late is usually placed at the very end of the magazine to avoid making big changes to the TOC. Hokazono and Sorachi are constantly at the bottom along with the flops in part because they struggle a l
I don't have a source at hand and I'm too lazy to search it, but Hokazono commented during an interview that his work schedule is straight up awful. He spends 6 days working on the storyboard while dedicating the last day to completing the rest of the chapter. For comparison, the average mangaka tries to deliver the finished chapter in the 4th or 5th day so their editor can review it and have time to make changes. Hokazono's horrible self-imposed working conditions are why lately chapters have lots of reused panels, less pages and more scribbles, and why he almost dies every time he has to draw a color page (and also why he rarely gets color pages). With the stress of having to supervise the anime, things are even worse for him, resulting in abysmal rankings (also some fans complain that the current arc is ass, but I don't read Kagurabachi so idk).

 

[Pietro]

I wouldn't imagine Witch watch and sakamoto ending on the same batch...
Anyway Gondaira is back and this is a GREAT news...

Happy for Greykeith color page. totally deserved

Akane will be the oldest manga of the magazine, i wonder in which point of the story it is now...