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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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I SWEAR the image quality's getting worse week by week, Nue's chapter is genuinely super blurry this time
 

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Under Doctor was included amongst the other hits on the TikTok collaboration cover.

Could be a sign they consider it a hit. 2-B also isn't included, which is interesting.
UD, Kiyoshi and Roku's! Damn!
 

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Under Doctor was included amongst the other hits on the TikTok collaboration cover.

Could be a sign they consider it a hit. 2-B also isn't included, which is interesting.
Untrustworthy. They put a bottom ranker like Kagurabachi there too.
 

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Jokes aside you can actually see that Kagurabachi is in fact smaller than One Piece, Sakamoto & Someone Hertz, slightly smaller than Ichi too, seems like Jump is in fact kinda of "demoting" the manga right now from the advertisement stuff compared to how big it was just a while ago 🤔
 

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Jokes aside you can actually see that Kagurabachi is in fact smaller than One Piece, Sakamoto & Someone Hertz, slightly smaller than Ichi too, seems like Jump is in fact kinda of "demoting" the manga right now from the advertisement stuff compared to how big it was just a while ago 🤔
Kagurabachi is not inferior to Sakamoto, Someone Hertz, and Ichi; it's just your usual nitpicking.
 

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Kagurabachi is not inferior to Sakamoto, Someone Hertz, and Ichi; it's just your usual nitpicking.
It's literally quite smaller than Sakamoto & Hertz in that page, you have to be blind to not notice that.
 

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It's also slightly smaller than Akane, why don't we mention Akane? :(
 

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It's also slightly smaller than Akane, why don't we mention Akane? :(
I was going to mention Akane but i started wonder if it wasn't just the angle that was giving the impression so decided to not mention but yeah, it feels like its slighly smaller than Akane too
 

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It's literally quite smaller than Sakamoto & Hertz in that page, you have to be blind to not notice that.
I was going to mention Akane but i started wonder if it wasn't just the angle that was giving the impression so decided to not mention but yeah, it feels like its slighly smaller than Akane too
It's also slightly smaller than Akane, why don't we mention Akane? :(
You even have to nitpick about the image size, don't you? This has turned into pure harassment.
 

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What do you mean? I am pretty sure Ao no Hako was top5 best sellers of WSJ while it was being published. And Ruri Dragon still sells more than Ichi.
I meant overall on the market not just in WSJ
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pennycryman mentioned the last few years of the big shonen magazines and in that context, there isn't a battle shonen manga that was selling more and got axed because standards are high. In fact, series such as Parashoppers, Killer Sitter and Under Doctor sell below lower bars these magazines used to have recently, but they're still keeeping them around and giving more chances for them to grow. They're simply not finding many new hits that sell better than Futari Bus, Hertz, Umine Island, etc.
Is Killer Sitter a battle series? I thought it was SoL?
 

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Issue 50:

1. Nue's Exorcist
You can see the Fujino's family as Kasha's kodoku. They only exist to build the strongest servant, this concept works for both Itsuki and Kyokotsu. All others exist to feed into the creation of the ultimate being, they're disposable lives. Shiroha using these corpses to break everything is a denial of the kodoku, insignificant lives do not exist. She's making a stand for everyone's right to exist and that's why it's not enough, what was lost can never be fully recovered, but she's there to avenge the past and free the future. At its core, Nue is a story about facing the world and regaining your agency.

2. Roku
It's complicated to describe what makes found families work because it's a very emotional reaction, but it's about the author properly building the base and slowly putting brick after brick there. Nakamura did that through the comedy and the gradual expansion of the world around the characters. Not jumping right into Sachiko's story is why it works, I'm invested into that plot, yet Roku having to take care of his daily life makes it flow naturally. Sachiko isn't just a girl that died, she's a friend helping him study. And so are the other curses. Reading this after last week is just like covering yourself with a warm blanket during a cold night.

3. Sakamoto Days
It's a satisfying conclusion because it brings everything back home. The story started about Sakamoto's change and how he didn't want the world around to affect his new bubble. He was forced into fighting again. And by the end, he made the decision to not accept that world as it was, also changing it for others. The team had two outs, last inning, then Suzuki hit a home-run and brought it back home.

4. Graykeith
That's some cool worldbuilding. This arc so far is doing everything right by bringing the readers to a new fantastical place and introducing a conflict about a different monster species and their social issues. Maybe this arc is shaping up to be a narrative about identity? I'm invested.

5. Animal Signal
Niche animals are some of the coolest animals and allow for more bizarre and fun situations.

As for the others... Pretty much a confirmation that Hal Formula is alive for at least a batch. Cannon Master is wrapping up and the author should work on their character writing more than anything, I only care about Bharat by himself, so the speech about being Ur's master didn't land and that was supposed to be the story's core.

Is Killer Sitter a battle series? I thought it was SoL?
Similar to Spy x Family, Kill Blue, etc.
 
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Monthly Shoseki Top 500 (October)
4. Blue Box #27
9. Ichi the Witch #10
16. Kochikame #203
17. Someone Hertz #5
18. The Elusive Samurai #27
24. Akane-banashi #24
41. Witch Watch #28 (29,925)
145. Me & Roboco #28 (11,657)
148. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #10 (11,458)
295. Hal Formula #1 (6,005)
341. Animal Signal #1 (5,367)


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A lower month for all the estabilished series:

That's the lowest monthly sales for Roboco but still doing the average the series has done, doesn't really matter

ME & ROBOCO

Me & Roboco #1 (13,263)
Me & Roboco #2 (15,202)
Me & Roboco #3 (16,000)
Me & Roboco #4 (21,844)
Me & Roboco #5 (24,440)
Me & Roboco #6 (26,050)
Me & Roboco #7 (25,911)
Me & Roboco #8 (27,782)
Me & Roboco #9 (27,184)
Me & Roboco #10 (25,646)
Me & Roboco #11 (25,879)
Me & Roboco #12 (27,550)
Me & Roboco #13 (23,796)
Me & Roboco #14 (23,961)
Me & Roboco #15 (21,690)
Me & Roboco #16 (21,840)
Me & Roboco #17 (22,124)
Me & Roboco #18 (18,691)
Me & Roboco #19 (16,012)
Me & Roboco #20 (15,436)
Me & Roboco #21 (15,321)
Me & Roboco #22 (14,740)
Me & Roboco #23 (15,600)
Me & Roboco #24 (13,512)
Me & Roboco #25 (13,714)
Me & Roboco #26 (12,858)
Me & Roboco #27 (12,724)
Me & Roboco #28 (11,657)



Same for Witch Watch, lowest monthly results for WW since it started, this one is rougher drop but again, doesn't matter, the series will end next week:

WITCH WATCH

Witch Watch #1 (36,360)
Witch Watch #2 (44,680)
Witch Watch #3 (37,541)
Witch Watch #4 (41,360)
Witch Watch #5 (42,984)
Witch Watch #6 (48,734)
Witch Watch #7 (52,624)
Witch Watch #8 (58,220)
Witch Watch #9 (60,584)
Witch Watch #10 (57,862)
Witch Watch #11 (57,285)
Witch Watch #12 (51,180)
Witch Watch #13 (47,870)
Witch Watch #14 (54,312)
Witch Watch #15 (43,260)
Witch Watch #16 (41,930)
Witch Watch #17 (44,965)
Witch Watch #18 (40,870)
Witch Watch #19 (34,484)
Witch Watch #20 (34,420)
Witch Watch #21 (38,437)
Witch Watch #22 (44,507)
Witch Watch #23 (40,081)
Witch Watch #24 (41,112)
Witch Watch #25 (37,547)
Witch Watch #26 (33,235)
Witch Watch #27 (33,705)
Witch Watch #28 (29,925)



And Kiyoshi too, this is the lowest monthly results for the series but at least it's just by 400 copies so in the end still doing virtually the same, no worries:

ULTIMATE EXORCIST KIYOSHI

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #1 (12,774)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #2 (11,880)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #3 (12,845)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #4 (13,192)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #5 (12,750)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #6 (12,325)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #7 (11,970)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #8 (12,792)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #9 (13,716)
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #10 (11,458)



Now for more positive news i think Hal Formula ended with 6k copies! That's the best result Kento Terasaka ever had so i count this is as good and the manga seems to be pretty much saved for this round so hope for the best:


HAL FORMULA

Hal Formula #1 (6,005)



Yeah not the best results for Animal Signal considering the artist names but it's safe for now and rankings are far from the worst so lets see what's going to happen in the future:


ANIMAL SIGNAL

Animal Signal #1 (5,367)
 

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I meant overall on the market not just in WSJ
In that case, I think that's a somewhat misleading description. Historically, battle shonen manga have been most dominant in Jump, while the biggest hits in other magazines tend to belong to different genres. In WSM, it's Kindaichi and Ippo; in WSS - Conan and Touch; and in WSC - Baki.
 
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