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

[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. GreyKeys: Translations from the Demon World (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)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

i think 2B will stick to the bottom, not cause its not successful, but because sorachi turns in his manuscripts late

lol come on guys, Class 2B mc was placed in the absolutely back of the group cover while Roku was placed alongside the hits, this isn't manuscripts getting published late, is the series being unpopular

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Ahhh that explains it, no worries. Hopefully it returns soon then, thanks!

Btw, your country is going crazy with the censorship, it must be annoying af.

 

[Dogmagril]

After that, 2B, HAL, cannon master, and maybe animal signal are next on the chopping block. Depending on how WW proceeds, it could save one of them, but I think Shinobara will take his time with the epilogue and the series ends closer to the beginning of 2027

I think animal signal might be safe. It seems to be consistently mid-range.
You can correct me if I'm wrong but I feel like axebait would dropped to the bottom by now

 

[FantasticFootno]

lol come on guys, Class 2B mc was placed in the absolutely back of the group cover while Roku was placed alongside the hits, this isn't manuscripts getting published late, is the series being unpopular

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Btw, your country is going crazy with the censorship, it must be annoying af.

I believe in the 2B rise. But yeah, I mean I think its kinda obvious that Roku is getting the treatment they expected 2b to get lol.

 

[cameronney618]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #37-38 Cover: Main Characters!

Roku being in the pack is pretty crazy.

 

[Kiaida]

Actually don't think Drawn to the Fire is ending soon. The story isn't feeling like it's wrapping up. Of course, they could just ignore and keep moving and go for the "Our adventure continues", but we had a bunch of big batches in a row. Add to that Blue Box ending, HxH batch over and Sakamoto finishing soon and they might just axe Kinato this time.

 

[Minsel]

lol come on guys, Class 2B mc was placed in the absolutely back of the group cover while Roku was placed alongside the hits, this isn't manuscripts getting published late, is the series being unpopular

Sorachi is almost 50 while Atsushi is probably almost 40. 2-b is doing 15 page chapters, he's just not able to keep up the load, we can judge 2-B when volume 1 comes out

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Sorachi is almost 50 while Atsushi is probably almost 40. 2-b is doing 15 page chapters, he's just not able to keep up the load, we can judge 2-B when volume 1 comes out

The authors age are irrelevant in this matter, if Sorachi was just deliverying late manuscripts they wouldn't put the MC that far behind in the group cover while Roku is there with the hits, they chose to shove Class 2B even behind the new serialization batch lol

And i don't think we can really judge by vol 1 sales, everybody expects it to sell at least decently since is Sorachi and people that dont even read the magazine but its Gintama fans will probably check, if it bombs too it will be crazy

 

[Minsel]

The authors age are irrelevant in this matter, if Sorachi was just deliverying late manuscripts they wouldn't put the MC that far behind in the group cover while Roku is there with the hits, they chose to shove Class 2B even behind the new serialization batch lol

And i don't think we can really judge by vol 1 sales, everybody expects it to sell at least decently since is Sorachi and people that dont even read the magazine but its Gintama fans will probably check, if it bombs too it will be crazy

then judge volume 2 sales

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Shoseki Top 500 (August 5)
1. Black Clover #38
2. Sakamoto Days #28
6. Someone Hertz #4
5. Akane-banashi #23
7. The Elusive Samurai #26
10. Witch Watch #27
16. Black Clover Official Guidebook
28. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #9
32. Under Doctor #2
39. Me & Roboco #27
60. Kinato's Magic #2

Also:

169. Under Doctor #1

 

[Shockzz1234]

lol come on guys, Class 2B mc was placed in the absolutely back of the group cover while Roku was placed alongside the hits, this isn't manuscripts getting published late, is the series being unpopular

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Btw, your country is going crazy with the censorship, it must be annoying af.

Oh yeah, it's insane. I don't wanna get too off topic or into the topic of censorship politics on here too much but...it's a very very dangerous slippery slope the country is going in right now, once you start censoring one thing, you keep going to the next and then when does it stop? Not to mention the Online ID thing which I still refuse to do. Just a bleh situation all around man.

Actually don't think Drawn to the Fire is ending soon. The story isn't feeling like it's wrapping up. Of course, they could just ignore and keep moving and go for the "Our adventure continues", but we had a bunch of big batches in a row. Add to that Blue Box ending, HxH batch over and Sakamoto finishing soon and they might just axe Kinato this time.

Oooh, I forgot about Blue Box ending lmao. Yeah that would count as one as well. So what I said earlier can still kinda happen just with DTTF surviving. Blue Box, HxH, Saka Days, Kinato gone, 3 new series and this promised Bleach continuation in lol.

 

[tirakai]

Animal Signal is still hanging around the middle, if it can keep this up a little longer it should at least outlast Syd Craft.

I still have no idea what's going to happen with Under Doctor longer term, especially if it faces a singificant sales drop. They are still supporting it with colour pages but ToC-wise it's mostly on the bottom with a couple fluke high chapters so far, and still seems incapable of grasping what readers want to see from it.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Animal Signal is still hanging around the middle, if it can keep this up a little longer it should at least outlast Syd Craft.

I still have no idea what's going to happen with Under Doctor longer term, especially if it faces a singificant sales drop. They are still supporting it with colour pages but ToC-wise it's mostly on the bottom with a couple fluke high chapters so far, and still seems incapable of grasping what readers want to see from it.

I disagree because the current chapters are all getting praised online in comparison of how it was during the action arcs, the author knows what people "want" and he is deliverying right now but if people are all just bark and no action, is another story.

 

[icrawfish]

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #37-38 Cover: Main Characters!

Interesting! It’s not my favorite from a design perspective since most of the cast is just in normal attire (I especially love the ones where they all dress up in some way), but I do like some of the expressions we got out of it. Extra props go to Chihiro, who looks almost like an in-between of being scared and thinking it’s cute? Certainly a rare face to see him sporting. Roboco doing the Enel is the correct decision. Ichi seems to be the only one not actually effected, or at least he seems to express interest rather than fear. I also enjoy some of the more drummed up emotive faces on the page like Kiyoshi’s (makes sense since his classic gimmick), and Bharat’s (crusty though it may be at this resolution).

This, uh… is also an interesting time for Luffy to be a ghost given what’s going on in the chapters currently… I smell theories brewing.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Akane-banashi Lead Color Pages

Spoiler

Someone Hertz Color Page

Spoiler

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi

Spoiler

 

[kiyoshibro]

Good thing: Horikoshi is back
Bad thing: his fanbase is back too (my Twitter feed is going to be full of people trying to link every page of this one-shot to MHA)

Very nice color page for Kiyoshi too, Usui has been improving a lot over the last few months… you can really see a difference compared to the early chapters (Akari is so cute)

UNDER DOCTOR: Again in bottom ToC (Saito i will find you)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Shinobi Undercover Volume 9

Spoiler

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Preview for The Promised Neverland 36 pages special chapter celebrating the 10th anniversary which will be published in the Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #39 of 2026:

"In a world free of conflict between humans and demons, what remains is..."

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To Love-ru special gifts featured in the Jump GIGA 2026 Summer issue releasing on August 17!

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Bleach will be holding a new Original Art Exhibition titled 'EX.II' in Summer 2027, also the Light Novel "DON'T BLEACH MY FIST" is getting a sequel!

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Haikyu!! annual "Haikyu!! Day" Livestream will happen August 19 on Toho Youtube channel with new information on the manga, anime, events and etc

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Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia) author comment for his new one shot "Don't Laugh, Shijima-san" in the Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #37-38 of 2026:

"I'm so happy to be published in Jump! I really enjoyed drawing these characters! Thank you for your support!"

 

[tirakai]

I'm curious to see if Viz translates the Horikoshi oneshot. They usually don't bother with oneshots, but have on occasion brought over oneshots by the biggest name authors and Horikoshi's definitely one of those.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Not gonna spoil what happens since i don't know if they're going to translate, but yes, the one shot is horror and mixed with action (some big scale action), and Horikoshi art looks amazing in the one shot, you can feel he really enjoyed drawing it, maybe is because i've been noticing a bit too much how current authors in the magazine are struggling to keep their art consistent and taking corners here and there but looking at Hori finished and clean artstyle is really satisfying, it's another level.

 

[panthalus]

Not gonna spoil what happens since i don't know if they're going to translate, but yes, the one shot is horror and mixed with action (some big scale action), and Horikoshi art looks amazing in the one shot, you can feel he really enjoyed drawing it, maybe is because i've been noticing a bit too much how current authors in the magazine are struggling to keep their art consistent and taking corners here and there but looking at Hori finished and clean artstyle is really satisfying, it's another level.

Damn, can’t wait. I sincerely hope this gets released in English cause no way.

Also Shinuki do you know what the characters are named based on the preview? It’d be really nice if he referenced some of his older stuff into making this.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Damn, can’t wait. I sincerely hope this gets released in English cause no way.

Also Shinuki do you know what the characters are named based on the preview? It’d be really nice if he referenced some of his older stuff into making this.

Don't feel like, from the little that i translated.