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]

Congrats to Someone Hertz for wining, but yeah, Tsugimanga is at the risk of becoming boringly predictable by turning into "The new Shonen Jump manga hit" award, i feel like they should create a "sales limit" for series to be nominated, what's the point of including very popular works that are already selling, like, over 50k copies per volume? These series will have a obvious advantage and they don't even need the award boost lol

But anyway, this is just me mumbling a bit, congrats to Roku for being 9th and well above Class 2B, going from one of the worst J+ views to a success and 9th on Tsugimanga is really good, it's probably going to be again next year so who knows, might be top 3.

Alien Headbutt didn't even entered the top 20 lmao! The reason why while i believe that western influence on Tsugimanga is a "thing" still not enough if a western darling like Alien flopped in the award lol

 

[needtorelax]

Too much romance in the top 20 and dominating the top 3 but I'm okay with kessa mo getting in there. Parashoppers and Silver mountain(hope someone picks up the translations again) were so close to 3 . Roku being top 10 is nice. Shocked kai-hen wizards and galaxias couldn't break into the top 20 in their respective categories.
Really big gap in votes between the top 3 in the comics compared to top 3 in web category.
1 Hertz 51,868 2 Futari Bus 37,882 3 Register 22,621
1 Home at the Horizon 51,681 2 Hitoner 48,327 3 Haimiya 45,281

(Also Alien Headbutt top 10 for my Extreme cope).

Top 10 in our hearts

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I wrote "Nue's Exorcist" in the accumulated dust of the car.

 

[Discomusic]

Read everything within Monday, not finding time to write about it until now. I work too much...

1. Witch Watch: Since the first chapters of this arc, I was saying that it didn't give me final arc vibes, but rather penultimate arc vibes. I also thought that the villain gave up too easily last week, and here is the answer: a large and impressive twist was in the works. I wonder how many die-hard fans figured it out before this chapter.
2. Akane-banashi: Ok, now that we feel affection even for Zensho of all people, isn't it time for a strong mood killer? His presence is very impressive, so that we are reminded of who is the real villain of the series.
3. Roku's House of Oddities: Absolutely loved that instead of jumping into a fierce battle (getting also a glimpse of the true powers of the curses in the process), Roku convinces everyone to just talk it out, and the chapter is just that, all of them talking it out. The exorcist got convinced too easily, but it is hinted that for future exorcist it may not be the same. Shame on them for not taking care of the bill.
4. Graykeith: Translator Daemonica: This series is convincing. I like the characters, the setup, and even the episodic stories, in this case the Grim Reaper made for a very interesting side character that defnitely will return again, especially if eventually the manga will take a battle turn. and that turn may work, but there's no hurry for that.
5. Under Doctor: I liked that they didn't write off this surgeon as a sereotypical joke, but actually there is a lot of substance on him. I was hoping that he managed to complete the operation all by himself, but the final page was inevitable I guess...at least, the thing about the eyes of the two doctors was a nice touch.
6. Hal Formula: An entire chapter about business meetings, budget cuts and sponsorship? This series truly understands us adult readers! It was as exciting as the frenzy races it usually displays.
7. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi: Ha, I knew it! Claiming it since week one! Well, it was not that hard of a guess, but focusing at something else, the ghost was a nice character and the mistery around him is intriguing.
8. One Piece: Zoro was very cool, but the most interesting part in the whole arc for me is the stuff that is going on with Robin and the owl. It's probably also the part that will have the larger impact on a grand scale.
9. Someone Hertz: I realize now that this is the first attempt at a tankobon long arc, ad it works because they are out of the confort zone without really exiting from the confort zone. They are doing different things, not necessarily on a Monday, and the last page with their heroes appearing in front of him makes me ready for next chapter, which isn't a given with this series.
10. Me and Roboco: It's not the first time I say this and it won't be the last: Miyazaki is a very good comedy author that could be a great horror author if he tried. I hope he won't try in Jump because I would be too scared to read it.
11. Class 2-B: Hero Destroyerz: This arc has been good so far. In this new setting, Sorachi is more free to play the game he is strong at, case in point the final one-liners by the two not-heroes. One of the strongest point of Gintama was how badass the one-liners delivered by whatever character were, on both drama and comedy contexts.
12. Sakamoto Days: We are definitely in the final strech, and Suzuki's job is to dilute it until a new batch can debut. The initial part with the conclusion of the mental debate was cool, and then it may be that Nagumo Days is finally over. Time for the real protagonist to take over...your turn Shin!
13. Animal Signal: Fetch quest? Ooh, I can dig it! This gives much more sense to the search for many different animals, and an overarching goal that was missing in this series. Chapter also notable for doing the title drop so far from the beginning, waiting to be moderately estabilished first.
14. Ichi the Witch: The chapter about Kumugi, who anyone guessed would be the real star of the arc. By the way, what about her sister? She dropped one of the greatest one-liners in manga and then disappeared from all radars.
15. The Ura Files: I am very conflicted about this. It is far from what I like, yet I can't deny an enjoyable atmosphere that keeps me from putting it at the bottom. Maybe because there is Numa comedy behind it all? He is the king of "slightly below average".
16. Nue's Exorcist: I thought that match would be an afterthought and following Gakuro would be more important. I also remember that the monster had a much more noble form, in this shape it wasn't even credible. Back to the hero or back to all the girls at ground floor?
17. Shinobi Undercover: Still mad with the aces, but last week she could be forgiven and this week even the ice guy did a good job at pointing out the errors of Suzume. The old teacher, on the other hand, is supposed to be an extreme badass but he doesn't give off that vibes. There are plenty of better representatives for the role in many other series.
18. Cannon Master: Not much to say here, save from...yikes, we are really going fast here. It's a pity because the first few chapters were really good, but apparently not good enough to save the series.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Weekly Oricon Top 50 (9/7/26 - 9/13/26)
04. Kagurabachi #12 (47,448 / 98,389)
10. Kochikame #202 (22,705 / 45,617)
31. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz #1 (11,144 / 23,728)
49. Nue's Exorcist #16 (7,491 / 16,552)

Nue charting a 2nd season for the first time since vol 10! (which was the only time it did)