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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)

 

[Dog the dog]

Do you guys feel like that in about a few months or so, we're gonna be looking at new rom-com series in Jump the same way that we look at all the exorcism & hitman series that ran here a couple years ago.

In a few months? I'm already tired of how half of the new titles in the magazine are romcom or gag manga because every attempt at writing a serious story flops catastrophically and is axed at <19 chapters. The magazine is lacking mature titles for mature big boys like me™, but apparently modern readers don't like that anymore.

 

[Stivie]

I don't think there is a problem with that. Me and Roboco is still there thriving. But those manga you mentioned have been a mix between comedy, Sol and drama throughout their chapters.

Unfortunately, there are very few dramatic and memorable moments; most of the time it's just comedy to prolong the story.

 

[RealityChecker]

Unfortunately, there are very few dramatic and memorable moments; most of the time it's just comedy to prolong the story.

Maybe because they are still at the beginning and aren't essentially a drama. Romcoms will be romcoms, comedies will be comedies. There is nothing wrong with that. All those talks about having no diversity should be headed towards the battle shonen manga out there that have the same plot like Shinobi, Sakamoto Days and Kagurabachi.

 

[Kiaida]

Unfortunately, there are very few dramatic and memorable moments; most of the time it's just comedy to prolong the story.

Any random Someone Hertz chapter is more memorable and interesting than the entirety of Phantom Seer. Comedy is as valid as action as something to build emotional connection to the reader. Art can just be comedy, there's a reason ancient greek theatre was divided into Drama and Comedy, they're equally valid art forms that can bring reactions from viewers, introduce new ideas or make a commentary about the aspects of life through parody, exaggeration and laughter.

What makes a work resonate is how well the author plays with the ingredients they have. Most new battle mangaka are just failing at bringing up interesting choreography or stories with some kind of depth to explore through battles.

 

[Stivie]

Any random Someone Hertz chapter is more memorable and interesting than the entirety of Phantom Seer. Comedy is as valid as action as something to build emotional connection to the reader. Art can just be comedy, there's a reason ancient greek theatre was divided into Drama and Comedy, they're equally valid art forms that can bring reactions from viewers, introduce new ideas or make a commentary about the aspects of life through parody, exaggeration and laughter.

What makes a work resonate is how well the author plays with the ingredients they have. Most new battle mangaka are just failing at bringing up interesting choreography or stories with some kind of depth to explore through battles.

Why did you mention Phantom Seer?
Even though it was a canceled manga, Phantom Seer still sold more than many manga that are still published in Jump, which is a shame.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:45 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 2:37 AM ---

Maybe because they are still at the beginning and aren't essentially a drama. Romcoms will be romcoms, comedies will be comedies. There is nothing wrong with that. All those talks about having no diversity should be headed towards the battle shonen manga out there that have the same plot like Shinobi, Sakamoto Days and Kagurabachi.

Roku, Someeone Hertz, Ura, 2B, and Animal Signal all share the same school setting and standalone comedy chapters that ALWAYS focus on the joke of the week. And you want to say they should be directed at shonen battle manga that have the same plot, and you want to include Sakamoto Days and Kagurabachi?

 

[RealityChecker]

Why did you mention Phantom Seer?
Even though it was a canceled manga, Phantom Seer still sold more than many manga that are still published in Jump, which is a shame.

If you go back through WSJ history, you will find out manga that sold more than 60K a month and still got cancelled. Those were the times in which even axed manga sold great, but not in comparison to its peers. We have no data, but I can guarantee that manga on the golden era of WSJ sold more than even the 100K sellers and were still cancelled. Phantom Seer selling "more" than many manga right now is just a sign of the time we live in, not that it would have survived.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:49 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 2:47 AM ---

Why did you mention Phantom Seer?
Even though it was a canceled manga, Phantom Seer still sold more than many manga that are still published in Jump, which is a shame.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:45 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 2:37 AM ---

Roku, Someeone Hertz, Ura, 2B, and Animal Signal all share the same school setting and standalone comedy chapters that ALWAYS focus on the joke of the week. And you want to say they should be directed at shonen battle manga that have the same plot, and you want to include Sakamoto Days and Kagurabachi?

Kagurabachi, Sakamoto, Shinobi Undercover are just countless fighting chapters mixed with some different theme chapters. The same structure you are so keen on saying is the same for the romcom and Sol manga is the same for the battle shonen. Kagurabachi, Sakamoto and Shinobi Undercover have the same setting also.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:52 AM ---

And just to be fair, WSJ was birthed and home to countless successful school setting manga, like Slam Dunk, Haikyuu, Medaka Box, MHA, JJK and others.

 

[pennycryman]

Also, romcoms seeing more success than battle shonen isn't isolated to Jump. Just look at Magazine or Sunday's recent successes, it's mostly romcoms or ecchi with the occasional Sensen Senki or Kaiten no Albus (and even then, those are less popular than Umine or Futari Bus). Even going outside or Shonen, Tsugi literally showed that the most popular series which have debuted are romcoms or are popular because of romance aside from Home on the Horizon (Hitoner isn't a romcom but is probably as big as it is due to furry romance lol). It's probably just a market thing.

I think it's because battle shonen still have ongoing zeitgeist anime like Demon Slayer and JJK still ongoing (both of which still backlog) along with other big sellers like Sakamoto Days, Dandadan, or Shangri-la Frontier. There's also Kagurabachi and Ichi as rising hits, so there isn't a huge hunger for another battle shonen right now. Romcoms don't really have those massive series (there's just Fragrant Flowers and Blue Box as the old guard), so there's more room for stuff like Haimiya and Someone Hertz to take that spot. Same thing for comedy series like Roku or Utsuranain. Best case scenario for battle shonen right now is something like Under Doctor or Sensen Senki. Maybe Graykeith can do something idk.

 

[Shonenfan]

I disagree, don't you guys keep saying that the genre needs more diversity when you're always complaining about manga with exorcism themes?

Those manga, Roku, 2B, and Someone Hertz, don't bring any diversity; they just want to be entertaining and nothing more.

The goal of comedy is far different from battle manga. Battle manga (action, fantasy action adventure, act-adv) need to be interesting. Whether it’s a page turning story, great character work, or themes that make you feel something.

Comedy manga’s goal is far simpler: be funny. They don’t have to be interesting or have great character; they just have to be funny. You obviously can’t have the same kind of comedy (mostly because one would look lesser than the other), but the above have very different forms of comedy. 2B is absurd satire, Roku is a lighter SoL absurdist comedy (until it ramps the drama) similar to WW, Hertz is a SoL pun based comedy, and Roboco is pure absurdity comedy (but better than the mindless absurdity that Jump hasn’t really gotten right since Bobobobo; hated having to read Ichigoki and Shigomaru etc).

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 3:00 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 2:58 AM ---

I disagree, don't you guys keep saying that the genre needs more diversity when you're always complaining about manga with exorcism themes?

Those manga, Roku, 2B, and Someone Hertz, don't bring any diversity; they just want to be entertaining and nothing more.

Also I’ve never complained about a lot of exorcist manga at least not on here

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 3:13 AM ---

Also, romcoms seeing more success than battle shonen isn't isolated to Jump. Just look at Magazine or Sunday's recent successes, it's mostly romcoms or ecchi with the occasional Sensen Senki or Kaiten no Albus (and even then, those are less popular than Umine or Futari Bus). Even going outside or Shonen, Tsugi literally showed that the most popular series which have debuted are romcoms or are popular because of romance aside from Home on the Horizon (Hitoner isn't a romcom but is probably as big as it is due to furry romance lol). It's probably just a market thing.

I think it's because battle shonen still have ongoing zeitgeist anime like Demon Slayer and JJK still ongoing (both of which still backlog) along with other big sellers like Sakamoto Days, Dandadan, or Shangri-la Frontier. There's also Kagurabachi and Ichi as rising hits, so there isn't a huge hunger for another battle shonen right now. Romcoms don't really have those massive series (there's just Fragrant Flowers and Blue Box as the old guard), so there's more room for stuff like Haimiya and Someone Hertz to take that spot. Same thing for comedy series like Roku or Utsuranain. Best case scenario for battle shonen right now is something like Under Doctor or Sensen Senki. Maybe Graykeith can do something idk.

I’ll defend stivie on this. It’s a lower bar of success for non battle so it’s easier for them to be hits, but they do not reach the heights of battle manga when a battle manga is a hit. The best battle mangas will vastly outperform the best non battle mangas including the possibility of being a big franchise, merch etc; having the roster of best battle mangas is what determines who has the most successful magazine and who shapes a generation. That’s not to say comedy, SoL, and romcoms don’t have a place and that’s not saying the magazine should be just 20 action/act-adv; it’s just gauging value. And frankly, there doesn’t seem to be enough hit battle mangas lying around for any magazine right now, most of them show very obvious flaws with some exceptions (shoutout Kinato); the ones really bad should get axed and the ones with some promise but very flawed (take Machida with Cannon master and his brilliant art and choreography or Otr’s author) are better spent working on a series with massive hit potential than something that would top out as a middling success at best so those spots are better spent on making a diverse magazine to invite different readers.

 

[Stivie]

If you go back through WSJ history, you will find out manga that sold more than 60K a month and still got cancelled. Those were the times in which even axed manga sold great, but not in comparison to its peers. We have no data, but I can guarantee that manga on the golden era of WSJ sold more than even the 100K sellers and were still cancelled. Phantom Seer selling "more" than many manga right now is just a sign of the time we live in, not that it would have survived.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:49 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 2:47 AM ---

Kagurabachi, Sakamoto, Shinobi Undercover are just countless fighting chapters mixed with some different theme chapters. The same structure you are so keen on saying is the same for the romcom and Sol manga is the same for the battle shonen. Kagurabachi, Sakamoto and Shinobi Undercover have the same setting also.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:52 AM ---

And just to be fair, WSJ was birthed and home to countless successful school setting manga, like Slam Dunk, Haikyuu, Medaka Box, MHA, JJK and others.

If you go back through WSJ history, you will find out manga that sold more than 60K a month and still got cancelled. Those were the times in which even axed manga sold great, but not in comparison to its peers. We have no data, but I can guarantee that manga on the golden era of WSJ sold more than even the 100K sellers and were still cancelled. Phantom Seer selling "more" than many manga right now is just a sign of the time we live in, not that it would have survived.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:49 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 2:47 AM ---

Kagurabachi, Sakamoto, Shinobi Undercover are just countless fighting chapters mixed with some different theme chapters. The same structure you are so keen on saying is the same for the romcom and Sol manga is the same for the battle shonen. Kagurabachi, Sakamoto and Shinobi Undercover have the same setting also.

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 2:52 AM ---

And just to be fair, WSJ was birthed and home to countless successful school setting manga, like Slam Dunk, Haikyuu, Medaka Box, MHA, JJK and others.

At least the numerous fight chapters, which you all love to complain about, move the narrative forward, unlike the numerous isolated comedy chapters that stagnate at a single point.

And don't come saying that Kagurabachi, Sakamoto, and Shinobi Undercover are the same; they have far more differences between them than the current Jump comedies.

 

[RealityChecker]

a series with massive hit potential than something that would top out as a middling success at best so those spots are better spent on making a diverse magazine to invite different readers.

What about Ao no Hako and RuriDragon?

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 3:22 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 3:20 AM ---

unlike the numerous isolated comedy chapters that stagnate at a single point.

You are wrong on this, but I am not gonna elaborate anymore. It is just useless at this point.

 

[Shonenfan]

What about Ao no Hako and RuriDragon?

--- Double Post Merged, Yesterday at 3:22 AM, Original Post Date: Yesterday at 3:20 AM ---

You are wrong on this, but I am not gonna elaborate anymore. It is just useless at this point.

Big successes for sure, but more exception than norm and even then they didn't break top 5 (ruri dragon's author's health and lack of anime are obvious cofounding factors; I'd be curious how it'd sell otherwise). It's not impossible Dr. Slump led the best selling for a few years, but in general that tends to be what it is.

 

[almavivi]

Art can just be comedy, there's a reason ancient greek theatre was divided into Drama and Comedy, they're equally valid art forms that can bring reactions from viewers, introduce new ideas or make a commentary about the aspects of life through parody, exaggeration and laughter.

I think the ancient Greeks would have classified modern Jump battle shonen as comedies, so we need Stivie 2.0 to demand that they be removed from the magazine too.

 

[Nuesmoker]

Comedy, Battle, Serious, Unserious, doesn't matter- For today is Nue Sunday!!

And by god I have NOT done those reviews yet, yikes!

 

[Kiaida]

I’ll defend stivie on this. It’s a lower bar of success for non battle so it’s easier for them to be hits,

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.

 

[RealityChecker]

even then they didn't break top 5

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.

 

[Smirky Bell]

I think that I know what is happening. The new romcoms and gags manga from Jump are much better than the new battles. I prefer reading Animal Signal, a funny manga, that reading Alien Headbutt, a story that looks like it's about nothing.

I can see the japaneses with the same mindset.

 

[Nuesmoker]

Issue 50 2026 (got reviewer's block this week so only Nue gets it lol):

1. Nue's Exorcist: Kyokotsu was bound to be covered in this arc- the suffering and cruelty of the Fujino Family is at the forefront, and Kyokotsu is its symbol (mentioning this also because I am getting legit annoyed by SOME people unironically saying that he's back due to the poll results). His true body is even more grotesque and creepy than the clone summoned in the Ritual Blade Arc, it's like a Ghibli monster out of your worst nightmares.
The way Shiroha would give herself to destroy the family and save everyone is depressing yet perfectly in character, even with all the promises made. She wants OUT of this torture. But this mountain of trapped souls WILL feed her to the tree, to Kasha. That's what Kyokotsu has always been for in the end.
And after all the teasing, we see Shiroha's beautiful mother doing her best to make her children happy... PLURAL.
We've been saying Kyokotsu was "like a big brother to Shiroha", and turns out... HE IS HER BIG BROTHER!! His care for her and the promise to their mother made him overcome thousands of dead souls WITH EASE and once again achieve individuality. It recontextualizes everything he does regarding Shiroha: he plays video games with her because he wants to spend time he once couldn't with his sister, hence why it keeps "Kyokotsu" in "check". He chose her in the ecperiment because that was Kazuto fulfilling their mother's wish. He was happy to see Gakuro get resolve to fight her because it felt like a ray of hope for her, he could FINALLY see her smile and have friends, and even a possible love. And he has not been around since Ritual Blade BECAUSE he needs to keep the mountains of souls from overtaking control over him.
And the way it was revealed, good GOD it was beautiful. Shiroha was about to be alone once again, no one to save her from her disgusting "family", until her REAL family came to her, grasping her hand and dragging her out of the darkness, which is a callback to the end of her fight with Gakuro too!
And Kazuto is the SECOND confirmed "Human turned spirit" of the arc, after Yoichi/Yagyo. It has so many implications, especially for Lil' Kyoko, who we still have to see damn it!!
Her rage against the souls is AMAZINGLY portrayed, this is the warrior's heart that never died, "I'LL PUT YOU TO WORK!!" Had VICE in it, she is DONE with this bullshit. You can just tell Gakuro had huge influence on her.
The art is amazing, the payoff is incredible, the theories are at an all time high, and Itsuki's about to get his just desserts- 13/10!!

2. The Ura Files
3. Roku's House Of Oddities
4. GrayKeith: Translator Daemonica
5. Kagurabachi
6. Someone Hertz
7. Hal Formula
8. Animal Signal
9. Class 2B Hero Destroyerz
10. Cannon Master

 

[Newkerzy]

Jesus Christ Nakamura, lord have mercy!

I'm telling y'all, the eventual beach chapter will get 1st place and break Twitter

Uh, @Shinuki no Reborn? Where is this from? The volumes?

I thought this was a spoiler for today’s chapter….

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Uh, @Shinuki no Reborn? Where is this from? The volumes?

I thought this was a spoiler for today’s chapter….

Yup vol 2 extras, i wouldn't straight up post leak pages of the new chapters specially not inside spoilers

 

[Thehoennhippo]

Not the most exciting chapters for me this week.

1: Ichi
2: Akane
3: Hertz
4: Kiyoshi
5: Greykeith