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Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump (2025) - News and Discussion!

Your Favorite Chapters of Issue #16 of 2025 (5 Choices At Most)

  • Me & Roboco 225

  • Sakamoto Days 205

  • The Elusive Samurai 195

  • Witch Watch 194

  • Blue Box 188

  • Akane-banashi 150

  • Kill Blue 93

  • Nue's Exorcist 90

  • Kagurabachi 72

  • Super Psychic Policeman Chojo 54

  • Astro Royale 45

  • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 36

  • Hima-ten! 34

  • Ichi the Witch 26

  • Shinobi Undercover 25

  • Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery 16

  • Embers 7

  • Star of Beethoven 6


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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 17 (2025)
ONE PIECE (Cover and Lead Color Page)
Blue Box
SAKAMOTO DAYS
The Elusive Samurai (Color Page)
Ichi the Witch
Akane-banashi
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
Me & Roboco
Rinjin Douji (Color Page; 47p; One-shot by Ide Nagisa)
WITCH WATCH
Hima-ten!
Star of Beethoven
Kill Blue
Nue's Exorcist (Color Page)
EMBERS (First Ranking)
Shinobi Undercover
Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery
Astro Royale
Super Psychic Policeman Chojo
Absent: Kagurabachi

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 18 (Preview)
Cover & LCP: WITCH WATCH (Anime Start)
CP: Kill Blue; Kagurabachi; Zan Kyuketsukidan Zanki (47p; One-shot by Fukamori Shou)
 
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Everyone has their own opinion on the series, things they like and dislike. I may disagree a lot when it comes to my favorite series, but in the end, each person is different. So, how about we just move on instead of fighting for no reason?

Unless you guys still want to continue debating
At least you guys are having a debate, sometimes when I express my opinion of something it's x user getting mad without trying to read or some other user demanding to talk only about sales or toc because wishing for an Akane anime doesn't fit with any of these two categories :derp:

I personally think Gakuro is one of the best characters of this Jump. Probably he's the character of the current roster where we are seeing the clearest his character development, how he went from a guy with a trauma because a girl called him "dirty boy" because some swimming pool minunderstanding to an actual madman chad who doesn't care about risking his life to protect his beloved friends. If only, my only complaint about Gakuro is that he suddenly is very good using his shadow powers (I wish we could have seen that better in the training arcs).

The 5th Unit vice-captain, he's a character that I'm not liking for the moment. Rido was better carried.
 

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Eh? I'm fine with it, actually. Their debate is pretty interesting to read, and I don’t think any of them are being disrespectful.
Woah, I didn't even notice at first but Furina PFP?
Nice one. Welcome, by the way, I must have forgotten to say something while me and @Shinuki no Reborn were going at it bare knuckle boxing (lol)
 

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-One Piece issue 11 chapter is 13 pages
-No chapter on issue 12

I guess issue 12 cover is Witch Watch (unless they somehow decide to try to delay the anniversary for two months to combine it with the anime start; in that case, Akane Banashi).
 

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Eh? I'm fine with it, actually. Their debate is pretty interesting to read, and I don’t think any of them are being disrespectful.
Okay
 

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At least you guys are having a debate, sometimes when I express my opinion of something it's x user getting mad without trying to read or some other user demanding to talk only about sales or toc because wishing for an Akane anime doesn't fit with any of these two categories :derp:

I personally think Gakuro is one of the best characters of this Jump. Probably he's the character of the current roster where we are seeing the clearest his character development, how he went from a guy with a trauma because a girl called him "dirty boy" because some swimming pool minunderstanding to an actual madman chad who doesn't care about risking his life to protect his beloved friends. If only, my only complaint about Gakuro is that he suddenly is very good using his shadow powers (I wish we could have seen that better in the training arcs).

The 5th Unit vice-captain, he's a character that I'm not liking for the moment. Rido was better carried.
You say all this but it doesn't change the fact that Akane still doesn't have an anime!! /s
 

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Wassup, my fellow comrades. I'm not really new here, but I’m finally jumping into some conversations.

Been lurking since 2023, but now I’ve created an account for this forum.
Welcome to the forum.
 

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Woah, I didn't even notice at first but Furina PFP?
Nice one. Welcome, by the way, I must have forgotten to say something while me and @Shinuki no Reborn were going at it bare knuckle boxing (lol)
Thanks! And yeah, Furina’s my favorite character in Genshin, got her at C6. Don’t worry about the boxing session, your debate with Reborn didn’t bother me one bit.
 

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I don't know which Nue's Exorcist you guys read because in the one I read Gakuro always has to get bailed out by other characters to survive his fights and the story does acknowledge he gets carried by Nue. He didn't even get to properly fight the strongest villains in previous arcs like Moro, Raisei, Kasha, etc because he wasn't strong enough for them. Isnt this the point of these last two fights with Rido and Kabane? To show he can finally stand up to some enemies in strenght for the first time.

A protagonist that starts weak and gradually gets stronger, makes friends, gets power ups is actually close to my classic idea of Jump hero. Let's not pretend most of the battle series running now don't start with already extremely strong characters, so I don't get the issue with having a few main characters that start weaker.

Anyway, Discomusic's perspective is fine. His rankings change enough week to week it's clear he gives a fair shot to everything, sometimes you just won't vibe with a main character.
 
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ILet's not pretend most of the battle series running now don't start with already extremely strong characters, so I don't get the issue with having a few main characters that start weaker.
TBH lately it has felt that way:
-Mashle: Mash was already the strongest character since chapter 1.
-Undead Unluck: Andy was already pretty strong in chapter 1 (not the case for Fuuko).
-Sakamoto Days: Sakamoto was already one of the most powerful hitmen since chapter 1 (and probably already in the top-3 only behind Old Man and probably someone else I don't remember now).
-Kill Blue: The same situation as Sakamoto Days.
-Kagurabachi: I'd say Bachi is actually middle ground there. Chihiro is already one of the most powerful characters from the beginning, but the only reason is him having one of the 7 nuke swords. Chihiro actually learns how to use better the spiritual power, and lately he's started learning how to use a sword for fighting instead using the spiritual energy.
-Astro Royale: More or less I'd say everybody starts here at the same time in the same level due the style of the story. Hibaru isn't a weak character, but he starts from zero. But everybody else also starts from zero.
-Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi: Kiyoshi is already one of the strongest characters of the series. Similar situation as Mashle, but unlike in Mashle, there are some people over Kiyoshi.
-Ichi the Witch: Ichi got the king of the majiks in chapter 1. A situation actually very similar to Kagurabachi.
-Shinobigoto: Yodaka is presented as one of the most powerful ninja in the organization and lives to the reputation.

From all the action titles of this decade I think Nue is the only one following the classic style we have seen so oftenly in 10s with My Hero Academia, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jujutsu Kaisen, etc (Black Clover I think is a case more similar to Kagurabachi and Ichi but still).
 

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One Piece is a masterpiece, Oda is a genius, really no story can come close to this but again is hard to write/draw 1000+ chapters of greatness :hi

This chapter changes everything
 

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I need to ask this, I’m currently reading Shinobi Undercover and I need to know, is Yodaka autistic?
 

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Fantastic issue. Hard to rank. Only chapters I wasn't feeling were Shinobi and Astro.

1. Akane Banashi
2. Ichi the Witch
3. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi

4. Syd Craft
5. Nue's Exorcist

6. Kagurabachi
7. Embers
8. Sakamoto Days
9. Kill Blue
10. Shinobi Undercover
11. Astro Royale
 
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Well, I guess it's fine. I just think the new guy might feel a bit uncomfortable with all this debate.
A bit late to worry about "making new users uncomfortable" when we just had testicles and boobas talk last week.

Not to mention the countless Nue vs Kagurabachi mudslinging last year 🤣🤣🤣. While they were hilarious, i am glad we no longer has those fights.
 

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You know if this will be the end of Kill Blue, it will be the end of my “Go Bus Lady!,” nonsense. Well I hope someone picks it up after it’s over.
 

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A bit late to worry about "making new users uncomfortable" when we just had testicles and boobas talk last week.

Not to mention the countless Nue vs Kagurabachi mudslinging last year 🤣🤣🤣. While they were hilarious, i am glad we no longer has those fights.
I... Completely forgot about that.
 

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A lot of decent-but-not-exceptional chapters this time around. Makes it kinda hard to rank beyond the first two.

Votes #10
1) Sakamoto
2) Astro
3) Syd Craft


Sakamoto: So he knows about Shin, but not about his ability? That doesn't make much sense. But I'm really loving the character dynamics here (aside from creepy sunglasses guy. Could've done without him).

Astro: I was kinda hoping straight man Terasu would just kick him in the **** while he was looking away showing off. But what we got was even better. Love sure is fleeting, eh? :toc I'm having a lot of fun with this series.

And I did NOT see that shocker at the end coming.

Syd: Should've picked a lifeboat with peddles. I'm pleasantly surprised here though. I normally don't like this kind of misunderstanding shenanigans, but this one made me laugh.

Kiyoshi: Those are some fancy demons. And some fancy preparations, too. I was wondering what they had been doing. Ed & Al gonna be jealous

KB: I had a little trouble following the fight here and there, but overall pretty good. They don't go light on the ending flags though.

Ichi: How is she walking on those shoes... are those even shoes? And then Ichi is suddenly The Chosen One and- well, I guess "Hate this thing" wasn't an unreasonable response after all. Are you sure it's smart to tell him this though? He doesn't seem like the type to- okay, yeah, never mind, I forgot he is a Goku-level adrenaline junkie. I feel bad for Desscaras now.

OP: How does the blindfolded guy suddenly know what the people and animals in front of him look like? Does he have some special ability or did Oda just.. forget how blindfolds work?

Luffy believes in Shanks so much that everyone just goes along with it.

I'm not a hardcore enough fan to get much of the book thing, but it's funny that we have yet another Chosen One playing a role in the end of the world.

KGB: So an island just appeared out of nowhere with people already on it? I'm going to need some more explanation on that one. But it looks like it'll have to wait a bit because we're already getting interrupted. For shame.

Embers: "Stranglehold of the elites"? Dude, soccer is one of the most accessible sports in the world (aside from maybe running). That's why you never see stories about a kid from the slums suddenly being great at fencing or horse racing.

Anyway, this first chapter was.. passable? I didn't like the art style much; it looks kind of ugly and unrefined (IMHO). It bothered me less towards the end of the chapter though, so maybe it's just teething troubles, or maybe I already got used to it.

The premise was kinda cliche (and I'm wondering why he didn't just tackle the old man in the first match since they hadn't established any rules). The teacher's approach is admirable and I do like the character, but I feel like it went a little too well. If our MC was that easy to goad, surely someone would've done it sooner? And his friends are all easily convinced, too.

(Calling it now: that teacher was some super famous pro soccer player when he was younger.)

The other characters don't leave much of an impression, unfortunately. The MC is a Misunderstood Jerk with a Heart of Gold who hates losing, has a one-track mind and... what else? The more accomplished Rival is also kind of a jerk and also hates losing, but will eventually acknowledge the MC and... oh, that already happened. Right there in the first chapter. That was easy. Barely an inconvenience All other character roles are so minor that Unnamed Spectator Girl #2 got the most lines of all of them, and it doesn't look like we'll be seeing many of them again.

I just reread the first chapter of Haikyuu and I get the comparisons, I do. But IMO, the main characters in that series were already much more fleshed out and the set-up was way more unique than anything we have here. Even the more recent Jump+ series Rugby Rumble (which uses the same 'Big scary hoodlum goes sportsman' premise) is leagues ahead when it comes to making the characters stand out right off the bat.

Of course, it is only a first chapter. Maybe the second one will surprise us. But for now, I'm not holding my breath.

Shinobi: I appreciate the infodump lore... and the twist... but operator voice guy comes out looking rather bad here if he thought that was the only problem with the situation.

Akane: She seriously doesn't know what jam and coffee are..? That meeting with the little boy was cute. I expect we'll be getting more flashbacks soon for the rest of her journey.

Hakutaku: That was one of the better chapters in this series, ironically. Just watching them chat like this without technobabbel or sales talk is much more engaging. The ending itself was a bit brusk though, they should've put the girl thing a few pages earlier to make it flow better.

WW: Not that funny, but I kinda liked the group brainstorming.

Nue: Very Bleach indeed.

Himaten: Let him off the hook? You're the one that chickened out, little lady. But I guess the God of Harem Tropes dictates that the status quo must be maintained, and this series wouldn't dream of doing something original.

Chojo: I wouldn't have minded if they just left tweedle-perv that way. Honestly seemed like an improvement.

M&R: Was okay.

BB: She finally noticed dad (I think). And I was finally feeling some of the excitement of the match... only to then drop us into another flashback, which completely breaks the tension and doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know. I was never the greatest fan of these daydreaming sequences interspersing the action, but until now I could admit they were skillfully done. This one though just felt jarring.

TES: History class, and then some 20-year-olds who used to be wise beyond their years suddenly thinking rape is cool. Joy. :-_-


I really wish we get more of sports manga that dabbles in professional leagues instead of kiddy plaything like inter school championship tbh. Feels so much cooler and higher stakes when it is literally your job.

Like, Hikaru no Go. Or Akane Banashi
I just want cooler sports. Give us skydiving, competitive sailing, dog sled racing. The stakes are automatically life-and-death and I'm at least 200% more likely to enjoy the series if I can look at pretty landscapes instead of indoor gym #34765.


5. Ichi the Witch: The chapter is most notable for that prohecy thing and for Desscaras showing the first faint signs of affection towards Ichi. But what is most notable to me is the introduction of a Majik who possesses comatose people that must have parents worried about them…and this is accepted as if it’s nothing. Ichi should get mad at this as well as at the cruelties of other Majiks.
Well, I mean... it's not like it's likely to do much extra damage at this point. The chances of someone waking up from a coma after a decade or more are practically zero anyway (Wikipedia gives me six people who did. Ever). Sure, it's not fun for those who knew her before, but if this thing's prophecies actually help save people sometimes I can see why they'd consider it a net benefit. (And it's a whole lot better than, y'know, taking possession of someone who isn't mentally dead yet.)

8. Akane-banashi: It was kind of fun seeing Akane trying to live the european life. It’s also a window on how japanese people see it, with details such as finding butter on bread strange or thinking that every street is dangerous (and it is probably true expecially in big cities). Now that she’s back at home, let’s see what she treasured from this experience!
The salad bowl is so funny to me. You can practically reconstruct what happened: the mangaka was in France for a bit, ate breakfast in a hotel (hence why the butter and jam are in tiny cups instead of, y'know, a jar), had lunch/dinner too which came with a salad, and figured "Well, if French restaurants serve these tiny salad bowls with some of their dishes, it must mean French people also have them with every meal at home!" (They don't.)

Either that, or it's the kind of thing 'European' restaurants in Japan will serve you.

Which makes me wonder, do the Japanese eat the same things for every meal? Whenever I see a Japanese breakfast in manga, it looks pretty similar to a Japanese dinner. Do they not have foods you'd typically eat for one meal but not for another?


I need to ask this, I’m currently reading Shinobi Undercover and I need to know, is Yodaka autistic?
Not as far as we know. Just shy.

That doesn't mean it's impossible, of course. But he's not really showing any symptoms aside from being socially awkward (which is implied to be at least partially due to his upbringing) and his motor skills and reflexes are off the charts, while for the vast majority of autistic people they are below average. So I'd say no.
 
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