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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 16 (2025)
Blue Box (Cover and Lead Color Pages; 4th Anniversary)
Ichi the Witch
SAKAMOTO DAYS
Me & Roboco (Color Page)
Kagurabachi
Akane-banashi
WITCH WATCH
Shinobi Undercover
SWIMEST (Color Page; 47p; One-shot by Yuki Ichi)
Hima-ten!
EMBERS
The Elusive Samurai
Star of Beethoven
Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (Color Page)
Kill Blue
Astro Royale
Nue's Exorcist
Super Psychic Policeman Chojo
Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery
Absent: ONE PIECE

Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 17 (Preview)
Cover & LCP: ONE PIECE
CP: The Elusive Samurai; Nue's Exorcist; One-shot
Absent: Kagurabachi

 

[Dongus]

Are we suddenly forgetting what you did right after Kagurabachi won a similar award?

Let go, friend, just let it go. Holding on will only hurt. We're already in a good place.

Soooooo what was that about Nue having bad reception? And our mental gymnastics?

Lots things I missed (I even missed my weekly reviewings) so I'll just reply to the least volatile Nue-head.

Uh...

Congrats! The award doesn't guarantee adaptation, but it does at least show an audience engagement strong enough to want one. Still early to start predicting studios, but I'm still of preference of my early initial pitch of SHAFT. SHAFT's capable of doing some surreal imagery, which could work well with the spookier aspects of Nue.

After seeing all the weird placements, even I can't wholeheartedly say that any of the bottom 5 are due for axing. Still holding on to that crackpot theory.





And Syd's at the bottom! Wow! I don't believe for a second that it's actually going to get axed within 30 chapters. On the other hand, it looks like it's doomed to forever play it safe and keep to romcom shenanigans. It's been a very long while since someone died onscreen and it's following it's predecessor's footsteps in abandoning its premise in favor of shenanigans. Sales would probably be the determining factor here. And if it's exponentially high for whatever reason, I will put on a labcoat and call myself Dr Dongus because I cracked the code behind the whacky TOCs.

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well at least now we know why no color pages for a while. I'm glad he finally has enough clout to ask for breaks! rest well sensei!

Still weak. He's got nothing on Ruri Dragon who got enough clout to take a two year break.

 

[Thehoennhippo]

If Nue isn't in danger and isn't being forced to rush then I wish the Fujino family arc was longer lmao.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

And Syd's at the bottom! Wow! I don't believe for a second that it's actually going to get axed within 30 chapters. On the other hand, it looks like it's doomed to forever play it safe and keep to romcom shenanigans. It's been a very long while since someone died onscreen and it's following it's predecessor's footsteps in abandoning its premise in favor of shenanigans. Sales would probably be the determining factor here. And if it's exponentially high for whatever reason, I will put on a labcoat and call myself Dr Dongus because I cracked the code behind the whacky TOCs.

Well, i don't think anyone is really reading Syd Craft for the detective stuff and deaths, so going the typical romcom route but with ecchi & sexual stuff to diferentiate itself from Hima-ten is for the best, at the very least Tsutsui isn't betraying his fanbase like Tsukuda did with Tenmaku Cinema.

 

[KrenKren]

lol what's going on with this Love Bullet manga that i'm seeing so many mentioning on Twitter? never heard of it until now

It's a strange case for sure. Basically, the mangaka made a comic and appealed to twitter that the series was underperforming hard and faced cancellation, someone translated the comic, and that translation picked up so much steam that it cultivated a massive western fanbase overnight and helped the first volume sell out almost immediately. I'm not sure how it's doing on the JP side still, but like you said it's everywhere else now at least.

Kind of a big achievement to crack even the top ten, now I think about it.

I'm betting on Kagurabachi absence being more so the author can draw a cover & lead cp for issue #18 lol

The chapter itself says the break is for "research," but I could see it honestly. In any case, I'm glad Takeru is taking his time. We're headed into kind of an important stretch at the moment and forcing himself over impossible deadlines would be kinda sad. Felt like those monthly covers towards the end of last year were nearly the end of him (lol)

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

It's a strange case for sure. Basically, the mangaka made a comic and appealed to twitter that the series was underperforming hard and faced cancellation, someone translated the comic, and that translation picked up so much steam that it cultivated a massive western fanbase overnight and helped the first volume sell out almost immediately. I'm not sure how it's doing on the JP side still, but like you said it's everywhere else now at least.

Kind of a big achievement to crack even the top ten, now I think about it.

I checked the author Twitter and lol all the responses in the tweets are from western readers lmao!

But well, happy for the author but the ratio from western to jp must be wild or it's heavily digital buying because i wasn't able to find vol 1 on Shoseki not even in the 1st day of release

 

[defensor_de_boruto]

I'm betting on Kagurabachi absence being more so the author can draw a cover & lead cp for issue #18 lol

what about we getting another ichi the witch cover almost back to back (its not like its not deserved)

 

[Stivie]

What a rollercoaster this week have been huh



Finally Nue is getting a color page, i knew it would get one soon since vol 9 is about to be released and now with the 1st place on AnimeJapan 2025 no doubt it would get one, also will be on ch91 but it's not a anniversary one which is a good sign for a possible cover!

Nice to see Kill Blue almost out of the bottom again, this one surely not ending this round at this point, yeah it's been a long time with no color page but it's just no rushing the story anymore which means no way it can end in 5/6 chapters.

It sucks seeing Syd Craft at last place but considering the last week color page, doesn't seem like it's getting axed, unless it keeps dead in the next weeks.

I'm betting on Kagurabachi absence being more so the author can draw a cover & lead cp for issue #18 lol




WE WON NUEBROS!!!

Great illustration, Gakuro looks a mix of mature and confident, and yeah i know getting 1st place on AnimeJapan isn't a "confirmation" of anime adaptation but no way a series that get not only 1st place but its editor attending and making a speech is in danger of cancelation in a couple of chapters



lol Jump romcoms trully have a expiring date of 4 years, it never reaches 5, closest thing to reach that was Nisekoi.

If Blue Box is really ending in like 2 rounds or something, it's not a wonder why Saito seems so keen in not rushing anything, they already lost MHA and JJK and now will lost Blue Box soon, he gotta keep the series that are at least selling decently until something bigger eventually appears.



At this point Akimoto should just fully return, it would be crazy to have Kochikame chapters on Manga Plus



Told ya, no way it would be rushed, let alone ending this round



lol what's going on with this Love Bullet manga that i'm seeing so many mentioning on Twitter? never heard of it until now



Hilarious cover, sometimes i feel like Roboco existence is half guaranteed just so we can have more and more of these homage covers




Did you guys forgot this crossover issue?

Spoiler

Well, the dream would be Ufotable, but being realistic, A1 could do a good job, but i still have JC Staff in my mind for some reason, like mentioned Passione could be good too if with a good schedule.



Wow, Saito also commented? lol no way is at any danger if even the EiC is commenting on Nue's winning AnimeJapan 2025 contest.

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According to Ryo, Nue winning 1st place is published in this week issue, so they already knew the results for some time.

Killblue can still be cancelled, yes, they can find a way to speed up the story, after all this has happened many times.

 

[animeexpert]

Killblue can still be cancelled, yes, they can find a way to speed up the story, after all this has happened many times.

killblue is like the lightning rod of the bottom series. if killblue dies, so will nue and especially astro. i dont believe kill blue will get cancelled.

i can only see it dying if both star of B & embers sells around 20k with decent toc and/or 1 if the new batch do exactly that. which is unlikely to happen, also dont forget syd. in this state of the magazine, it takes a bit too much to axe killblue

 

[NeeNeen]

At this point Akimoto should just fully return, it would be crazy to have Kochikame chapters on Manga Plus

He's a little short of 1000 chapters, right? I'd want to cross that line too if I were him.

Something I found on Wikipedia:

The final episode was published simultaneously in the 200th volume of the comic, which was released on the same day, and although the middle of the episode was the same, the development of the punch line was different between the magazine and the comic (according to Ryotsu in the play, "a nasty business method that makes you buy both").

Dude. I'm not sure if I should be impressed or disgusted.

And apparently he's getting a museum.
Museum featuring popular 'Kochikame' manga to open in Kameari, Tokyo, next week | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

And Syd's at the bottom! Wow! I don't believe for a second that it's actually going to get axed within 30 chapters. On the other hand, it looks like it's doomed to forever play it safe and keep to romcom shenanigans. It's been a very long while since someone died onscreen

It sure is, because that literally never happened.

and it's following it's predecessor's footsteps in abandoning its premise in favor of shenanigans. Sales would probably be the determining factor here. And if it's exponentially high for whatever reason, I will put on a labcoat and call myself Dr Dongus because I cracked the code behind the whacky TOCs.

No, don't abandon the detective stuff! I want more mysteries!

Well... mystery-adjacent? I don't mind if it's more action/mind games. But I don't want this to turn into an ordinary SoL, that's boring.

Well, i don't think anyone is really reading Syd Craft for the detective stuff and deaths, so going the typical romcom route but with ecchi & sexual stuff to diferentiate itself from Hima-ten is for the best, at the very least Tsutsui isn't betraying his fanbase like Tsukuda did with Tenmaku Cinema.

I am!

Detectives are my favourite genre. Romcom & ecchi are my least favourite. If Tsutsui wants to catch (and keep) the attention of readers outside of his usual niche, he should include at least some elements from other genres.

 

[Stivie]

killblue is like the lightning rod of the bottom series. if killblue dies, so will nue and especially astro. i dont believe kill blue will get cancelled.

i can only see it dying if both star of B & embers sells around 20k with decent toc and/or 1 if the new batch do exactly that. which is unlikely to happen, also dont forget syd. in this state of the magazine, it takes a bit too much to axe killblue

Kagurabachi and Ichi are successful, Himaten, Kyoshi and Shinobigoto are relatively safe, after all, the publishers don't seem to want to cancel them, despite the low sales. Killblue and Nue have been in the bottom 5 for a LONG TIME, it's been 17 weeks since Killblue had a cover or colored pages, remembering that Killblue belongs to a veteran mangaka, anyone, in Fujimaki's place would have already been canceled.

 

[icrawfish]

He's a little short of 1000 chapters, right? I'd want to cross that line too if I were him.

I think you meant 2000, but yeah, he was just shy of the milestone. Would be interesting if all of these additional chapters that happen over time totaled up to make a perfect 2000.

 

[Hawke]

Well, i don't think anyone is really reading Syd Craft for the detective stuff and deaths, so going the typical romcom route but with ecchi & sexual stuff to diferentiate itself from Hima-ten is for the best, at the very least Tsutsui isn't betraying his fanbase like Tsukuda did with Tenmaku Cinema.

My interest in it was certainly for detective stuff and I was hoping for a bit more semi-serious detective premise, not a harem manga. I certainly won't miss Syd Craft if it goes tbh, just because of this.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

lol few times you see someone doing a "reverse coping" about a manga actually ending in few chapters despite not looking like it is

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Detectives are my favourite genre. Romcom & ecchi are my least favourite. If Tsutsui wants to catch (and keep) the attention of readers outside of his usual niche, he should include at least some elements from other genres.

My interest in it was certainly for detective stuff and I was hoping for a bit more semi-serious detective premise, not a harem manga. I certainly won't miss Syd Craft if it goes tbh, just because of this.

Ehh, Syd Craft was described as a romcom from the start, and considering the author, ecchi was something that would happen, so i dont know exactly what you guys were expecting, it definitely wasnt going to be like Conan or something, but the detective & mystery stuff still pretty much part of the series, just not the bigger than the romance.

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One Tsutaya store celebrating Nue 1st place and some of the other series and a little advertising for the volumes in sale:

 

[KrenKren]

Kuregumo replica dropped at JF last year, and now we have Enten forged by a real blacksmith. So cool. Honestly, though, all this does is get me excited for when those fake wooden replicas eventually, inevitably, hit the market — happened with KnY a few years back and they're all I ever see now at conventions. Give me IRL Magatsumi and Kumeyuri and my life is yours, dammit. I'll wait.

One Tsutaya store celebrating Nue 1st place and some of the other series and a little advertising for the volumes in sale:

I wonder, is there a precedent for AnimeJapan giving a backlog boost? I didn't follow that close last year.

 

[sofiahalbof]

Like design de shikaba of astoroyale

 

[NeeNeen]

Ehh, Syd Craft was described as a romcom from the start, and considering the author, ecchi was something that would happen, so i dont know exactly what you guys were expecting, it definitely wasnt going to be like Conan or something, but the detective & mystery stuff still pretty much part of the series, just not the bigger than the romance.

The very first line of the very first chapter is "What is a great detective?" and the first page shows a guy in full Sherlock Holmes attire and a bunch of Cluedo props. Gee, I wonder why anyone might expect this manga to have something to do with detectives? It's a mystery!

Not everyone reads the biography of the author before picking up a new manga.

And I'm not complaining about the romance/ecchi elements. I can tolerate them just fine. But they are not what I read the manga for, and if the detective stuff were to disappear completely, I would drop the series because there wouldn't be anything left to hold my interest.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I wonder, is there a precedent for AnimeJapan giving a backlog boost? I didn't follow that close last year.

No idea, i believe it will at least move some copies and pretty sure vol 9 will have the obi celebrating the 1st place and some advertising in bookstores for Nue and the top 10 too

 

[sofiahalbof]

Grow in astroroyale fandom Worldwide

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

The very first line of the very first chapter is "What is a great detective?" and the first page shows a guy in full Sherlock Holmes attire and a bunch of Cluedo props. Gee, I wonder why anyone might expect this manga to have something to do with detectives? It's a mystery!

Not everyone reads the biography of the author before picking up a new manga.

And I'm not complaining about the romance/ecchi elements. I can tolerate them just fine. But they are not what I read the manga for, and if the detective stuff were to disappear completely, I would drop the series because there wouldn't be anything left to hold my interest.

I know but it always had the "romcom" tag and the premise made it clear it was morr about the mc finding love instead of a full detective series.

 

[WyldViolet]

#15 rankings

This was such a hard week to vote for. I'm also gonna change up the way I vote personally. The top 3 are post votes. And then the following 5 will be what I vote for in the poll.

1. Nue's Exorcist
2. Kagurabachi
3. Ichi the Witch

4. Sakamoto Days
5. Syd Craft
6. Akane Banashi
7. Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi
8. Star of Beethoven