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Weekly Shonen Jump 2025 issue #22/23 cover

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KAIZOU JUMP FESTA '25 ⭐

NOTE: JUMP Festa is an event where your favourite series under Shonen JUMP will be getting a lot of content prepared to the audience including special news, updates and announcements for next year's projects.

OFFICIAL VISUAL ⬇️

‼️ LINE-UP OF SERIES FOR THE EVENT THIS YEAR + STAGE COLOURS ‼️

YOUTUBE LIVE STREAMING LINK : RED

CHAINSAW MAN

SPY X FAMILY

JUJUTSU KAISEN

ONE PIECE

MY HERO ACADEMIA

KAIJU NO.8

DRAGON BALL

PRINCE OF TENNIS

BLUE EXORCIST

RUROUNI KENSHIN

YOUTUBE LIVE STREAMING LINK: BLUE

BLEACH

GINTAMA

SAKAMOTO DAYS

DANDADAN

WITCH WATCH

BLUE BOX

DEMON SLAYER

HAIKYUU!

WORLD TRIGGER

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY

YOUTUBE LIVE STREAMING LINK: STUDIO

AKANE BANASHI

MORIARTY THE PATRIOT

UNDEAD UNLUCK

ELUSIVE SAMURAI

DR. STONE

ME & ROBOCCO

GAG MANGA BIYORI

FYI, the event will begin from 21st until 22nd December this year. Please look forward to it! Your favourite series might get some interesting news 👀

+ADDITIONAL YOUTUBE LIVE STREAMING LINK: JUMP 10TH ANNIVERSARY.

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[wickedsick]

Kagurabachi wins "ooh, I tricked ya!"

I'm gonna be honest, I did actually think that they just got killed off there.

Every week, RoboCo challenges my conviction to read every series

Ichi The Witch wins "the nefarious twink"

'right to choose the Challenger' is interesting, and also doesn't make sense... Couldn't he just decide to not choos a challenger and prevent his acquisition indefinitely?

Sakamoto Days wins "best one-liner"

Osaragi and Shishiba are fun side characters, I like this examination of them.

Spy X Family wins "guy who sucks and is bad"

Fuck this guy.

Shinobi Undercover wins "freak on a leash"

This is an actually good romance, to be honest. I like it.

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi wins "aura farming"

It's interesting how angelically Roth's being framed here, for being a demon. Also, his feet look dumb in the left page.

Blue Box wins "couple's spat"

This is cute, but also yeah, octopus works best.

The Elusive Samurai wins "sad to see"

It's strange and sad to see characters posited as such bastions of strength fall in this way. Both Tadayoshi and Takauji.

Akane-Banashi wins "category 10 Yuri moment"

God, I love how blatant Hikaru is. This extended sequence of chapters without Akane's perspective is an excellent way to see how she and her absence shaped the world.

[orange-s-mario]

oops

just noticed i put yodaka twice in the last poll so uh

ahem:

note: other ongoings atm include Embers, Star of Beethoven, Nice Prison, Blue Box, Ichi the Witch, Kill Blue, and Sakamoto Days at least

EDIT: if you vote someone else please say WHO

[tokiro07]

Toki Reads Shonen Jump 2025, Issue #15: Cuck Week

One Piece: The God's Knights use some kind of nightmare power to kidnap the children of Elbaph; Loki slams Ragnir, his hammer, into the World Tree, summoning lightning to strike the trunk and start a fire. Got some neat powers this week, though I'm curious if this means that Killingham ISN'T a Kirin Zoan and is actually some kind of dragon-man with a dream Devil Fruit OR if the dream power is a demonic ability like what the Elders seem to use

Roboco: A royal friend of Motsuo's visits from overseas, and despite Motsuo's failures to protect him from harm, he manages to have a great time and gifts Motsuo his old house back. I don't know how property tax works in Japan, but having a mansion definitely doesn't make him rich again, so I don't know the point to that bit

Sakamoto: The team escapes from the prison, only to be confronted by The Order, who reveal that they've allied themselves with Slur and have left JAA chairman Asaki undefended for Uzuki to kill; Uzuki publicly declares that he's establishing a new JAA. I'm so unclear on whether or not the general populace has even heard of the JAA, but I assume that either way this is going to have dramatic ramifications for the setting

EluSam: Morofuyu sees how far Tokiyuki's abilities have improved and asks what sort of training he did; Tokiyuki cannot bring himself to admit that he's been getting raucously slammed by three baddies for the last couple years and needed to bulk up just to survive, and tells him he's been training with animals instead. Matsui couldn't get permission to serialize F-Ken, so he had to find a way to incorporate fetishism into his power system SOMEHOW

Witch Watch: Wolf asks Nemu to bear his children, as he's afraid he'll one day fade away when Keigo no longer needs him, and wants to leave something tangible behind; Nemu admits that she loves both Wolf and Keigo, but refuses his confession because she doesn't want to be unfaithful to either of them; using a magic mirror, Keigo confronts Wolf, who challenges him to be more active with Nemu lest he take her first; Keigo resolves to confess to Nemu himself, though it seems he still doesn't quite have the courage just yet. Boo! BOO!!! You better just be cooking, Shinohara, cus if you're seriously going to say polyamory is unfaithful after Tozuka and Matsui went out of their way to make it a major positive plotpoint, I'm never going to forgive you! However, Wolf's motivations are extremely compelling; this is basically The Victor Problem from Undead Unluck, and being a magical setting, it can easily be solved without killing off Wolf

Blue Box: The ransom note turns out to be a ploy by Nagisa, who just wanted to talk to Taiki in private about Chinatsu, thanking him for being there for her and helping her stay in Japan. Very cute chapter, no notes

Akane: After her three years of training abroad, Akane returns to Issho, who asks what she's learned; when she answers that she's come to understand the value of what she has, Issho calls it a mundane, yet valuable enough lesson to acknowledge Akane as being ready to learn about Shiguma's Art. Again, I'm not sure I had the takeaway Suenaga wanted me to have, but I like that interaction; Issho having such an unusually soft reaction, and allowing Akane to come to her own conclusion rather than having a specific lesson in mind, demonstrates an interesting amount of depth to his character and teaching style that I hope will be greater informed in the coming chapters

Kill Blue: Looking back at her adventures and interactions with Juzo, Noren comes to a shocking discovery - although she'd once dismissed the possibility, she is in fact in love with Juzo. ...Okay, so she's definitely an adult that got Conan'd, right? Like there's no way Fujimaki is going to have these two get together otherwise, right? But if that's the case...who is her dad, really...? Are they actually ex's and he's just playing a role? But then why would he stage this whole thing about her getting engaged...The implications of this series are truly mindboggling...

Nue: As Squad 6 attempts to escape from Gashadokuro, Nue helps Gakuro to unlock one more upgrade - his Soul Armor; Gashadokuro is so impressed with Gakuro's growth that he becomes jealous that Nue got him first. WOW that's the dumbest crossguard I've ever seen on a fantasy weapon! It's unique, but it's so impractical!!! You can even see how awkwardly Gakuro's wrist has to bend to hold that stupid thing!!! Anyway, wasn't the current goal to get Gakuro to force a contract with Gashadokuro? It seems like he'd be pretty down for it, why not take advantage of the fact that he's asking for Gakuro to join him?

Kagurabachi: As her memories return, Iori flashes back to her former relationship with her father, and the death of her mother; at the point where they started to get along, the Hishaku appeared with a proposal for Samura. Hakazono's really good at establishing compelling dynamics within one chapter, and Samura's contact with the Hishaku being part of his motivation for erasing Iori's memories adds an interesting layer to his decision to form a contract with them

Chojo: Finally back from overseas, Inukai is confronted with a shocking rumor - that Keinain is dating Ippongi! Traumatized by losing Chojo to her, Inukai panics and accidentally gets himself Me-Too'd; Inukai's fears of losing Keinain are assuaged when he hears Keinain defending him from petty coworkers. It somehow only just sunk in how many ships there are in this series, I wonder if there are any plans to make good on any of them?

Astro Royale: Terasu's next opponent tries to assassinate him behind the scenes, but Shikaba interferes and knocks them both out of the tournament, making Hibaru the winner by default and allowing him to jump straight to fighting Shikaba. Man, it's almost like there was no point to Terasu being in the tournament in the first place

Kiyoshi: After Bakku's defeat, Jack Joe pleads to spare him as his old friend; as Bakku bids goodbye through tears of joy, he is suddenly killed, seemingly by another Demon Lord; meanwhile, Hydrako lures out Kiyoshi with seemingly yandere intentions. BAKKUUU!!! Wait, is his name Bakku Yoraku or Yoraku Bakku? Weird to suddenly change it like that, I wonder which way was the error...I am legit upset about this development, but I'm also unclear on what it takes to kill a demon considering what Yamada survived in chapter 1

Hima-Ten: The group goes to a beach house, and the girls all fish for compliments on their swimsuits, though only Himari doesn't get one; while she tries to get over her jealousy, Himari gets hit by a wave and loses her contact lenses, only to be saved by Tenichi. I truly don't understand why Tenichi would need to quit working for Himari if he starts dating, that's dumb

Ichi: Gokuraku sees through Uroro's empty promise and flies off the handle, reminded of his nemesis - the local deified Magik, Bakugami, a Human Hater disguised as a benevolent god, plotting to sacrifice his followers as a tribute to the World Hater. ...I guess that makes more sense than Gokuraku fighting Ichi, huh? I wonder if defeating Bakugami will allow Gokuraku to become a Witch, or if he'll accept that he can't become one once his goal is fulfilled?

Shinobi: Kawasemi overpowers Yodaka and reveals that Public Safety are the ones responsible for the death of Aoi's parents; he offers to ensure Aoi's safety if Yodaka joins the Fugitive Ninja, but Yodaka refuses to give her to someone who will make her life miserable. It seems that's the theme of the arc, as Yodaka also refused to give Aoi to Suzume because of her view on relationships

Syd Craft: Misery returns and tricks Syd and co. into entering a haunted house...which, due to safety concerns, has been modified into a fun thriller attraction rather than the death trap it was meant to be. A+. 10 outta 10. Perfect chapter. Misery should be the main character and all the girls should be lusting after her

Embers: Takami manages to receive the ball from Haitani, but cracks under the pressures put on him by everyone's expectations of him to be an ace scorer, especially from his father; one failed goal nearly breaks Takami's spirit, but Haitani's refusal to allow a single failure to define someone resonates with him and gives him the motivation to try again and successfully score a goal. Haitani's entire dynamic with soccer is a string of failures that slowly stacked into success, so he's the ideal person to refute Takami's perfectionism; the theme of second chances is really resonating with me, I wonder how it will be applied to someone like Inanaki who seems so irredeemably nasty

Beethoven: Claude is distressed to learn that Yaso is back to playing piano and trying to transfer into Reiro Academy, as doing so threatens to tarnish the memory of his victory over him two years ago; because the students are set to be the judges for Yaso's audition, Claude preemptively decides that he won't allow Yaso to pass no matter what; with two weeks to practice, Beethoven plans to teach Yaso how to play Apassionata so well that no one can deny his skill no matter how much they want to. Claude's insult game is insane; he's already a great antagonist just from representing the antithesis of Yaso's master's philosophy, but his loony personality and animated movements make him shockingly endearing for someone so downright reprehensible

As if in response to me calling last week's issue Polybait Week, Jump went out of their way to crush my hopes with spite, jealousy and near explicit cuckoldry!

Nemu explicitly denying the possibility of polyamory and Wolf threatening to cuck Keigo, Himari putting herself on the backburner for Tenichi but still acting jealous, Inukai mistaking Ippongi for an outright homewrecker...okay, that last one wasn't based on last week, but still!

I would argue that Nue's Exorcist also played with the idea, as not only was this a Nue-heavy chapter, but Gashadokuro was kinda getting cucked by Gakuro taking away Shiroha AND by Nue having Gakuro as her vessel

At least EluSam keeps leading the pack by continuing to show us the true Power of Love...making...

Top 3 of the Week:

Ichi the Witch for delving into Gokuraku's motivations

Star of Beethoven for our new special little freak boy

Syd Craft for Miseryyy~~~

Embers' dynamic between its leads was super interesting, Shinobi Undercover continues to endear me to Yodaka and Aoi's relationship, and of course Elusive Samurai had one of the funniest gags I've ever seen from Jump, but these three weirdos have all dug themselves into my brain and I need to acknowledge that

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Last Jump Of The Year!!

We've got a hilariously adorable cover page, new franky VA (hello Todo Aoi,) and a bunch of jump festa news. I couldnt even touch the magazine till 5 pm my time, so no reviews, but I'll work on a review of all the series in jump this year, and we'll see if it happens. Thanks for reading Jump with me all this time!

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Original title: Boku to Roboko | 僕とロボコ.

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The Roboco movie and the new Detective Conan movie will be coming out on the same day so I drew this, all rise for our new Barbenheimer!

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

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weekly shonen jump

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Official English translated author comments featured in Weekly Shonen Jump 2024 issue #36/37

Sakamoto Days chapter 177 - Yuto Suzuki

My Hero Academia chapter 430 [END] - Kohei Horikoshi

Kagurabachi chapter 44 - Takeru Hokazono

Me & Roboco chapter 196 - Shuhei Miyazaki

One Piece chapter 1122 - Eiichiro Oda

The Elusive Samurai chapter 167 - Yusei Matsui

Akane-banashi chapter 121 - Yuki Suenaga

Blue Box chapter 160 - Kouji Miura

Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 265 - Gege Akutami

Hima-Ten! chapter 5 - Genki Ono

Witch Watch chapter 166 - Kenta Shinohara

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi chapter 7 - Shoichi Usui

Undead Unluck chapter 217 - Yoshifumi Tozuka

Mission: Yozakura Family chapter 237 - Hitsuji Gondaira

Nue’s Exorcist chapter 61 - Kota Kawae

Super Psychic Policeman Chojo chapter 25 - Shun Numa

Astro Royale chapter 16 - Ken Wakui

Kill Blue chapter 64 - Tadatoshi Fujimaki

Psych House chapter 13 - Omusuke Kobayashi

Kyokuto Necromance chapter 15 - Fusai Naba

Yokai Buster Murakami chapter 8 - Daiki Ihara

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HERE ARE THE REST OF THE MANGAKA COMMENTS IN WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP #17.

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My fan roster for a Shonen Jump Crossover Fighting Game Game

I admit the characters from Ruri onward could be assists

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Blue Box wins "audible squee"

I love these two, they're so adorable

Kagurabachi wins "we figured, but holy shit"

This was an understandable and visible path for the series to tread, but it was done well. And personally, I always prefer something predictable but well-done over a sloppy twist.

Sakamoto Days wins "lines that go hard"

Unlike above, this isn't something I could've predicted at all, but I'm eager to see how it goes. This is a quite frankly bonkers way for things to go and I'm so curious about what Slur's problem is.

Spy X Family wins "SatAM Hijinx"

This is some classic, feel-good nonsense. Everyone in this story is kinda stupid and that's a good thing.

Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi wins "best sequence"

Hydrako only got one chapter, but she's fucking hilarious. This set of rapid-fire gags, her constant failures, seeing the sound effects literally go over her internal monologue... Failgirl supreme. Awesome.

Ichi The Witch wins "best tone shift"

Going from the gentle tension of Bakugami's backstory to... These two idiots, was hilarious. I hope this causes several problems forever.

Why does this get a chapter, but nothing for the ONE PIECE × the LA Lakers collab?

Akane-Banashi wins "best singular panel"

Issho is such an intriguing character, and this chapter just made me more curious about what his specialty - if he even has one - is. Current theory is that it's going to be the third story, so he has something to teach Akane.

Embers wins "Soft Power"

This is an excellent display both of Inanaki's breakdown and of Coach's power over the team. At no point in this interaction does it ever feel like she's on the back foot or out of her depth. She is in control, and she makes it clear.

Wait, Kawasemi's a dude? I thought this was an awesome lesbian! Dammit!

[orange-s-mario]

sunday reads

sakamoto gave us another uzurion moment :(

Nue's Exorcist was pretty fun ig and then a spirit showed up and I like the fighting ghosts stuff more

Embers had a pretty good chapter ig

Stars of Beethoven mentioned Jesus Christ which I was not expecting

Syd Craft got me thinking a thousand things but the most prominent besides sadness is sadness that the manga is probably axed

ultimate exorcist kiyoshi had a funny moment. I like the non-fights more than the fights in this one

Super Psychic Policeman Chojo basically had every character appear and I liked everyone's jokes. Even Bam. Mr. Guy might be one of my favorites though

Ichi the Witch was pretty good

Sirens won't Sing for You gave me excellent drama and it seems like they might actually progress past this due to their new situation. RIP vampire dude's chances though

Blue Box was adorable and it seems like the end of a whole era of Blue Box

Spy x Family focused on Matthew McMahon and I liked seeing his civilian life

Kagurabachi was great as always. Mr. Kudo you were(?) a real one

Me & Roboco was peak

Akane Banashi was mostly set up but I like Hikaru, Akane, and Karashi interacting with each other after so long

Tensix is my new favorite character in Otr of the Flame. Audibly laughed multiple times because of him

Ashi Dribbles through was pretty good today too. Seems like Ashi will actually play on the team sooner rather than later

Shinobi Undercover continues getting it with both the romance and Yodaka being ridiculously OP (even if he's currently love-nerfed)

(not that he actually can reach that conclusion himself atm)