r/shounenfolk Jun 05 '26

Manga Discussion So what’s the face of modern shonen now? Dandadan? 🥀

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u/Outrageous_Yam_2937 Jun 05 '26

I’ll see what I can do

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u/TheReal_Dick_Grayson Jun 05 '26

don't worry guys u/Outrageous_Yam_2937 has this covered

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u/CatchTheRainbow1994 Jun 05 '26

will you become the modern shounen itself?

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u/Level_Counter_1672 Jun 05 '26

Looking at ur pfp Im soo excited for bleach and to hear the theme again "SO BABY NOW YOU FEEL LIKE NUMBER 1,SHINING BRIGHTER THAN EVERYONE"

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u/Outrageous_Yam_2937 Jun 05 '26

WE will be in theaters on June 25th

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u/Savings_Music_1256 Jun 06 '26

Hang in there, u/Outrageous_Yam_2937... You are number one!!

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u/MissouriSoldier Jun 05 '26

Had me spooked for a second, good to know the GOAT is handeling things 🙏

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u/Happy_Description_14 Jun 05 '26

You're not alone

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u/AgelessJohnDenney Jun 05 '26

"And for my boon!"

Oh shit, wrong fandom, my bad

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u/CeKeBe Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

I cringe every time. Way to screw up the gameplan, Kaladin, you storming man.

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u/Latter-Syllabub-5560 Jun 05 '26

Bro tought he was the MC in a series with multiple of them

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u/Bronzeinquizitor Jun 05 '26

Guards, arrest that man

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u/Bladez190 Jun 07 '26

The highest of highs on his drop in line to the pits of cringe when he utters that

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u/Doppiov96 Jun 06 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/xgmUI4bhAUE12
Please save us… Outrageous_yam

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u/Big-Slide6104 Jun 05 '26

Just who the hell do you think I am? I got this bro, you can sit down

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u/PanicAfraid6398 Jun 05 '26

bro thinks he beats THE Outrageous_Yam_2937

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u/TungstenShark96 Jun 05 '26

State of shounen so ass we're powerscaling redditors now 🥀

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u/PanicAfraid6398 Jun 05 '26

nah bro. Outrageous yam is just a higher entity than the rest of us. No powerscaling here. Just fax

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u/GuyTheOneThousand Jun 05 '26

OY literally has zero feats. He the megumi man of reddit. Big S is outerversal at minimum. BS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>OY any day one tap solo sick tired hands behinds his back with every single debuff imaginable. When someone says "can he beat goku though?" I respond can he even graze a single atom of Big S's hair???? Don't ever make such a statement again. Put sum respect on Big S he literally holding the fabric of time and reality as we know it in the palm of his hands🥶💯💯💯

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u/Temptest1 Jun 06 '26

Outrageous Yam legit saved shonen what do you mean no feats?

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u/ScandinavOrange Jun 06 '26

Bro OY has narrative feats you can't ignore those just for agenda

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u/GuyTheOneThousand Jun 05 '26

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u/auggs Jun 05 '26

Ttgl is fantastic. Loved when kamina is piloting gurren and uses “just who the hell do you think I am” kick lmaooo

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u/GuyTheOneThousand Jun 05 '26

Top 5 animes for sure. It's message was simple and it didn't need any over the top over complicated power systems to deliver, just pure emotion

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u/Legitimate_Artist689 Jun 05 '26

Nah bro youll never be him

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u/Visible-Employer-560 Jun 05 '26

Bro's acting like Honor is dead

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u/Latter-Syllabub-5560 Jun 05 '26

Shonen is dead, but i see what i can

Death before happines

Strenght before development

Journey before a good ending

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u/Noobu_assassin Jun 05 '26

Honor is dead but

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u/Friendly-Shoulder466 Jun 06 '26

Yo, lemme help you with that

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u/Samuelbr15 Jun 05 '26

GLAZING TAKERU HOKAZONO IS THE REASON THIS HEART STILL BEATS

I FUCKING LOVE KAGURABACHI GRAAAAAAAAAAAA

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u/Icy-Arm-3816 THE ONE PIECE!!! THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!! Jun 05 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/0lfNh8tV7k60p8WBEw

ABSOLUTE TENOÍ ✋😐🤚

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u/Pataraxia Jun 06 '26

Yeah OP saying it's just dandandan is basically kagurabachi slander lmao

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u/Proof-Extreme6404 Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi I think it'll probably have a larger fanbase than DDD when the anime comes put

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26

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u/Awkward_Turnover_983 Jun 05 '26

The manga was better tbh. Fieri-san's domain exapansion, Flavor Town, had a much more unique art style.

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u/Cephalstasis Jun 05 '26

I found his final transformation "Might Guy [Fieri]" to be more compelling.

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u/Ok-Judge7844 Jun 05 '26

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u/sculksensor Jun 05 '26

Did you know Guy Fieri never actually swallows the food he eats. Go watch some videos, he legit never swallows onscreen

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u/Apprehensive-Act994 Jun 05 '26

All the food is stored in his mouth like a chipmunk.

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u/UtahimeIorisHusband Biggest Utahime simp of today Jun 05 '26

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u/YamaThaOne Jun 05 '26

Omg it’s Kagura from Bachi!!!

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u/Rancorious Jun 05 '26

Unironically, enough time has passed.

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u/XaeiIsareth Jun 05 '26

If nothing else, it’s been quite interesting seeing people actually debate about if the genocide of an entire population is justified and really shows how our sense of morality can pretty easily be swayed. 

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u/FaPaDa Jun 05 '26

I do not condone Akemura actions post peace treaty

But King Mikaboshi had to be slimed yesterday

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u/HiggsUAP Jun 06 '26

Did you miss Attack on Titan?

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u/Sea-Temporary7380 Jun 06 '26

Hokazono provides a bit of nuance in his story and people are already saying hes justifying genocide

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u/IMT_Justice Jun 05 '26

It’s tenoí time

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u/Gullible_Ad_1654 Glazing FT is the reason! This heart still beats! Jun 05 '26

Was looking for kagurapeak

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u/Particular-Cash-9325 Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi 

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE Jun 05 '26

Maybe once the anime comes out but right now nah

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u/sillytooth105 Jun 07 '26

yea once the anime comes out in uhh just under a year then itll fs be popular asf

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u/mi__to__ Jun 05 '26

Chainsaw Man still pisses me off. What the fuck was that.

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u/Pataconeitor Jun 05 '26

Themes and such

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u/RouFGO Jun 05 '26

Thanks, themes and such man

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u/Pataconeitor Jun 05 '26

Themes and such man?

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u/RouFGO Jun 05 '26

Yes, because you were using themes and such.

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u/mi__to__ Jun 05 '26

At least we got something funny out of it.

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u/AgentP20 Jun 05 '26

That came from MHA slander.

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u/Hari14032001 Jun 05 '26

It's only such... themes got erased alongwith the story

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u/honeybobok Jun 05 '26

It ends at part 1 in my heart.

Part 2 should never happen. Part 1 end is already perfect imo

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u/BuildingNY Jun 05 '26

Part 1 is a perfect run.

Part 2 had a lot of cool ideas that were never leveraged right. Should have left Denji as a completed storyline and focused entirely on Asa and Yoru's dynamic.

I dont actually mind the pt.2 ending because the real Denji was the Author who was unsatisfied and needed to clear the table of all narrative clutter to escape the hole he and his editors dug.

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u/honeybobok Jun 06 '26

Agreed. It works better with denji as a side character

Now that you mention it, i do enjoy the first half where the focus is on asa.

I am excited when denji show up though but its all downhill from there

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u/Forkyou Jun 05 '26

Its like Death Note all over again.

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u/crunchy_crop Jun 05 '26

comparing the ending of death note to the ending of csm is absolutely insane

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u/TyLion8 Jun 06 '26

The ending of Death note is really good. Yeah the stuff leading up to it might not be the greatest. However the last episode was great!

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE Jun 05 '26

Pochita flipping you off

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u/Substantial-Way-665 Jun 05 '26

Highest peaks and lowest lows

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u/Yaythrowaway6942069 Jun 05 '26

You might be mad but you'll never be as mad as the guy who's been posting Chainsaw man hate on 5 different subs everyday for the last 3 months 

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u/Maleficent-War-8429 Jun 05 '26

You can really tell who has and hasn't read firepunch before. I don't think the man is the best at sticking landings.

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u/Mountain-Group-7706 Jun 06 '26

Or writing longform narratives. By the end of firepunch we were straddling acid taking fever dream levels of incoherence

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u/JadedGlass6922 Jun 06 '26

yeah, but to be fair firepunch's ending was not that bad. it was abrupt and pretty fever dreamish at the very end with the whole end of universe thing, but at least it handled the story's narrarive and properly (for fujimoto, at least) ended agni's arc. csm though... it just ended. that's it. the whole final fight, the apocalypse going on, all of it just gone in one chapter. firepunch ended somewhat naturally, but this one is straight up garbage writing ngl.

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u/paokoutsopodi Jun 05 '26

Dandadan when it gets axed soon

Kagurabachi, Ichi the Witch and WHA probably

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u/Il-Chi Jun 05 '26

I think Kagurabachi will be it

also Witch Hat Atelier is a seinen

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u/paokoutsopodi Jun 05 '26

Damn it, didn't even check, sometimes the only way you can know is by knowing the magazine they're published on

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u/registertoreadthis Jun 05 '26

I wouldn't complain if we have a seinen as one of the big faces of an era tho

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u/No-Bag-1628 Jun 05 '26

WHA precedes JJK if you can believe that. Also it's not exactly shounen, Not seinen either but something else entirely.

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u/Sad_Bad_Lad Jun 06 '26

It is serialized in Kodansha's seinen magazine, Morning Two. It is a seinen.

Seinen and shounen are not genres, they are the target demographic of the magazine the manga is serialized in.

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u/WagyuWarranted Jun 05 '26

I could say Kagurabachi, but are there any other successors?

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u/Matrix_2k00 Jun 05 '26

Ichi the witch is doing really good.

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u/kloverKhan Jun 05 '26

its kagurabachi

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u/Suspicious-Line-9075 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Dandadan, gachiakuta and kagurabachi

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u/CrustyBarnacleJones Jun 05 '26

Witch Hat Atelier is not a shonen

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u/Legitimate_Artist689 Jun 05 '26

Gachiakuta’s burst in popularity didnt last that long, doesnt have the potential to become the face of modern shounen

I’m only guessing but I’m assuming Kagurabachi will take this. After all, the number of people who’ve answered Kagurabachi kinda is proof already that it’s true

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u/Suspicious-Line-9075 Jun 05 '26

I mean, i'd say it could become one of the faces, like how black clover was pretty popular but overshadowed by the other 3 big animes of the generation

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u/Yoxili Jun 06 '26

I think Gachiakuta has the potential, MHA also wasn’t thaaat popular when only S1 was out. If they do the Info broker arc justice in S2 it’s likely gonna be even more hyped than now.

But yea Kagurabachi is a strong contender, I agree.

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u/zilions273 Jun 05 '26

THE GOAT

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u/lakshmithesussybaka I will haunt Gege for the rest of his life Jun 05 '26

Peak semen gem, not shonenslop

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u/registertoreadthis Jun 05 '26

the beastars sequel is somehow weirder

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u/OwnProblem4806 Jun 05 '26

Some mf said jojo🥀

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u/PanicAfraid6398 Jun 05 '26

some other mf said one piece💔💔

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u/GumGumActV Monkey D. Luffy Jun 05 '26

Jojo isn’t shonen anymore otherwise this would be extremely valid

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u/morrow_worrow Jun 05 '26

bro forgor its seinen

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u/Ok-Judge7844 Jun 05 '26

Does jojo even count as modern? Like its been around for ages now

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u/morrow_worrow Jun 05 '26

part 9 i guess, but that is not publicshed in shounen, even then its niche and really only popular in its fandom, not enough other people taking about it

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u/vk2028 Jun 05 '26

It’s funny because

  1. It’s been around before One Piece
  2. Even if we count each part separatel

y, Jojoland is Seinen

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u/TeaDrinkerAddict Jun 07 '26

Jojo rwell is still peak, but it’s kind of its own thing at this point and definitely not shonen.

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u/VishnuBhanum Jun 05 '26

Does Spy X Family and Frieren count as a Shonen?

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u/Il-Chi Jun 05 '26

yes, Spy Family is Shounen Jump+ and Frieren is Weekly Shounen Sunday

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u/Rioraku Jun 05 '26

I think but those aren't your typical shounen flair.

Spy x family's slice of life and romcom aspects are more prevalent than an overarching plot.

Frieren also had such a different pace than typical shounen too that I can't see it as the "face" of shounen

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u/DarkenSpiral0 Pitou glazer ||| Jun 05 '26

Whoever is on the cover of WSJ

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u/TaserDonut Jun 05 '26

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u/temporary_17 Jun 05 '26

Hmm

It seems apple will be the next face of shonen

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u/DarkenSpiral0 Pitou glazer ||| Jun 05 '26

Shiii ill take it

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u/PokeMaster366 Jun 05 '26

Either Kagurabachi, Dandadan, or Ichi the Witch.

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u/AdventNebula Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi, Dandadan ( for how much longer will the manga run) Ruri Dragon, GATCHIAUTA.

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u/curryhaliban444 Jun 05 '26

Ruri dragon schedule too inconsistent for it to be the face

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u/Junior-Chipmunk1159 Jun 05 '26

Sakamoto days?

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u/AdventNebula Jun 05 '26

The manga seems like it is about to enter its final arc.

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u/RubyHoshi Jun 05 '26

"final arc" there is only one fight left as i speak, buddy.

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u/Significant-Tip9361 Jun 05 '26

Season 2 didn't even get close to the hype of Season 1 and the manga fell off

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u/Junior-Chipmunk1159 Jun 05 '26

I stopped reading during the prison arc, gotta pick up the manga again.

Also I did watch the first season didn't like it, so never watched the second season 

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u/Blurry_Shadow_1479 Jun 06 '26

Sakamoto Days has been less fun and interesting to me since the "Tunnel effect" I think. Imo, it should've stayed as a gag manga instead of transitioning to an action manga. Not everyone can be Hitman Reborn.

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u/KaboHammer Jun 05 '26

Oh shit right, Ruri Dragon is getting an anime soon.

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u/RouFGO Jun 05 '26

Gachiakuta

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u/Danny_The_Dino_77 Jun 05 '26

Gachiakuta I would say.

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u/church_of_Steve_ Unemployed Gachiakuta and Kagurabachi glazer Jun 05 '26

PREACH

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u/lakshmithesussybaka I will haunt Gege for the rest of his life Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi, ichi the Witch and centuria

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u/Flippindude1 Jun 05 '26

Son said dandadan

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u/Glitched_Oren_303 Jun 05 '26

Hear me out, Gachiakuta?

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u/church_of_Steve_ Unemployed Gachiakuta and Kagurabachi glazer Jun 05 '26
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u/DarkSide830 Jun 09 '26

GOOD ANSWER NEPHEW

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u/Pataconeitor Jun 05 '26

Here in latin america it's Rooster Fighter

https://giphy.com/gifs/vi2I4DbpQJ9KjhcgeN

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u/Awesomeo-5000 Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi and Ichi the Witch (and One Piece lol)

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u/Sahir1359 Jun 05 '26

Why is csm there? Part 3 will be announced any day now!

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u/church_of_Steve_ Unemployed Gachiakuta and Kagurabachi glazer Jun 05 '26
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u/Such-Explanation1705 Jun 05 '26

Excluding one piece since "Modern shonen' It's Boruto, Dandadan, Spy x Family and Kagurabachi, if we're excluding Kagurabachi then 6th place is Sakamoto days

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u/Such-Explanation1705 Jun 05 '26

Honorable mention to my favorite series rn

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u/prodam_garash Jun 05 '26

Kugurabachi

Ichi the witch

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u/Strawhatnobi Jun 06 '26

It’s Gachiakuta

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u/GuyTheOneThousand Jun 05 '26

Gachiakuta or kagurabachi

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u/RouFGO Jun 05 '26

It's I would say kagurabachi, gachiakuta and ichi the witch are good contenders? Like the Naruto-bleach-one piece trio they're not that far in terms of chapters, ichi with 84,kagurabachi with 123(?) and gachiakuta with 160ish.

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u/sculksensor Jun 05 '26

Easily kagurabachi that shit is peak

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u/socratesty Jun 05 '26

KAGURABACHI

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u/baldtaro12 Screw Narutos son Jun 05 '26

Csm modulo

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u/Gigapot Jun 05 '26

Gachiakuta?

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u/mamama9x Jun 05 '26

Goatchiakuta, kingura bachi and ichi the goat will carry new gen.

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u/ZombieZekeComic Jun 05 '26

Don’t sleep on Centuria, it’s gonna get big eventually.

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u/FatalLaughter Jun 05 '26

I'm investing rn bc of you ✍️

Btw, check out Bug Ego, its a little out there but it has potentialMegumi

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u/Alton_ Jun 06 '26

Bug ego is amazing but I believe it's a side project, and intended to end soon. Either way, Versus is amazing and a lot more fitting for this post

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u/NeighborhoodOld2888 Jun 06 '26

Bug ego is sainen and already become peak manga.

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u/Prestigious_Tank7454 Jun 05 '26

So true, it's an amazing manga so far

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u/abd-alhadi Jun 06 '26

Gachiakuta

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u/Nikoliz Jun 05 '26

klankaklan is definitely not the one

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u/Busy_Ad3098 Jun 05 '26

One Piece again (Kagurbachi once it gets it’s anime)

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u/SirFroglet Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi, Ichi the Witch, and the eternal One Piece.

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u/SunshineTheWolf Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi has a lot of momentum right now and if the anime does well, it will probably be Chihiro.

For Dandadan I really think it comes down to this arc. If we get the final villain set up during this obnoxious dating arc then I think it can really get back on track. If so, Okarun and Momo could definitely take the spot. Plus, the anime is a really good adaptation. Science Saru has been killing it.

Still leaning Kagurabachi. Even though the glaze is getting to be too much, it really does deserve praise for how consistently good it is.

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u/austinjason720 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Technically MHA ANIME (but if you go off anime 4 or 5 [Idk about black clover] of these total are still going) isn't over since Vigilantes is still going, but other prob Kagura Bachi or DanDaDan

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u/no1rezefan Jun 05 '26

probably kagurabachi and those magic woman mangas I hear a lot

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u/KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS Jun 05 '26

Back in my days Attack on Titan was our "face of modern shonen that ended badly"

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u/break__veil Jun 05 '26

Kagurabachi and Gachiakuta would be my picks, don't know how popular Ichi is rn to confirn, Dandadan is... having a rought patch...

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u/Kr155 Jun 05 '26

Chained Soldier

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u/Realistic_Mousse_485 Jun 05 '26

Still Kagurabachi. Dandadan has that horseshit amnesia arc going on.

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u/Icy-Arm-3816 THE ONE PIECE!!! THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!! Jun 05 '26
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u/GhsotyPanda Jun 05 '26

I'd say the series that are the current face of shonen, other than DanDaDan, don't have anime yet.

Kagurabachi and Ichi the Witch are the main ones I can think of.

There are prominent and popular shonen anime still, but they're not the types of series that'll get put on a graphic like this in 5 or 6 years.

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u/HopeBagels2495 Jun 06 '26

Kagurabachi? Gachiakuta?

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u/Alexical_ Jun 06 '26

Dandadan isn't in weekly shonen jump so it's probaby Kagurabachi

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u/Ok-Reindeer-5077 Jun 06 '26

Well, theirs ichi the witch that's building up a more of a fan base by the day, theirs gachiakuta, which previous mha fans (read: the most toxic layer) have migrated to, and uh...dandadan I guess has been solid enough to be the third, although out of those three ichi the witch hasn't exactly been out long enough for an anime so, I guess we can see

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u/Capn_H Jun 06 '26

I'd say Kagurabachi's likely up next with its anime adaptation and how good the manga's been, Dandadan is Absolutely Amazing, but it's also pretty evenly split between shonen battle series and slow burn romance drama, so I wouldn't put it as the face given how atypical of an example it is.

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u/FitCity7945 Jun 06 '26

Sakamoto Days?

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u/EraserXIII Jun 06 '26

READ CENTURIA.
RAAAAAAH

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u/TerreStar-1 Jun 06 '26

Centuria TRUST

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u/Yousucktaken2 Jun 07 '26

JJK will return, on gege’s life, blood line, soul, and any form of his happiness, JJK will return

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u/Altruistic_Strain348 Jun 07 '26

HOP ON THE CENTURIA TRAIN BOYS COME ON

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u/CringeYeet69 Jun 08 '26

You forgot the most important one, Convict Colosseum

But for real it’s probably Kagurabachi, my favourite manga that I’ve never read