If someone mentions the Shonen Jump manga series, the chances are they’ll continue to talk about one Piece, Naruto or Bleach. Despite the success of these three individuals, they are considered Big Three. But some of the best shonen manga aren’t the obvious choices, despite having always kept an almost same popularity over the years. That being said, the glitzy genre hasn’t been changing yet, so who knows? Maybe you have an entirely different Shonen Jump Big Three in a few years.

In case this happens, we’ve got some suggestions for the best shonen manga to overtake the Shonen Jump Big 3. If the manga contains a specific demographic, there is really something for everyone.

Photo via Ukyo Kodachi and Masashi Kishimoto

Boruto

The manga was originally released under the title “Boruto: Next Generations” in May 2016, the original started out with Kodachi as writer and Kishimoto as editorial supervisor, but Kodachi stepped down in 2020, incitant Kishimoto to take over from the second issue. In April 2023, Kishimoto finished the first part of Borutos’ story. In August 20, the second part titled Boruto: Two Blue Vortex will start to be published in the summer of 2019. Boruto is the man who is asequelto KishimotosNaruto, which follows the exploits of Uzumakis son,Boruto, and hisninja, with his team of Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada Uchiha.

Image: Tatsuki Fujimoto.

Chainsaw Man

The Chainsaw Man manga series has been serialized in weekly Shonen Jump since December 2018. The story follows Denji, a young man who fuses his body and Pochita, a devil-dog named Denji, giving him the ability to transform his body parts into chainsaws. With his newfound powers, Denji joins Public Safety Devil Hunters, an agency founded to combat devils where they pose a threat to Japan. With the second story arc, asa Mitaka plays a role in the new genre – a young woman who makes a contract with the Wardol to hunt the Chainsaw Man.

Image taken with Koyoharu Gotouge.

A disorientant man: Kimetsu no Yaibah!

The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu manga No Yaiba was created by the mangaka Koyoharu Gotouge and appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020. The anime adaptation is currently in progress. After his family was brutally murdered by a demon, he decided to become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps and the king of the Demons to hunt down Muzan. When his sister Nezuko turns into a demon, the demon is forced to hunt into the powerful demons of Muzans Upper Rank to get the flesh out of the destruction.

Video from Gege Akutami

Image via Hirohiko Araki.

JoJos Bizarre Adventures.

JoJos Bizarre Adventure is the old manga and is serialized weekly Shonen Jump from 1987 to 2004 and monthly denmangamagazineUltra Jump from 2005. In total, this manga is divided into nine story arcs, each one centered on a different protagonist from the Joestar family. The first six chapters focus on a story and a story about Jonathan JoestarandDio Brando, and then the latter chapters play on a different universe where the Joestar family tree is altered.

Jujutsu Kaisen

Gege Akutami had also started the Shonen Jump manga scene in 2018, and then took the idea of Jujutsu Kaisen. The plot follows high school student Yuji Itadori as he teamed up with an anonymous group of Jujutsu Sorcerers to eradicate a powerful entity named Ryomen Sukuna. However, the things are sloppy when Yuji becomes the host. There’s a constant clumsiness that humans cannot always control. The energy becomes a waste and transformed into a clumsy. Jujutsu Kaisen is the sequel to AkutamisTokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, which later was rebranded Jujutsu Kaisen 0.

Image via Kohei Horikoshi.

My Hero Academia is my heroine.

As part of the weekly Shonen Jump series, Kohei Horikoshis My Hero Academia series has been serialized since July 2014. The story focuses on Izuku Midoriya, known by his superhero name Deku, who lives as an outcast in a world where Quirks are a norm. All Might, the best of all heroes, scand Deku and the most famous of all, and educate him as well as qualified students. A series of horikoshi anime inspired many spin-offs, such as “My Hero Academia: Smash”, “My Hero Academia: Vigilantes”, and “My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions.”

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