The Finale Issue Sold Out, and the Manga Wasn't the Reason
Blue Box wrapped with chapter 250 in Weekly Shonen Jump issue #33, released in Japan on July 13. Readers who went out for the commemorative issue found empty shelves. According to Oricon's July 13 most-read roundup, compiled by the Japanese entertainment news and charts outlet Oricon News, the sellout wasn't driven by the finale itself. Resellers targeted the issue's supplement, a One Piece trading card bundled with the magazine.
Shueisha, Jump's publisher, said it printed an extra 500,000 copies of the issue because of the card. Even that cushion didn't hold. Oricon describes readers venting anger and disappointment at being unable to buy the magazine carrying the series' last chapter in print.
Five Years, 250 Chapters, No Power-Ups
Kouji Miura's Blue Box follows high school badminton player Taiki Inomaki and his feelings for basketball star Chinatsu Kano. It's a grounded sports romance that ran in a magazine better known for battle series. The series launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2021 and closed out at exactly 250 chapters. Oricon frames the ending as part of a continuing string of romantic-comedy departures from Jump's lineup, though the digest doesn't name which series preceded it out the door.
The franchise is far from finished. The TV anime premiered in fall 2024 and streams worldwide on Netflix, and a second season is already on the way, with a teaser trailer released in March 2026.
The Rest of the Most-Read List: Jujutsu Kaisen, Anisama, and a J.C.STAFF Rom-Com
The rest of the roundup covers a wide sweep of anime and game news from the weekend.
Monster Strike, MIXI's long-running mobile hit, revealed the gacha contents for its third Jujutsu Kaisen collaboration. Yuji Itadori, Kento Nanami, and Satoru Gojo become the first collaboration characters in the game to receive shin jūshinka (真獣神化), the top rank of the game's evolution system.
Animelo Summer Live, the annual anime-song festival usually held in the Tokyo area each summer, is heading west for the first time. A Fukuoka edition is set for March 2027, running in addition to the regular summer shows.
Kizuguchi to Hōtai (roughly "Wound and Bandage"), a romantic comedy Oricon bluntly labels a forbidden fetish rom-com, gets a TV anime in January 2027 produced at J.C.STAFF (Toradora!, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma).
The voice-actor agency headed by Daisuke Namikawa announced what it calls a new challenge built on generative AI, saying the initiative is meant to draw a clear line against pirated content. Details beyond that framing weren't in the digest.
Rounding out the list: One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure, the second One Piece film from 2001, airs July 19 on Tokyo MX; a new version of a Vermeer-style Frieren: Beyond Journey's End illustration drew a wave of reactions, with fans asking whether it depicts Fern; and the voice-actress duo YuiKaori, made up of Yui Ogura and Kaori Ishihara, will hold a one-night special event on May 9, 2027, news that arrived alongside their Animelo Summer Live 2026 appearance.
Looking Ahead
International fans don't have to chase a sold-out magazine. Viz Media publishes Blue Box in English, and the final chapter is available digitally through the Shonen Jump app and MANGA Plus. On the anime side, Netflix streams the series worldwide, and Season 2 already has a teaser trailer out, though the premiere date hasn't been pinned down in the material Oricon covered.
Kizuguchi to Hōtai starts broadcasting in Japan in January 2027; no international streaming partner has been announced. The Fukuoka edition of Animelo Summer Live follows in March 2027, and YuiKaori's reunion event lands on May 9, 2027.