{"id":58386,"date":"2026-02-20T09:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=58386"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:09:33","slug":"shonen-jump-publisher-disqualifies-ai-generated-manga-after-it-ranked-no-1-in-rookie-contest-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/shonen-jump-publisher-disqualifies-ai-generated-manga-after-it-ranked-no-1-in-rookie-contest-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Shonen Jump publisher disqualifies AI-generated manga\u00a0after it ranked no. 1 in\u00a0rookie\u00a0contest ranking\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shueisha, the publisher of acclaimed manga magazines like Weekly Shonen Jump, recently disqualified an entry in&nbsp;a contest held by its&nbsp;<strong>Jump Rookie<\/strong>&nbsp;platform&nbsp;due to the work being AI-generated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give some background, Jump Rookie is a platform open to anyone to post their work. Every month, a competition is held that grants&nbsp;the most popular&nbsp;rookie&nbsp;authors&nbsp;on the site&nbsp;the opportunity to have their manga officially published&nbsp;through&nbsp;Shueisha\u2019s&nbsp;major&nbsp;digital comic platform&nbsp;Jump+.&nbsp;The competition is&nbsp;essentially a&nbsp;popularity vote, with the winner being the manga with the highest number of views on its latest three chapters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/rookie.shonenjump.com\/rensai_ranking\/202602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">February 2026 round of the competition<\/a>, a manga titled NTR\u00a0Kaeshi rose to the top of the rankings, accumulating over 15,700 views by February 1.\u00a0Uploaded by\u00a0Fukashigi-chan,\u00a0the romance comedy manga centered on \u201ccuckolding\u201d uses AI-generated\u00a0images, as\u00a0indicated\u00a0on the\u00a0author\u2019s personal X account.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30b8\u30e3\u30f3\u30d7\u30eb\u30fc\u30ad\u30fc\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3001\u904b\u55b6\u3088\u308a\u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u304c\u5c4a\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4eca\u6708\u3001\u9023\u8f09\u4e89\u596a\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b01\u4f4d\u3067\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u30b8\u30e3\u30f3\u30d7\uff0b\u3067\u306fAI\u6f2b\u753b\u306f\u63b2\u8f09\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3063\u3066\u3053\u3068\u3067\u7121\u52b9\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3067NTR\u8fd4\u3057\u306f\u6253\u3061\u5207\u308a\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\uff08\u305d\u306e\u3046\u3061\u30ea\u30e9\u30a4\u30c8\u3057\u3066\u5225\u3067\u51fa\u3059\u304b\u3082\uff09\u5fdc\u63f4\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3001\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySbFAGXPF2\">pic.twitter.com\/ySbFAGXPF2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u4e0d\u53ef\u601d\u8b70\u3061\u3083\u3093\uff20AI\u6f2b\u753b (@UNfukashigi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNfukashigi\/status\/2021501963528176078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although NTR Kaeshi briefly looked set to win a Jump+ publishing deal,&nbsp;Shueisha&nbsp;disqualified the title from the competition&nbsp;as of&nbsp;February 11. As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNfukashigi\/status\/2021501963528176078?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disclosed by the author<\/a>, they received an email from Jump Rookie staff&nbsp;notifying them&nbsp;that Jump+ does not allow publication of AI-generated manga, which meant their entry would be invalidated.&nbsp;While existing chapters of NTR Kaeshi&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rookie.shonenjump.com\/series\/OmkvmYUEblc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remain viewable<\/a>&nbsp;on the platform, the series has been cancelled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new leader in the competition is&nbsp;currently&nbsp;the mystery horror manga&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rookie.shonenjump.com\/series\/EmTZ65sTNy8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ura Takeru Wants to go Home<\/a>, with 11,700 hits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/ai-generated-isekai-novel-that-won-a-literary-contest-grand-prize-and-readers-choice-award-has-its-book-publication-and-manga-adaptation-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AI-generated&nbsp;isekai&nbsp;novel that won a literary contest Grand&nbsp;Prize and&nbsp;Reader\u2019s Choice award has its book publication and manga adaptation cancelled<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After rising to the top of a monthly popularity vote, an AI-generated manga has been disqualified by Shueisha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":58388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[67,17],"class_list":["post-58386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-ai","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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