Witch Watch to End With Chapter 270 Next Week
Kenta Shinohara's manga concludes in Weekly Shonen Jump after five years and nearly 300 chapters.
Updated on Nov. 8, 2026 in Comic Books
Witch Watch, the manga by Kenta Shinohara serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, will end with Chapter 270 next week. The series has run for five years and nearly 300 chapters, and its final arc began in November 2025.
Why it matters
The ending marks the fifth major Shonen Jump series to conclude in 2026, following Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, Hima-ten!, Blue Box, and The Elusive Samurai. Eight Shonen Jump series were cancelled this year, and 13 titles have ended in the magazine in 2026.
Witch Watch ran for five years and nearly 300 chapters before its final arc. Chapter 270 is scheduled to release next week, and the extraction does not give sales or readership figures.
The players
Kenta Shinohara
Kenta Shinohara is the manga artist who created and wrote Witch Watch for Weekly Shonen Jump.
Weekly Shonen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump is the Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha that serialized Witch Watch.
The details
The final arc, which began in November 2025, centers on the public existence of witches and a war lasting about a year of chapters. Chapter 269 ends the fight with Morihito delivering the final blow, and the reveal of one last villain was followed by that villain's defeat.
Timeline
November 2025: Witch Watch begins its final arc.
Next week: Chapter 270, the series finale, is scheduled to release.
Legacy Series Turnover
Witch Watch's finale is the fifth major Shonen Jump series to end in 2026, following Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, Hima-ten!, Blue Box, and The Elusive Samurai. The magazine has cancelled eight series this year, with 13 titles ending in total.
Readers following Witch Watch will get the series' resolution in the next weekly issue. Fans who have followed the title since its start will see the story conclude after five years of serialization.
The takeaway
Readers who have followed Witch Watch since its start will finally see how the story ends in the next issue. The 2026 wave of Shonen Jump conclusions is a useful reminder of how quickly serialized titles can turn over.
What happens next
Chapter 270, the final chapter of Witch Watch, is scheduled to release next week in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Further reading
For more on the publication behind this ending, see our Comic Books coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Comicbook.
