At the "Future of Jump 2022" talk event held on the 29th, discussing the future of the manga app "Shonen Jump+," Editor-in-Chief Shuhei Hosono and others spoke about the past and future of Jump's web services and the challenges faced by the app.

Since its launch in September 2014, "Shonen Jump+" began with the concept of "surpassing Jump," aiming to create new hit works that would exceed titles like "ONE PIECE" and to develop a "system" that could lead to hits, serving as an alternative to "Weekly Shonen Jump's" survey system.

The app has seen a steady increase in downloads, surpassing 20 million to date, and a 32-fold increase in views since 2014, showing healthy growth. Currently, it features 70 serializations, with 368 one-shots published in 2021 alone, marking a record high in content volume.

Recent popular series on Jump+ include "SPY×FAMILY" and "Kaiju No. 8," with "Chainsaw Man" Part 2 also set to transition from Weekly Shonen Jump. The app has seen a number of its series adapted into video formats, with "Astra Lost in Space" winning the Manga Grand Prize in 2019, becoming the app's first to do so.

Despite the successful acquisition of readers and the launch of numerous popular series and manga awards, Editor-in-Chief Hosono, when asked if they have succeeded in "surpassing Jump," firmly responded with "Not yet!" The ongoing challenge remains to create new hits that can surpass "ONE PIECE" and "Demon Slayer." He highlighted that while Weekly Shonen Jump's reader surveys offer a fair and competitive standard, Shonen Jump+ employs various metrics such as view counts and completion rates, identifying these systems as areas for improvement in their quest to surpass Jump.

Future goals include assembling works read by a million people each day of the week and creating a series that can attract ten million readers per episode.