Shueisha just yanked the plug on its Marvel manga line in Japan, contract with Walt Disney Japan expiring September 30 and taking Deadpool: Samurai plus the Spider-Man titles with it. Physical stock stops selling once it's gone, digital gets yanked from shelves by the end of the month, and buyers keep their files but that's it for new access. The official Shonen Jump+ announcement lists the full casualty list: Marvel x Shonen Jump+ Super Collaboration, Secret Reverse, Spider-Man: Octo-Girl, Spider-Man: Kizuna, and Deadpool: Samurai. No replacement publisher announced, and earlier ShoPro's March end on standard Marvel comics already signaled the partnership was on life support.

Deadpool: Samurai was the big money-maker here, racking up over a million views on early chapters and claiming the title of Marvel's most-read series in recent history on the Japanese platform before its messy six-year run ended earlier this year with a meta finale that nuked the Shueisha building. Spider-Man: Octo-Girl got solid reception too, spinning off the Superior Spider-Man arc with positive reviews across its volumes. Now both vanish from official Japanese digital stores while English editions from 2022 sit in limbo with zero word on reprints or new deals.

Fans on X are posting F's and speculating Disney wants its own manga push or the numbers just weren't worth the license fee anymore. Reddit threads treat it as another sign Marvel comics struggle to crack the domestic manga market against homegrown giants. Physical final batches are already the last ones on store shelves. The collaboration that gave us samurai Deadpool and octopus-girl Superior Spider-Man is officially cooked.