Joo Jaekyung wants Dan to stay with him and wants the championship, both at the same time. He’s just not the kind of person who says that out loud — until now. Jinx Chapter 99 drops May 2, 2026, and OtakuSignal has the release times, spoilers, and reading links ready.
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Jinx Chapter 98 Recap
Jaekyung and Dan go to visit Dan’s grandmother; she shows Jaekyung Dan’s baby photos, and he actually takes an interest, which softens the whole mood around him.
Grandma can tell Jaekyung genuinely cares and basically asks him to keep Dan happy after she’s gone, understanding that both men like each other but are terrible at expressing it.
She knows she doesn’t have long left and talks to Jaekyung more directly than she does to Dan, because when Dan comes back into the room, his eyes are red from crying, and she avoids saying anything that would make him break down.
Outside that, there’s a lot of emotional subtext: Jaekyung talks about a “friend” who grew up without friends (obviously himself), showing how lonely he’s been and how he’s never really had anyone to share his past with.
Even while he’s the one falling apart inside, Dan ends up comforting Jaekyung, telling him that the “jinx” is proof of his determination, showing how emotionally mature he’s become and how much he understands Jaekyung now.
Jinx Chapter 99 Spoilers: He Finally Admitted His Feelings
- Community spoilers and FB posts about Episode 99 say this is the chapter where Jaekyung finally admits he wants both things at once: Dan to stay with him and to win the championship, instead of choosing one over the other.
- The choice set up in 98 — career vs love, knowing Dan will leave after the match under their original “deal” — comes to a head; Jaekyung is stuck between those options and Chapter 99 is where he stops pretending it’s only about fighting.
- Fans describe 99 as “he finally admitted his feelings (in his own way)”, so expect a messy, in-character admission rather than a neat confession, with Dan left to process what that means for their contract and for him staying.
Jinx Chapter 99 Global Release Times — May 2, 2026
Jinx drops worldwide simultaneously at 8:00 AM EST / 10:00 PM KST as a world drop title.
| Region | Time Zone | Release Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇷 Korea (Source) | KST (UTC+9) | 10:00 PM (May 2) |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | JST (UTC+9) | 10:00 PM (May 2) |
| 🇨🇳 China | CST (UTC+8) | 9:00 PM |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | PHT (UTC+8) | 9:00 PM |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | MYT (UTC+8) | 9:00 PM |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | SGT (UTC+8) | 9:00 PM |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | WIB (UTC+7) | 8:00 PM |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | ICT (UTC+7) | 8:00 PM |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | ICT (UTC+7) | 8:00 PM |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | BST (UTC+6) | 7:00 PM |
| 🇮🇳 India (The Hub!) | IST (UTC+5:30) | 6:30 PM |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | PKT (UTC+5) | 6:00 PM |
| 🇦🇪 UAE / Gulf | GST (UTC+4) | 5:00 PM |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | AST (UTC+3) | 4:00 PM |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | TRT (UTC+3) | 4:00 PM |
| 🇷🇺 Russia (Moscow) | MSK (UTC+3) | 4:00 PM |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | EET (UTC+2) | 3:00 PM |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | CEST (UTC+2) | 3:00 PM |
| 🇫🇷 France | CEST (UTC+2) | 3:00 PM |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | CEST (UTC+2) | 3:00 PM |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | CEST (UTC+2) | 3:00 PM |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | BST (UTC+1) | 2:00 PM |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | WEST (UTC+1) | 2:00 PM |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | WAT (UTC+1) | 2:00 PM |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | BRT (UTC-3) | 10:00 AM |
| 🇺🇸 East Coast | ET (UTC-4) | 8:00 AM |
| 🇨🇦 Canada (Toronto) | ET (UTC-4) | 8:00 AM |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | COT (UTC-5) | 7:00 AM |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | CST (UTC-5) | 7:00 AM |
| 🇺🇸 Central USA | CT (UTC-5) | 7:00 AM |
| 🇺🇸 Mountain USA | MT (UTC-6) | 6:00 AM |
| 🇺🇸 West Coast | PT (UTC-7) | 5:00 AM |
Jinx is a world drop — releases simultaneously worldwide, not midnight KST like most manhwa.
Where to Read Jinx Chapter 99
Jinx is officially available on:
- Lezhin Comics — Official English and Korean platform, only legal reading source
- Lezhin App — iOS and Android, early access available with coins
Lezhin is the only official source. Chapters require coins to unlock — Lezhin regularly runs discount events worth waiting for.
FAQ — Real Reader Questions
Why does Jinx release every 10 days instead of weekly?
Lezhin’s publishing schedule for Jinx is every 10 days — dropping on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month for Western readers, and a day later (3rd, 13th, 23rd) for Eastern hemisphere readers. This is a Lezhin platform decision, not the artist’s. It’s slower than weekly but consistent.
What does “Jinx” mean in the context of the story?
Jaekyung has a superstition — he believes that sleeping with someone the night before a match brings him luck and stops the “jinx.” That’s how the contract with Dan started. What began as a ritual Jaekyung used to manage fight-night anxiety turned into something neither of them had accounted for Chapter 99.
Really, Jaekyung admitting his feelings?
Community spoilers circulating from readers who accessed the chapter early confirm it — Jaekyung says he wants Dan to stay with him. Whether that’s a full emotional confession or his version of one (which is a different thing) is what Chapter 99 delivers. Readers described it as the moment they’d been waiting for since the series started
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