Draw This, Then Die! Goes on Two-Month Hiatus Ahead of Final Arc
The December issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday announced that Minoru Toyoda's Draw This, Then Die! will pause for two months so Toyoda can prepare the manga's final arc and work on upcoming book volumes.
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Why it matters
A two-month pause to build the final arc puts a defined end point on a series that has already collected a Shogakukan Manga Award and a Manga Taisho, with the anime's second season still to come.
Key Facts
- Monthly Shonen Sunday's December issue announced a two-month hiatus for Minoru Toyoda's Draw This, Then Die!.
- The hiatus is to prepare the manga's final arc and work on upcoming book volumes.
- The 10th compiled volume of Draw This, Then Die! shipped on July 10.
- Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga's second volume on November 3.
- The manga won at the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2025 and the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023.
The 10th compiled volume shipped on July 10, and Seven Seas Entertainment released the second volume on November 3. The manga won at the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2025 and took the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023.
Toyoda is using the break for two jobs at once: laying out the last arc and finishing the manga's upcoming collected volumes. The series runs in Monthly Shonen Sunday and on Sunday Webry, and Seven Seas Entertainment publishes it in English.
The timing lands after a run of recognition. The manga won at the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2025 and the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023, and it placed sixth for male readers in the 2023 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. The television anime debuted on July 3, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired in Japan, and a second season is planned.
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- Anime News Network 'Draw This, Then Die!' Manga Takes 2-Month Break to Prepare for Final Arc