Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes on Hiatus as Stage Play 4 Adapts Chimera Ant Arc
The manga's latest pause lands right after its June 29 return, while the stage play line carries the franchise forward with the Chimera Ant Arc in 2027.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Hunter x Hunter is going on hiatus again, with its return to be announced at a later date. The manga resumed serialization on June 29, and Shueisha published the 39th volume on July 3, its first in 22 months. A fourth stage play, Hunter X Hunter The Stage 4, will adapt the Chimera Ant Arc in Tokyo and Kyoto in 2027.
The stage play runs in two parts, part one from January to February 2027 and part two from July to August 2027. It follows Hunter X Hunter The Stage 3, which covered the Greed Island Arc in Tokyo and Osaka in May and June 2025. The manga has exceeded 100 million copies in circulation, including digital. Shueisha published chapters 401 to 410 from issue 45 of 2024 to issue two of 2025, and the 38th volume, which ran through chapter 400, shipped in September 2024. Viz Media released that volume in English on January 6.
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