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.
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Furu Comi Furusato Tax Portal Runs Taxi CM with BizPot Footage
A furusato tax portal that officially opened on August 31 is already on taxi screens, using footage from a business talk program to reach donors.
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HUNTER×HUNTER's 10-Chapter Run Ends With Chapter 420
The series has again closed a 10-chapter batch with no return date, even though Togashi has finished manuscripts through chapter 427, keeping the irregular batch format adopted in 2022.
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Fukakōryoku no I Love You Manga Goes on Hiatus as Creator Cites Health
A Margaret serialization with nine volumes out now has no return date, with the creator's health given as the reason for the pause.
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Kodansha House Hosts Fragrant Flower Creator Saka Mikami in NYC
The appearance lands during New York Comic Con and days before the 15th English volume ships on October 13, giving US readers a direct meet with the creator of a manga whose anime streamed on Netflix.
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Sword Art Online Sugary Days Tops Oricon Light Novel Ranking for August
The new Sugary Days novel leads the monthly Oricon chart, while Witch on the Holy Night's novel adaptation rides anticipation for its November anime film.
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Kingdom Volume 80 Tops Oricon's August 2026 Comic Ranking
Kingdom's latest volume leads a monthly chart that also shows strong cumulative performance for ongoing series like The Apothecary Diaries and Hunter X Hunter.
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'Hope You're Happy, Lemon' Manga Ends in Next Chapter
The body-swap romcom, serialized on Shonen Jump+ since October 2023, reaches its conclusion with a chapter that closes the story before the English edition catches up in print.
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Wandance Stage Play Runs in Tokyo in March 2027
The stage play extends the Wandance franchise across theater, following the manga's television anime adaptation that debuted in Japan in October 2025.
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Keigo Atobe From New Prince of Tennis Covers anan Magazine
The cover placement of a fictional middle school tennis player in a women's magazine highlights the character's cross-demographic appeal ahead of the U-17 World Cup Final Member Decision Match.
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The End of the World With a Shiba Inu Is a Gentle Apocalypse Walk
The sale highlights how a manga born from a rejected Shiba Inu pitch found its audience online, turning an apocalypse into a relaxed daily walk.
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Unnamed Memory -after the end- Novel Series Ends in December
The sequel series that has run since 2022 reaches its planned end in December, closing out the printed run of the Unnamed Memory story alongside a December art book.
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Kana Delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World Manga to March 4
The delay pushes the English release of Asano's early short stories, a previously untranslated window into his pre-Dead Dead Demon's work, to spring 2026.
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Boichi's The Marshal King Manga Resumes With Chapter 28
The Marshal King returns to its weekly Shonen Jump+ schedule after a hiatus that began in December, restoring a regular release cadence for the Western-set action series.
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Tomb Raider King Episode 9 Finally Challenges Jooheon
The episode's closing cliffhanger is notable because it marks a departure from Jooheon's usual unchallenged success, introducing genuine uncertainty for the protagonist.
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Dan Mitsu Manga by Husband Tooru Kiyono Featured in Amazon Weekend Sale
The column frames the manga as evidence that Dan Mitsu's odd TV persona is genuine, with her husband's observation records showing she is even more herself at home.
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Kore wa Shine da Director Put Island Beauty First, Says Toyoda
The column argues the anime's credible depiction of island life stems directly from the author's first request to director Hiroaki Akagi: prioritize the beauty of the island, not the manga-drawing scenes.
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Kagurabachi, Dandadan Top Amazon Kindle Manga Ranking
New volumes and pre-orders dominate the Kindle chart, with ongoing series like World Trigger and Kagurabachi driving both immediate sales and bundle purchases through limited-time point incentives.
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Hellbound Artist Kyoo-seok Choi and MEEN Launch Webtoon Crocodile on Kakao Page
The collaboration pairs Choi, known for Hellbound, with MEEN, whose action noir works include the Dokgo series, for a Busan-set revenge tale launching this week on Kakao Page.
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Hideki Arai Opens Website to Publish Rejected Manga Storyboards
Arai is turning rejected storyboards and unpublished material into public content, opening his creative process to readers.
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Medalist Manga Goes on Hiatus
The manga pauses while the franchise is mid-release, with the second anime season finished and a film opening in February, and the creator has tied her return to reaching the Junior Grand Prix finals.
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Adachitoka Returns with New Manga Yadoya no Oinu-sama
The new series returns Adachitoka to Monthly Shonen Magazine, where Noragami: Stray God ran from 2010 until its January 2024 finale.
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Two Nola Books Novels Launch September 5 Across E-Book Stores
Two more Nola Books volumes ship September 5, and the label now counts 22 titles on the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2027 list from Takarajimasha, the recognition the announcement leads with.
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September 9 Dubbed 'Attack on Titan Day' by Anniversary Association
The franchise is formalizing its anniversary as an unofficial holiday, pairing the designation with a key visual and a livestream featuring the main cast.
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