Nippon Sangoku Manga Goes on Hiatus as Creator Recovers From Steroid Withdrawal
The hiatus pauses a manga that has received critical recognition, including a Manga Taisho nomination, and whose anime adaptation just started airing.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Ikka Matsuki announced on June 1 that the Nippon Sangoku manga is going on hiatus. Matsuki is recovering from steroid withdrawal syndrome and has been bedridden with a high fever for over two weeks. The manga launched in 2021 on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website. Its seventh volume shipped on April 10. The television anime adaptation began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 5.
Ikka Matsuki posted on X on Monday that this month's update of Nippon Sangoku has been postponed and the series will go on hiatus. Matsuki is recovering from steroid withdrawal syndrome, has had a high fever for more than two weeks, and remains bedridden. Matsuki said they will focus on recovery for now.
The manga launched in 2021 on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website. Shogakukan published the seventh compiled volume on April 10. The television anime adaptation, Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 5 in over 240 countries and territories. The manga was nominated in the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023 and appeared in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's top 20 for male readers that same year.
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