The Kemono Jihen manga is in its final stretch: the December issue of Jump SQ. confirmed the climax is imminent, and the series closes in its 26th volume after the 25th volume announced the ending. The manga took a one-issue break in September following the death of Sho Aimoto's brother in August.
Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen has a confirmed end point. The 25th compiled volume, published by Shueisha on August 4, announced that the series will end in the next volume. The December issue of Jump SQ. then confirmed that the climax is imminent. The manga began in Jump SQ. in December 2016, and Seven Seas Entertainment publishes it in English; the 22nd English volume shipped on October 6.
The ending arrived in a disrupted stretch. In late August, Aimoto announced on X/Twitter that the manga would go on hiatus after her brother died on August 15. The series skipped the October issue of Jump SQ. on September 4 and was scheduled to return in the November issue on October 2. The final-volume announcement had already been made in the 25th volume before the hiatus.
Before that, the series had already been adapted for the stage. The stage play, subtitled Tokyo Arc, cast Sōshō Tomimoto as Kabane Kusaka and Shūhei Izumi as Kohachi Inugami, and ran September 17 to 27 at Theater H in Tokyo, directed by Nobuhiro Mōri from a screenplay by Chong Gwangsong.
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The December issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. confirmed on Wednesday that the climax of Sho Aimoto's Kemono Jihen manga is imminent. The 25th compiled volume, which shipped on August 4, had already announced that the series will end in the 26th volume. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English and released the 22nd volume on October 6. The series took a one-issue break in September following the death of Aimoto's brother in August.
Shō Aimoto announced on X/Twitter that her Kemono Jihen manga is going on hiatus after her brother died peacefully on August 15. The manga will not appear in the October issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine on September 4, but is scheduled to return in the November issue on October 2. The 25th compiled volume, shipped August 4, revealed the series will end in the next volume.
The 25th volume of Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen manga announced on Tuesday that the series will end in the next volume. Aimoto launched the manga in Jump SQ. in December 2016, and Shueisha published the 25th compiled book volume on Tuesday. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English.
The stage play adaptation of Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen manga has revealed its full cast, with Sōshō Tomimoto playing Kabane Kusaka and Shūhei Izumi as Kohachi Inugami. The play, subtitled Tokyo Arc, runs September 17-27 at Theater H in Tokyo, directed by Nobuhiro Mōri with a screenplay by Chong Gwangsong.