Manchuria Opium Squad Manga Resumes October 5 With New Artist Tsurushima
Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine will resume Manchuria Opium Squad in its 45th issue, shipping October 5. The manga continues with Tsurushima, successor to the late artist Shikako, who died on November 8, 2025 of choroidal melanoma. Chapter 216 runs 12 pages, shorter than the planned 16; Shikako completed 11, writer Tsukasa Monma arranged the 12th, and assistants drew the background. Chapter 217 onward is drawn by Tsurushima.