Tetsuya Chiba Puts Hinemosu Notari Nikki on Hiatus Over Health
For an 87-year-old author who has kept an autobiographical series running in Big Comic since December 2015, the magazine's decision to stop serialization and defer to his recovery is the practical outcome of a health problem Chiba himself links to this summer's heat.
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The 19th issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic announced Friday that Tetsuya Chiba's Hinemosu Notari Nikki will go on hiatus because of his poor health. The editorial department said it will prioritize his health and recovery. In a separate statement, Chiba said severe summer heat may be the cause and that he will focus on recovering. He apologized to readers and asked for patience.
Big Comic issue 19 carried the announcement, and the editorial staff added that Chiba wants to resume serialization as soon as possible. The editorial department will instead put his health first. Chiba's own statement points to the severe summer heat as a possible cause of him feeling under the weather, and says he will concentrate on getting well enough to draw again.
The series launched in Big Comic in December 2015. Shogakukan published the first compiled volume in 2018 and the seventh in November 2025. It went on hiatus once before, in August 2024, and returned that December.
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