Yoshihiro Togashi To Decline Future Deadline Work
Togashi is stepping back from the side commissions that fill a manga artist's schedule, keeping only his own pages on the desk, which means the Hunter x Hunter hiatus is now tied to his drawing capacity rather than to any publisher timetable.
Key Facts
- Yoshihiro Togashi announced on X on October 5, 2026, that he will decline future work requests with deadlines after finishing his current commissions.
- Hunter x Hunter went back on hiatus on September 7, 2026, after a run of chapters 411 to 420 that began on June 29, 2026.
- Shueisha published the 39th compiled volume of Hunter x Hunter on July 3, 2026, the first volume in 22 months.
- Hunter x Hunter has exceeded 100 million copies in circulation, including digital copies.
- Togashi posted on September 15, 2026, that he had finished the manuscript for chapter 428.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Animehunch.
Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Hunter x Hunter, stated on X on Monday that he will decline all future work requests that come with deadlines. The decision, which he attributed to a combination of physical and mental health issues, takes effect after he finishes his current commissions. Togashi said he wants to prioritize his own manuscripts. The Hunter x Hunter manga went back on hiatus on September 7 after resuming serialization on June 29. The run covered chapters 411 to 420, and the release timing for chapter 421 is unannounced. Togashi posted on September 15 that he had finished the manuscript for chapter 428. Shueisha published the 39th compiled volume on July 3, the first volume in 22 months, and the series has 100 million copies in circulation.
The posts came from Togashi's own X account, and he used them to set one condition: updates on the drawings will appear there when he resumes. "Due to a combination of physical and mental health issues, I've decided that after completing the work I'm currently committed to, I will turn down all future requests that come with deadlines and prioritize working on my own manuscripts."
Past episodes fill in the reason. Togashi has chronic lower back trouble and has said severe pain kept him out of a chair for about two years, while ordinary movement took three to five times longer than usual. He had surgery in 2024.
The workaround already exists. After chapter 400, Shueisha took Hunter x Hunter off a standard weekly schedule and moved it to periodic batch releases. Chapters 401 to 410 ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from issue 45 of 2024 to issue two of 2025.
Some context on the series itself:
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.