After a lengthy 9-month hiatus, Manga Creator Yoshihiro Togashi made his return on Twitter, sharing a new update on the upcoming chapter of Hunter x Hunter. His last post was five days before Christmas Day in 2024.
“No. 413 Background Designation Completed.” A simple five-word update from Togashi, he also tagged a photo with part of the manuscript, which sparked excitement and relief from fans of his work and of the series. With news regarding Yoshihiro’s health and the recent passing of Dragon Ball Creator, Akira Toriyama, fans have been concerned and have checked to see if there were any new updates from Togashi before this recent update. “Welcome back, Togashi-Sensei!”, “We’re happy to see you working again!” It is great to see him posting updates again, hoping he is doing well too.
If you recall in early December 2024, Yoshihiro Togashi had to undergo surgery due to his health condition and chronic back pain. Keep in mind, Hunter x Hunter has done a fair job of keeping up with planning out new chapters behind the scenes, but it is hard to keep it on a weekly schedule due to Togashi’s health problems and chronic back pain. Nevertheless, the chapters are published in “blocks”. Togashi prepares and then serializes around 10 chapters (which usually is the number of chapters in a tankobon volume, which varies for each series.) Keep in mind that he has had problems with his back for years, where at certain times he cannot complete routine tasks and complete new chapters, he has hired assistants to help him with serialization. In the past, he didn’t want to hire any assistants, he wanted to do the work on his own. It is with a grim reminder that Yoshirio Togashi has already made plans on how Hunter x Hunter would end in case something were to happen, or if he passed away.
Hunter x Hunter made its debut in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine in March 1998 and is still an ongoing series. It consists of 38 tankobon volumes as of September 1994 and is considered to be the best-selling manga series of all time with 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022. It inspired a manga spin-off called Kurapika’s Memories, two anime adaptations, OVAs, two animated films, CDs, musicals, stage plays, video games, and various merchandise. Viz Media publishes the manga for English Audiences and publishes the chapters on their Shonen Jump app, Shueisha also publishes the chapters in English on their Manga Plus app.
Source: Yoshihiro Togashi’s Twitter
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