‘Hunter x Hunter’ Manga Entering New Hiatus Again

The manga resumed on Sept 22 2018.

It will go on hiatus after Shonen Jump issue #52.

Yoshihiro Togashi, nicknamed The king of hiatus, suffers from chronic back pain. It hurts his back to sit and draw the manga for hours and He spent 2 months lying in a hospital bed in 2014.

He said in an interview that he plans to finish it or die in the process:

It has come to a point where either the story concludes first, or I die before that happens (lol). But I do intend to finish it.

Sometimes I’m not sure which will expire first, the series or me.

Here’s the cover of volume 36, which hit shelves in Japan on October 4.

Hiatus chart:

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