Hunter x Hunter manga release dates

The popular Hunter X Hunter manga by Yoshiro Togashi has announced that it will now follow an irregular weekly release format after reaching its 400th Chapter on December 26th to prioritize the author's health. New schedule times and updates are to be announced in future Jump issues.

Hunter X Hunter is supposed to reach its 400th chapter in Weekly Shōnen Jump issue 4-5 – in which this announcement has been published in – after nine chapters were newly serialized following a 4-year-long hiatus. The announcement was made by the Weekly Shōnen Jump editorial department after discussions with Togashi regarding his ongoing health conditions. Following these discussions, the team have decided to implement a flexible release schedule for the manga from Chapter 401 onwards. The editors also pledge to keep supporting Togashi until the completion of the manga.

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Another issue that might have caused the new change is the semi-digitization of the manga creation process, which has increased the consumption of copy paper and clerical work by 5 times, according to a previous Togashi tweet on October 18th. Another tweet by Togashi on November 22nd announced the process to be a complete failure, due to the amount of time consumed outside the drawing process by the artist and his assistants.

There are two ways to create manga: a "digital" method that uses tablet devices and an "analog" method, which uses paper and ink. The two methods can also be mixed, such as drawing the storyboard by hand and then scanning the manuscript for applying screentone, inking and other finishing details. Many artists and assistants are currently using a mixed approach, such as Yusuke Murata of One Punch Man fame, but managing the requirements of both approaches can prove troublesome for others like Hunter X Hunter's mangaka.

Hunter X Hunter has gone through years-long hiatuses before, due to Togashi's chronic back illness. In addition to the indefinite hiatus of the manga Ruri Dragon, the popular works "One Piece," "My Hero Academia," and "Black Clover" were absent from this week's Weekly Shōnen Jump due to similar health concerns.

This is the first time that editors have announced a new publication policy for a serialized manga, instead of shifting the release schedule to a bi-weekly or a monthly format, or just simply declaring a hiatus. It's possible that this could be the beginning of a more flexible release schedule for other Mangakas in the future, as to accommodate for how gruelling the manga creation process has become.

The Hunter x Hunter manga is coming back — and it’s arriving much sooner than we once thought. While the Japanese Shonen Jump Twitter originally announced the release date as Nov. 4, it turns out that the beloved manga will be returning in just a couple of weeks, on Oct. 23.

Viz Media announced Monday that the new chapters of Hunter x Hunter will be available simultaneously in English and Japanese starting then. Additionally, Viz has put the entirety of the Hunter x Hunter manga in the digital vault today, accessible to Shonen Jump members for $1.99 a month. However, the latest chapters (388-390) are available for free.

Major announcement!!! Hunter x Hunter returns Oct 23! Brand new simulpub chapters are coming to Shonen Jump! https://t.co/71vuObOtms pic.twitter.com/yFLU0POddg

— Shonen Jump (@shonenjump) October 11, 2022

The Hunter x Hunter manga has been on hiatus since 2018, when creator Yoshihiro Togashio took a break due to health-related issues. In May, he created a Twitter account to share updates on his work, heralding the series’ return.

The Hunter x Hunter manga started in 1998 and has been adapted into two anime series. It takes place in a world where licensed professionals called Hunters embark on fantastical adventures, such as subduing dangerous monsters, tracking down criminals, or hunting treasure. They can harness supernatural power known as Nen to augment their fighting abilities.

Gon, a young boy with superb fighting skills, goes off on a quest to find his father, a legendary hunter who left him when he was just a baby. Along the way, he befriends Killua, the heir to a notorious and deadly assassin family; Kurapika, the revenge-bent sole survivor of a genocide; and Leorio, who wants to be a Hunter so he can pay his medical school tuition. As fans of the 2011 anime series might know, the manga pretty much wrapped up Gon’s arc and has since pivoted to following Kurapika.

Hunter x Hunter manga release dates
Image: Yoshihiro Togashi/Shueisha

Kurapika is a member of the Kurta clan, a group of isolated people known for their brilliant Scarlet Eyes. When he was younger, they were all killed by a group of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe and their eyes plucked out and sold across the black market. Kurapika has dedicated his life to tracking down the Scarlet Eyes and eliminating the Phantom Troupe — at the cost of his own life energy. This quest has led him on a dangerous expedition to an unknown continent, where he serves as bodyguard to a baby princess. He’s also been embroiled in a royal family’s cutthroat war for succession.

Leorio is also there, but he’s working on the Med Bay and we unfortunately don’t see much of him (though the teaser image Viz Media tweeted out hints that maybe we’ll see more of Leorio).

Volume 37 of Hunter x Hunter hits Shonen Jump on Oct. 23. An unofficial Shonen Jump Twitter account posted an image of the cover:

HUNTERxHUNTER Volume 37 Cover. pic.twitter.com/dzUZ60aeZM

— Shonen Jump News - Unofficial (@WSJ_manga) October 11, 2022

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