Kings of Hiatus - The One Year Anniversary of Hunter X Hunter Hiatus

Sun, 2007-02-11 16:08

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February marks the 1 year anniversary of Hunter X Hunter's hiatus in Shonen Jump. Created by the (in)famous Yoshihiro Togashi in 1998, Hunter X Hunter has experienced many breaks during its serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump. Toward the end of 2005, Hunter X Hunter's serialization stopped for over a month due to Togashi's illness. The manga returned in January 2006 only to go on hiatus again 4 chapters later. While the announcement in Jump stated that the series would resume serialization in early April, a year later the series has yet to return.

From TV Anime Resource Center comes information on Hunter X Hunter's irregular schedule, as well as its effect on the anime version of HxH. Also included is a chart that lists all the Hunter X Hunter-related announcements in Shonen Jump from 1998 to 2004, and more.

Thoughts on Hunter X Hunter's Hiatus

One cannot talk about the current Weekly Shonen Jump without thinking about the hiatus of Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi. The manga was adapted into an anime TV series and has managed to maintain a high approval rating in Shonen Jump. Despite its popularity, Hunter X Hunter's serialization schedule is very unstable when it comes to making the deadlines.

Throughout the years, many rumors flew around regarding the real reason behind Hunter X Hunter's frequent hiatus: Yoshihiro Togashi draws his manga without assistants, because he is too picky about the images; Yoshihiro Togashi is busy preparing for Comiket (Togashi brings his works to Comiket); Yoshihiro Togashi is too lazy (the most popular one)...Although Hunter X Hunter has been on a very loose schedule, it still managed to continued its serialization in Jump, and the story remained interesting and popular among the fans.

Looking at Togashi's pace of drawing, in 2001 an emergency decision by the editors of Shonen Jump, the number of pages per chapter every week for HxH was reduced from 19 to 15 to ensure the manga's appearance in the magazine every week. However, after the decision was made, Togashi recessed the serialization again in order to redraw the manga for its volume releases. It would seem Togashi had the order of his priorities wrong.

By comparison, ever since Yu Yu Hakusho, there has been a big disagreement between Togashi and the editors of Shonen Jump. Togashi's previous work Yu Yu Hakusho ended in the middle of one of its storyline because Togashi was too hostile toward the story policy favored by his editor. The story policy, often called the "Jump system" among the fan, is an editorial strategy of Shonen Jump, which states that:

"The story of a popular manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump must continue uninterrupted."

The most well-known example of this system is Dragon Ball. However, nowadays it seems like Togashi has power than the Jump editors, because judging by Hunter X Hunter's number of breaks, the editors are permitting Togashi's breaks.

Tables and Charts

Below are two tables from the website hunter.noihjp.com. The first table compares HxH's number of serialized chapters to its number of hiatus.

Year	Frequency of Publication	Frequency of Hiatus	Total	Hiatus Ratio
1998	34	3	37	8.1%
1999	33	15	48	31.3%
2000	35	13	48	27.1%
2001	32	16	48	33.3%
2002	30	18	48	37.5%
2003	38	10	48	20.8%
2004	23	26	49	53.1%
2005	31	17	48	35.4%
2006	4	44	48	91.7%

The second table lists the longest instances of continual serialization and hiatus, and the issue # of Shonen Jump.

Year	# of continual serialization [Issue #]	# of continual hiatus [Issue #]
1998	12 [Issue 14 - 26, 28 - 40]	1 [Issue 27, 41, 51]
1999	18 [Issue 42 - 8 (2000)]	1 [Issue 4, 33 - 36]
2000	17 [Issue 42 (1999) - 8]	6 [Issue 27 - 32]
2001	9 [Issue 16 - 25]	5 [Issue 39 - 43]
2002	13 [Issue 48 - 10 2003)]	6 [Issue 26 - 31]
2003	13 [Issue 48 (2002) - 10]	1 [Issue 1, 16, 19, 25, 29, 33, 26, 41, 46, 50]
2004	6 [Issue 51 (2003) - 1, 3 - 6-7, 9 - 11, 13 - 15]	6 [Issue 24 - 29]
2005	3 [Issue 8 - 10, 12 - 14, 19 - 21-22, 24 - 26, 28 - 30, 32 - 34, 36-37 - 39]	7 [Issue 51 - 6-7 (2006)]
2006	4 [Issue 8 - 11]	Too many...

The Influences of Manga Hiatus on the Anime TV Series

The original story of Hunter X Hunter was in the middle of the Yorkshin city arc when the anime TV series began. The anime staffs had a lot of storyline available to cover: The Hunter Exam arc and the Celestial Tower arc. However, as the original story experienced many breaks and a page reduction, the anime series soon caught up with the manga, and the only available storyline were 10 chapters from Jump that haven't even been compiled into a tankoubon yet. As a result the anime staffs took scripts from the magazine, which proved to be a fatal mistake.

In episode 60, "Kurapica X Black Eyes X First Job," which was aired on March 10th, 2001 in Japan, there was a fatal mistake which involved future storyline. In this episode, Neon, who has the ability to tell the future, gave a prophecy to Kuroro Lucifer. Below is part of the prophecy.

Let's play the intermezzo. (幕間劇に興じよう)
You will be capable of searching for new companions. (新たに仲間を探すもいいだろう)
If you go, go together. (向かうなら束がいい)
you will certainly find the person waiting for you. (きっと待ち人に会えるから)

This poem appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 41 in September 2000, and the anime episode was aired soon afterwards. Did anyone make a mistake?

The truth is, the prophecy in the magazine had a typo. The third sentence should be "If you go, go east. (向かうなら東がいい)." This typo was corrected in the tankoubon (volume release), which was released after the wrong scripted appeared in the anime. It's not the anime staff's fault, because the root cause was the slow serialization of the manga.

After the anime series ended, Kuroro Lucifer went east as in the original story. One cannot help but wonder what the anime series would do about the mistake if the series is resumed.

Details of Hunter X Hunter Announcements in Weekly Shonen Jump

Below is a table that lists all the "announcements" that were made regarding HxH in each issue of Shonen Jump. Please note that some details were omitted after 2003, and the table only goes up to 2004.

Jump #	# of pages	Original story	Anime story	Announcement for the hiatus
Jump #	# of pages	Original story	Anime story	Notes
1998
14	32
14	32			Magazine cover, opening chapter, 3 full-colored pages in the beginning, 16 two-color printed pages.
15	23	Hunter Exam
15	23
16	19
16	19
17	21
17	21
18	19
18	19			A full-colored page in the middle.
19	19
19	19
20	19
20	19
21	19
21	19
22-23	18
22-23	18			A full-colored page in the middle.
24	19
24	19			Magazine cover.
25	19
25	19
26	19
26	19
27	hiatus			Hunter X Hunter is absent this week because the author is ill.
27	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
28	19
28	19
29	19
29	19
30	19
30	19
31	19
31	19
32	19
32	19
33	19
33	19
34	19
34	19
35	19
35	19
36	19
36	19			Magazine cover.
37-38	19
37-38	19
39	19
39	19
40	19
40	19
41	hiatus			*Notice: Hunter X Hunter is absent this week because Mr. Yoshihiro Togashi is ill.
41	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
42	19
42	19
43	19
43	19
44	19
44	19
45	19
45	19
46	19
46	19
47	19
47	19
48	19
48	19
49	19
49	19		Magazine cover.
50	19
50	19
51	hiatus		*Notice:Hunter X Hunter is absent this week because Mr. Yoshihiro Togashi is ill.
51	hiatus		The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
52	19
52	19
1999
1	hiatus	Hunter Exam		Announcement: This week's and next week's Hunter X Hunter will be absent due to Mr. Togashi's research. The story will resume after #4, 5. Please look forward to it.
1	hiatus			The announcement used a full-page.
2-3	hiatus
2-3	hiatus
4-5	19
4-5	19
6	19
6	19
7	19
7	19
8	19			Please note that this week's and next week's Hunter X Hunter will be absent.
8	19
9	hiatus
9	hiatus
10	hiatus
10	hiatus
11	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
11	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
12	19
12	19
13	19
13	19
14	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
14	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
15	19
15	19
16	19
16	19
17	19
17	19
18	19	Celestial Tower
18	19
19	19
19	19
20	19
20	19
21	19
21	19
22-23	19			Magazine cover.
22-23	19
24	14
24	14			A special 5 page feature to make up for the gap in serialization.
25	20
25	20			Magazine cover, opening manga, 3 full-color pages in the beginning. A dialogue in the popularity poll announcement celebrating Hunter X Hunter's 50th chapter - Leorio: "We did it!" Gon: "What are you talking about?" Kurapika: "He's talking about the 50th chapter." Killua: "Huh? That's strange. The other manga that started serialization around the same time, such as Rookies and Whistle!, are already... [Editor: "are already way ahead"]" (^_^;)
26	19
26	19
27	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
27	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
28	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
28	hiatus
29	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
29	hiatus
30	19
30	19
31	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
31	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
32	19			All 19 pages of this chapter were rough sketches. This chapter was redrawn for the tankoubon.
32	19
33	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.－－－Announcement: Hunter X Hunter will be absent for a while because Mr. Togashi is ill. Mr. Togashi is aiming to come back soon. Please look forward to his comeback.
33	hiatus			The announcement used up a full-page.
34	hiatus
34	hiatus
35	hiatus
35	hiatus
36	hiatus
36	hiatus
37-38	19		Anime adaption confirmed
37-38	19		Anime adaption confirmed	A synopsis of the story appeared on the second page.
39	19
39	19
40	19
40	19			There was a synopsis on the second page.
41	hiatus			*This week's Shaman King and Hunter X Hunter are absent.
41	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
42	19
42	19
43	19
43	19
44	19
44	19
45	19
45	19
46	20		Anime begins airing
46	20		Anime begins airing	Magazine cover, opening manga, 3 full-colored pages in the beginning.
47	19
47	19
48	19		Hunter Exam
48	19
49	15
49	15
50	19
50	19
51	19
51	19
52-53	13	Yorkshin City
52-53	13	Yorkshin City
2000
1	19	Yorkshin City	Hunter Exam
1	19
2	18
2	18
3-4	19
3-4	19
5-6	20
5-6	20			Opening manga, 3 full-colored pages in the beginning.
7	19
7	19
8	19			Next week's will be absent due to Togashi's research.
8	19
9	hiatus
9	hiatus
10	13
10	13			There was a special gag manga for 6 pages to make up for the gap in serialization
11	19
11	19			Illustrations were sloppy for 7 pages. This chapter was redrawn for the tankoubon. On the second page of the story, Mr. Togashi wrote in his handwriting: I'm sorry the drawings are so sloppy. I will redraw them for the tankoubon. The latter part is sloppier. If you can see... (The last part of the sentence was missing.)
12	19
12	19
13	19
13	19
14	19
14	19
15	19
15	19
16	19
16	19
17	11
17	11			There was a special gag manga for 7 pages to make up for the gap.
18	19
18	19
19	19
19	19
20	19
20	19
21-22	19
21-22	19
23	15
23	15
24	18
24	18
25	hiatus			This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent.
25	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
26	19			Next week's will be absent due to Togashi's research.
26	19
27	hiatus
27	hiatus
28	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
28	hiatus
29	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
29	hiatus
30	hiatus			Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
30	hiatus
31	hiatus			*This week's and next week's Hunter X Hunter will be absent due to certain circumstances. The story will resume after issue 33.
31	hiatus
32	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.. The story will resume after issue 33
32	hiatus
33	19
33	19			There was a synopsis for the story on the first page.
34	19
34	19
35	19
35	19
36-37	19	Celestial Tower
36-37	19
38	19
38	19
39	19
39	19
40	19
40	19
41	15
41	15
42	19
42	19
43	19
43	19
44	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
44	hiatus		The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
45	18
45	18		Magazine cover, opening manga, 3 full-colored pages in the beginning, There was a special feature to make up for the loss.
46	19
46	19
47	19		Hunter X Hunter will be absent for 4 weeks starting next week. The story will resume after issue 52.
47	19		Illustrations were sloppy for 14 pages. This story was redrawn for the tankkoubon. The announcement used up half a page.
48	hiatus
48	hiatus
49	hiatus
49	hiatus
50	hiatus
50	hiatus
51	hiatus
51	hiatus
52	19	Celestial Tower
52	19	Celestial Tower
2001
1	hiatus	Yorkshin City (Not aired yet)	Yorkshin City	*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
1	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
2	13
2	13			There was a special feature that lasted for 2 pages to make up for the gap.
3-4	11
3-4	11
5-6	9
5-6	9
7	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
7	hiatus			2 full-color pages in the middle (the result of the popularity vote). The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
8	19
8	19
9	11			Next week's will be absent due to Togashi's research.
9	11
10	hiatus
10	hiatus
11	15
11	15
12	15
12	15
13	11
13	11
14	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
14	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
15	hiatus			This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
15	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
16	15
16	15
17	15		TV series ends
17	15		TV series ends
18	15
18	15
19	15
19	15
20	15
20	15
21-22	13
21-22	13
23	15
23	15
24	15
24	15
25	15
25	15
26	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
26	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
27	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
27	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
28	15	Greed Island (Not aired yet)
28	15
29	15
29	15
30	15
30	15
31	15
31	15
32	15
32	15
33	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar are absent due to certain reasons from the author.
33	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
34	15
34	15
35	15
35	15			Illustrations of the entire chapter were sloppy. This chapter was redrawn for the tankoubon.
36-37	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
36-37	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
38	15
38	15
39	hiatus			Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
39	hiatus
40	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
40	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
41	hiatus			※*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
41	hiatus
42	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
42	hiatus
43	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
43	hiatus
44	15
44	15			There was a synopsis of the story on the first page.
45	15
45	15
46	15
46	15
47	15
47	15
48	15
48	15
49	hiatus			*Hunter X Hunter is absent.
49	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
50	hiatus			*Please note that this week's Hunter X Hunter is absent.
50	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
51	15
51	15
52	15
52	15
2002
1	hiatus	Greed Island (Not aired yet)		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent.
1	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
2	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
2	hiatus
3	15
3	15
4-5	15
4-5	15			Illustrations of the entire chapter were a little bit sloppy.
6-7	15
6-7	15			Illustrations of the entire chapter were a little bit sloppy.
8	15
8	15
9	15
9	15
10	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar are absent due to certain reasons from the author.
10	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
11	15
11	15
12	15
12	15
13	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
13	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
14	15
14	15
15	15
15	15
16	15
16	15
17	hiatus			(No hiatus announcement)
17	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
18	15
18	15
19	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar absent due to certain reasons from the author.
19	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
20	hiatus			(No hiatus announcement)
20	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
21	hiatus			Hunter X Hunter is absent because the author is ill.
21	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
22-23	15
22-23	15
24	15
24	15
25	15
25	15
26	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
26	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
27	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain circumstances.
27	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
28	hiatus			(No hiatus announcement)
28	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
29	hiatus			*This week's Rookies and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to certain reasons from the author.
29	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
30	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar absent due to certain reasons from the author.
30	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
31	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
31	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
32	15
32	15			There was a synopsis of the story on the first pag
33	15
33	15
34	15
34	15
35	hiatus			This week's Stone Ocean, Rookies and Yu-Gi-Oh! is absent due to their authors' research. Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
35	hiatus			The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
36	15
36	15
37-38	15
37-38	15
39	15		Next week's story will be absent due to the author's research.
39	15
40	hiatus
40	hiatus
41	15
41	15		Magazine cover, an illustration on the front cover, a full-colored page in the middle of the story, there was a 4 pagedescription of a special feature that celebrates the 150th chapter.
42	15
42	15
43	15
43	15
44	15
44	15
45	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
45	hiatus		The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
46	15
46	15
47	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
47	hiatus		The title in the questionnaire card was not replaced.
48	15
48	15
49	15
49	15
50	15
50	15
51	15
51	15
52	15
52	15
2003
1	15	Greed Island (Not aired yet)
1	15
2	15
2	15
3-4	15
3-4	15
5	15
5	15
6-7	15
6-7	15
8	15
8	15
9	15
9	15
10	15			Next week's will absent due to the author's research.
10	15
11	hiatus
11	hiatus
12	15
12	15
13	15
13	15
14	15
14	15
15	15
15	15
16	hiatus			(No hiatus announcement)
16	hiatus
17	15
17	15
18	15
18	15
19	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research.
19	hiatus
20	15
20	15
21	15
21	15
22-23	15
22-23	15
24	15
24	15
25	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research.
25	hiatus
26	15
26	15			Magazine cover.
27	15
27	15
28	15
28	15
29	hiatus			*Hunter X Hunter and The Prince of Tennis are absent due to their authors' research.
29	hiatus
30	15	Chimera Ant (Not aired yet)
30	15
31	15
31	15
32	15
32	15
33	hiatus			*This week's Rookies is absent because the author is ill. Mr. Fullswing and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to their authors' research.
33	hiatus
34	15
34	15
35	15
35	15
36	hiatus			*This week's One Piece and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to their author's research.
36	hiatus
37-38	15
37-38	15
39	15
39	15
40	15
40	15
41	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research.
41	hiatus
42	15
42	15
43	15
43	15
44	15
44	15
45	15
45	15
46	hiatus			*This week's Ichigo 100% and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to their authors' research.
46	hiatus
47	15
47	15
48	15
48	15
49	15
49	15
50	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research.
50	hiatus
51	15
51	15
52	17
52	17			Magazine cover, a full-color page in the middle, there was a 3 page feature on the second Hunter exam.
2004
1	15	Chimera Ant (Not aired yet)
1	15
2	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Shaman King areabsent due to their authors' research. Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
2	hiatus
3	15
3	15
4-5	15
4-5	15
6-7	15
6-7	15
8	hiatus			*This week's The Prince of Tennis and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to their authors' research.
8	hiatus
9	15
9	15
10	15
10	15
11	15
11	15
12	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research.
12	hiatus
13	15
13	15
14	15
14	15
15	15
15	15
16	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research.
16	hiatus
17	15
17	15
18	15
18	15
19	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author. One Piece and Mr. Fullswing are absent due to their authors' research.
19	hiatus
20	hiatus			*This week's Buso Renkin and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to their authors' research.
20	hiatus
21	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author. Naruto and Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar areabsent due to their authors' research.
21	hiatus
22-23	15
22-23	15
24	hiatus			*This week's The Prince of Tennis and Hunter X Hunter are absent due to their authors' research.
24	hiatus
25	hiatus			To all readers, an announcement of Hunter X Hunter's hiatus: Thank you for supporting Hunter X Hunter. We're sorry, but the story will be absent for a while. The serialization will resume after #30. - Weekly Shonen Jump Editorial Desk
25	hiatus			The announcement used up a full-page
26	hiatus
26	hiatus
27	hiatus
27	hiatus
28	hiatus
28	hiatus
29	hiatus
29	hiatus
30	15
30	15
31	hiatus			This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
31	hiatus
32	15			Next week's story will be absent due to the author's research.
32	15
33	hiatus			*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Pyuu To Fuku! Jaguar are absent due to their authors' research.
33	hiatus
34	15
34	15
35	15
35	15
36	hiatus		*This week's Buso Renkin and Hunter X Hunter are not carried for the author's research.
36	hiatus
37-38	15
37-38	15
39	hiatus		*This week's The Prince of Tennis is absent due to the author's research. Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
39	hiatus
40	15
40	15
41	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research
41	hiatus
42	hiatus		This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
42	hiatus
43	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter and Buso Renkin are absent due to certain reasons from the authors.
43	hiatus
44	hiatus		*This week's Buso Renkin is absent due to the author's research. Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
44	hiatus
45	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
45	hiatus
46	15
46	15
47	15
47	15		Magazine cover.
48	hiatus		This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
48	hiatus
49	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to the author's research
49	hiatus
50	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
50	hiatus		An extra "Hunter's Guide" was printed instead.
51	15
51	15
52	15
52	15
53	hiatus		*This week's Hunter X Hunter is absent due to certain reasons from the author.
53	hiatus

*The questionnaire card is a poll where readers vote for their favorite series each week. Series that are not popular are more likely to be dropped from the magazine.

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- Source 1
- Source 2

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I wonder if there'll be a

Submitted by papa (not verified) on Sun, 2007-02-11 17:05.

I wonder if there'll be a chapter this year.
Sad...

hxh continues with chapter

Submitted by hxhfan (not verified) on Sat, 2008-02-02 05:25.

hxh continues with chapter 271 on march 3rd 2008.

the continuation

Submitted by h8r of haitus (not verified) on Thu, 2008-07-17 23:14.

haha 10 chapters(280) and another year long hiatus??? y culdnt i get addicted to a diff manga :(

BACK

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2008-08-31 14:54.

Its finally coming back, on october 6th of this year, together with Volume 26!

Yearly Manga

Submitted by Ed c (not verified) on Sun, 2007-02-11 20:29.

Wow... Just wow! The fans of this title must be either livid or completely.

togashi you lazy bum

Submitted by marc jefferson (not verified) on Mon, 2007-02-12 00:43.

I knew it all along that togashi was taking these breaks in purpose. he is just a lazy dude and he's not ill at all.

On purpose? Last image

Submitted by S (not verified) on Tue, 2007-02-13 03:44.

Was it on purpose that the last color image of the article is a cut about the characters taking a "short break in between their adventures?"

Togashi sensei is taking a really long break, isn't he.

Great article.

Was it on purpose that the

Submitted by Gumugum on Wed, 2007-02-14 01:29.

Was it on purpose that the last color image of the article is a cut about the characters taking a "short break in between their adventures?"

Well, it looked good ^^;

Togashi's not being lazy. I

Submitted by Shura (not verified) on Sat, 2007-02-17 11:48.

Togashi's not being lazy. I believe he's doing this purposely to avoid Hunter x Hunter becoming a cash cow by Jump's editors. Akira Toriyama expressed his frustrations at what Jump wanted out of Dragon ball, so Togashi is avoiding Toriyama's path.

Wow!

Submitted by DigimonQQ (not verified) on Sun, 2007-02-18 14:37.

I can't believe what people are doing to mangas these days!! They're screwing up the styles of Manga artists!! Curse all who use Anime/Manga as cash cows!

HxH

Submitted by piccu (not verified) on Sat, 2007-02-24 13:08.

Yoshihiro Togashi's actions are totally comprehensible.
The Jump system ("The story of a popular manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump must continue uninterrupted.") is just stupid, using the popular manga as cash cows, regardless of the mangaka's well-beeing and the manga's and story and art quality.
I think it's good that HxH did go on hiatus often, since it had a great side-effect on the anime adaptation:
The anime did not turn into an endless anime like Naruto or Bleach with many stupid filler.

In my opinion HUNTER x HUNTER is one of the best anime and manga of its genre.

Happy aniversary

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2007-02-27 01:29.

I am very glad to cerebrate this greatful anniversary not only with guys in 2 channel, but also English speakin guys like you.
Wish I could be a person like Mr. Togashi who is allowed to make an absent as much as he wants,
and cannot be fired how crappy work he does.

Now..... guys....

Let's bet who can be the first first to finish his current works....

1 Guyver by Yoshiki Tanaka
2 Bastard!! by Kazushi Ogiwara
3 HXH by Togashi
4 Eva by Sadamoto

amf!!!!

Submitted by kareem (not verified) on Mon, 2007-03-12 04:51.

ohh!! i cant wait for the video of chimera arc maybe togashi has ill
amff i watch all of the epesodes of hxh im wondering of this arc on this year!!

It could be possible that he

Submitted by illonus (not verified) on Wed, 2007-03-14 09:04.

It could be possible that he was drawing secretly so that he did not have to rush his work, and he slowly worked on the manga storyline so that it would be of best quality. After completing the arc, he'll release it one by one instead of having to rush and not be able to work at his best. If it is like that, I personally do not mind waiting.

Afterall, it's the Jump system that makes good manga plots become bad because of the need to rush. That is IF he does continue doing it in secret, if not I would be rather disappointed at his inresponsibility, for not completing something that he started, even with a valid reason I find it unacceptable. Unless his hands rotted away, I doubt he would want to stop himself from completing such a good manga. :D

That would be the best

Submitted by Gumugum on Sun, 2007-03-25 11:45.

That would be the best scenario, but if he was secretly drawing for more than a year, shouldn't he have at least 3-4 books worth of story already?

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Submitted by vain (not verified) on Fri, 2007-03-16 06:39.

haven't there been any official statement from togashi himself about his descision about the manga? will he continue it or not, ~__~ me want more hunters,

that's why...

Submitted by Al (not verified) on Fri, 2007-03-23 03:08.

well, at least he is not dead...it's very disappointing, such a great story. Oh well, making a good comic series is a tough job, and I wouldn't blame him for not wanting to continue. Sux to see such a good comic series interrupted..

Thanks!! Great and

Submitted by jien (not verified) on Tue, 2007-03-27 02:10.

Thanks!! Great and well-informed article

hey jenny!

Submitted by caca (not verified) on Fri, 2007-03-30 07:39.

evelyn bahay?! ikaw to noh!?

TOGASHI HURRY UP!!!

Submitted by AnonymousGuy (not verified) on Tue, 2007-05-01 21:13.

well, he is supposed to come up in april of 2007 and nothing came. TOGASHI! stop screwing your sailor moon wife and get back your ass to work.

Nothing new to me.....

Submitted by Crazy Redhaired Girl (not verified) on Wed, 2007-05-16 21:25.

Artists ARE lazy, we'll admit it. We usually only work when the mood is right & if we have to work under pressure to meet deadlines we MAKE ourselves physically ill. A year is a very very short hiatus for your average mangaka.

I remember the 7 year hiatus Aoike Yasuko pulled off with Eroica, wich she's still writing today. CLAMP's Legal Drug is supposedly ending it's relatively SHORT hiatus of, what, 3 years? Gawd knows how long Yami no Matsuei 12 has been on hiatus. Bustling mangakas with staffs or manga software tend to spit out no more than 4 manga a year, the rest have to do at least one.

Here's the most common reason for a hiatus; The mangaka ran out of ideas, just like Minami Ozaki after the rather pathetic so-called ending for Bronze 14 that even SHE can't be satisfied with. If he comes out with a new manga prior to the next HxH then I'm right. He'd keep a scrapbook of ideas & work on it inbetween the new project. Like many mangaka, he might already be using a second pin-name under a different publisher (they're so fun to keep up with that way.....) -.-*

The slowest mangaka I've ever collected from is Mamiya Oki, whom releases a manga every year & a half & bides her time illustrating for a friend's novel.

i dont care. just release

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2007-06-12 19:28.

i dont care. just release some issues now!

Well...

Submitted by Riff (not verified) on Tue, 2007-06-26 19:13.

Well... at least i've got the hope that SOMEDAY we'll see Gon and his crew fighting the King...It's ok... I just hope my grand-children won't come to my bed on my last days in this world and tell me the end of the story: GRANDCHILDREN: "...And Gon killed his own father"... ME: "Ok, I'm ready to go now!"

i can't wait for hunter x

Submitted by ryosakuechizaki (not verified) on Thu, 2007-08-02 06:30.

i can't wait for hunter x hunter! i was really stocked on it??? Nee, Yoshihiro-sensei, do you have any plan on resuming the manga???? We're all stocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IS TOGASHI DEAD.... YET?

Submitted by Alluka Lairo (not verified) on Sat, 2007-08-11 05:19.

He's always sicks and they just says that the series stop through this and that but no one actually knows where togashi is, right? is he dead or something?

He's Lazy

Submitted by Mick (not verified) on Mon, 2007-09-17 03:17.

One might think it is his style but his constant excuse of "illness" shows that he is lazy, because if he was truly ill this often then he would be dying. All I know is YYH was the best anime/manga of all time (even though the japanese voice actors were pretty bad compared to the US cast) and I so far have enjoyed HxH... though I would prefer he would stop throwing his hissy fit about shonen and continue Yu Yu Hakusho...

Togashi! You must continued HxH!!

Submitted by scarlet eyes (not verified) on Fri, 2007-09-21 10:39.

I hear HxH will be continued in october 07.
But, I believe that's still issues!
Togashi, pls dont make me angry, you must change your
lazinness, and continued HxH!!
and don't forget, you must draw kurapika in the new chapter of HxH!

Togashi Sensei

Submitted by rhai (not verified) on Sat, 2007-09-29 23:43.

Togashi Sensei.... I do hope that you get to read this. I am just one of your millions of fans, i am also stuck with your HxH. I just hope to get a confirmed news coming from you, that you have the intention at least to continue you works. Pls. let us fans down. I am like Gon now, hopeful to your works.

Correction

Submitted by rhai (not verified) on Sat, 2007-09-29 23:46.

(Pls. dont let us fans down. I am like Gon now, hopeful to your works.) correction

YES! HE"S BACK. HXH IS BACK!

Submitted by illonus (not verified) on Tue, 2007-10-30 08:20.

YES! HE"S BACK. HXH IS BACK! HOORAY!

I saw some of his magazine

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2007-10-30 15:31.

I saw some of his magazine chapters and boy, was I shocked how sloppy his work was around chapter 254 (can't remember what exact chapters). I can't imagine how much redrawing he would have to do for the tankoubon. Although his recent chapters are better I would say. I'm still stuck at vol 23, and I certainly look forward to seeng his new tankoubon published in good quality drawing.

You must understand that

Submitted by illonus (not verified) on Fri, 2007-11-02 10:45.

You must understand that under pressure from shonen jump, he might not have coped well, and thus the sloppy rushed work. :) HXH FTW!

faith

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2007-11-16 23:41.

I believe that togashi well continue for what he started because if he dont, I will be like Gon seeking his father, and
if I will found Togashi maybe I will give him a lesson for what he started...
and hopefully he could realize that he will continue for it..:D

PLEASE CARRY ON WITH HXH

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2007-12-20 13:54.

right now it is december 2007 i want to see the rest of the hunterxhunter brcause i am still on the Greed Island series please continue with hunterxhunter and create the series such as Chimera Ant and muach more. dont let this blud down. sfe;p

well, at least he is not

Submitted by security systems (not verified) on Wed, 2008-01-16 19:51.

Another Hiatus

Submitted by Jacky (not verified) on Mon, 2008-01-28 00:16.

Any official release for how long until episode 271? I hope it's not another one year hiatus...

argh..

Submitted by meinard (not verified) on Thu, 2008-02-21 10:23.

i can't wait!!!!!

One might think it is his

Submitted by home security systems (not verified) on Mon, 2008-04-28 11:11.

more manga series of hunter x hunter

Submitted by kido (not verified) on Tue, 2008-07-01 14:21.

hey i wish you could send me the next and latest episodes HxH on manga if possible., ive waited for 1 month but still the onemanga.com site does not provide the next issue.

Ended yet?

Submitted by Fan person (not verified) on Sat, 2008-07-12 07:07.

Hey, has this 'Hiatus' ended yet?
HunterXHunter's really fun

The hiatus mentioned in the

Submitted by Gumugum on Tue, 2008-07-15 07:14.

The hiatus mentioned in the article ended a while ago, but now it's on a new hiatus! I should probably update the article sometime to reflect this change ;)

Please continue my Fave anime HXH

Submitted by Roy Vincent (not verified) on Sat, 2008-07-19 09:49.

Togashi Sensei
please continue what have you started...
I really love hunter x hunter and no one would bet its great story...
please

UPDATES PLEASE

Submitted by DZARKOVE MAPUTOL (not verified) on Sun, 2008-08-24 03:46.

I don't care if HxH isn't finished. I just want to know if the writer is dead or alive.

the HxH is on onemanga.com

Submitted by jimyboy09 (not verified) on Sat, 2008-10-04 07:25.

the HxH is on onemanga.com it is 281 yeah see it for your self

i Love HunterXhunter

Submitted by major (not verified) on Mon, 2008-10-06 10:17.

i hope that HunterXhunter will be continued!
pls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes....

Submitted by shiro (not verified) on Fri, 2009-01-02 21:00.

Its on hiatus yet again...
Never seen such a lazy mangaka in my life...

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Submitted by Anonymous  (not verified) on Thu, 2009-01-15 18:12.

www.deathnoteforum13.zforum.biz

Its an Awsome forum site. They got music and everything and even a chat box to chat right away!! its awsome! Dude they need members so it think someone should check it out. Just register its easy!! its better than Comi trust me.

Lazy or what ever reason,

Submitted by HxH Fan (not verified) on Thu, 2009-02-12 22:33.

Lazy or what ever reason, it's his right to do so, period.

You don't like it, go ahead and read something else like Naruto or Bleach... Duh...

Has a lot more death and

Submitted by Kon (not verified) on Fri, 2009-02-13 01:00.

Has a lot more death and violence.

It is still most interesting series out there.

He was Sick

Submitted by Hitsuji Kinno (not verified) on Mon, 2009-03-09 23:48.

He was sick... Naoko Takeuchi, his wife said he was sick for most of the year he claimed to be sick from exhaustion. But with their combined estates they are friggin' rich. They have a son together to take care of and she's been managing his estates.

She claimed that he runs away from his fans anyhow... but she married him still... So it might be a combo of the two... She talks more about his status than he does... --;; So I think it's probably both, but I think he took that picture of Takeuchi-sensei for her homepage in October... so he can't be *that* sick.

And if you're talking hiatus, Glass Mask? How many years was that manga on hiatus?

Ahh, but rumor has it...

Submitted by Erica R. (not verified) on Mon, 2009-04-20 10:06.

...that he's a huge video game otaku, and the reason why he's not putting out manga is because he's addicted. Esp. to the Final Fantasy games. =x

We'll probably get one tankouban a year just to prove that he hasn't forgotten about us, frankly, I just wish they would start putting out an anime again. At least up until King was born.

I'm still waiting....

Submitted by Vraxykykloma (not verified) on Thu, 2009-04-16 20:58.

I'm still waiting.... Couldn't someone tell me about this genius(but still torturing) mangaka?!? I'm really begining to worry (I know it is selfish and inresponsible) about the mangaka's health...DAMN, I don't mind hiring him a full-time bodyguard so that nothing happens to him! JUST GIVE ME ANOTHER CHAPTER PLEEEEEEEAAASEEEEEE!!! (And there are people out there talking about drug addicts, sight)

I wish hunterxhunter tv series would continue

Submitted by safira (not verified) on Sat, 2009-04-25 05:29.

I want hunterxhunter tv series 2 continue... because its different from the manga itself.
and I want 2 collect all the hunterxhunter series/dvd including manga as well.
please, please, please let continue anime 4 hunterxhunter pleaseeee... im begging u!! or I'll be broken hearted..because I love it soooo muchhhh. :(

This Guys retarded

Submitted by Joe'' MaMa (not verified) on Wed, 2009-04-29 11:34.

ok dont get me wrong i loved YYH and i think HXH is brilliant but i cant stand his hissy fits if u love making manga stop making excuses to put it off and DO YOUR JOB if i were his employer i would have fired his ass a looooong time ago cuz if all he wants to do is go on a hiatus and its THAT big of a deal to draw for a living (Which id love) i say fire him so he can go crawl in a hole and throw his hiatus there LOSER GET UR S%$&T 2GETHER!!!!

OMG

Submitted by Reika (not verified) on Sun, 2009-06-21 10:43.

OMG YOU'RE RIGHT! No matter what people think of manga now as a hobby or entertainment, drawing manga is his job and he should do it! I'm surprised that Jump editors haven't fired him yet! But then again he could be really "sick" as he says...

Hunter X Hunter vs One Piece

Submitted by Aloha (not verified) on Wed, 2009-05-06 12:59.

if i don't remember wrong, Hunter X Hunter and One Piece started almost the same time....
One Piece has now 541 chapters compared to the 290 of Hunter X Hunter....

it's kinda disappointing having to wait for so long....
Hunter X Hunter was once my #1 but now i'm not sure where i left it.....

really do hope the chapters will continue soon as everyone's patience is running out.....

~Aloha~

HxH

Submitted by KingGreed (not verified) on Thu, 2009-05-07 03:18.

Well, guys, if you just noticed....

Compare HxH's drawings to other manga...
HxH has too many words and explanation.
And HxH's drawing are more "Solid" compared to other manga.

If Togashi's reason of the long haitus is making some scientific methods on the action: ex. The way Ikaguro "almost took out the crab guy...There were to many methods to be read". Include the SFX on the battlefield like when Yupi exploded.

If calculating Potclean's numbers is hard, this might be a gud reason

BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALL of THESE MIGHT BE PROOF THAT TOGASHI IS JUST A M*THERF*UCKING LAZY *SSF*CKER...

DUDE! YOU TOOK 2 YEARS TO DO CHAPTER 291!!! DO THE NEXT CHAPTER ALREADY YOU LAZY BUM!!!

Hiatus after hiatus after

Submitted by Hunter (not verified) on Fri, 2009-05-15 11:37.

Hiatus after hiatus after hiatus. This is getting pathetic. The title "Hiatus x Hiatus" fits better.

do u know?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2009-05-27 14:32.

whats the last chapter of HxH?
i've read till 290 but a guy here says 291 is ready??
in what webpage u read the manga?

the show must go on...

Submitted by tomgutom (not verified) on Thu, 2009-05-28 23:45.

if he's too busy/lazy to do it,
then how about if someone buy the rights of HxH and continue the series?

Hiatus

Submitted by mayisdumblala (not verified) on Tue, 2009-06-16 01:55.

Reading these other comments makes me feel better about the hiatus. It makes me feel like i'm not the only one who's been waiting around forever for chapter 291. Since Yoshihiro Togahsi is always putting the manga on hiatus, I wonder if he's very sick. I'm afraid that he's going to die before chapter 291. Of course, someone else could just continue the manga for him, but it just wouldn't be the same.

da-da-dahmm!!!

Submitted by cheezestrings!!! (not verified) on Sat, 2009-06-20 19:37.

I really doubt that he's still sick. I'm pretty sure he's just too lazy to do it. I just hope that he finally continues it before its too late(..you knoww...) I would be really pissed off if it's just left like that....

It has been, [7 months?] since the last chapter. I tried reading/watching other manga but they're just not the same!!!! ahh!! have mercy on ur fans!!!! please continue it as soon as you can!!!

T-T *sob* *sob* T-T

But honestly

Submitted by animelover (not verified) on Tue, 2009-06-23 05:39.

yu yu hakusho and hunter x hunter is prolly one of my fav animes...its painful when a series doesnt complete like fast lane LOL

so retarded.....,

Submitted by anonymooouuuusssss!!! (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-02 15:29.

seriously, a lot of people are losing interest in hxh because of this stupid hiatus. doesn't he realize this? he's still stinkin rich so i guess he could care less....BUT STILL!!!!!! he's so stupid....judging from where we are now and all of the things that are coming up, i doubt that we're even halfway throughout the whole story..so every frikin 10 chapters we have 2 wait like a year?! he's gonna be dead by the time this is even close to being finished!!!

Togashi we're begging you, get your ass back to work before we all lose our minds....

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