Togashi, update on Hunter x Hunter and his health

Key Takeaways

• Togashi's health issues, particularly chronic back pain, led to irregular publishing of Hunter x Hunter.
• Togashi recently underwent surgery, finished a new chapter, and hired an assistant to help with the serialization.
• Hunter x Hunter is back from hiatus with weekly chapters starting in October 2024.

Recently Togashi provided several updates related to: Hunter × Hunter and his overall health. Hunter × Hunter Running on Shueisha boy jumping It has been written in 38 volumes since 1998.

despite boy jumping It's been a few years since I started working as a weekly magazine. Hunter × Hunter We had an irregular publishing schedule. This is mainly due to creator Yoshihiro Togashi's health issues, especially chronic back pain, making it difficult to draw new chapters.

Anyway, he posted this on his social media. he finished the job name (Referred to as the original manuscript of the manga chapter) Two new chapters. He also said: He underwent surgery under local anesthesia. And he said the experience was worthwhile. (Apparently the doctors explained to him what they were doing while they did it, since he was awake.) Togashi did not explain what the purpose of the surgery was.

The translation is as follows:

I finished two chapters.

I had surgery. Local anesthesia.

For medical treatment reasons, everything was explained.

It was great to learn that.

So I think it was a valuable experience.

Thank you very much.

Hunter x Hunter latest chapter

recent Hunter × Hunter A chapter was published this year. Episode 400 was published in 2022, after which the series was discontinued again. Chapter 401 was finally published on October 7, 2024, and now the series has been receiving chapters every week since then (the latest one is chapter 408, published on November 25).

Typically chapters are published in “blocks”. Togashi prepares about 10 chapters before serializing them. Hunter × Hunter volume) then begins a new break to prepare for more chapters. It's not confirmed if the series will follow this pattern once again, but he's been working on several chapters recently.

Togashi's back pain and health

Togashi has suffered from chronic back pain for a long time. This pain sometimes reaches a peak (“crisis”) that makes it impossible to perform everyday tasks. A few years ago, I also made a comment like this. boy jumping He had trouble getting out of bed to go to the bathroom and was in so much pain that he sometimes had to call an ambulance.

It is not uncommon for mangaka to experience pain in their backs and hands, so this problem was likely caused or exacerbated by Togashi's work routine. The pain is so severe that I can't do even the smallest of tasks, and I even stop drawing comics during this difficult time. Additionally, Togashi didn't have any assistants for a long time (because he wanted to do everything himself), but recently hired some of his assistants to help with the work. Hunter × Hunter Serialization.

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Source: X's official Togashi account (formerly Twitter)