{"rewrite":{"id":"r_00b72f8720dbfdf24a9d0ac1","clusterId":"c_11d6072532870884fabd26c9","slug":"battle-in-5-seconds-manga-resumes-after-health-hiatus","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Battle In 5 Seconds Manga Resumes After Health Hiatus","summary":"Miyakokasiwa's Battle in 5 Seconds manga resumed on Thursday, after Shogakukan posted the previous chapter on June 11 and the author announced a hiatus on August 13. The break was due to the author's poor health. Shogakukan published the 31st compiled volume on July 10. The series, a remake of Saizo Harawata's original, inspired a 2021 anime with a Crunchyroll English dub.","whyItMatters":"The return keeps a series the author has said is approaching its end moving again, after a 2024-2025 break over the same health issues.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe manga had already stopped once. Miyakokasiwa announced a hiatus in October 2024 while noting health and personal issues since the start of that year, and said the series was approaching its end. Serialization resumed in January 2025, then stalled again after the June 11 chapter, with the author announcing the second break on August 13. Comikey publishes the series in English, and Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Manga ONE app carries it alongside Ura Sunday, where the remake launched in 2015.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Miyakokasiwa's return puts the schedule back on the board, but the 31st volume already shipped in July. The serialization now has to catch up to print.","twitterPost":"Miyakokasiwa's return leaves the print schedule untouched: volume 31 shipped in July while the manga was on hiatus.","threadsPost":"Miyakokasiwa's return restarts the serialization, but volume 31 already shipped on July 10 while the manga was on break. The chapters now have to catch up to a print schedule that never paused.","newsletterBlurb":"Battle in 5 Seconds is running again as of Thursday, after the author announced a hiatus on August 13 over poor health. The previous chapter had run June 11. It is the second such break in two years; Miyakokasiwa has said the series is approaching its end.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-01/battle-in-5-seconds-manga-resumes/.242363\",\"title\":\"Battle in 5 Seconds Manga Resumes\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4318,"outputTokens":546,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791094475,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T06:12:18.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T06:13:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:13:25.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_11d6072532870884fabd26c9","canonicalTitle":"News\nBattle in 5 Seconds Manga Resumes","representativeArticleId":"a_7e079aeee501321b137828d8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Battle in 5 Seconds\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Miyakokasiwa\",\"Saizō Harawata\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-01T10:55:50.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-01T10:55:50.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-01/battle-in-5-seconds-manga-resumes/.242363","title":"News\nBattle in 5 Seconds Manga Resumes"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Battle in 5 Seconds"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Miyakokasiwa","Saizō Harawata"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}