{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bd8cc56d77fcd7ce357b6db1","clusterId":"c_b26d04572a0728d152b64e6b","slug":"gachiakuta-manga-remains-on-hiatus-as-kodansha-waits-on-return-date","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Gachiakuta Manga Remains on Hiatus as Kodansha Waits on Return Date","summary":"Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine addressed the ongoing Gachiakuta hiatus on September 8, stating it will announce the manga's return once decided. The magazine's last new chapter ran in the combined 36th and 37th issue shipped August 5. Issue pages since have said the break is for creator Kei Urana to conduct research. Kodansha published the 19th collected volume on July 16, and the anime adaptation premiered in July 2025.","whyItMatters":"Kodansha is treating the break as open-ended research time with no return date set, which leaves the magazine's schedule and the print volumes that follow it without a fixed anchor.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese edition is paused, not finished. Kodansha\u0026#39;s Weekly Shonen Magazine said on September 8 that it will announce a return date when one is decided, and its issue pages since August 5 have described the break as research time for creator Kei Urana. Kodansha USA Publishing handles the English release, the 19th collected volume shipped on July 16, and the television anime premiered in Japan in July 2025 on CBC, TBS, and 26 other channels. Crunchyroll streams the series, including an English dub, and a second season is planned.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Issue pages since August 5 have told readers the break is for research, and that wording has held for over a month. Kodansha still has no return chapter to print, only a promise to announce one.","twitterPost":"Kodansha's hiatus notice never names an end date, only that one will be announced. The 19th volume shipped July 16.","threadsPost":"Kei Urana's break is filed under research, and Kodansha has repeated that reason in issue pages since the last chapter on August 5. A research hiatus has no fixed end, so the magazine's promise to announce a return date is the only schedule readers get.","newsletterBlurb":"Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine commented on September 8 about the paused Gachiakuta, saying a return date will be announced once one is decided. The last new chapter ran in the combined 36th and 37th issue shipped August 5, and issue pages since have attributed the break to creator Kei Urana conducting research. The 19th collected volume shipped July 16, and the anime adaptation, streaming on Crunchyroll, is set for a second season.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-13/kei-urana-gachiakuta-manga-continues-hiatus/.241715\",\"title\":\"Kei Urana's Gachiakuta Manga Continues Hiatus\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4377,"outputTokens":631,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789283663,"createdAt":"2026-09-13T07:08:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-13T07:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-13T07:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b26d04572a0728d152b64e6b","canonicalTitle":"News\nKei Urana's Gachiakuta Manga Continues Hiatus","representativeArticleId":"a_813294edebfa2a5403afe972","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Gachiakuta\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Kodansha\"],\"people\":[\"Kei Urana\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-13T06:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-13T06:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-13T07:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-13/kei-urana-gachiakuta-manga-continues-hiatus/.241715","title":"News\nKei Urana's Gachiakuta Manga Continues Hiatus"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Gachiakuta"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Kodansha"],"people":["Kei Urana"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}