{"rewrite":{"id":"r_09308316c92347129c36b9b5","clusterId":"c_9486ba2cc253429fb80a30a9","slug":"kagurabachi-manga-takes-one-week-break-as-author-recovers-from-sudden-illness","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kagurabachi Manga Takes One-Week Break as Author Recovers From Sudden Illness","summary":"Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi manga is on a one-issue break due to the author's sudden illness, as announced in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump issue 25. The series will return in the next issue on May 25. This is the second unplanned break for health reasons in under a year, following a similar pause in June 2025.","whyItMatters":"The break comes just weeks after the announcement of the Kagurabachi anime adaptation for April 2027, and the series has seen a circulation jump from 2.2 million to 4 million copies in the past year.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTakeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi is taking another unplanned week off. This year's 25th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump announced Monday that the manga will skip its scheduled chapter due to Hokazono's sudden illness. The series is slated to return in the next issue on May 25. The break mirrors a similar one in June 2025, also attributed to sudden illness, and an October 2025 pause for production reasons. The announcement came too late to remove the series from the issue's postcard, as the printing process had already locked in the layout. Kagurabachi has been on a steady upward trajectory since its September 2023 debut, with circulation doubling from 2.2 million in May 2025 to 4 million as of April 2026. The series is also set for a television anime adaptation debuting in April 2027, with a world tour event screening the first 20 minutes of episode one starting this summer.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kagurabachi skips this week's Shonen Jump issue as author Takeru Hokazono recovers from sudden illness. The series returns May 25. Second health-related break in under a year.","twitterPost":"Kagurabachi takes a one-week break due to author Takeru Hokazono's sudden illness. Returns May 25 in Weekly Shonen Jump. Second health pause in under a year.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Kagurabachi is on a one-issue break this week as Takeru Hokazono deals with a sudden illness, Shueisha announced. The series returns May 25. It is the second unplanned health-related pause in less than a year for the hit manga, which recently doubled its circulation to 4 million copies and has an anime adaptation set for April 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-17/kagurabachi-manga-takes-1-week-break-due-to-author-health/.237452\",\"title\":\"Kagurabachi Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4246,"outputTokens":665,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779827196,"createdAt":"2026-05-17T17:01:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-17T17:15:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-17T17:15:46.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9486ba2cc253429fb80a30a9","canonicalTitle":"Kagurabachi Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health","representativeArticleId":"a_532957187c5af1f4d212a5e2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Kagurabachi\"],\"studios\":[\"Shueisha\"],\"people\":[\"Takeru Hokazono\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-17T15:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-17T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-18T15:49:11.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-17/manga-artist-kumichi-yoshizuki-takes-break-to-focus-on-health/.237462","title":"Manga Artist Kumichi Yoshizuki Takes Break to Focus on Health"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Kagurabachi"],"studios":["Shueisha"],"people":["Takeru Hokazono"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Kagurabachi manga skipped its scheduled chapter in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 25 due to author Takeru Hokazono's sudden illness.","The series is set to return in the next issue on May 25.","This is the second unplanned break for health reasons in under a year, following a similar pause in June 2025.","The manga's circulation doubled from 2.2 million in May 2025 to 4 million as of April 2026.","A television anime adaptation of Kagurabachi is scheduled to debut in April 2027."]}