{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f51623ba6727f7971e31004e","clusterId":"c_ca00cd479d80fdf799cb31be","slug":"medalist-manga-goes-on-hiatus","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Medalist Manga Goes on Hiatus","summary":"Tsurumaikada's Olympic ice-skating manga Medalist is going on hiatus due to production circumstances, the official X/Twitter account announced on Friday. No return date was given. The creator apologized and said that when the manga resumes, she would ideally like to carry the story to the Junior Grand Prix finals without any breaks.","whyItMatters":"The manga pauses while the franchise is mid-release, with the second anime season finished and a film opening in February, and the creator has tied her return to reaching the Junior Grand Prix finals.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe pause lands while the Medalist franchise is at its busiest. The second anime season ran nine episodes on TV Asahi\u0026#39;s NUMAnimation block, and a film set after that season opens in Japan on February 19. The manga reached its 15th compiled volume on July 22, and it has won Best General Manga at both the Shogakukan Manga Awards and Kodansha\u0026#39;s Manga Awards. Kodansha USA publishes the English edition. The announcement gave no indication of when the manga will return.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Medalist is going on hiatus due to production circumstances, with no return date announced. Tsurumaikada apologized and said she hopes to carry the story to the Junior Grand Prix finals without breaks once it resumes.","twitterPost":"Medalist is going on hiatus due to production circumstances. No return date yet. Tsurumaikada apologized and hopes to take the story to the Junior Grand Prix finals without breaks when it resumes.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Medalist is going on hiatus due to production circumstances, with no return date announced. Creator Tsurumaikada apologized and said she hopes to carry the story to the Junior Grand Prix finals without breaks once it resumes. The pause comes as the franchise is mid-release, with the second anime season done and a film opening in February.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-04/medalist-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.241370\",\"title\":\"Medalist Manga Goes on Hiatus\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4297,"outputTokens":1618,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":null,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T09:45:52.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T09:49:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T09:49:03.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ca00cd479d80fdf799cb31be","canonicalTitle":"News\nMedalist Manga Goes on Hiatus","representativeArticleId":"a_6aa97022a0f749f69d19b9e5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Medalist\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-04T08:26:40.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-04T08:26:40.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T09:49:03.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-04/medalist-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.241370","title":"News\nMedalist Manga Goes on Hiatus"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Medalist"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}