{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3e45615ce9c46c60b7352e41","clusterId":"c_e63f8b731268c40f11b2e16d","slug":"nippon-sangoku-manga-goes-on-hiatus-as-creator-recovers-from-steroid-withdrawal","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Nippon Sangoku Manga Goes on Hiatus as Creator Recovers From Steroid Withdrawal","summary":"Ikka Matsuki announced on June 1 that the Nippon Sangoku manga is going on hiatus. Matsuki is recovering from steroid withdrawal syndrome and has been bedridden with a high fever for over two weeks. The manga launched in 2021 on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website. Its seventh volume shipped on April 10. The television anime adaptation began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 5.","whyItMatters":"The hiatus pauses a manga that has received critical recognition, including a Manga Taisho nomination, and whose anime adaptation just started airing.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIkka Matsuki posted on X on Monday that this month's update of Nippon Sangoku has been postponed and the series will go on hiatus. Matsuki is recovering from steroid withdrawal syndrome, has had a high fever for more than two weeks, and remains bedridden. Matsuki said they will focus on recovery for now.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manga launched in 2021 on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website. Shogakukan published the seventh compiled volume on April 10. The television anime adaptation, Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 5 in over 240 countries and territories. The manga was nominated in the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023 and appeared in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's top 20 for male readers that same year.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ikka Matsuki's steroid withdrawal sidelines Nippon Sangoku just as its anime adaptation premiered on Prime Video.","twitterPost":"Nippon Sangoku's hiatus hits one month after its anime began streaming on Prime Video.","threadsPost":"Ikka Matsuki's steroid withdrawal syndrome has put Nippon Sangoku on hiatus. The timing is tight: the manga's seventh volume shipped in April, and the anime adaptation just launched on Prime Video in early April. Matsuki has been bedridden with high fever for over two weeks.","newsletterBlurb":"Ikka Matsuki announced on X that the Nippon Sangoku manga is going on hiatus. Matsuki is recovering from steroid withdrawal syndrome and has been bedridden with a high fever for over two weeks. The manga launched in 2021 and its anime adaptation began streaming on Amazon Prime Video in April.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-04/nippon-sangoku-the-three-nations-of-the-crimson-sun-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.238121\",\"title\":\"Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun Manga Goes on Hiatus\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3990,"outputTokens":623,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780569382,"createdAt":"2026-06-04T10:26:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-04T10:31:19.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T10:31:19.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e63f8b731268c40f11b2e16d","canonicalTitle":"News\nNippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun Manga Goes on Hiatus","representativeArticleId":"a_5465df52eab9ea5d53da7670","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Ikka Matsuki\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-04T09:06:08.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-04T09:06:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T10:31:19.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-04/nippon-sangoku-the-three-nations-of-the-crimson-sun-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.238121","title":"News\nNippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun Manga Goes on Hiatus"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Ikka Matsuki"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Ikka Matsuki announced on June 1 that the Nippon Sangoku manga is going on hiatus due to their recovery from steroid withdrawal syndrome, with Matsuki bedridden with a high fever for over two weeks.","The Nippon Sangoku manga launched in 2021 on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website, and its seventh volume shipped on April 10.","The television anime adaptation, Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on April 5 in over 240 countries and territories.","The manga was nominated in the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023 and appeared in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's top 20 for male readers that same year."]}