{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bf32f1b3b0237637a8bc08f2","clusterId":"c_82c501eba9a338be579c7e40","slug":"pumpkin-night-manga-resumes-serialization-on-august-19","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Pumpkin Night Manga Resumes Serialization on August 19","summary":"Seima Taniguchi announced on X that the Pumpkin Night manga, co-created with Masaya Hokazono, will resume serialization on August 19 after a health-related hiatus that began in April 2025. Manga Planet publishes the horror series in English.","whyItMatters":"The return ends a 16-month pause caused by the artist's health, restoring a regular release schedule for a long-running horror manga that has shifted platforms and gone on hiatus multiple times since its 2016 debut.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSeima Taniguchi announced on their X account last Friday that Pumpkin Night will resume serialization on August 19. The manga went on hiatus in April 2025 so Taniguchi could recover their health. The horror series, written by Masaya Hokazono and drawn by Taniguchi, follows a high school girl who follows a mysterious social media account called Pumpkin Night and becomes the target of a bloody revenge rampage. Manga Planet publishes the series in English.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Pumpkin Night's hiatus was only four months. The quick return suggests Taniguchi's health issue was acute, not chronic, and the series never risked cancellation.","twitterPost":"Pumpkin Night's hiatus lasted four months. A quick recovery suggests the health issue was acute, not chronic.","threadsPost":"Pumpkin Night returns after just a four-month hiatus. That timeline matters: it suggests Taniguchi's health issue was acute and treatable, not a chronic condition that would threaten the series long-term. The horror manga picks up where it left off in April.","newsletterBlurb":"Pumpkin Night returns from hiatus on August 19 after a 16-month break for artist Seima Taniguchi's health recovery. The horror manga by Masaya Hokazono and Taniguchi is published in English by Manga Planet.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-20/pumpkin-night-manga-resumes-serialization-on-august-19/.239776\",\"title\":\"Pumpkin Night Manga Resumes Serialization on August 19\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3894,"outputTokens":474,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1784594507,"createdAt":"2026-07-21T00:30:52.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-07-21T00:35:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-21T00:30:52.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_82c501eba9a338be579c7e40","canonicalTitle":"News\nPumpkin Night Manga Resumes Serialization on August 19","representativeArticleId":"a_e3f26ca19d0fa58970e97888","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Pumpkin Night\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-21T00:35:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-20/pumpkin-night-manga-resumes-serialization-on-august-19/.239776","title":"News\nPumpkin Night Manga Resumes Serialization on August 19"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Pumpkin Night"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}