{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3f5f17d08b5faf974b1c83e7","clusterId":"c_4bcce9f417235c44c885e58f","slug":"yoshihiro-togashi-to-decline-future-deadline-work","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Yoshihiro Togashi To Decline Future Deadline Work","summary":"Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Hunter x Hunter, stated on X on Monday that he will decline all future work requests that come with deadlines. The decision, which he attributed to a combination of physical and mental health issues, takes effect after he finishes his current commissions. Togashi said he wants to prioritize his own manuscripts. The Hunter x Hunter manga went back on hiatus on September 7 after resuming serialization on June 29. The run covered chapters 411 to 420, and the release timing for chapter 421 is unannounced. Togashi posted on September 15 that he had finished the manuscript for chapter 428. Shueisha published the 39th compiled volume on July 3, the first volume in 22 months, and the series has 100 million copies in circulation.","whyItMatters":"Togashi is stepping back from the side commissions that fill a manga artist's schedule, keeping only his own pages on the desk, which means the Hunter x Hunter hiatus is now tied to his drawing capacity rather than to any publisher timetable.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe posts came from Togashi\u0026#39;s own X account, and he used them to set one condition: updates on the drawings will appear there when he resumes. \u0026#34;Due to a combination of physical and mental health issues, I\u0026#39;ve decided that after completing the work I\u0026#39;m currently committed to, I will turn down all future requests that come with deadlines and prioritize working on my own manuscripts.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePast episodes fill in the reason. Togashi has chronic lower back trouble and has said severe pain kept him out of a chair for about two years, while ordinary movement took three to five times longer than usual. He had surgery in 2024.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workaround already exists. After chapter 400, Shueisha took Hunter x Hunter off a standard weekly schedule and moved it to periodic batch releases. Chapters 401 to 410 ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from issue 45 of 2024 to issue two of 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome context on the series itself:\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Togashi finished the chapter 428 manuscript on September 15, but chapter 421 still has no release date. Declining deadline work changes what Shueisha can schedule, not whether chapters exist.","twitterPost":"Togashi's chapter 421 has no release date, yet he finished chapter 428's manuscript on September 15. Dropping deadlines splits writing pace from publishing pace.","threadsPost":"Togashi finished the chapter 428 manuscript on September 15 while the release timing for chapter 421 remains unannounced. Dropping deadline work separates how fast he writes from how fast Shueisha publishes.","newsletterBlurb":"Yoshihiro Togashi said he will stop taking deadline work after his current commissions so he can focus on his own manuscripts, citing physical and mental health issues. The Hunter x Hunter manga returned in June, stopped again on September 7, and its next chapter has no date. Shueisha shipped the 39th volume in July.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-05/hunter-x-hunter-manga-creator-yoshihiro-togashi-to-limit-work-due-to-physical-mental-health-issues/.242517\",\"title\":\"Hunter X Hunter Manga Creator Yoshihiro Togashi to Limit Work Due to Physical/Mental Health Issues\"},{\"source\":\"Animehunch\",\"url\":\"https://animehunch.com/hxh-yoshihiro-togashi-stops-work-requests-health-issues/\",\"title\":\"Hunter x Hunter Author Yoshihiro Togashi To Stop All Future Work Requests Due To Health Issues\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9989,"outputTokens":1326,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791235328,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:18:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T21:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T21:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4bcce9f417235c44c885e58f","canonicalTitle":"Hunter x Hunter Author Yoshihiro Togashi To Stop All Future Work Requests Due To Health Issues","representativeArticleId":"a_d4330153d4f5f30a11c6b56d","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Hunter x Hunter\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Yoshihiro Togashi\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T12:34:10.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T21:21:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-05/hunter-x-hunter-manga-creator-yoshihiro-togashi-to-limit-work-due-to-physical-mental-health-issues/.242517","title":"News\nHunter X Hunter Manga Creator Yoshihiro Togashi to Limit Work Due to Physical/Mental Health Issues"},{"source":"Animehunch","url":"https://animehunch.com/hxh-yoshihiro-togashi-stops-work-requests-health-issues/","title":"Hunter x Hunter Author Yoshihiro Togashi To Stop All Future Work Requests Due To Health Issues"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Hunter x Hunter"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Yoshihiro Togashi"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Yoshihiro Togashi announced on X on October 5, 2026, that he will decline future work requests with deadlines after finishing his current commissions.","Hunter x Hunter went back on hiatus on September 7, 2026, after a run of chapters 411 to 420 that began on June 29, 2026.","Shueisha published the 39th compiled volume of Hunter x Hunter on July 3, 2026, the first volume in 22 months.","Hunter x Hunter has exceeded 100 million copies in circulation, including digital copies.","Togashi posted on September 15, 2026, that he had finished the manuscript for chapter 428."]}