Hunter X Hunter Manga Resumes Serialization on June 29
The return confirms Togashi has built a buffer of completed chapters, suggesting a more stable release cadence than the irregular schedule the series has followed since ending weekly serialization.
Key Facts
- Hunter x Hunter manga resumes serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 31 on June 29 with chapter 411, the first new chapter in about 567 days since chapter 410 ran in December 2024.
- Shueisha releases the manga's 39th compiled volume on July 3, its first new volume in 22 months.
- Yoshihiro Togashi has completed manuscripts up to chapter 421, posting on X that a buffer of chapters is ready.
- The teaser video on Jump's official YouTube channel previews the Succession Contest Arc with keywords 'Balance,' 'Contention,' 'Retaliation,' 'Pleasure,' and 'Destruction.'
- The third stage play adaptation, Hunter x Hunter The Stage 3, covering the Greed Island arc, ran in May and June 2025 in Tokyo and Osaka.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Comic Natalie, KAI-YOU.
Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga will resume serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump on June 29, with chapter 411 appearing in issue 31. The new chapter is the first in about 567 days, since chapter 410 ran in December 2024. Shueisha will release the manga's 39th compiled volume on July 3, its first new volume in 22 months. The series went on hiatus in January 2023 due to Togashi's health issues, and Shueisha announced in December 2022 that it would no longer follow a weekly serialization format. Togashi has posted on X that manuscripts up to chapter 421 are complete. A teaser video on Jump's official YouTube channel previews the upcoming chapter, featuring characters from the ongoing Succession Contest Arc, including Kurapika, the Phantom Troupe, and the Kakin Empire princes. The manga began in 1998 and has inspired multiple anime series, films, stage plays, and video games.
The new chapter will run with a center color page in Jump issue 31, according to Comic Natalie. Shueisha published chapters 401 through 410 in Jump from issue 45 of 2024 to issue two of 2025, Anime News Network reports. Togashi underwent surgery in December 2024 and said at the time that he had drafted storyboard layouts for two more chapters.
The teaser video on Jump's official YouTube channel summarizes each faction's objective in the Succession Contest Arc with single words: "Balance," "Contention," "Retaliation," "Pleasure," and "Destruction," KAI-YOU notes. The arc, set aboard the Black Whale heading to the Dark Continent, has been running since 2016.
Volume 38 shipped in English from Viz Media on January 6. The third stage play adaptation, Hunter x Hunter The Stage 3, ran in May and June 2025 at theaters in Tokyo and Osaka, covering the Greed Island arc. Bushiroad Games and Eighting released the 2D 3v3 fighting game Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact worldwide for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam in July 2025. The Hunter x Hunter Nen x Survivor survival roguelike game launched for iOS and Android on February 18.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes Serialization on June 29
- Comic Natalie 「HUNTER×HUNTER」次号ジャンプに最新話掲載、単行本39巻は7月3日発売
- KAI-YOU 冨樫義博『HUNTER×HUNTER』最新話が6月29日刊行の『ジャンプ』に掲載