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Kagurabachi Manga Goes on Hiatus Until August

The proactive one-month break, initiated by the editorial team rather than by an emergency, signals a shift in how Weekly Shonen Jump handles creator health for its biggest new hit.

Key Facts

  • The Kagurabachi manga will enter a hiatus starting with Weekly Shonen Jump issue 31, on sale June 29, 2026, and is expected to resume in August 2026.
  • The editorial team decided author Takeru Hokazono would take a planned rest after he expressed a desire to continue drawing, following repeated discussions.
  • The manga previously missed an issue on May 18, 2026 due to Hokazono's sudden illness, and also took an unplanned break in June 2025 for the same reason.
  • Kagurabachi has over 4 million copies in circulation as of April 2026, up from 2.2 million as of May 2025.
  • An anime adaptation by studio Cypic is scheduled to premiere in April 2027, with a world tour beginning at Anime Expo on July 3, 2026.

Reporting from 4 sources: Anime News Network, Siliconera (Anime), Anime Corner, Animehunch.

Kagurabachi Manga Goes on Hiatus Until August

The Kagurabachi manga will enter a hiatus starting with Weekly Shonen Jump issue 31, on sale June 29, 2026, and is expected to resume in August 2026. The announcement was made on the series' official X account on June 17. The editorial team stated that author Takeru Hokazono expressed a desire to continue drawing, but after discussions, it was decided he would take a break to ensure the series can be delivered in a stable manner going forward. No specific reason for the hiatus was given, though the manga previously missed an issue in May 2026 due to Hokazono's sudden illness, and it also took an unplanned break in June 2025 for the same reason. Kagurabachi debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in September 2023 and has become one of Shueisha's most successful recent titles, with over 4 million copies in circulation as of April 2026. An anime adaptation by studio Cypic is scheduled to premiere in April 2027, and a world tour promoting the anime will begin at Anime Expo on July 3, 2026.

The editorial team said Hokazono had expressed a desire to continue drawing but, after repeated discussions, they decided he would take a planned rest. The manga is scheduled to return around August, though no specific date has been set. The hiatus begins with Weekly Shonen Jump issue 31, on sale June 29.

The manga previously missed an issue on May 18 due to Hokazono's sudden illness, and resumed on May 25. It also took an unplanned one-week break in June 2025 for the same reason, and another break in October for production reasons. The new hiatus means no new chapters will appear in July 2026.

Kagurabachi has 4 million copies in circulation as of April 2026, up from 2.2 million as of May 2025. The 11th compiled volume was released in Japan on May 1. Viz Media's Shonen Jump service and Shueisha's MANGA Plus service release the manga digitally in English. Viz will release the eighth print volume on August 4.

The manga won the Next Manga Award 2024 in the print category. It was nominated for the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards in December 2024, the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in April 2025, and the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. It ranked 13th in Da Vinci's top manga titles of 2025.

The anime adaptation by studio Cypic is set to premiere in April 2027. A world tour promoting the anime will begin at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 3, then continue to Japan Expo Paris on July 9, AnimagiC in Mannheim on August 1, and Anime NYC on August 22. The first 20 minutes of the first episode will be screened at these events.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

Kagurabachi Takeru Hokazono

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