Manga on hiatus starting December 4 for “schedule restructuring”
Kodoani.com – The official Twitter account of Jump SQ, Shueisha’s manga magazine, announced on Monday that the manga “Dark Gathering” by Kenichi Kondō will take a one-month break and will not publish new chapters in the magazine’s January 2024 issue, scheduled to release on December 4, due to scheduling rearrangements. The manga is expected to return in the magazine’s February 2024 issue on January 4. The magazine is considering a new production system so that Kondō can continue writing manga in good health.
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“Dark Gathering” in the January issue of Jump SQ. (released on December 4th) will be suspended due to schedule restructuring.
We are currently working on a production system that will allow Kenichi Kondo to write in perfect health. The latest #56 will be published in the SQ.February issue (released on January 4, 2024). pic.twitter.com/V6u8MxZRqh
— Jump SQ. Editorial Department (@JUMP_SQ) November 27, 2023
Kenichi Kondō, author of “Dark Gathering,” launched the manga in Jump SQ. in March 2019. Shueisha will publish the manga’s 14th compiled book volume on December 4. Viz Media, the English publisher, will publish the manga’s fifth compiled book volume on January 16. Viz Media describes the content Manga content is as follows:
“A reluctant magnet for the supernatural and a ghost hunter join forces to capture Japan’s most terrifying and dangerous spirits.”
After a dangerous encounter with an evil spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he must help Yayoi Hozuki, a strange girl intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying evil spirits.
“Dark Gathering” has been adapted into an anime and began airing on July 9. HIDIVE is streaming the anime as it airs, and the anime debuted in North America at Anime Expo on July 3.
According to: Kodoani.com and Jump SQ magazine’s X/Twitter account
