Long-Running Hunter x Hunter Manga To Return From Hiatus This Month

After an almost four-year hiatus, the Hunter x Hunter manga is officially coming back, and it's happening earlier than expected, with the manga returning on October 23 instead of November 4. The news was broken in a tweet from Viz Media's Shonen Jump label.

This marks the end of author Yoshihiro Togashi's longest hiatus yet, in which he stepped away from the manga in November 2018 for health-related reasons.

Hunter x Hunter follows a boy named Gon and his search for his father, a legendary Hunter. Gon attracts a small group of fellow warriors who become his friends over the course of the story, as they seek to become Hunters and then harness their abilities. Hunters are powerful warriors and martial artists who take on missions hunting for treasure, mystical locations, rare animals, and things like that. The Hunters use a supernatural energy called Nen to augment their abilities; Gon uses a fishing pole to fight, and it's somehow less silly than it sounds.

Viz Media is looking to make the long-running series easier to access than ever. Shonen Jump subscribers will be able to access the entirety of the series' 24-year-long run, which constitutes 390 chapters across 36 volumes of manga, for $1.99. The latest chapters, 388-399, are available for free.