Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia Manga Go on Two-Week Break

Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced that Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia will both take a two-week break from publication. Both mangas will return in the magazine’s 31st issue on July 1, 2024.

Gege Akutami, the author of Jujutsu Kaisen, revealed at the end of Chapter 262 that he was in poor health from a sudden illness. After the seven-page chapter, the author will be absent for two weeks to recover. Meanwhile, Kohei Horikoshi, the author of My Hero Academia, did not provide any specific reason for the chapter break. The manga recently entered its epilogue arc and was previously revealed to “go on a little longer.”

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Jujutsu Kaisen is a manga by Gege Akutami. It began publication in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2018 while Viz Media published the English version. MAPPA animated two seasons of the anime and announced a sequel. Mangaplus by Shueisha describes the plot:

For some strange reason, Yuji Itadori, despite his insane athleticism would rather just hang out with the Occult Club. However, he soon finds out that the occult is as real as it gets when his fellow club members are attacked! Meanwhile, the mysterious Megumi Fushiguro is tracking down a special-grade cursed object, and his search leads him to Itadori…

Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia manga has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2014. Studio BONES animated six seasons of the anime, including the ongoing seventh season. While Viz Media publishes the English books, the digital simulcast chapters are released on Mangaplus:

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…

Source: Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, Official X
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