This article covers a thread titled “Notice: Yoshihiro Togashi Is Done” that appeared on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, where it was reported that Togashi, citing physical and mental health problems, announced he would turn down all further work with deadlines from here on out and prioritize his own manuscript work instead. Readers reacted with comments like “I’m shocked he was even taking on work with deadlines in the first place” and “Wait, was he taking requests besides Hunter x Hunter too?”, and the thread debated the future of Hunter x Hunter’s production setup, including whether handing art duties off to disciples or assistants would be a good idea.
What people said
1AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:34
Due to a combination of physical and mental health issues, after I finish the request I'm currently working on, I've decided to decline all future requests for work with deadlines and prioritize my own manuscript work going forward.
Once work on my manuscript resumes, I'll make another announcement here.
3AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:38
I'm honestly shocked he was even taking jobs with deadlines in the first place
5AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:43
Wait, so he's been taking on work besides Hunter x Hunter?
6AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:43
Yoshihiro Togashi, 60, manga artist
Known for: Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter
7AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:46
I'd love to live off work where nobody cares when it actually gets finished too, whenever that may be
10AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:49
So as long as there's no deadline, he wouldn't mind taking the job
is that what this means? lol
12AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:51
He's basically been living a deadline-free life for 20 years already
13AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:53
He doesn't need to do anything besides Hunter
14AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:54
He barely even draws Hunter as it is
17AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:57
Just call it retirement already and only take jobs for people you actually know who'd understand
why even frame it as "I'll accept work" when the conditions are this absurd lol
18AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:58
Once you're mega-rich
pulling all-nighters drawing manga while deadlines chase you must feel too stupid to keep doing
19AnonymousOct 6, 2026 08:58
He should just get someone who's actually good at art to draw it
20AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:00
Togashi on story, his wife on art would be fine
honestly he could just handle the concept and let his wife draw the whole thing
24AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:05
I don't know his situation, but
if he'd been able to hand things off to assistants back when he started falling behind, he might have had a completely different career as a mangaka
26AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:18
I saw some new Yu Yu Hakusho illustration for an exhibition or something recently — guess that kind of work is off the table now too?
27AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:20
Will Hunter x Hunter end once the ship arc wraps up?
30AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:30
The sheer amount of foreshadowing for the Dark Continent and the succession arc is insane
resolving even just that could eat up a ton of volumes going forward
31AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:32
He doesn't need the money anymore, so if he's got free time he could just assist on Sailor Moon (his wife's series)
32AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:32
Re: #1
Wait, was he even doing work outside of Hunter x Hunter in the first place?
33AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:33
He doesn't need to make money anymore
he couldn't even spend it all before he dies
this is what an artist's final act looks like
34AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:34
Starve the artist and you get better work out of them (the "starving artist" idea)
35AnonymousOct 6, 2026 09:35
Sounds like there are still collabs lined up to launch, so maybe that's the supervisory work he's been doing
40AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:00
Nobuyuki Fukumoto and Masashi Kishimoto both have their disciples draw spinoffs
H×H should get handed off to someone too
at this rate it's never getting finished
45AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:18
Re: #40
Fukumoto lets others draw spinoffs but never lets anyone touch the main series
given his age, I'm starting to think Kaiji is more likely to never resume than to actually end
42AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:06
Captain Tsubasa keeps running with the author doing rough storyboards since he can't finish the art himself anymore
once you're old you can't draw like you used to, so he should just wrap it up instead of dragging it out
47AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:23
Re: #42
Next chapter:
"Our battle is just beginning"
and that's a fine way to end it lol
43AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:10
If he were healthy, it'd probably be done by now
health is the one thing you just can't will your way through
44AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:15
Is it true he was making a doujinshi about wanting to play video games while the series was on hiatus?
46AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:18
There are still Shimamura and Gindaco collab products on sale right now, so maybe this just means he's done taking on jobs like that (clothing and takoyaki chains)
48AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:27
Kaiji doesn't look like it's resuming anytime soon, not while he's busy drawing Nikaido's Hell Golf (a spinoff)
49AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:36
I heard he married thinking he already had enough money to never work again
and then found out his wife had two orders of magnitude more than that
no way you're working after finding that out
57AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:55
Re: #49
Naoko Takeuchi's earnings are on a totally different level
and she was a jeweler's daughter to begin with
50AnonymousOct 6, 2026 10:40
Between him and his wife, there's zero chance this guy ends up destitute, so he should take it easy
readers aren't going to complain about it at this point either
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Yoshihiro Togashi has repeatedly gone on hiatus from serialization due to health problems since the latter half of the 2000s, and resumed Hunter x Hunter in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2022. This latest announcement is about turning down external work with deadlines in order to prioritize his own manuscript work — worth noting, it does not guarantee that Hunter x Hunter itself will continue or ever be completed. In the thread, users pointed to examples like Nobuyuki Fukumoto and Masashi Kishimoto letting disciples or assistants draw spinoffs, asking whether Togashi could set up something similar, though it was also noted that both of those creators still handle their main series themselves. Togashi’s wife is Naoko Takeuchi, creator of Sailor Moon, and comments touched on the household’s combined income — this is based on publicly known information and isn’t intended as personal disparagement.
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