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Unless you are a Berserk fan, it is hard to explain how it feels to be waiting for new chapters as long as Hunter x Hunter fans have. Yoshihiro Togashi has battled through a slew of health issues over the years, which have resulted in numerous delays and even potential plans for if the celebrated mangaka doesn’t live to finish the story. However, with the help of his wife, Naoko Takeuchi, the legendary creator of Sailor Moon, it looks like the Hunter x Hunter manga is going to get an update very soon.

Posting on social media, Yoshihiro Togashi gave an update on the status of Hunter x Hunter that fans have been waiting for. “Chapter 430, character inking completed. Please wait for the announcement from the Jump editorial department regarding the publication timing for chapters 420 onward,” he said in a post from April 8, 2026. “I’m receiving tons of motivation to keep going from my wife.” His wife, as we mentioned before, is Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of Sailor Moon.

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The most recent chapter of Hunter x Hunter to be published was back in December 2024. At the time, it was confirmed that new chapters would be published when they were finished, so that Togashi was not pressured by a specific release schedule for Hunter x Hunter. In the months following that release, we haven’t had any real update to share, but it sounds like there are at least ten full chapters of Hunter x Hunter ready to go, with another ten chapters nearing publication.

We still don’t have a release date for the next Hunter x Hunter chapter, but we’ll be watching closely for an update in the next few days.

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