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Hunter x Hunter fans are used to waiting a long time for anything new to come out. While it seemed earlier this year that we might be getting new chapters soon, that hasn’t materialized just yet. However, it isn’t all bad news, as a new volume of Hunter x Hunter has a release date just over a month away, which should collect the remaining chapters into a single volume.

Publisher Shueisha has confirmed that Hunter x Hunter Volume 39 is hitting shelves in Japan on July 3, 2026. If it follows the pattern of previous volumes, it will collect chapters 401 to 410, bringing it up to date with every currently published chapter. It marks the first volume to be released in almost two years; Hunter x Hunter Volume 38 was published in September 2024 in Japan and only got an English translation in January 2026.

This comes just weeks after mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi teased that there were more chapters coming shortly. Since then, there hasn’t been a new release date announced for new Hunter x Hunter chapters. That makes the Hunter x Hunter Volume 39 release date the only thing that fans really have to look forward to in the foreseeable future. 

We still think that the current Hunter x Hunter hiatus will end soon, possibly before the summer is up, but, for now, at least we know that a new volume is coming. Hunter x Hunter Volume 39 hits shelves in Japan on July 3, 2026, marking the first new release for the franchise for nearly two years.

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