‘Hunter x Hunter’ Manga Creator Joins Twitter, Teases New Chapters After Four-Year Hiatus
Wilson Chapman editorAfter a four-year hiatus, popular manga “Hunter x Hunter” may be making its grand return.Yoshihiro Togashi, the manga artist behind the popular shonen battle anime, joined Twitter on Monday and appeared to tease new chapters of the series. In his first tweet, which has amassed over 800,000 likes and 200,000 retweets, Togashi posted a picture of what appears to the edge of a Manga sketch, with a caption that roughly translates to “four more episodes for the time being.”とりあえずあと4話。 pic.twitter.com/OwoB4ljp1x— 冨樫義博 (@Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp) May 24, 2022Shortly after the post went live, fellow manga artist Yusuke Murata, best known for creating “One Punch Man,” quote tweeted it and confirmed that the account was legitimate, saying he was “with the man himself.”ご本人とのことでした。 https://t.co/JEKGyfJelq— 村田雄介 (@NEBU_KURO) May 24, 2022One of the most popular manga series of all time, with over 79 million copies in circulation, “Hunter x Hunter” has faced numerous hiatuses over its run, due to Togashi’s struggles with illness and back pain.