When the series returned in 2011, fans were finally treated to the end of the Chimera Ant Arc, the entire 13th Hunter Chairman Election Arc, and the beginning of the Dark Continent Expedition Arc. 8 2010-2011, 59 Week Hiatus Streak Was Followed By The Conclusion Of The Chimera Ant Arc & Two New Arcs If Yoshihiro had not been published in Shonen Jump for the first two weeks of 2009, that year would have been completely void of any new Hunter x Hunter chapters before resuming their Chimera Ant adventure in 2010. It did remove Togashi's manga from the pages of Shonen Jump for nearly all of 2009, though. The hiatus that Hunter X Hunter took in 2009 was not the first year-long break that the series took from Shonen Jump. 9 2009-2010, 53 Week Hiatus Streak Covered All But The First 2 Weeks In 2009 It couldn't be helped that this revelation had to be put on hold as often as it was.
Still, the Chimera Ant arc was responsible for introducing Gon and Killua to the true scale of the Hunter X Hunterworld. To be fair to Yoshihiro Togashi and Shonen Jump, 2008 did notch a global recession into the history books that the manga industry was absolutely affected by. If the 9-week streak that followed Hunter X Hunter's first true hiatus was not enough to suggest that the series would be released at a much slower rate moving forward, then the 19-week hiatus the series took in the middle of 2008 should. 10 2008: 19 Week Hiatus Streak During A Global Recession While this new title is intended as more of a friendly term of endearment, this 9-week hiatus made it clear that the 84-week break that Hunter X Hunter took from Shonen Jump in 20 was not a one-time thing. It is at this point in the Hunter X Hunter publication history that the series began to evolve into "Hiatus X Hiatus," a fanmade nickname. 11 2008: 9 Week Hiatus Streak Gave Birth To The Nickname "Hiatus X Hiatus"Īfter the Hunter X Hunter manga returned in 2007, it took another short hiatus from the pages of Shonen Jump in January of 2008. Or it could be that Yoshihiro Togashi wanted to take more time to perfect and build upon this extensive arc. Perhaps the Chimera Ant Arc that Togashi was working through was not entirely plotted when he started. Prior to 2006, Yoshihiro Togashi was getting his work published in Shonen Jump on a semi-regular basis. 12 2006-2007: 84 Week Hiatus Streak During The Chimera Ant Arc Only the hiatuses that lasted at least 2 months will be counted in order to demonstrate the respectful patience that a mangaka like Yoshihiro Togashi deserves.
After nearly 20 years of garnishing all the hype an anime can possibly garnish, Hunter X Hunter has spent the last two years on hiatus and this is not the first time fans have had to wait for new issues of Shonen Jump to continue on with the story.Īs it's a common trend of the series, all of the hiatuses that Hunter X Hunter has been on since first being published in Shonen Jump back in 1998 can be organized and recalled in chronological order.