Bungo Stray Dogs STORM BRINGER Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Author’s Health – News

The October issue of Kadokawa‘s Shōnen Ace magazine revealed on Wednesday that Shiwasu Hoshikawa‘s Bungo Stray Dogs STORM BRINGER manga will go on a long-term hiatus due to Hoshikawa’s health. The magazine will reveal when the manga will continue in a later issue.

The manga is the adaptation of the eighth light novel of the same title in Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa‘s Bungō Stray Dogs light novel series.  

The story is set after the “Arahabaki Incident,” and one year after Chuuya Nakahara joined the Port Mafia. A detective from Europe named Adam appears in front of Chuuya, with the aim of protecting Chuuya from Paul Verlaine, also known as the king of assassins. Paul claims to be Chuuya’s old brother, and he vows to murder everyone Chuuya cares about.

Hoshikawa launched the manga in Shōnen Ace in January 2025. Kadokawa published the manga’s first compiled book volume in September 2025, and will release the second volume on September 25.

Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa launched the Bungō Stray Dogs manga in Kadokawa‘s Young Ace magazine in December 2012, and the series is ongoing. Yen Press is publishing the manga and novel series in English.

The manga’s first television anime adaptation aired from April to June 2016. The anime’s second 12-episode series aired from October to December 2016. The anime’s third season premiered in April 2019. The anime’s fourth season premiered in Japan in January 2023. The anime’s fifth season premiered in July 2023, and ended in September 2023. Crunchyroll has streamed all the anime as they aired.

An anime film titled Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple opened in Japan in March 2018. Crunchyroll began streaming the film in September 2018.

Kanaineko‘s Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! (Bungō Stray Dogs: Woof!) spinoff manga launched on Kadokawa‘s Young Ace Up! manga website in December 2015. The manga currently has 15 volumes. The television anime of the manga premiered in January 2021. The second season premiered on July 2.

Source: Shōnen Ace October issue

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