Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump+ manga website announced on Saturday that writer Takahiro and artist Yōhei Takemura‘s Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave or literally, Slave of the Magic Capital’s Elite Troops) manga will go on hiatus due to artist Takemura’s poor health. In a statement, Takemura said that they injured their right wrist in June, specifically damage to the fibrocartilage. Takemura added that they have been drawing while wearing a brace, but drawing places a heavy strain on their wrist, causing pain and impeding recovery. Takemura added that full recovery requires a long period of time, and they have decided to stop working on the manga’s drafts to allow their wrist to heal. 

The editorial staff of Shonen Jump+ reported that the manga is scheduled to resume on November 14, but Takemura’s recovery is top priority, and added that the manga’s pace in the future will be determined in consultation with Takahiro and Takemura, and based on medical advice. 

The battle fantasy is set in a world where a demonic gate has unleashed monsters known as Shūki. A special peach tree is able to give special powers, but only to women. The story begins when a down-on-his-luck boy named Yūki Wakura meets Uzen Kyōka, a girl who has gained the power of the peach, and is the captain of the 7th Anti-Demon Squad.

Takahiro (Akame ga KILL!) and Takemura (Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! manga) launched the manga on Shonen Jump+ manga website in January 2019. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.

The first season of the manga’s anime adaptation premiered in Japan in January 2024. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired, and also streamed an English dub. The second season premiered on January 8. HIDIVE also streamed the second season as it aired, and also streamed an English dub. A third season is in the works. 

Source: Shonen Jump+

Manga creator Chanta launched a new manga titled Noro-Noro Puku-Puku in Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump+ manga service on Monday. The manga is available in English on Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service. MANGA Plus describes the manga:

An exceptionally cursed shrine maiden, Suzu, incurs the divine punishment of the gods one day… And her curse? To exorcise 108 curses with the help of Puku, the black cat possessing her head! Chanta of “Sachi’s Records 〜Sachi’s Book of Revelation〜” presents this jaw-dropping absurdist exorcist comedy!

Chanta launched the Sachi’s Records: Sachi’s Book of Revelation (Sachi-roku: Sachi no Mokushiroku) manga in Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump+ website in July 2023, and ended it in April 2025. Shueisha published the manga’s fifth and final compiled book volume in July 2025. Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service released the manga in English.

Sources: Shonen Jump+, Manga Plus

K MANGA announced on Saturday that it will release Adachitoka‘s The Wolf at Memory’s End (Yadoya no Oinu-sama) manga in English on October 5.

Adachitoka is launching the manga in Kodansha‘s Monthly Shonen Magazine on October 6.

The story follows Kasumi Kuromine, a junior high school girl who resides in the countryside. One day, an accident happens during a school field trip, and she falls down the mountainside.

Adachitoka launched the Noragami: Stray God manga in Monthly Shonen Magazine in 2010, and ended the series in January 2024. Kodansha shipped the 27th and final volume in February 2024. The manga inspired a 12-episode television anime series that premiered in January 2014. Funimation streamed the series as it aired and released it on home video. The anime’s second season, titled Noragami Aragoto, debuted in October 2015, and Funimation also streamed that series as it aired and released it on home video.

Kodansha released the first volume of Noragami: Stray Stories in Japan in November 2013. BONES adapted one of the stories from the manga as an original anime DVD that shipped with the 15th volume of the manga in Japan.

Source: K MANGA‘s X/Twitter account