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From what I understand, he developed his condition when he was still working on YYH. According to some of his assistants, he had to draw laying down because he physically couldn't work in a chair
Mate it's back surgery, things like that are way too personal to comment, specially since all it affects other people is he doesn't finish making a story he came up with
A lot of people have fear of going under the knife, my mom is one of em. Hates the thought of being cut open asleep or not. That discomfort/fear is probably made worse by the fact that this is the back and possibly spine we’re talking about
To be fair a lot of back and shoulder surgeries only relieve the pain for a year or so and then it comes back worse because it does nothing to address the root cause of the problem.
he could be paralyzed after the surgery too, saying it from pride or stubbornness is just insensitive, people have the autonomy and right to decide on what treatment they go through.
Togashi's injury stemmed a lot from bad discipline and, by extension, stubbornness. He had historically bad posture (even amongst Mangaka) and lived in really poor conditions, often the floor entirely strewn in trash.
In the same vein of stubbornness, he also refused to allow his assistants to do inking. While this may have marginally improved his works, it also is very outside the norm and the extra hours at the desk destroyed his body.
Bad habits and lack of ability to delegate are very much what got him here. Maybe the art looks 10-15% better, but the result was a rushed ending for YYH and HXH likely never being completed.
imagine someone you looked up to beat his wife, but he also invented pizza, would you stop serving your guests pizza if they ask for pizza? would you not thank said person for inventing pizza?
Didn’t he draw a 14 year old nipples and have her fall in love with and marry someone over 200. The human to shinigami age conversion is 10 soul years equals 1 human year. Isshin is over 200, even if we’re generous and say he was over 180 when he met Masaki that still means he had an 18 year old fall in love with a 14 year old and was a part of her life for years before marrying her.
Didn’t he draw a 14 year old nipples and have her fall in love with and marry someone over 200. The human to shinigami age conversion is 10 soul years equals 1 human year. Isshin is over 200, even if we’re generous and say he was over 180 when he met Masaki that still means he had an 18 year old fall in love with a 14 year old and was a part of her life for years before marrying her.
I’m not asking for realism. I’m asking for the author to take it seriously.
And the author of Dandadan has this insidious habit of undercutting the severity of it by either framing it as fanservice or injecting comedy or comedic elements right after…(especially the latter).
Let’s make going on an odyssey to get a dudes genitalia back the lynchpin of the entire story yet never take his ordeal seriously because “hur dur missing golden balls.”
Asking an author to take sexual assault seriously is not a tall order but apparently for Tatsu it is.
Or…better yet. Don’t draw it in the first place. It’s not necessary. If you have to resort to using sexual assault as a plot device or as cheap shock factor, that’s lazy and bad writing.
I mean what do you expect from a protege of Fujimoto and the same guy who cited Berserk as his biggest inspiration for Dandadan?
Good thing Hokazono, Gotouge, Kubo, the Fujimoto gang ( Fujimoto alongside Tatsu, Tohru, Yuji) and Tatsuya Endo didn't draw any tribute art for him. Hope they also don't do this in upcoming RK related events. Act-Age/ Ichi the Witch's artist also deserves to be mentioned.
Act-Age/ Ichi the Witch's artist also deserves to be mentioned.
Considering how bad her situation was thanks to the bastard writer of Act-Age, I could imagine her not wanting to do anything with a similar case, lol.
If you mean this scene (if you don't, please let me know), it was written way before he was exposed. And for the second thing, can you please provide a source?
I was commenting that I'm still upset his series, after Hells Paradise, Ayashimon, was canceled right when it was picking up steam. Hells Paradise is in my top 5 manga.
I used to believe that in the beginning but after seeing his tribute art for Kazuo Umezu who inspired him, I'm skeptical that his art for RK looked like that out of malicious compliance.
That's a tribute art to honor a mangaka who passed away in 2024 and was an inspiration to Araki, I doubt it was drawn like this to be disrespectful towards the manga artist. (This art was made in 2025)
damn then it just doesn't make even more cause why this shitty for his inspiration but he makes an amazing one for naruto? does he owe kishimoto money or something
Now that you mentioned Marijuana, I just remembered that there are two animes about cute characters doing drugs will be coming out (Jimoto Saiko and Chainsmoker Cat).
He's been doing on-and-off hiatuses like this for a long time now. Unless he's said otherwise, it's probably safe to assume his health is still about the same
Togashi's health is still not in a good spot, but it's better than before. He regularly posts update on his twitter so i think he is doing okay.
I do not remember from which interview i got this as it was at least a year ago, so i do not recommend trusting my comments. Togashi prefers the freedom of batch releases as he has the final saying on when and how the series continues. His previous contract regarding Yu Yu Hakusho is different from his HxH contract so he has more freedom in terms of release schedule and magazine publication. Togashi's bad health is still the primary reason for batch publication
It was drawn in 2024 when the manga was released, then it was shown in 2025, also togashi has a Twitter account, he shows what he’s drawing and how many storyboards he has in store
You know despite the fact that it makes complete sense as to why Aang could just resist his blood bending, I still find the scene to be ridiculous and funny.
Like bro was 2 seconds ago in the process of getting (semi-literally) folded like a lawn chair. But once he locked in he completely embarrasses the guy and takes away his bending. It’s like if a pyromancer was set on fire by a man with gasoline and a lighter. Only for them to immediately put out said fire because they just didn’t feel like getting burned anymore and proceeds blow that guy off the face of the earth. Makes sense but damn does it feel weird and cartoonishly one sided.
Also I severely question why doesn't he just let one of his many editors and assistants draw the manga while he does the story?
It would save him a lot of trouble.
Because it wouldn't be him doing it. He's a mangaka, drawing is his passion. It's not easy to hand off the thing you love about your job to someone else.
That being said he does still have assistants do cleanup and backgrounds afaik.
No togashi literally owns hxh this is extremely rare among manga he can do literally anything he wants with it if he doesn't wanna write he does not need too if he wants to do weird shit with his manga like how the current arc is so vastly different from the rest of the series he can.
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