One day after the final 271st chapter of his long-running Kaguya-sama: Love Is War manga was published in Japan, the manga’s author Aka Akasaka announced his retirement as a manga artist who draws on his official Twitter. The manga was first serialized in Shueisha’s Miracle Jump from May 2015 to January 2016, then moved to the publisher’s Weekly Young Jump and ran from March 2016 to November 2022.

First, he thanks those who supported his seven-and-a-half year long serialization, “I had a lot of happy memories and I can look back now and wonder if I was able to make the people around me happy.”

Then he states, “As for my future activities, I am planning to retire from working as a manga artist after this series. ‘Retirement’ means that I am going to retire from being a manga artist who draws, and I would like to concentrate on creating stories from now on. I want to continue my activities as a story writer. As for drawing, I intend to continue it loosely as a hobby.”

He has already worked on Mengo Yokoyari-illustrated manga series Oshi no Ko as story writer since April 2020. From his statements, it is assumed that he will be concentrating on similar activities in the future.

As for Kaguya-sama, “Even though it has ended, there is still a big hint left in it,” he said, “I am working hard to deliver it to you in the best possible way. I will try not to make it a superfluous story, so I hope you can look forward to it for a little while longer.”

Source: Aka Akasaka official Twitter

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