Draw This, Then Die! manga takes two-month break before final arc

The Draw This, Then Die! (Kore Kaite Shine) manga is going on a two-month break. The December issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday announced it this Thursday: Minoru Toyoda needs time to prepare the series' final arc and, along the way, make progress on the upcoming collected volumes.

It's not the first time an author stops just before the decisive stretch. The difference here is that Toyoda doesn't mention health issues or research: he wants to close the story calmly. And looking at the manga's track record, it makes sense.

The story follows Ai Yasumi, a first-year middle school student living on the remote island of Izu Ōshima. Her obsession is manga. When she discovers that Yasuno-sensei, her favorite author, a reclusive creator she has idolized for years, will make a rare appearance at Comitia, Ai doesn't hesitate: she has to meet her heroine. That decision sets off a chain of encounters that shatters her ideas about art, genius, and what it means to create.

An award-winning manga that already has an anime

Toyoda, known for Love Roma, launched the series in Monthly Shonen Sunday in November 2021. It also runs on the Sunday Webry platform. The tenth collected volume shipped on July 10, and Seven Seas Entertainment published the second volume in English on November 3.

The manga didn't go unnoticed. It won an award at the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2025 and took the 16th Manga Taisho in 2023. It also ranked number 6 for male readers in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guide in 2023.

The anime adaptation premiered on July 3 of this year. Crunchyroll streamed it as a simulcast. And a second season is already confirmed, so the manga's break doesn't leave fans without new material on the horizon.

The hiatus comes just as the story heads toward its ending. Two months isn't that long if it helps Toyoda finish the final arc without rushing.

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