St0rmblade said:
RaidenHUN said:
Is this manga or hiatus or the author completely abondoen it / died?
Why tf is it ended like this, it's been 4 years ...
Takehiko Inoue is alive, he's just into basketball now. He's drawing Real (a manga about wheelchair basketball, I'm yet to read it though), it's actually been on hiatus for several years too, but now it's resuming serialization.
As for Vagabond, it's on hiatus, Inoue never stated that the manga was finished. Previously he said in an interview (https://mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/takehiko-inoue-the-vagabond-hiatus-interviews/):
Inoue: Well, speaking in terms of what I want to do: As I said before, I really don’t at all have the urge to work on it right now, but I do know that if I don’t work on it, I’ll be in trouble down the road, and that’s basically what was keeping me going up until I went on hiatus. I don’t think that’s a good way of going about it. My hope is to stay away from Vagabond until all those unnecessary worries and emotions are gone and I’m ready to draw it because I want to draw it. I’m not sure if I’ll be allowed to wait that long, though.
It's about another hiatus, but I believe the reasons are the same now. Let's just hope for the better.
I'm late to Inoue's grand return, but REAL coming back gives me some hope for Vagabond. Slight hope, but hope nonetheless. Even if it takes a few more years, it's still in the realm of possibility. It just seemed like he was done altogether. Even with REAL. Happy to see him back.
