- Shonen Jump announced the imminent end of Jujutsu Kaisen in a livestream on YouTube
- News comes days after the end of My Hero Academia was confirmed
- Jujutsu Kaisen has received worldwide acclaim since it began in 2018
More bad news for manga fans – the long-running and much beloved Jujutsu Kaisen will come to an end on September 30.
Creator confirmation
The announcement was made by Shonen Jump, which publishes Jujutsu Kaisen – in a YouTube livestream. The creator and writer of the series, Gege Akutami, also confirmed the news on X (formerly Twitter). He said that the saga will end in five chapters time. “Jujutsu Kaisen will reach its final chapter in issue 44 of Weekly Shonen Jump, which will be released on Monday, September 30,” he wrote.
The announcement is not a total shock – Akutami had hinted previously that Jujutsu Kaisen could be coming to an end. Last year at Jump Festa 24 he said it would “probably definitely” be the last Jump Festa that included Jujutsu Kaisen in serialization, according to IGN.
Jujutsu Kaisen began in 2018 and its last chapter will be its 273rd in all. The story follows high school student Yuji Itadori, who joins a secret organization of Jujutsu Sorcerers to eliminate a powerful curse.
The series has been hugely successful since it first appeared in 2018. It was adapted into an anime in 2020, and a third season of it is currently in production. It has garnered worldwide success, even being referenced at the Paris Olympic Games.
Endings
The news comes only days after another long-running manga, My Hero Academia, ended on August 4.
But one manga that isn’t ending just yet is Dragon Ball, despite the death of its creator, Akira Tomiyama earlier this year. Dragon Ball Super will return eventually to V Jump magazine, according to an update on the Dragon Ball website. Since Tomiyama’s death, the series has been on an indefinite hiatus.
