Baseball Manga, Gurazeni’s Spinoff on Hiatus due to Artist’s Health Issues

For any veteran manga reader, a series going on hiatus is nothing out of the ordinary. But does that make it any less painful? NO! 

This time, Gurazeni’s spinoff manga is taking the hit as the illustrator’s health declines. Don’t lose all hope yet since the series will return as soon as the mangaka feels well. 

The 15th issue of Kodansha’s Evening magazine announced that the spinoff manga of the Gurazeni series will be going on a break. 

Yusuke Uzumaki, Gurazeni: Natsunoke no Seishun’s illustrator, needs a break due to his unstable health. The manga is also authored by Yuji Moritaka. 

No specific date has been fixed for the manga’s return yet. However, the 16th issue of the Evening magazine will announce a tentative date for the manga to resume.

Gurazeni is a baseball manga where players are paid according to their performance. As you can already understand, this creates a lot of pressure on the players. 

In this messy system comes an oddball of a pitcher named Natsunosuke Banba. While the main series focuses on an adult Natsunosuke, the spinoff shows more of his past.

Natsunosuke’s youth and his fight to join a team is well illustrated in the spinoff. 

If you are a sports anime fan then this Gurazeni should definitely be on your watchlist. The series had also received an anime adaptation by Studio Deen! With a total of 24 episodes, the anime has a lot to offer.

Gurazeni also has two more sequel series, Gurazeni: Tokyo Dome-hen and Gurazeni: Pa League-hen. So why not give the other adaptations a try while waiting for the spinoff to come back?

About Gurazeni

Gurazeni is a Japanese baseball manga series written by Yūji Moritaka and illustrated by Keiji Adachi. The manga was serialized between 2010 and 2014 and has been followed by two sequel series.

This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball player—a relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. Natsunosuke is one of the highest paid players in the game

He measures how good players are by how much money they make, and he intends to be on top and stay there, and does everything to ensure that he is better than other players.

Source: Evening magazine issue 15