CATDOLL: Is Togashi Yoshihiro actually a model worker? Japanese media claims that he has been serializing comics in Shonen Jump for 25 consecutive years

When it comes to Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of the manga Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter, readers’ first reaction is no longer how good his manga is, but rather complaints like “Togashi is playing mahjong again and not updating” or “When will Togashi come back to update Hunter? Is he still alive?” Whenever his name appears, there are always netizens who jump out and shout “Togashi, go to work!” Even other manga artists who take a break are said to have “Togashi disease”. However, what is surprising is that Japanese statistics show that Yoshihiro Togashi is the manga artist who has published his works in Weekly Shonen Jump every year for 25 consecutive years, second only to Akimoto Osamu, the Guinness record holder for Udon Police Station. When you see this news, don’t you all think, are you kidding me?

As of today (November 11), Yoshihiro Togashi's "Hunter x Hunter" has been on hiatus for 501 times, finally breaking the 500 mark. However, according to the statistics of the editorial department, the only cartoonist who can publish works in "Weekly Shonen Jump" every year for 25 years is Akimoto Osamu, besides Yoshihiro Togashi. Now Akimoto Osamu's record is 39 consecutive years, and although Yoshihiro Togashi only drew two episodes of "Hunter x Hunter" in 2009 and 2013, it can be regarded as a successful "sign-in", but this kind of "serialization" is a bit too much...By the way, Akira Toriyama has been publishing works for 15 consecutive years from "Dr. IQ" to "Dragon Ball", and Araki Hirohiko of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" has been publishing works for 17 consecutive years.

Although Togashi's works have been serialized in Shonen Jump for 25 consecutive years, this year (2015) has not published a single chapter of Hunter. If we analyze the 16 years from 1998 to 2014, we will find that Togashi has launched a comic series of Hunter at the end of each year, and it is estimated that this year will be the same. In fact, Togashi's break of 500 chapters is the highest record since the founding of Shonen Jump. He is still constantly breaking his own record, and it is estimated that no one will break this record.

After seeing the data, netizens expressed their opinions: "Too cunning", "despicable", "If you count it like this, he will be even worse at drawing, you can't calculate it like this", "Togashi, go to work." It seems that no matter what the data is, people will not change their opinion until they see the work, so Togashi, you should hurry up and learn to draw comics.