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INTEREST: Hunter x Hunter's Yoshihiro Togashi Tweets Worrying Health Update

Hell, the man's married to a fellow manga artist. Ask her to do the drawing while he writes the story; if anyone knows what he'd approve of art-wise, it's probably the lady who's lived with him for 20+ years.

And if he keeps this mindset up, he's going to work himself to an early grave like Miura did

Aortic dissection happens because there is an underlying, slow breakdown of the cells that make up the walls of your aorta. The breakdown has likely been going on silently for many years before the weakened area of the aortic wall finally gives way, resulting in a tear, which leads to the aortic dissection.

Why does the aortic wall weaken in some people and not others? It’s believed that most aortic dissections are caused by an underlying vulnerability that may be inherited. In others, the stress to the aortic wall from constant high blood pressure can weaken the aorta wall in susceptible people, resulting in a tear and dissection.

Aortic dissection in the ascending aorta (the section closest to the heart where the pressure is the highest) is nearly two times more common than those that occur in the descending aorta. Tears in the aorta typically occur in areas where the stress on the wall of the aorta is highest.

Didn’t he also really struggle to end YYH in a satisfactory way? It may be the same with HxH, where the delays are mostly due to his health but possibly also because of difficulty writing a series that’s been going for 20+ years.

WANNFH wrote:

But it will not be in Togashi style, or he was done that way earlier when his back problems started. Togashi literally wants to control everything about his works and even Shueisha WSJ editors are not in place to demand otherwise, so that's why we are still here with the current "release schedule" of HxH instead of well, straight end of it.

I always get shat on whenever I say this (doesn't stop it from being true, though), but Togashi is keeping on this horrid pace out of stubborness and a sense of artistic integrity that honestly is hurting him more and more. Sui Ishida did that Hisoka spinoff that IIRC Togashi admired, so the possibility of some other artist doing the art is a plausible one.

Also, let's not pretend that Togashi's art is worth all the pain he's going through, because it hasn't looked good since before the Chimera Ant arc, and polishing it for the volume releases doesn't count given the also horrid gap between releases.

Not from me. As a more blunt friend put it, nobody's reading HxH for the art. It's replicable by someone else. Let's go straight to the obvious comparison. The Berserk team is continuing with Berserk. Berserk arguably does have the most incredible looking, most irreplaceable art style in manga history. But they're going to go for it anyway. It takes incredible, pardon the pun, guts to try to continue Berserk. Those guys are legends and are truly trying to honor the legacy of their quiet, humble master and the the story he built over his entire life.

Every time I hear anything about "Woe Is Me" Togashi, I just get annoyed. Everybody else knows the solution and has for like a decade: Togashi writes, someone else draws. The end. There are tons of legendary writer-artist teams out there he could call to ask for advice on how to make the transition. Hell, Togashi just happens to be married to one of the most famous mangaka of all time. Now, I'm not saying his more-famous wife should take over his drawing duties, though I am strongly mouthing that it would be one of the best manga meta stories of all time. Or just hire somebody. Everybody's tired of this.

Togashi is really starting to come off like the Japanese GRRM. Yes, he has a much harder job than GRRM, but at a certain point, it's basically the same. Finish your shit. I remember reading about Togashi apologizing for prematurely ending Yu Yu Hakusho because he got stressed or scared or whatever. Unfortunate, but I can sympathize. However, now you have a chance most mangaka will never have: a second hit series. There's still time to not make a similar mistake. Hopefully. I hope he legitimately does get over his physical problems, because losing Miura was one of the saddest things ever. But he's got to get over himself.

Animeking1108 wrote:

And if he keeps this mindset up, he's going to work himself to an early grave like Miura did

Miura did not die from overwork. This is a misconception that took off when his death was first made public but has been refuted by his colleagues. Miura died due to acute aortic dissection, which is a tear in the inner lining of the aorta.

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Aortic dissection happens because there is an underlying, slow breakdown of the cells that make up the walls of your aorta. The breakdown has likely been going on silently for many years before the weakened area of the aortic wall finally gives way, resulting in a tear, which leads to the aortic dissection. Why does the aortic wall weaken in some people and not others? It’s believed that most aortic dissections are caused by an underlying vulnerability that may be inherited. In others, the stress to the aortic wall from constant high blood pressure can weaken the aorta wall in susceptible people, resulting in a tear and dissection. Aortic dissection in the ascending aorta (the section closest to the heart where the pressure is the highest) is nearly two times more common than those that occur in the descending aorta. Tears in the aorta typically occur in areas where the stress on the wall of the aorta is highest.

(https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16743-aortic-dissection)

Likewise, he had assistants on his manga (who are going to continue it).

L'Imperatore wrote:

Sounds really worrying. Please get well soon, sir!

Get well? No he does not need to get well, he needs to rest indefinitely. He can't go on like this and its pretty obvious based on all these updates his health is deteriorating. He needs a long rest and just live out of the rest of his days in retirement. If he stops now, maybe he can prolong his life a little bit more but i worry that if he continues to push himself like this. He might die before he has a chance to reach an old age.

In any case, I admire his strength to keep on going as a mangaka but clearly he's reach his limits and he needs to just pass on his work to someone else. No one will think any less of him if he does and I understand its a pride thing. He doesn't want to relinckuish the rights to his life's work and not able to finish his masterpiece but clearly illness has over taken him. Its the cycle of life and a bad card that he was dealth, but what can you do?

What he should or shouldn't do artistically and professionally shouldn't even be a topic up for discussion really people need to be focused on appreciating the work he has put out and wishing him well so he can stay motivated to stay healthy. The stress from the public he is enduring can't be helping his mental and physical health at all.

miura overworked himself - caused stress which increases blood pressure