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So recently, the _Rurouni Kenshin_ series, _Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc_ ,
was put on hiatus for the author's, Nobuhiro Watsuki, involvement in child
pornography (On a side note, I think this is a very despicable thing, and I do
NOT support it in any way, shape, form, or fashion). As I understand it, he
was fined for the action and not put in jail.

Will the story resume now that this scandal has been mostly dealt with?
(Again, I do not condone Nobuhiro Watsuki's actions at all, but I am a big fan
of the _Rurouni Kenshin_ series)


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Is Rurouni Kenshin going to start back up now that Nobuhiro Watsuki has been fined?


_Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc_ will continue in July issue of _Jump
Square_ , which will be published on June 4, 2018.

> [...] This June, it will resume serialization in Japan.
>
> [...]
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> Starting June 4, however, _Rurouni Kenshin_ 's "Hokkaido Arc" will return to
> print. [...]
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> Continuing, it added, "The author spends his days reflecting and with
> remorse, and think as though it's our obligation as a publisher as well as
> his as an author make a way for us to reply through the work to the various
> opinions we've been getting, and so, from the July issue, which goes on sale
> June 4, serialization will resume.”

Source: [Kotaku](https://kotaku.com/rurouni-kenshin-will-resume-publication-
this-june-in-ja-1825461597)


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[Source](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-04/rurouni-kenshin-
hokkaido-arc-does-not-return-in-viz-shonen-jump/.132432)

> Viz Media's English digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump did not publish a
> new chapter for Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc manga in
> Monday's issue. The series resumed from hiatus in Shueisha's Jump SQ.
> magazine in Japan on Monday.
>
> The manga went on hiatus last December following Watsuki being charged for
> possession of child pornography. Watsuki was later fined 200,000 yen (about
> US$1,900) in February.
>
> Viz Media was simultaneously publishing it in English before the manga went
> on hiatus.
>
> At the time of the manga's hiatus, Shueisha commented that it is taking this
> news seriously, and that Watsuki expresses deep regret. When it announced
> the manga's return, the magazine noted that Watsuki is living a life of
> reflection and atonement, but that Shueisha and Watsuki decided that
> continuing the manga to answer the desires of fans was a matter of duty.
>
> Watsuki and his novelist wife/story collaborator Kaoru Kurosaki launched the
> Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc (Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan:
> Hokkaido-hen) manga in Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine last September.


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