42904


[_Ichigo Mashimaro_](https://myanimelist.net/manga/371/Ichigo_Mashimaro) was
first published in 2002. There is no information about the author except on
Wikipedia. His last published _tankobon_ was on March 2013, 2013, stuck at
volume 7 (according to
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Marshmallow)).

Does anyone know what happened to him and his works?


CC BY-SA 4.0
2017-10-20T06:35:05.757
42902
2019-01-20T09:08:30.600
2019-01-20T09:08:30.600
35019
35019
question
strawberry-marshmallow barasui
What happened to Barasui ( Ichigo Mashimaro's author )?


**_Ichigo Mashimaro_ is still being published, albeit slowly and
irregularly**. The author, Barasui, was on hiatus _due to a sudden illness on
2015-08-29_ , but the rest of hiatuses were due to "the author's circumstance"
until recently.

* * *

Regarding the serialization on _Monthly Dengeki Daioh_ , according to the
[English
Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengeki_Daioh#In_Dengeki_Daioh), the
title is still on-going. It's hinted clearer on the [Japanese
counterpart](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%88%E5%88%8A%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E9%9B%BB%E6%92%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8E%8B#.E9.9B.91.E8.AA.8C.E3.82.AA.E3.83.AA.E3.82.B8.E3.83.8A.E3.83.AB)
since it's included in the 現在連載中の作品 (currently serialized title) category
instead of 休載中 (on hiatus).

Regarding the author, Barasui, according to [Japanese
Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%B0%E3%82%89%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC#.E4.BD.9C.E5.93.81.E3.81.AE.E7.89.B9.E5.BE.B4),
there's a remark about his irregular publishing time (or, _hiatus_ ) because
of his unusually slow writing pace:

  * He was on hiatus from edition _2009-5_ to _2010-2_ (10 months)
  * Even if he did publish it, it was only an average of 5-6 pages including the cover page. However, the illustration was so detailed and each chapter could stand alone, making it a short-story manga
  * In edition _2015-12_ , he only published 8 pages compared to his previous usual 18 pages (also, compared to _Yotsuba to!_ 's 28 pages)

Regarding the title itself, according to [Japanese
Wikipeda](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%BA%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8D#.E5.8D.98.E8.A1.8C.E6.9C.AC)
about the published date of the _tankobon_ :

>   * Volume 5: 2007-04-27
>   * Volume 6: 2009-02-27 (1 year and 10 months later)
>   * Volume 7: 2013-03-27 ( **4 years and 1 month later** )
>

>
> (parentheses mine)

**However** , according to the specialized wiki on [atwiki
(Japanese)](https://www37.atwiki.jp/mashimaro_wiki/pages/38.html),

  * 2017-05-27: Chapter 78 (4 pages) was published in edition _2017-07_
  * 2017-06-27: Chapter 78 (12 pages) was published in edition _2017-08_ , no plan for next chapter's number and announcement
  * 2017-07-27: Barasui is on hiatus **to work on the next _tankobon_**
  * 2017-08-10: **The 8th volume appeared on[Amazon Japan](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4048933949/), to be released on 2017-11-27**
  * 2017-10-18: The author mentioned the release for the next _tankobon_ on 2017-11-27 (on [Barasui's image storehouse (Japanese)](https://web.archive.org/web/20171020093845/http://bara.sakura.ne.jp/))


CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-10-20T09:40:59.923
42904
2017-10-20T10:18:26.057
2020-06-17T09:17:53.303
-1
2516
42902
answer