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There are plenty of manga that never had an ending for many reasons. For
example, **High School of the Dead** 's mangaka, Daisuke Satou, [has passed
away](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-26/high-school-of-the-dead-
manga-creator-daisuke-sato-passes-away-at-52/.113968). Some mangaka also
cannot continue their work because of health problems, as well as other
reasons. Say the original mangaka either prepared or did not prepare an ending
himself/herself, can another mangaka continue their work? Has this ever
happened before?


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Can a mangaka continue another mangaka's manga?


Yes, it can. It is usually up to the publisher if they want to pursue
continuing a series, depending on who owns the rights (family member tend to
have a say in it as well).

Note that for HotD, the plot creator was known to be a slow writer to begin
with (2 years between vol. 6 and 7), and the manga was on hiatus for quite a
while before his death (2011). While his death was the nail in the coffin, I
don't think anyone really expected the series to ever be completed. The artist
moved on to create Triage X, which basically was written as a replacement for
HotD.

Below are some examples (though I'm sure there are more).

> Cases where the author died, and his team took over:  
>  [Crayon Shin-chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan#Manga)
>
> Cases when the author changed, even when the previous is still alive (though
> it is technically a new series or spin-off):  
>  [Lupin the
> 3rd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lupin_the_Third_manga)  
>  [Saint Seiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Seiya#Manga)
>
> Cases where the artist died, but the original author was still alive:  
>
> [Catapillar](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8B%E3%83%89)
> (They replaced the artist with another one)
>
> Cases where they had someone else fill in for the dead author:  
>  [Familiar of
> Zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Familiar_of_Zero#Light_novels)


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Yes, it's possible but isn't easy...

  * **If the first mangaka is still alive.**

Then he/she needs to find someone willing to finish his/her manga, also the
publisher needs to agree as well. Then it's possible.

  * **If the first mangaka is no longer alive.**

Then all the people who hold the rights to the manga (family, publishers) need
to agree to let another mangaka finish the first ones work. But I don't know
of any examples where the second mangaka agreed to finish the firsts manga
without a manuscript or knowledge of how the story was supposed to continue.

**Reference:**

  * <https://godanimereviews.com/mangaka-unable-continue-manga/>


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