

They rushed the ending, and it has too many plot holes. They leave the ending
without any explanation, and there are characters who never revealed their
identities.

It's pretty popular outside Japan (I don't know whether the manga is well-
received by the fans in Japan or not). Did they make some official statement
about this rushed ending?


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Is there an official explanation for Cage of Eden's rushed ending?


Rather abruptly, it was announced that Cage of Eden was no longer going to be
serialised:

> 2013's combined 4th/5th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is
> announcing on Wednesday that Yoshinobu Yamada is ending his Cage of Eden
> (Eden no Ori) manga series in three more chapters. If Yamada does not take a
> break, the manga will end in the 8th issue on January 23.
>
> [Anime News Network](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-21/cage-
> of-eden-manga-to-end-in-japan-in-3-more-chapters)

I can't find a definitive reason as to why the series _was_ finished when it
was, but the general consensus on the web seems to be that a drop in sales led
to the publishers, Kodansha, halting the production:

> "Sadly the manga was cancelled by the publisher and not the fault of the
> author. He was given at least a month to end his story."  
>  [Source](http://edennoori.wikia.com/wiki/Questions_%26_Answers)
>
> "The series was killed off so the author had to end it within a certain
> chapter, hence the ridiculous rush ending."  
>
> [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/36r2o2/is_cage_of_eden_worth_reading_or_does_the_ending/crgicpd)
>
> "The ending was terrible because the manga got cancelled and the author had
> to end the story in a few chapters."  
>
> [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/36r2o2/is_cage_of_eden_worth_reading_or_does_the_ending/crgmekn)
>
> "No, it's not very popular. Last volume that went on sale sold 40K copies
> which only put it at number 23 in the manga charts it then dropped out of
> the top 50 the week after."  
>  [Source](http://forums.mangafox.me/threads/436255-News-21-12-2012-Cage-of-
> Eden-Manga-to-End-in-Japan-in-3-More-
> Chapters?p=11232888&viewfull=1#post11232888)

In any case, the reason for the completely rushed ending is definitely due to
the series' cancellation.


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