This year’s 13th issue of Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine published the final chapter of Atsushi Ohkubo‘s Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga on Tuesday. On the final page of the manga, a note from the editorial department asked fans to “look forward to Atsushi Ohkubo‘s next work. Ohkubo had stated in May 2020 in the manga’s 23rd volume, “the story is also in its final stage, and for me, I plan for this to be my last manga, so please accompany me until the very end.”
Many manga magazines use this stock phrase whenever a manga ends, so it is currently unclear if Ohkubo will actually launch another work in the future.
The same issue also teased that there will be an “important announcement” for the franchise soon.
Ohkubo (Soul Eater) launched the series in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in September 2015. The 33rd volume will ship on March 17, and the 34th…
