Manga author Katou Kazue announced on their Twitter account that the Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist/青の祓魔師) manga is going on hiatus to prepare for its final chapter and upcoming tankoubon volumes. The manga is set to resume in July 2026, in the August 2026 issue of Jump SQ.
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Katou started the manga in April 2009 in Shueisha’s Jump SQ, and Shueisha published the manga’s first volume in August 2009. The manga’s 33rd volume was released in December 2025.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English under the name Blue Exorcist, and it will release the manga’s 32nd volume on April 7th, 2026. Viz Media describes the manga below:
“Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won’t be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releases the demonic power within him!”
The manga has more than 25 million copies in circulation, and it has been adapted into several anime projects.
