Togashi is said to produce the series entirely on his own, without the help of assistants, though he has admitted to receiving some help from Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi, whom he is married to. While the current hiatus is the longest in the series' history, the manga had already previously built up a reputation for only being published sporadically. Hunter x Hunter has been on hiatus ever since November 2018. Since then, Togashi has become one of the most popular manga artists on Twitter, with over 2.9 million followers. One-Punch Man artist Yusuke Murata eventually reassured fans that the account did indeed belong to his colleague, which was further confirmed by a representative from Weekly Shonen Jump.

Unfortunately, fans were initially skeptical that the Twitter account actually belonged to the legendary manga author, as his choice of screen name, made it look like the profile was either a hoax or a bot account. Togashi first confirmed he was resuming production of the series last May, when he started a new Twitter account to share his work with fans.

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