{"id":3903,"date":"2026-06-20T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/hunter-x-hunter-volume-39-july-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:19:09","slug":"hunter-x-hunter-volume-39-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/hunter-x-hunter-volume-39-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter x Hunter Volume 39: July 3, and 20 Chapters Already Waiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first new <em>Hunter x Hunter<\/em> volume in nearly two years is almost here: <strong>Volume 39 lands in Japan on 3 July 2026<\/strong>. But the bigger story is not the volume itself \u2014 it is how much further Yoshihiro Togashi has already pushed the story beyond it.<\/p>\n<h2>Volume 39: The Essentials<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shueisha.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shueisha<\/a> has officially listed <em>HUNTER\u00d7HUNTER<\/em> Volume 39 for 3 July 2026, priced at \u00a5572 (approximately S$5.90 at current rates), with 208 pages. The volume collects chapters 401\u2013410 \u2014 the stretch that briefly ran in <em>Weekly Shonen Jump<\/em> between October and December 2024, before Togashi once again stepped back from the weekly schedule due to his ongoing chronic back pain.<\/p>\n<p>The previous volume, Volume 38, came out in Japan on 4 September 2024. That makes the gap between tankobon releases roughly 22 months \u2014 an uncomfortable but not unusual wait for one of manga&#8217;s most notoriously interrupted series. The English edition of Volume 38 (via Viz Media) landed in January 2026; Volume 39&#8217;s English date has not been announced.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gon-freecss-hunter-x-hunter.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gon Freecss in Hunter x Hunter anime\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Yoshihiro Togashi \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Succession Contest Arc \u2014 Where We Left Off<\/h2>\n<p>Volume 39 continues the Succession Contest arc, the sweeping multi-faction storyline centred on the thirteen princes of the Kakin Empire vying for the throne while Gon and Killua remain apart and the cast expands at a pace only Togashi would attempt. Chapters 401\u2013410 advance the Nen-beast plotlines and the political maneuvering that has been building since Volume 34. If you left off after Volume 38, this picks up exactly where you stopped.<\/p>\n<h2>The Bigger News: Togashi Has 20 Chapters Waiting<\/h2>\n<p>Here is what makes this moment feel different from previous hiatuses. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WSJ_manga\/status\/2059332469233516723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shonen Jump News<\/a>, the verified English-language tracker for <em>Weekly Shonen Jump<\/em>, Togashi has been posting chapter-progress updates on his social media \u2014 and the numbers are encouraging.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chapters 411\u2013420:<\/strong> Fully completed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 421:<\/strong> Manuscript confirmed finished as of late May 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapters 422\u2013429:<\/strong> In the &#8220;latest stages of production&#8221; \u2014 effectively near-complete.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 430:<\/strong> Inking confirmed completed as of April 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That is roughly twenty chapters \u2014 a full two volumes&#8217; worth of story \u2014 that are either done or essentially done, sitting in reserve. Shueisha has not confirmed when regular serialisation will resume, but a buffer that large signals real momentum. Previous hiatuses often began with Togashi having little or no runway. Right now, he appears to be ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n<h2>English Edition: A Long Wait, but Import Options Exist<\/h2>\n<p>Viz Media typically releases English volumes 12\u201316 months after the Japanese edition. If that pattern holds, Volume 39 in English is a 2027 arrival at best. Singapore readers who want it sooner can order from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Japan<\/a> or Rakuten \u2014 both ship internationally, with standard delivery to Singapore taking around one to two weeks. Kinokuniya&#8217;s branches at Ngee Ann City and Bugis+ also regularly stock Japanese-language Jump manga, so it is worth checking their shelves in early-to-mid July.<\/p>\n<h2>Last Words<\/h2>\n<p>For Singapore&#8217;s manga community, Volume 39 is proof that <em>Hunter x Hunter<\/em> is alive and, by the looks of Togashi&#8217;s chapter buffer, in better shape than at any point since the series resumed in 2022. The July 3 release date is a milestone \u2014 but the chapter-progress updates are the real signal to watch. Keep an eye on <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/manga-anime\/\">our manga and anime coverage<\/a> for any English-edition date announcement from Viz Media, and for the inevitable buzz when Shueisha finally sets a return-to-serialisation date.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Manga\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter x Hunter Volume 39 hits Japan on 3 July 2026 \u2014 the first new volume in 22 months. And Togashi already has chapters 411 to 430 in various stages of completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[25],"tags":[363,364,366,365],"class_list":["post-3903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga-anime","tag-hunter-x-hunter","tag-manga","tag-weekly-shonen-jump","tag-yoshihiro-togashi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hxh-volume-39-july-2026.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-10X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3738,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/jujutsu-kaisen-modulo-english-print-viz-2027\/","url_meta":{"origin":3903,"position":0},"title":"Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo: 68 Years Later Gets English Print in 2027","date":"June 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"VIZ Media will publish the first English print edition of Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo \u2014 Gege Akutami's sci-fi sequel set 68 years after the Culling Game \u2014 in Spring 2027. 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