The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Sudden Illness

This year’s 52nd issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Shūichi Asō’s The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan) manga taking a one-week break until December 4, the magazine’s first 2018 issue, due to Asō’s sudden illness.

Asō launched the manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2012 after drawing one-shot versions of the story in Weekly Shonen Jump and Jump Next! magazines in 2011.

The manga inspired an anime series that aired within the Oha-Suta (“Good Morning Star”) program beginning July 2016.