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Shonen Jump's Sasaki: Bleach Manga Will End in Less Than 10 Weeks

posted on 2016-07-14 00:35 BST by Karen Ressler

Hisashi Sasaki, the former editor-in-chief of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and the current Vice President for Global Shonen Jump at Viz, commented during Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump Podcast 164 on Monday that Tite Kubo will end his Bleach manga in less than 10 weeks.

The manga's 73rd volume previously announced that the 74th volume will be the final volume. The manga entered its final story arc in February 2012.

Thanks to Tropical Blitz for the news tip

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