Kimetsu no Yaiba, SPYxFAMILY and other manga are delayed by coronavirus

Editorial Shueisha announced that the release of volume 20 of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga as well as 30 other new volumes of different titles will be delayed due to the preventive measures against the COVID-19 virus that Japan took a few days ago. Some of the other new manga volumes to be delayed are: act-age, Haikyu !!, SSSS.Gridman, SPY × FAMILY, Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc, One Piece Stampede, Super Dragon Ball Heroes and Boruto.

Here is a list of the different magazines of the publisher with the titles and their respective volumes that will be suspended:

Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine

act-age - Volume 11
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume 20
Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru - Volume 5
I’m From Japan - Volume 6
Haikyuu !! - Volume 43
Majo no Moribito - Volume 1

Shonen Jump + Magazine

2.5-Jigen no Ririsa - Volume 4
SSSS.Gridman - Volume 2
SPY × FAMILY - Volume 4
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai - Volume 9
Ohisama Party - Volume 1
Kaibutsu Shōjo wa Hatsukoi no Yume or Miru ka? - Volume 3
Psychoagainst - Volume 5
Summer Time Rendering - Volume 10
Shijin-sō no Satsujin - Volume 2
World’s End Harem - Volume 11
Haikyu-bu !! - Volume 2
Haikyu-bu !! - Volume 3
Bōkyaku Battery - Volume 7
Yōkoso Bōrei Sōgiya-san - Volume 1

Jump Square Magazine

Kojirase Hyakki Dominor - Volume 5
The New Prince of Tennis - Volume 29
Desert 9 - Volume 1
Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc - Volume 4

The publisher Shueisha had already announced the delay for the 21st edition of its magazine Weekly Shonen Jump and revealed that it will be launched in combination with the number 22 on April 27.

The main reason for the delay of some magazines is because there are suspicions that a worker from the publishing company is a carrier of the COVID-19 virus since on Thursday, April 2, the worker reported ill to the company explaining his symptoms. For this reason, the worker attended a hospital and was ordered to stay home and not leave until a COVID-19 test result was obtained. For this reason, Shueshia ordered her employees to work from home starting April 6. Additionally, the Weekly Shonen Jump editorial department has temporarily halted all work to further reduce the risk of spreading the infection to manga creators and others involved in the magazine.

However, the editorial also clarified that this worker does not work in an area that puts at risk the health of the authors of the different manga that they serialize.

Sources: Shueisha, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web