When health
takes its toll, there is no willpower that counts. Mangaka Negi Haruba,
remembered for being the mind behind The Quintessential Quintuplets, has
had to make a stop along the way and indefinitely suspend the publication of
his current work, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (Sentai Daishikkaku), due
to complications in his health condition.
The news
was confirmed through the 47th edition of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine,
where it was detailed that the manga will go on hiatus without a scheduled date
for its return. This interruption comes at a delicate time for fans of the
title, since the work had only resumed its publication on September 24 after a
pause that began in July. In addition, the story has been going through its
final narrative arc since March of this year, a crucial stretch that has been
interrupted several times by the author's constant physical problems.
Through a
personal message shared with his readers, Haruba himself opened up about the
situation he has been going through over the last few months. The creator
admitted that since the beginning of the year he has been forcing his body to
keep going, trying to convince himself that he was fine despite the discomfort.
However, realizing that his condition was not improving, he made the decision
to step aside to focus fully on his medical treatment, apologizing to the
audience and promising to work to resume serialization gradually once he
regains his strength.
Go! Go! ¡Loser Ranger! is an
action, science fiction, and black comedy manga written and illustrated by Negi
Haruba. The work began serialization in Weekly Shonen Magazine in
February 2021, offering a rather fresh twist on the tokusatsu and super sentai
genre by putting the viewer in the shoes of the villains.
The plot follows D, a low-ranking monster soldier who decides to rebel against the false narrative of peace imposed on Earth. After being defeated years ago, the monsters are forced to stage humiliating weekly battles in order to maintain the Dragon Keepers' status as heroes. Determined to put an end to this charade, D infiltrates the ranks of the hero squad to destroy them from within, unleashing a chaotic game of deception and strategy.
