As you may of read here or else where the mind behind Kannagi, Eri Takenashi, had stopped writing/drawing the manga due to health reasons. There was a lot of speculation as to if this was the real reason or not due to the last chapters almost explosive ending for otaku. However a day or 2 ago there was a report of Eri being so sick that she was unable to even move her arms or hands. This serious illness, which is still as of yet undisclosed, no doubt scared people into thinking that she could very well die and Kannagi would remain an unfinshed series. 

Thankfully after the great doctors work over in japan, she is recovering now after a successful surgery and while she is indeed recouperating, she has shown interest in resuming her work so if you’re following the manga series fear not! there shall be a few months break but then it will return as usual. Glad to hear she is getting better after this mystery illness. Wonder what it could of been? 

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In a rather unexpected move, the monthly manga ComicREX has announced that due to “Health Issues” of the author, Eri Takenashi,  Kannagi will no longer be published until further notice. Although due to the timing this happened one must call the whole thing into question as to if this is a real reason or not. In case you don’t know what i’m talking about here is a quick run down.

In the last chapter of the Kannagi manga, an ex-boyfriend is introduced. Nagi’s ex-boyfriend. This sparked massive outrage from otaku in japan who over-reacted in a way i’ve never heard of before. Why? Because of the very slight possiblity that Nagi and this ex-boyfriend have had sex, and thus Nagi would no longer be a virgin and “pure”. They burned and destroyed their Kannagi manga collections, they canceled orders on Nagi related products and all sorts of crazy things.

So as you see, having this rather handy health problem happen at this time would be a good way to bow out of the series since obviously whatever the author was planning to do with the new character, has backfired in a way unlike i’ve seen before. Regardless of everything i’ve said though and while I don’t follow the Kannagi manga myself, I wish Eri a speedy recovery and hope she can get back to doing this series.