<P> Some time later, Netero's son Beyond assembles an expedition to the Dark Continent (暗黒 大陸, Ankoku Tairiku). The forbidden, vast area outside of the known world that is sponsored by the Kingdom of Kakin . Fearing that the expedition may bring disaster to the world, just like it occurred in previous attempts, the world's five greatest powers accept that Kakin join their ranks in exchange for full authority over its findings . To accompany Beyond and prevent him from doing something unexpected, the Zodiacs decide to watch over him and invite Kurapika and Leorio to join them . While replacing Ging and the former Vice-Chairman Pariston, who assembled their own teams by Beyond's request . Aboard Kakin's expedition's ship, the princes take part in a battle to the death to decide the next king, and Kurapika infiltrates the royalty's security force along with some of his friends after learning that one of the princes has a large collection of eyes from the Kurta Clan . Meanwhile, some of the members of the Phantom Troupe also infiltrate the ship while Hisoka, after almost being killed by Chrollo who recovered his powers, decides to hunt down all of the members of the Troupe one by one in revenge . </P> <P> Author Yoshihiro Togashi explained that one of his hobbies is collecting objects of all sorts, so he was inspired to create a manga involving collecting titled "Hunter". He came up with the final name Hunter × Hunter while watching the television variety show Downtown, in which the hosts often repeated what they said to make the audience laugh . The "×" in the title is silent . As with his previous series, YuYu Hakusho, Togashi used drafting ink and Kabura pens for his illustrations but began using an eMac to color them . Togashi uses few or no assistants in the manga's production; however, fellow manga artist and future wife Naoko Takeuchi assisted Togashi in adding screentone to single - color pages for the first volume . With the birth of their first son early in its publication, Togashi felt that this personal aspect of his life would be a great influence on his work, particularly the manga's theme of a young boy searching for his father . </P> <P> There have been several instances in which Togashi has apologized to readers in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump for low quality artwork and promised to redraw portions of the chapters for their tankōbon (collected volume) releases . In addition, the publication history of the Hunter × Hunter manga has been plagued with hiatuses, in which serialized chapters would be separated by extended periods of time . After returning from a two - year - long hiatus in June 2014, and joining the English language Weekly Shonen Jump lineup, the manga went on another just two months later . The series returned from this hiatus, which has been its longest to date, on April 18, 2016 . However, just over two months later, Hunter × Hunter began another hiatus on June 4, 2016, until resuming serialization again on June 26, 2017 . Just over two months later, on August 31st, it was announced the series will go on hiatus again, with plans to return by the end of the year . The series returned in the 9th issue of Shonen Jump in 2018 . </P> <P> Written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, the Hunter × Hunter manga began its ongoing serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on March 3, 1998 . Shueisha has compiled most of the chapters into 34 tankōbon volumes as of June 2017 . In December 2011, Shueisha began republishing the manga into a magazine - styled sōshūhen format . The company published one volume per month for a total of six volumes, covering up to the end of the Greed Island story arc . In December 2012, Togashi wrote a two - part manga titled Kurapika's Memories (クラピカ 追憶 編, Kurapika Tsuioku - hen) to act as a prequel to the first animated film . Tokyo Ghoul author Sui Ishida created a 69 - page storyboard of a manga chapter depicting the past of Hunter × Hunter's Hisoka . The storyboard was released digitally via Shonen Jump+ on June 2, 2016 . </P>

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