Do you think they'll just put it on haitus and it'll return later like with Kenshin
As bad as Watsuki’s situation was, I think Matsuki’s situation is much worse.
Hell, I’d say Shimabakuro was cancelled for much less.
I can’t see Act-Age ever continuing in the magazine. RIP to future volumes. RIP to the future and inevitable anime series. RIP to the future stage play. RIP to the potential live action film. This was a series that was clearly going to be huge, but now it’s done. I think any future Act-Age was going to have us over now.
I also can’t see Matsuki not getting jail time for this. So even if Shueisha wasn’t going drop him for the crime, I doubt they’d be willing to put the series on hiatus and wait for however long it takes for Matsuki to serve his time and start the series up again. And just hope that he won’t commit a crime again.
On top of that, Shiro is young and has a career of her own. She can’t just sit around waiting for him to continue working. If the series goes of a 5 year hiatus, she might have a new hit series of her own by then.
The only saving grace is MAYBE Shiro knows exactly how the rest of the series is suppose to play out from here, and could continue without Matsuki. However, from what I’m hearing they apparently hated each other, so I doubt that. And, as awful as a person he turned out being, Matsuki is still a phenomenal writer, and I doubt Act-Age could simply just continue without him.
Sadly, we witnessed one of Jump’s future pillars die in a matter of hours
