Source: https://x.com/Vintageweeb8/status/2096065869981929773

Oh no! Did this come from any official source? Quick google didn't have any useful results.

4 minutes ago, durendal said:

Oh no! Did this come from any official source? Quick google didn't have any useful results.

Apparently it is in one of the special features on the new Dark Hero Bluray.

I read a review for the blu-ray a little while back that made mention to him "not taking up the pen again" so am surprised it took so long for anyone else to post this. I'm obviously really sad but i'm sure Takaya himself is even moreso that these were the circumstances that it ended on. Maybe the advert for a new assistant wasn't because anyone died but because he just needed an additional pair of hands to help out towards the end.

This is very sad news in terms of getting it finally in writing. But it's not unexpected; it's been 10 years since any new Guyver content, and it stopped at a point that never made sense (2 issues after a chapter release). That was never a good thing, as he deeply cared about his story, planned long-term arcs and reveals... a person like that would never stop where he did without it being without a choice.

I'll always love what he did. But hopefully, finally getting a public status of what is happening with him might someday lead to Guyver getting moved into new hands by someone Kadokawa Shoten selects.

So apparently, Japanese fans also only found out about this via the Blue-ray release? Or so I heard.

This is sad indeed. I wish him good health and I do hope he does select a successor to finish it. It's not unheard of for an author handing over the reins to someone else to continue the story. Take Berserk for example, after Miura's passing, the manga was able to continue by his close friend who he told how the manga would end.

Yeah I've also seen some of the japanese fans' confusion (upset?) by the way its been announced. A small few are choosing to not believe it until an official announcement happens via japanese channels...

I'd like him to pass it on to someone else but I also feel like if he was confident he could find someone he would have done so at some point in the last 10 years. On another note, because the topic of his assistants has been so pertinent to the hiatus and to this revelation, here's a picture of him with his assistants from 1987:

"A scene from the workspace where assistants and staff are all mixed together. Surprisingly, the two main assistants are girls."

Taken from Shonen Captain Jr Vol. 2 which has a few pages of behind the scenes of his early guyver days. i picked this up some time ago. that's takaya in the back with the white cloth on his head.

It's heartbreaking knowing the creator of something I've loved for a long time is suffering like this. I'm really sorry this has happened to him. Totally understandable why he couldn't continue. I hope the rest of his days are as comfortable as possible.

This is probably the moment I've dreaded most but also it's just good to know that he's looking after himself and not pushing it. Reading that, yeah I'd rather he focused on enjoying life and not pushing it. May his days be enjoyable and thanks for the memories!