The ongoing manga series The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki will be on hiatus to January 18. The announcement was released Wednesday on the first 2017 issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine.
The reason for the hiatus is due to the mangaka being confined in the hospital after undergoing a medical procedure. Editors of the said magazine has assured the manga’s followers that Suzuki’s condition is not life-threatening,
While the manga artist is still recovering, the mangazine will be releasing a couple of side stories until January 11 which Suzuki drew before but were never published yet. According to the announcement, the first side story will be focused on Griamore.
Here’s a description about the manga as described by Kondansha:
When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth – the Sins were framed by the king’s guard, the Holy Knights – too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne!
Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn’t even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins’ strength been exaggerated?
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