Yona of the Dawn Manga Ends After 16 Years in December

After an epic 16-year run, Mizuho Kusanagi’s Yona of the Dawn manga is coming to end. The Hana to Yume magazine revealed the news on its official accounts today, announcing that the final chapter will release in Japan on December 19.  Yona of the Dawn has three more chapters to go, with the next chapter set to release on November 5 in issue 23, skipping issue 24 on November 20, the penultimate chapter publishing on December 5 in the first issue of magazine's 2026 run, with the final chapter coming out on December 19. Creator Kusanagi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that "the reason I'm only announcing this with three chapters left is because I waited until the very last moment to decide when to wrap things up." She then thanked the editorial department for "accommodating [her] pace." RELATED: Yona of the Dawn Manga to Get Musical Adaptation in July Kusanagi began the manga in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine in August 2009, with 46 volumes released in Japan to date. VIZ Media releases an English-language version of the manga series. The TV anime adaptation of  Yona of the Dawn  aired for 24 episodes from October 2013 to March 2014 with Kazuhiro Yoneda directing at Studio Pierrot.  Crunchyroll, which  streams all of the 24 episodes , describes the series: Currently, Hiryuu Palace has no one else next in line for the throne other than the fifteen year old princess, Yona, who had been raised with care. Finally, the night of her sixteenth birthday arrives. She expects it to be a wonderful day spent with her peace-loving father, Il, her servant and friend Hak, and her cousin Soo-won, who she had feelings for... However... That night, Yona goes to visit her father to tell him how she really feels, because he opposes to her getting married to Soo-won. However, when she gets to her room, she encounters a shocking truth. Source:  Hana to Yume on X (formerly Twitter), PR Times

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