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Black Lagoon Manga Creator Opens Up About Dealing with Depression

Rei Hiroe revealed on Monday that depression is a major part of his life. Responding to a now-deleted tweet speculating about the reason behind Black Lagoon's multiple hiatuses, he wrote: "It's simply because my depression has not improved and I can't apply myself to a large amount of work."

Hiroe launched the Black Lagoon manga in Monthly Sunday GX in 2002. The 11th volume (seen right), which shipped in November 2018, is the first compiled book volume of the manga released in four years, since the 10th volume's release in May 2014. The 12th volume will ship on August 19.

The manga had resumed again in September 2019.

OVA in 2010.

Hiroe was also the original creator for the Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in June 2019.

Source: Rei Hiroe's Twitter via Yaraon!