Ark Performance just launched Kaiyō Gijutsu Sōgō Gakuin Takao-bu on Friday
Kōichi Ishikawa, writer and “number 2” (Ni-gō) of the manga duo Ark Performance, confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that the manga is releasing Arpeggio of Blue Steel ( Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio) by this duo and the recently released Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Kaiyō Gijutsu Sōgō Manga side story Gakuin Takao-bu (Arpeggio of Blue Steel: National Maritime Institute of Technology Takao Club) will be on indefinite hiatus.
Ishikawa explained that the duo's illustrator and “Number 1”(Ichi-gō) Kenji Mitsuyoshi suffered a broken femur after a fall on his way home from a talk event. The official X/Twitter account for the Arpeggio of Blue Steel manga will post any updates on the return of both manga.
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15日発売のヤングキングアワーズGH 1月号にて掲載させていただきました通り, ArkPer form. つきましては連載中の作品は無期限休載となります。… pic.twitter.com/6AwHC9zgGy
— ArkPerformance（弐号） (@nabeatama) November 16, 2024
— ArkPerformance（弐号） (@nabeatama) Ishikawa added that Mitsuyoshi is still hospitalized but the artist appears to be well enough to be able to watch VTuber streams on YouTube.
Image via Kinokuniya
© Ark Performance, Shonengahosha
Ark Performance launched the Arpeggio of Blue Steel manga in Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine in 2009. Shonengahosha published the manga's 28th compiled book volume on October 30. Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the manga in print. printed in North America and Crunchyroll published the manga online. This manga inspired a television anime broadcast by Crunchyroll in Japan in 2013 and two anime films.
Recently, Ark Performance's Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Kaiyō Gijutsu Sōgō Gakuin Takao-bu manga debuted in the January 2025 issue of Shonengahosha's Monthly Youngking Ours GH magazine on Friday. Ark Performance first published Kaiyō Gijutsu Sōgō Gakuin Takao-bu as a column in the magazine in 2014. Hinako Seta (Re-Kan!) drew the art for the column.
Ark Performance and Koujirou Nakamura produced the Mobile Suit GTA Twilight AXIS Novel under Yatate Bunko—Sunrise's light novel publisher—in November 2016. The novel is inspired by the six-episode short anime series. The first volume debuted with English subtitles in June 2017. The novel is also inspired by a manga series.
Ark Performance launched the Mobile Suit Gunma MSV-R: Johnny Ridden no Kikan manga in Kadokawa's Gundunda Ace magazine in April 2010, and ended it in July 2023 after 13 years. The manga's 26th and final volume was published in September 2023.
Source: X/Twitter of Ark Performance's Kōichi Ishikawa account via Otakomu
