The series went on hiatus in 2020
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© Ryoutarou Iwanaga, Kodansha
Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen magazine announced on March 6 that Ryoutarou Iwanaga’s Pumpkin Scissors manga will return to serialization in its May issue on April 6.
Kodansha USA published the series in English and describes the story:
The bitter war between the Empire and the Frost Republic has ended, but three years after the ceasefire, the Empire is still ravaged by famine and disease, and bandits terrorize the population. Could the State Imperial Army Part III, aka the Pumpkin Scissors, stop a rebel force with chemical weapons? And who is the mysterious stranger helping Pumpkin Scissors?
The series went on hiatus in March 2020.
Iwanaga launched the series in Kodansha’s Great Magazine in 2002, but the series later moved to Monthly Shonen Magazine in 2006. Kodansha published the 23rd compilation volume in November 2019. Kodansha USA published Volume 23 was released digitally in July 2020.
The manga inspired a 24-episode anime television series that premiered in October 2006.
Source: Monthly Shonen Magazine