Every so often the manga calendar clusters a run of major moments into a single stretch, and this summer delivered exactly that. Within a matter of days, longtime readers got both closure and continuation across several of the medium’s biggest titles.
Solo Leveling closes the book in Japan
On June 23, Solo Leveling released its 25th and final volume in Japan, ending a seven-year run for one of the most successful manhwa imports the market has ever seen. The franchise itself rolls on through a planned anime third season and the Ragnarok sequel, but the original story’s Japanese print run has officially concluded.
Dr. Stone reaches its anime finale
Right alongside it, Dr. Stone reached a milestone of its own, with the anime adaptation of Science Future wrapping its run in late June and bringing the long-running science-adventure series toward its conclusion. For a title built on cliffhangers and step-by-step discovery, seeing its central mystery resolved marked a genuine end of an era.
Berserk stages a rare comeback
And then there was the counterweight to all these endings: Berserk came roaring back. After a roughly nine-month gap, Kentaro Miura’s dark fantasy epic delivered three chapters over about six weeks, from Chapter 384 in mid-June through Chapter 386 in July, its most consistent output in years under supervisor Kouji Mori and the artists of Studio Gaga.
Endings and beginnings, side by side
What made this stretch stand out wasn’t any single release but the mix of them landing together: a farewell here, a finale there, and a long-awaited return in between. It’s a reminder of how much life there is across the manga landscape right now, where even as beloved series wrap up, others find fresh momentum. For fans, it was a bittersweet but exciting few weeks, and a good moment to appreciate just how much the medium has to offer.
