VINLAND SAGA , the celebrated historical manga by Makoto Yukimura, will be coming to an end next month with its 220th chapter. The news came today via Yukimura's official X (formerly Twitter) account , in which he confirms the news ahead of the upcoming announcement in its home magazine, Monthly Afternoon. Yukimura notes that the final chapter will be published on July 25. The fans already know that we're taking a break this month and it's the last chapter!? As expected… Apologies for the late notice. Vinland Saga will be taking a break this month. The final installment will be Chapter 220, scheduled to be released on July 25. The announcement will be made in this month's Monthly Afternoon. RELATED: 2025 American Manga Awards Nominees Announced In a follow-up post , Yukimura apologizes for the frequent breaks, adding that this final episode is "difficult" and will take "a long time to draw." The VINLAND SAGA manga debuted in Weekly Shonen Magazine on April 13, 2005, switching to Monthly Afternoon in December of the same year. The series, which consists of 28 volumes in print, also inspired an anime adaptation starting in 2019. The series has been praised by fans and critics alike and has won multiple prizes during its 20-year run, including the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga in 2012. Kodansha USA releases the celebrated manga in print and digital editions Crunchyroll streams both seasons of the VINLAND SAGA anime, describing the series thus: Around the end of the millennium, Viking, the mightiest but atrocious tribe, had been out breaking everywhere. Thorfinn, the son of the greatest warrior, lived his childhood in the battlefield. He was seeking the land of reverie called Vinland. This is the story of a true warrior in an age of turmoil. Source: Makoto Yukimura's Official X (formerly Twitter) account
