Miura's Farewell Message Hit Readers Hard
The final chapter, "#250 Kono Hako ni" (roughly, "Into This Box"), runs in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump issue 33 with an extra-large center color spread. Miura, the manga's author, marked the moment on X with a new illustration and a message to readers. "There's no greater happiness than having something I drew because I believed in it, and having other people tell me it was good," he wrote, adding that Blue Box "became a precious work that changed my life."
The replies came fast, according to a report from Japanese anime news site Anime Anime. Readers called the series their reason to live, thanked Miura for "the best youth," and admitted the farewell illustration alone brought them to tears. One fan wrote that following the series weekly since 2021 was what got them through their Mondays.
Blue Box launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in April 2021. It follows down-to-earth high schoolers who pour themselves into their club sports, and it treats the small shifts of the heart that come with falling for someone as carefully as any match. That combination carried it through 250 chapters and into a hit TV anime adaptation.
Akari Kitō Joins the Send-Off
Akari Kitō (Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer), who voices Hina Chōno in the anime, quote-posted Miura's farewell with a message of her own. "Congratulations on completing Blue Box! Thank you so much for creating this wonderful work and for continuing to draw it. A delicate, passionate, and beautiful youth was right there," she wrote, adding her deepest gratitude for the chance to meet Hina.
The anime's official account celebrated too, posting an illustration of heroine Chinatsu Kano and thanking readers for more than five years of support. It also pointed fans to issue 33 itself, which carries congratulatory comments from the anime's cast and theme-song artists alongside the finale. The Weekly Shonen Jump account billed the chapter as a "super-climax" center color feature.
Original Manuscripts on Display at the Nagoya Exhibition
The series may be finished, but the Blue Box Exhibition is not. The touring show arrives at Telepia Hall in Nagoya from August 22 to September 27, 2026. There, Miura's hand-drawn manuscript pages will be displayed alongside the finished digital versions, a rare chance to compare the two directly.
A special-edition official pamphlet bundles a sticker sheet built from Miura's X illustrations and a fold-out key visual poster. Every visitor also receives one of eight random postcards at the door, and the venue will stock exhibition-exclusive merchandise featuring newly drawn art. Tickets run ¥3,500 with goods, ¥1,800 for adults and university students, ¥1,300 for middle and high schoolers, and ¥800 for elementary schoolers.
Looking Ahead
The manga's ending changes nothing for the anime. Season 2 premieres October 4, 2026, airing Sundays at 4:30 p.m. on TBS's 28-station national network. Production moves to studio Electric Circus with Daisuke Sakō (Lupin Zero) directing, taking over from Season 1 director Yūichirō Yano and Telecom Animation Film, while series composer Yūko Kakihara and character designer Miho Tanino return.
Internationally, the first season streamed on Netflix, and Netflix has already posted the Season 2 teaser trailer on its official channels, which suggests the show will land in the same place this fall. For readers who want to see how it all ends, Viz Media publishes the manga in English in print, and Shueisha's Manga Plus app carries it digitally, final chapter included. And if the farewell coverage is any measure, plenty of fans will be reading chapter 250 more than once.