Yoshihiro Togashi just left Hunter x Hunter readers hanging on one of the messiest political gambits in the Succession Contest arc, and the countdown to the next chapter is already underway.
Chapter 417 dropped on August 9 and pushed Benjamin’s endgame into overdrive. The First Prince has stopped fighting for his own survival entirely. With TSK-17 set to kill him within hours, he’s now focused on wiping out the remaining heirs, triggering Kakin’s emergency succession law, and locking his own bloodline into the throne using his Guardian Spirit Beast. It’s a desperate, ruthless plan, and it hinges on one shaky assumption: that he actually killed Tserriednich.
That assumption is looking shakier by the page. Salkov already doubts what he witnessed, since Tserriednich appears to have activated Parallel Future right before Benjamin’s attack landed. If that’s true, Benjamin may have destroyed a decoy while the real Fourth Prince slipped away untouched, all while he presses forward with Special Martial Law completely unaware.
When Does Hunter x Hunter Chapter 418 Come Out?
Chapter 418 is expected to release on Sunday, August 23, 2026 in the United States, with Japan receiving it Monday, August 24 local time. The gap after Chapter 417 isn’t a new hiatus. Weekly Shonen Jump simply isn’t publishing a standard issue during the August 16 window, which is why the schedule skips a week before Chapter 418 arrives.
That expected date holds until VIZ or MANGA Plus posts an official countdown confirming it, so fans should treat August 23 as likely rather than locked in.
Chapter 418 should pick up right where the tension left off, clarifying where the real Tserriednich actually went and how long he can keep the deception running. Elsewhere, Tubeppa is racing to find an antidote to TSK-17, Camilla is hunting for medical help, and Zhang Lei and Luzurus remain on the run as fugitives. Fugetsu’s situation stays dangerous too, while Oito and Woble now find themselves under Benjamin’s direct investigation.
No verified spoilers for Chapter 418 have surfaced yet, so any early claims about Benjamin’s fate or Tserriednich’s whereabouts should be treated with caution until Shueisha confirms the actual pages.
Mark the calendar for Sunday, August 23, when Hunter x Hunter Chapter 418 is expected to reveal whether Benjamin’s plan survives its first real crack.