How to Read Hunter × Hunter Free in 2026 — Official + Raws
Where to read Hunter x Hunter in 2026: free official chapters, how to catch the newest raws the day a hiatus ends, and how to read it in your own language.
Few manga generate a bigger stir than Hunter × Hunter when it comes back. Yoshihiro Togashi's series releases in irregular bursts, and every return sends the fandom scrambling to read the new chapters the moment they're out. Here's where to read Hunter × Hunter — officially, in the latest raws, and in whatever language you actually read in.
What is Hunter × Hunter?
Hunter × Hunter runs in Weekly Shonen Jump (when it runs — Togashi takes long, health-related hiatuses). It follows Gon Freecss as he sets out to become a Hunter and find his father, and unfolds into one of the most intricately plotted shonen ever made — the Nen power system, the Chimera Ant and Succession War arcs, and a cast that rewards close reading. Its scarcity is part of the phenomenon: because chapters come in rare batches, each return is an event.
Where to read Hunter × Hunter officially
The complete series is available in English from VIZ (Shonen Jump), and new chapters get official English on MANGA Plus / the Shonen Jump app when a run is active. If you read English, start there — it's the highest quality and it supports the author. A VIZ / Shonen Jump membership unlocks the full back catalogue cheaply, which is the right way to read the older arcs end to end.
Official English on MANGA Plus / VIZ when a run is live — use that first.
When you need a translation tool
Three situations:
- You don't read English. Hunter × Hunter has official English, but no official Portuguese, Spanish, French or German serialization — so for a large part of the world's readers, "official" isn't a version they can read. Sumi translates the same pages into 20+ languages.
- A fresh batch just dropped and you want the raw immediately, before the localized version catches up.
- You're reading to learn Japanese, or working through volumes you bought.
Reading it with Sumi
If the chapter is on a website, Sumi for Chrome translates it in place; on your phone or Mac, the reader app has a built-in browser for the official manga sites. Pick your language — Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and more — turn on translation, and read, with the text set back inside the bubbles instead of in a sidebar. For a saved page, the online translator takes an image directly.
App: open a bookmarked site or continue a chapter already in your library.
Desktop: translate the reader page in place.
Dense Nen vocabulary is exactly where one-tap fix + glossary earn their keep.
One thing that matters specifically for Hunter × Hunter: it's dense with invented terminology — Nen, Hatsu, dozens of named abilities. Sumi lets you keep a glossary so a term like a specific Hatsu name is translated the same way every time, instead of drifting chapter to chapter. Combined with a one-tap "fix this bubble," that keeps a complex series readable.
Read it to learn Japanese
Hunter × Hunter is advanced reading — the vocabulary and sentence structure are a real step up — which makes it satisfying study once you've got the basics. Sumi's reader can put furigana over the kanji and define any word on a tap, then feed what you look up into flashcards.
FAQ
Can I read Hunter × Hunter in Portuguese or Spanish? Yes. There's no official Portuguese or Spanish release, but Sumi translates the pages into 20+ languages — pick yours in the app or extension settings and read in the language you think in.
Is Hunter × Hunter finished? No — it's ongoing, released in irregular batches between hiatuses. That's exactly why fans read the raws the moment a new run appears.
Is it legal to translate the raws? Translating manga you have a right to read — official free chapters, your own purchases, public-domain titles — is fine for personal use. The tools convert text on a page you already have; they don't host manga.
Got a new Hunter × Hunter raw in front of you? Drop the page into the online manga translator — one page is free without an account, signing up adds 5 more, and you can claim 5 more every day after that. Then browse the most popular ongoing manga in 2026 or the method rundown in how to read raw manga in English.
Sample page: Black Jack ni Yoroshiku by Syuho Sato, released by the author for free use. Hunter × Hunter is © Yoshihiro Togashi / Shueisha and is referenced here for identification only.