The official X account for manga creator Amyuu Sakura announced on Sunday that their Kono Oto Tomare! (Stop This Sound!) manga will end in three chapters.

The countdown includes the upcoming chapter in the October 2026 issue of Jump SQ. magazine, which is scheduled to release on September 4.

In the announcement, Amyu expressed deep gratitude to the readers, noting that Kono Oto Tomare! is their first serialized work. The author credited the fans' continuous support for allowing the series to run for so long and vowed to put their full effort into drawing the remaining chapters until the conclusion.

Amyuu began serializing the school music-themed manga in Jump SQ. magazine in August 2012. Shueisha published the 34th volume on June 4. Kono Oto Tomare! has a cumulative 7.5 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

The Kono Oto Tomare! - Tokise High School Koto Songs album released in March 2017 won an Excellence Prize at the 72nd National Arts Festival Record and the Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year at the 32nd Gold Disc Awards.

Platinum Vision produced a 26-episode television anime adaptation that aired in two split-season courses between April and December 2019. Crunchyroll streamed the anime with subtitles in multiple languages, as well as an English dub.

Synopsis
Following the graduation of every other member of the Koto Music Club, Takezou Kurata is left alone as the new club president. Now burdened with the arduous task of rebuilding membership, he struggles to recruit anyone due to a lack of interest. Just as Kurata has lost nearly all hope in keeping the club alive, the feared delinquent Chika Kudou appears, claiming he will join and become the club president himself.

At first, Kurata refuses to admit such a troublesome person, aware of the dark rumors that have been circulating about Kudou. However, after discovering a more vulnerable side to Kudou and his mysterious connection to the club, Kurata rethinks his decision. The soon-to-be defunct club is saved with the help of koto prodigy Satowa Houzuki, who uses her charms to recruit Kudou's lively friends Saneyasu Adachi, Michitaka Sakai, and Kouta Mizuhara.

With sufficient numbers to retain the club's status, Houzuki declares that they will aim to become the best koto players in the nation, much to Kurata's dismay. This ragtag bunch of young musicians have a road filled with challenges and adversities ahead of them, and by overcoming their fears and differences, their aspirations may very well come true. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Source: @Amyuu Sakura on X