Whatever happened to Ragnarok?

[magius]

Wow, hey everyone, I have been waiting for a while to ask about this.

This title disappeared more than one year ago (or more?) leaving us at a cliffhanger...

So what happened? :)

[ParaKiss]

I wouldn't have a clue

[kazuchiyo]

I believe the author kind of wandered off to work on other projects, if I'm not mistaken, and so it was never continued in Korea.

[eternal_midget]

Actually, I believe if you read all the extras at the end of each volume, the author explains that his story takes place in three arcs... 'Into the Abyss' was the first arc, consisting of the ten volumes Tokyopop released. From there, he was going to jump back over a thousand years to the Battle at Ragnarok, and that arc was going to be about 10-15 volumes. After that, he'd jump back up to the end of 'Into the Abyss' and finish out the series with another 10 volumes or so... And being as Ragnarok was a monthly series, it takes him 6 months to make one volume, so two volumes each year, about 5-7 years for the next arc, and another 5 or so til he completely finishes the series. I have tried asking Tokyopop before, and last time I checked a couple months ago, they have no plans to license the rest of this series, even though I believe it is currently still running in Korea. If you ever feel like visiting the country, or can find a site that sells untranslated manwha, feel free to pick it up and enjoy the artwork. Sorry for the bad news...

[PeterAhlstrom]

No, as linlinchan said, it is NOT currently running in Korea. The author is too busy working on the Ragnarok Online game. What we have released is all there is in Korea as well. Maybe the author will start working on it again someday, but this is anyone's guess.

The manga market in Korea tanked in the last few years. Books sell less than a tenth as many copies there as they used to. It is more profitable for the author to work on the video game than it is for him to work on the manga.