The 18th volume of the manga is set to ship this September.
On Wednesday, 20 May, 2026, the 17th compiled book volume of Hirohisa Satō’s manga “Mother Parasite” was shipped. With it came the news that the series will enter its final arc with the next and 18th volume, set to come out in September 2026.
Mother Parasite
Creator: Hirohisa Satō
Publisher: Shueisha
Reading platform: Comikey, Coamix, MangaHot
When is the Mother Parasite manga ending?
The exact date of the manga’s finale hasn’t been announced yet. The manga will enter its final arc with Volume 18, coming out this September. We can assume the series will reach its climax sometime at the end of 2026, or the beginning of 2027. However, this is just a conjecture at this point as no information about the finale has been revealed.
What is Mother Parasite about?
Hirohisa Satō began publishing this twisted psycho thriller manga in Coamix's Comic Zenon website in June 2020. Comikey, Coamix, and Imagineer's MangaHot platform all publish the manga in English. Comikey describes the story as:
On the surface, Ryota Miki, a middle schooler, seems to get along with his adoptive mother. But behind the scenes, she's terrified of her son's every move, and for good reason—he's secretly keeping track of her every mistake. Meanwhile, his classmate Kaoru Kasai is fed up with his helicopter mom, believing that she's the reason for his bullying. One day, Ryota saves Kaoru, and a troublesome friendship is born. Read this psycho-suspense about a boy obsessed with finding the perfect mother!
Satō’s Suzuki Wants a Quiet Life (Suzuki-san wa Tada Shizuka ni Kurashitai) manga is being published in English in KiraKira Media Inc.'s digital manga platform Azuki (now Omoi). Satō’s other manga Shigahime is being published in English by both Comikey and MangaHot.