'Beelzebub' Manga to End in Upcoming Issue

According to a scan from the upcoming issue of Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, the final chapter of Beelzebub will be published in this issue. The magazine will be released on February 24th. The scan also states that a bangaihen (side-story or spin-off series) will begin in the next issue of the quarterly special magazine, Shounen Jump NEXT!.

Ryuuhei Tamura's manga debuted in the magazine in 2009, almost exactly 5 years prior to its concluding 240th chapter. Volume 25 was released at the beginning of this year and ranked tenth on Oricon's Weekly Manga Ranking in its first week. Upon completion, the series will comprise of 27 volumes, the last of which will be published on March 17, 2014.

The series was also adapted into a TV anime series which began airing in Winter 2011. The 60 episodes covered the first 14 volumes of the manga and finished airing in Winter 2012.

Source: Scan via ANN

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