The editors for Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine announced on Wednesday that manga artist Yōko Umezu had died on July 7 due to cerebral infarction (ischemic stroke). The magazine's editors stated that a private funeral was held, attended only by close relatives.
The editors also announced that Vermeil in Gold (Kinsō no Vermeil: Gakeppuchi Majutsushi wa Saikyō no Yakusai to Mahō Sekai o Tsukisusumu), Kōta Amana and Umezu's manga that serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan, has ended with the chapter that ran in the magazine's July issue on June 12. The editorial staff added that they will announce details regarding the publication of the series' uncollected chapters at a later date.
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