In a message dated 1/1/2002 8:32:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, David L. 
Burkhead writes:

<< Question about the manga.
 
 I understand it ran/runs in Afternoon.  However, this past weekend I was
 able to pick up a copy of Afternoon at the bookstore in Mitsuwa mart in
 Chicago and it didn't appear to be in it.  Has it stopped running?  If
 so, was the story given a decent finish or did it just stop? (No
 spoiler's please.) >>

AFAIK the newest chapter, Ch. 161, was released on Dec. 25th, and it ended in 
a cliffhanger as well, so there is no indication that it stops. I believe 
there are a few different kinds of "Afternoon" as well (something like an 
Afternoon for boys, or an Afternoon for young children, or something) so it 
could be that your Afternoon is not the Afternoon that A!MS is serialized in.

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