The Beginning After the End is going on hiatus, its creator has confirmed, after Tapas — the platform where the web novel has been published for years — announced its shutdown in October 2026, ComicBook reported.

The closure of the Kakao Entertainment-owned platform leaves one of the web fiction world's biggest success stories without a home. TBATE grew from a serialized web novel into a franchise spanning a popular comic adaptation and, more recently, an anime, making the uncertainty around its publishing future a blow felt well beyond the novel's core readership.

No timeline for the series' return or a new platform has been announced. The situation underscores a structural risk of the webtoon and web novel boom: even flagship titles are tied to the fortunes of the platforms that host them, and when a platform folds, creators and readers alike are left scrambling.