User blog comment:Udarsha45/Bleach Takes A Break For 2 Weeks!/@comment-29449108-20120802124137/@comment-1538219-20120802134050

Being a mangaka is very taxing to one's health. A mangaka has to stay up long hours of the day and they get very little sleep. And the sleep they do get might not be very long. So he's probably getting sick from lack of sleep and nourishment.