User blog comment:Jojo-a-gogo/Do guys think that HxH would have ended a while ago if Togashi never took hiatuses?/@comment-69.62.193.198-20130126201248

I doubt the manga would have been finished before the middle/end of 2011 had he not taken such long breaks and been in better condition. There is a lot to the story still and he does everything all on his own.

Also, all information I've seen says March of 1998. Not 1997.