DONARUDO
WEEK 568 / 583 — State of Collapse
Vol. 8 ·  Chapter 59 — Hormuz · Apr 28 – May 4, 2026
Manga panel 1 of 6, Week 568 “State of Collapse”: Tuesday the message is published as received: a State of Collapse, and a request to open the Strait as soon as possible.
APRIL 28.
Iran has just informed us that they are in a "State of Collapse." They want us to "Open the Hormuz Strait," as soon as possible,…
Manga panel 2 of 6, Week 568 “State of Collapse”: The same afternoon a European chancellor is told, in public, that he does not know what he is talking about.
The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it's OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn't know what he's talking about!…
Manga panel 3 of 6, Week 568 “State of Collapse”: By Wednesday the troops stationed in that chancellor's country are under review, with a determination to be made shortly.
The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,…
Manga panel 4 of 6, Week 568 “State of Collapse”: Saturday a plan arrives and he cannot imagine accepting it: the price, he writes, has not yet been paid.
I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can't imagine that it would be acceptable…
Manga panel 5 of 6, Week 568 “State of Collapse”: Sunday the neutral countries ask for their ships back, and the operation to move them gets a name.
Countries from all over the World, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly, and violently, for all to see,…
Manga panel 6 of 6, Week 568 “State of Collapse”: Monday the shooting starts again around the convoy — a South Korean ship among the targets, and seven small boats put down.
Iran has taken some shots at unrelated Nations with respect to the Ship Movement, PROJECT FREEDOM, including a South Korean Cargo Ship.…
A COLLAPSING COUNTRY IS STILL FIRING.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Tuesday the message comes in and he publishes it: they are in a State of Collapse, and they would like the Strait opened as soon as possible. The same day a European chancellor is told he does not know what he is talking about, and by Wednesday the troops in that chancellor's country are under review. Saturday a plan arrives from the other side and he cannot imagine it being acceptable — the price has not been paid. Sunday the neutral countries ask for their ships back, and the movement gets a name. Monday the shooting starts again around it.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 568. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…