Fragile: Byōrii Kishi Keiichirō no Shoken (Japanese: フラジャイル 病理医岸京一郎の所見, Hepburn: Furajairu Byōrii Kishi Keiichirō no Shoken, "Fragile: The Finds of Pathologist Keiichirō Kishi") is a Japanese manga series written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since June 2014. A 10-episode Japanese television drama was broadcast on Fuji Television from January to March 2016. In 2018, Fragile won the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the General category.

Plot

Kēichirō Kishi is an extremely talented pathologist with amazing clinical eye, helped by his vast amount of knowledge, but he is also known as an eccentric and arrogant troublemaker. He uses his diagnostic skills to save patients in secret.

Media

Manga

Fragile is written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi. The series began in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon on June 25, 2014.[1] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 21, 2014.[2] As of September 22, 2021, twenty-one volumes have been released.[3]

Volume list

No. Release date ISBN
1 November 21, 2014[2]978-4-06-388015-1
2 February 23, 2015[4]978-4-06-388035-9
3 July 23, 2015[5]978-4-06-388066-3
4 October 23, 2015[6]978-4-06-388095-3
5 January 22, 2016[7]978-4-06-388114-1
6 June 23, 2016[8]978-4-06-388144-8
7 October 21, 2016[9]978-4-06-388192-9
8 March 23, 2017[10]978-4-06-388243-8
9 July 21, 2017[11]978-4-06-388278-0
10 November 22, 2017[12]978-4-06-510364-7
11 March 23, 2018[13]978-4-06-510780-5
12 August 23, 2018[14]978-4-06-512322-5
13 January 23, 2019[15]978-4-06-514211-0
14 May 23, 2019[16]978-4-06-515484-7
15 September 20, 2019[17]978-4-06-517248-3
16 October 23, 2019[18]978-4-06-517876-8
17 March 23, 2020[19]978-4-06-518888-0
18 August 21, 2020[20]978-4-06-520540-2
19 December 23, 2020[21]978-4-06-521728-3
20 May 21, 2021[22]978-4-06-523311-5
21 September 22, 2021[3]978-4-06-524818-8

Drama

The manga was adapted into a Japanese television drama starring Tomoya Nagase as Keiichirō Kishi and Emi Takei as Chihiro Miyazaki. It was directed by Junichi Ishikawa, scripted by Atsuko Hashibe, planning by Hiroaki Narukawa and produced by Hiroshi Kobayashi.[23][24][25] The series ran for ten episodes on Fuji Television from January 13 to March 16, 2016.[26][27]

Reception

Fragile won the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2018.[28][29] It was nominated for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2019.[30] Fragile was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2019.[31]

References

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  23. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 16, 2015). "Live-Action Drama of Fragile Medical Manga Green-Lit". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  24. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 19, 2015). "Tomoya Nagase Stars in Fragile Medical TV Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  25. ^ Blyden, Jabulani (December 20, 2015). "TOKIO Performs Fragile Live-Action TV Series' Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  26. ^ 注目ドラマ紹介：「フラジャイル」 TOKIO長瀬が天才病理医に 勧善懲悪医療ドラマ. Mantan Web (in Japanese). January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  27. ^ フラジャイル：最終回視聴率10．5％ TOKIO長瀬の天才病理医ドラマ. Mantan Web (in Japanese). January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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  29. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (May 10, 2018). "42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  30. ^ Loo, Egan; Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 25, 2019). "23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  31. ^ "Manga Division – 2019 [22nd] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

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