Fragile (manga)

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WrittenbyBin Kusamizu
IllustratedbySaburō Megumi [ja]
PublishedbyKodansha
Fragile
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Keiichirō Kishi
フラジャイル 病理医岸京一郎の所見
(Furajairu Byōrii Kishi Keiichirō no Shoken)
GenreMedical drama[1]
Manga
Written byBin Kusamizu
Illustrated bySaburō Megumi [ja]
Published byKodansha
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runJune 25, 2014 – present
Volumes31
Television drama
Directed byJunichi Ishikawa
Produced byHiroshi Kobayashi
Written byAtsuko Hashibe
Music by
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 13, 2016 March 16, 2016
Episodes10
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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; lit.'Fragile: Observations of Pathologist Keiichirō Kishi') is a Japanese manga series written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi [ja]. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since June 2014. A ten-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.

Keiichirō Kishi is a talented pathologist with an amazing clinical eye and a vast amount of knowledge. However, he is also known as an eccentric and arrogant troublemaker. He secretly uses his diagnostic skills to save patients.

Media

Manga

Written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi [ja], Fragile started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine 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 March 23, 2026, 31 volumes have been released.[3]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1November 21, 2014[2]978-4-06-388015-1
2February 23, 2015[4]978-4-06-388035-9
3July 23, 2015[5]978-4-06-388066-3
4October 23, 2015[6]978-4-06-388095-3
5January 22, 2016[7]978-4-06-388114-1
6June 23, 2016[8]978-4-06-388144-8
7October 21, 2016[9]978-4-06-388192-9
8March 23, 2017[10]978-4-06-388243-8
9July 21, 2017[11]978-4-06-388278-0
10November 22, 2017[12]978-4-06-510364-7
11March 23, 2018[13]978-4-06-510780-5
12August 23, 2018[14]978-4-06-512322-5
13January 23, 2019[15]978-4-06-514211-0
14May 23, 2019[16]978-4-06-515484-7
15September 20, 2019[17]978-4-06-517248-3
16October 23, 2019[18]978-4-06-517876-8
17March 23, 2020[19]978-4-06-518888-0
18August 21, 2020[20]978-4-06-520540-2
19December 23, 2020[21]978-4-06-521728-3
20May 21, 2021[22]978-4-06-523311-5
21September 22, 2021[23]978-4-06-524818-8
22April 21, 2022[24]978-4-06-526860-5
23September 22, 2022[25]978-4-06-529190-0
24January 23, 2023[26]978-4-06-530268-2
25May 23, 2023[27]978-4-06-531686-3
26September 22, 2023[28]978-4-06-532980-1
27February 22, 2024[29]978-4-06-534607-5
28July 23, 2024[30]978-4-06-536072-9
29November 21, 2024[31]978-4-06-537465-8
30July 23, 2025[32]978-4-06-539147-1
31March 23, 2026[3]978-4-06-542859-7

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.[33][34][35] The series ran for ten episodes on Fuji Television from January 13 to March 16, 2016.[36][37]

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