Fragile (manga)
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| 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) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Medical drama[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Bin Kusamizu |
| Illustrated by | Saburō Megumi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Original run | June 25, 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Junichi Ishikawa |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Kobayashi |
| Written by | Atsuko Hashibe |
| Music by | |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | January 13, 2016 – March 16, 2016 |
| Episodes | 10 |
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. 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, 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
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]
