Gifted (manga)
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| Gifted | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yūya Shiki (left) and Natsuki Amakusa (right). | |
| ギフテッド | |
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| Written by | Seimaru Amagi |
| Illustrated by | Rima Amamiya |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | December 1, 2021 – present |
| Volumes | 10 |
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| Music by | Nobusawa Nobuaki |
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| Original run | August 12, 2023 – December 2, 2023 |
| Episodes | 16 |
Gifted (ギフテッド) is a Japanese manga series written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Rima Amamiya. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi since December 2021. A television drama adaptation was broadcast on Tōkai TV and Fuji TV from August to September 2023. The second season premiered on Wowow Prime and Wowow On Demand in October 2023.
Natsuki Amakusa is a 20-year-old genius detective at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. One day he meets Yūya Shiki, a 17-year-old high schooler born with the innate gift to identify murderers. Using their respective abilities to work together, the two become partners solving various difficult cases.
Characters
- Yūya Shiki (四鬼 夕也, Shiki Yūya)
- Portrayed by: Hidaka Ukisho[2]
- Natsuki Amakusa (天草 那月, Amakusa Natsuki)
- Portrayed by: Takahisa Masuda[2]
Development
To choose an illustrator for the manga, a short manga audition competition was held and lasted for around five months. The winner, Rima Amamiya, was chosen out of 115 applicants. Amamiya's art was praised for its portrayal of the characters and impactful use of perspective.[3][4]
Before serialization, a storyboard draft of a chapter of the manga was made available on Kodansha's Days Neo website.[5]