Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin
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| Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin | |
 Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Samejima | |
| 灼熱のニライカナイ (Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Ryuhei Tamura |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | June 27, 2020 – June 21, 2021 |
| Volumes | 5 |
Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin (Japanese: 灼熱のニライカナイ, Hepburn: Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai; lit. 'Red Hot Nirai Kanai'[2]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryuhei Tamura. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 2020 to June 2021. The series was published digitally in English by Viz Media.
Trouble-making police detective Boyle Samejima, who is not averse to breaking rules to get the job done, is transferred from Shinjuku, Tokyo to the laid-back Ogasawara Islands. Now at the Anegashima Police Department, Samejima investigates the bizarre unsolved case of "The Cult of the Sea" (海の教団), where a religious cult who worshiped a little girl as their oracle suddenly vanished. That little girl, Chako, has recently returned with a humanoid dolphin named Orpheus, whom she calls "Papa." Orpheus joins the police department on the same day as Samejima, as his partner and superior.
Characters
- Boyle Samejima (鮫島 灼熱, Samejima Boiru)
- Boyle is a cop who tries to play, "The Loose Cannon". Though rough around the edges, he does take his job seriously, and will put the lives of others first. He is often called by his nickname Shark.
- Orpheus F. Lipper (オルフェウス・F・リッパー, Orufeusu F Rippā)
- A humanoid Dolphin and Boyle's partner. Like Boyle, his is rough around the edges, but still someone who would risk his life to protect others. He has all the abilities of a dolphin enhanced to superhuman levels.
- Chako (チャコ)
- The oracle of the cult of the sea. She is very much like a child with an active imagination, but has the strange ability to evolve sea life into humanoid forms, but she is not aware she has this power.