Fragile (manga)

Fragile: Byōrii Kishi Keiichirō no Shoken (フラジャイル 病理医岸京一郎の所見) is a Japanese manga series written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's 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.

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.

Manga
Written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi, Fragile started in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on June 25, 2014. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 21, 2014. As of February 22, 2024, 27 volumes have been released.

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. The series ran for ten episodes on Fuji Television from January 13 to March 16, 2016.

Reception
Alongside Sanju Mariko, Fragile won the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2018. It was nominated for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2019. Fragile was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2019.