is a Japanese manga series written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' since June 2014. A 10-episode

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was broadcast on

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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.

Media

Manga

''Fragile'' is written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi. The series began in Kodansha's ''

'' on June 25, 2014. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual ''

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'' volumes. The first volume was released on November 21, 2014. As of May 23, 2023, 25 volumes have been released.

Volume list

Drama

The manga was adapted into a

starring

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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

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

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in 2019.

References

External links

* * {{Kodansha Manga Award - General Drama anime and manga Fuji TV original programming Japanese medical television series Kodansha manga Medical anime and manga Seinen manga Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General)