is a Japanese

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series written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi. It has been serialized in

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's manga magazine ''

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'' since June 2014. A ten-episode

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was broadcast on

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from January to March 2016. In 2018, ''Fragile'' won the 42nd

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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

Written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by Saburō Megumi, ''Fragile'' started in

's manga magazine ''

'' on June 25, 2014. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 21, 2014. As of November 21, 2024, 29 volumes have been released.

Volumes

Drama

The manga was adapted into a

starring

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as Keiichirō Kishi and

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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

in the general category in 2018. It was nominated for the 23rd

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

in 2019. ''Fragile'' was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 22nd

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in 2019.

References

External links

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