is a Japanese manga series written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by . 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 Keiichirō Kishi is a talented pathologist with an eye for the clinical field and a vast amount of knowledge. However, he is also known as an eccentric and arrogant troublemaker. He secretly uses his diagnostic skills to save patients.
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Media Manga Written by Bin Kusamizu and illustrated by , Fragile has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since June 25, 2014. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 21, 2014. As of September 18, 2026, 32 volumes have been released.
Volumes
Drama The manga was adapted into a live-action television drama series 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.
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