Mikito Chinen's Horror Novel Etsuran Genkin Gets Manga Adaptation
The adaptation puts another Chinen medical-thriller property into serialization, after the Prometheus Taisen manga and the Ameku Takao's Detective Karte franchise, whose anime and live-action versions both ran in 2025.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Hiromoto Komatsu launched a manga adaptation of Mikito Chinen's horror novel Etsuran Genkin Ryoki Satsujin-han no Seishin Kantei Hokoku-sho on Futabasha's Web Comic Action platform on September 25. The story follows doctor Kasumi Uehara as she conducts the psychiatric examination of the serial killer behind the murders of eleven men and women in Tokyo. Futabasha published Chinen's novel in September 2025.
Futabasha is serializing the adaptation on Web Comic Action, with Hiromoto Komatsu drawing. The novel, published by Futabasha in September 2025, centers on doctor Kasumi Uehara and the psychiatric examination of a serial killer tied to eleven murders in Tokyo in the source's description.
Chinen's other manga work is running in parallel. Prometheus Taisen, drawn by Kiyo Hasui, launched on Kadokawa's ComicWalker on June 10. The Ameku Takao's Detective Karte manga ended in its third compiled volume on July 7.
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