Miyagawa Funa's manga version of Seishi Yokomizo's novel "Honjin Murder Case". The book was released today, March 5th, by KADOKAWA Masterpiece Comics, a series that comicizes famous books from around the world and Japan.
``The Honjin Murder Case'' is a story about a locked room murder that occurred at the Ichiyanagi family, an old family that was famous as the main post station during the Edo period, and is known as the first work in the Detective Kindaichi Kosuke series. It was selected by Time magazine as one of the top 100 mystery and thriller books of all time, and is a monumental work of Japanese mystery that is world-renowned.
In addition, Shigeaki Kato contributed a recommendation for the release of the comic version. ``This will increase Kindaichi's support...'' he commented.
