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Kindaichi Case Files Gaiden Spinoff Manga Ends Limited Revival Run
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The official Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Gaiden R: Hannin-tachi no Jikenbo (Kindaichi Case Files Spinoff R: Criminal Case Files).
Funatsu launched the manga's revival run on March 2.
Funatsu ended the manga in March 2020. Kodansha published the 10th and final compiled volume in July 2020.
The manga is a spinoff of Seimaru Amagi's Kindaichi Case Files manga. The spinoff centers on the thoughts and feelings of the criminals themselves at the moment the famous detective Kindaichi exposes their tricks and crimes.
The Kindaichi Case Files manga centers around a high school boy named Hajime Kindaichi who usually seems dull. However, when there is a case, he demonstrates an IQ of over 180 and remarkable deductive skills inherited from his famous detective grandfather. He solves crimes with his childhood friend Miyuki Nanase and Inspector Isamu Kenmochi.
Amagi and Sato launched the original manga in 1992, and OVA) projects, and a television anime series.
Amagi and Sato launched the Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2012, and ended the manga in October 2017. The follow-up manga itself also inspired two television anime series.
Sato also drew the The File of Young Kindaichi Returns: The File of Inspector Akechi in December 2015.
Amagi and Sato Kindaichi 37-sai no Jikenbo (The Case Files of 37-year-old Kindaichi) manga in January 2018. Kodansha published the manga's 12th compiled book volume on April 21. The manga went on hiatus in January.
The series has a new live-action series NTV on Sundays at 10:30 p.m.
