Mikito Chinen's Horror Novel Gets Manga Adaptation

Hiromoto Komatsu launched a manga adaptation of Mikito Chinen's Etsuran Genkin Ryōki Satsujin-han no Seishin Kantei Hōkoku-sho (Restricted Reading: Psychiatric Evaluation Report of a Bizarre Murderer) horror novel 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. As details of the case come to light, so do more questions as she reveals the darkness at the heart of the case.

Futabasha published Chinen's novel in September 2025.

Chinen and artist Kiyo Hasui launched the Prometheus Taisen (Prometheus War) manga on Kadokawa's ComicWalker platform on June 10.

Chinen and Eri Takenashi ended the Ameku Nakao no Suiri Karute - Sphere no Shitenshi (The Killer Angel Within: Ameku Takao's Detective Karte) manga in its third compiled book volume on July 7.

The manga, based on Chinen's Ameku Takao's Detective Karte light novel series, launched in Good! Afternoon in September 2024. Kodansha published the manga's first and second volumes in January and August 2025, respectively.

A television anime of the novels debuted in January 2025. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired and also streams an English dub. Crunchyroll streams the series under the title Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective.

The novels also inspired a live-action series adaptation, which debuted in April 2025. 

Shinchosha published 13 volumes of the novel series from October 2014 to September 2022. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha has since started re-publishing the 13 previous volumes and adding three more volumes since October 2023. The novel series has over 3 million copies in cumulative circulation.

Sources: Comic Action, Comic Natalie