Katsuomi and Tsurugi are fierce rivals in the Japanese sport of fencing known as kendo. Their competitive egos and contrasting fighting styles clash, and yet Katsuomi gradually finds himself attracted to the keen, graceful Tsurugi. However, he hesitates to pursue his desire, fearing that doing so will surely give his foe Tsurugi the upper hand in competition.
Although Katsuomi's love for his adversary soon becomes overwhelming, Tsurugi finds himself torn between reciprocating Katsuomi's love and maintaining his pride as a competitive rival. The competition intensifies into a love triangle when Tsurugi's young brother steps in to pursue the source of his brother's angst.
Story and art by Satoru Ishihara.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 10: Kindaichi The Killer Part 1 (176 pgs)
Hajime's friend, the writer Yousuke Itsuki, asks Hajime to help his publishing editor acquire the rights of a book newly written by a famous writer. This famous writer throws a code-breaking contest at his vacation villa the code is supposed to reveal the location of the floppy disk which contains the manuscript.
At the contest, the writer gets murdered, and the murderer sets Hajime up so that he becomes a principal suspect. Knowing that the real murderer is only after the floppy disk, Hajime races against the murderer to crack the code!
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 11: Kindaichi The Killer Part 2 (192 pgs)
Hajime Kindaichi fights to solve the mystery of his life... and it might just cost him his life. As the primary suspect, Hajime will not only need to crack this case on his feet but also on the run. But our skirting sleuth will have to uncover how the real culprit made the kill without leaving any footprints before he gets the ax himself!
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 12: Playing the Fool Part 1 (192 pgs)
An old friend writes to Hajime and invites him to stop by for a friendly visit. It turns out that his old friend Reika is now a well-known TV idol and during the course of their visit, Hajime and Miyuki meet many new people including Reika's father, several reporters and a talent agent. But all is not as it seems as Reika's father is blackmailed to keep a deep, dark secret hidden or risk ruining his daughter's career.
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 1: The Opera House Murders (240 pgs)
Hajime Kindaichi is your classic underachiever - always falling asleep in class, never doing his homework - it's no wonder everyone thinks he's a loser. It seems like his only friend is Miyuki, the girl-next-door.
Ignoring her classmates' complaints, she invites Kindaichi to the Drama Club's weekend rehearsal for 'Phantom of the Opera' - after all, someone's got to do the stagehand grunt work. The production gets off to a shaky start, but when cast members start dying in ways mimicking events in the play, things get downright grisly.
While everyone worries about being snuffed out, this is young Kindaichi's moment to shine. With his amazing deductive reasoning and the ability to keep his cool in the face of death, he's a regular Sherlock Holmes. Now the class slacker must put on a class act investigation before the 'Phantom' strikes again!
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 2: The Mummy's Curse (256 pgs)
Hajime and Miyuki are invited to a wedding involving a pre-arranged marriage of their schoolmate, Wakaba Tokita. The village the mariage is to take place in is named after the six mansions positioned at the corners of the village, forming the Star of David.
Each of the six houses is hiding a mummy, and each mummy is missing a body part. Owners of these houses are mysteriously killed one by one by the seventh Mummy. The murders, Hajime discovers, are related to an incident 27 years ago where villagers burned a church, killing the priest and his seven daughters.
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 3: Death TV (232 pgs)
Hajime Kindaichi, the brilliant but underachieving high school junior, decides to join a TV crew to work on a 'hidden camera' style horror show. It sounded like fun: putting an unsuspecting actress in a situation that mirrors the well-known local myth, 'The Legend of Yukiyasha,' and filming her as she gets the life scared out of her. But when the actress is found dead, could it be the work of the real Yukiyasha?
Maybe it's not just a myth. Now members of the TV crew are turning up dead as well. Kindaichi better get to the root of this mystery fast, or he could be next!
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 4: Smoke and Mirrors (232 pgs)
Nobody at Hajime Kindaichi's school takes him seriously. After all, whenever he does bother to show up for class he usually just falls asleep. What they do take seriously are the recent ghost sightings around campus and the threatening letters from someone calling himself the "Afterschool Magician."
Who is this Afterschool Magician, and what is he after? A few members of the school's Mystery Club tried to find out, and they turned up dead. Luckily for Kindaichi, he's an accomplished magician in his own right, but if he's going to crack this case he'll need to rely on every trick in the book.
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 5: Treasure Isle (224 pgs)
Hajime and Miyuki visit an isolated southern island to participate in a fun treasure-hunting contest. When contestants arrive, the island owner who sponsored the contest is found dead in the Log House. True to formula, the other contestants begin showing up dead, one by one. The murderer uses the Myth of Mountain Goblin means to carry out the murders... can Hajime uncover this killer or will he end up in over his head?
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 6: Legend of Lake Hiren (232 pgs)
Hajime and Miyuki are invited by Miyuki's cousin to attend a tour of an isolated forest resort, where two lucky participants are to win an expensive membership to the resort.
Unfortunately, participants are winding up dead, one by one, and it is believed to be the work of Jason (from Friday the 13th) because a news story was reported that Jason had escaped from prison.
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 7: The Santa Slayings (280 pgs)
When a quiet evening at the Mystery Theater turns into a real whodunit, the show must go on as Hajime and Miyuki work backstage to shine a spotlight on the killer. Cast members are dropping one by one during the deadly drama, and all signs point to the Red-Bearded Santa Claus, who died but seems to be back for an encore. It will take some show-stopping sleuthing to catch the murderer before the final curtain drops.
Story by Yozaburo Kanari and Art by Fumiya Sato.
Kindaichi Case Files Graphic Novel 8: No Noose is Good Noose (288 pgs)
Hajime decides to attend a private prep school with Miyuki to boost his low grades, but he finds that the school not only has a legacy of suicides by hanging, but that it is also seriously haunted by some pretty "gnarly" ghosts...