Kasane (manga)
Kasane is a Japanese suspense manga series written and illustrated by Daruma Matsuura. It was published in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from April 2013 to August 2018, with its chapters compiled into fourteen tankōbon volumes. A live-action film adaptation was released in September 2018. In North America, the series is licensed for English digital release by Kodansha USA.
Characters
;Kasane Fuchi;Nina Tanzawa
;Kingo Habuta
;Sukeyo Fuchi
;Ichika Nishizawa
;Iku Igarashi
Media
Manga
Kasane is written and illustrated by Daruma Matsuura. The manga started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening on April 23, 2013. It finished in the magazine on August 10, 2018. Kodansha has compiled its chapters into fourteen individual tankōbon volumes, published from October 23, 2013, to September 7, 2018.Kodansha USA announced the digital release of the manga in May 2017.
Film
A live-action film adaptation was announced in 2018, starring Kyoko Yoshine as Kasane Fuchi and Tao Tsuchiya as Nina Tanzawa. The film is directed by Yūichi Satō, with Tsutomu Kuroiwa written the scripts, and Yugo Kanno composed the music. It was released in Japan on September 7, 2018. The theme song for the film is "Black Bird" by Aimer.Reception
Volume 5 of Kasane reached the 39th place on Oricon's weekly manga charts and, as of March 29, 2015, had sold 31,029 copies.It was placed 9th in Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2015. It placed 10th out of 14 nominees at the 8th Manga Taishō with 30 points. It was also nominated for Best General Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards. The series ranked tenth in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category.
The lyrics to the 2019 song "Karma" by heavy metal band Mary's Blood were inspired by Kasane.