Kirihito Sanka

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  • Author: tezuka osamu
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  • Year: Mar 25, 1970 to Dec 10, 1971
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  • Status: Finished

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Two doctors, the young, passionate and well-liked Osanai and the veteran, ambitious Tatsugaura, are both investigating the mysterious 'Monmow' diesease, found only in one remote village, which causes bizarre bone deformation, making its victims take on a beastlike appearance before their deaths.

Osanai is sent to the village by Tatsugaura to see if he can find a cause for the disease while also treating the victims to the best of his ability. But in reality, Tatsugaura is scheming against Osanai and intends to infect him with the disease in order to clear the way of any obstacles of presenting his own research, and thus gaining high prestige and rank in the medical world. Kirihito Sanka was published in English as Ode to Kirihito by Vertical Inc. in a single volume on October 24, 2006 and in two volumes on March 30, 2010. It was published in Spanish by ECC Comics from September 30 to October 29, 2015.

Associated Names

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Synonyms: Eulogy to Kirihito
Japanese: きりひと讃歌
English: Ode to Kirihito

Official Webtoon

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Characters More characters
  • Kirihito Osanai

    Osanai Kirihito

    Main

    The story follows Dr. Osanai as he tries to uncover the cause of Monmow Disease (which he believes to be endemic, as opposed to being a virus). ...

  • Doctor Tatsugaura

    Tatsugaura Doctor

    Main

    The director of the staff at M Hospital. He is Kirihito and Urabe's mentor.A man full of ambition, he seeks to become the committee chairmen of the JMA, essentially the commander-in-chief of all the doctors in Japan....

  • Sister Helen Friese

    Friese Sister Helen

    Supporting

    A nun from South Africa with Monmow. Her case proves extraordinary as the first know Caucasian female with the disease....

  • Izumi (いずみ)

    Izumi

    Supporting

    Seita's classmate in temple school. ...

  • Man with a scar on the right side of his neck

    Man With A Scar On The Right Side Of His Neck

    Supporting

    He doesn't seem to have a name but Kirihito once referred to him as "Man with a scar on the right side of his neck."He rapes and kills Tazu, and later tries to exploit Urabe and Izumi's fake engagement for profit....

  • Reika

    Reika

    Supporting

    A performer known as the "Human Tempura", she is friendly to Kirihito when they meet in Mahn's palace....