Kodansha

Kodansha has 40 titles in this site’s catalog, mainly aimed at the general reading market and covering categories such as premium fiction, mystery and crime, horror and thriller, comics and cartoons, children’s books, and art. Within this catalog, mystery/crime and horror/thriller titles are relatively concentrated. Representative books include the Twilight Commando series (such as Volume 8 and Volume 11), episodes 31–40 of Hell Game, and multiple volumes and episode segments of the Ikenie Voting series. Most of these works are in comic or illustrated narrative form, indicating that the publisher has built up a certain presence in genre storytelling and serialized publishing. In terms of authors, the catalog includes creators such as Renji Oshizuki, Renji Fukuhara, Hironori Kitano, Sōroku Ezaki, Ryūya Kasai, and Edogawa Edogawa, covering comics and mystery narratives. Because public information is limited, this introduction focuses on the publishing directions reflected in the catalog and does not include other unconfirmed information.