Police in Japan investigating the murder and dismemberment of a woman by her 17-year-old son discovered manga in the boy’s room depicting “a detective with multiple personalities who solves strange murder cases.”
Although the newspaper report doesn’t name the manga, ComiPress follows the trail of clues and arrives at MPD-Psycho, which is set to be released in North America next week by Dark Horse.
The violent and controversial manga, by Eiji Otsuka (The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service) and Sho-u Tajima, stars a police detective with multiple personality disorder — hence, the title — and a dark past who investigates a series of bizarre murders.
According to the ComiPress summary, police found chat logs on the teen’s computer in which he asks, “Is what’s in that manga real?” The murder apparently was carried out in a way similar to scenes from the manga.
MPD-Psycho began serialization in Shonen Ace in 1997, and was adapted as a six-episode live-action TV series in 1999 by director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer).
