Akatsuki Mika‘s manga Housekisho Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei (The Case Files of Jeweler Richard) will go on hiatus, with plans to resume later this year. The news was announced last week in the May 2024 issue of Ichijinsha’s Comic Zero Sum magazine.
The manga is an adaptation of the light novel by author Tsujimura Nanako and illustrator Yukihiro Utako. The first novel in the series was published in December 2015, and the latest, number 13, was released in October 2023. Due to the novel’s popularity, a TV anime adaptation was also inspired in January 2020.
Akatsuki started the manga adaptation of the series in November 2019 in Ichijinsha’s Comic Zero Sum magazine. The first tankoubon volume was released in March 2020, and the sixth volume on March 29th, 2024.
When Seigi Nakata rescued a handsome young jewelry appraiser from a group of drunken assailants, he got more than he bargained for! Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian is the appraiser, a brilliant and mysterious British jewelry expert. Seigi hires him to appraise a family heirloom…and that is just the beginning. Together, they unlock the secret messages hidden in the hearts of precious stones–and those who possess them.
