The novels are inspiring a television anime adaptation by Revoroot that will premiere in October.
Kodansha’s novel label Kodansha Taiga released the novels’ first volume in 2015, followed by the second in 2016.
The suspense story centers around Zen Seizaki, a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors’ Office.
While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles across a conspiracy over an election for an autonomous “new zone” established in western Tokyo.