Shinya Minami launched a manga adaptation of Kei Ii’s Woodpecker Detective’s Office (Kitsutsuki Tantei-Dokoro) mystery novel in the July issue Kodansha’s Young Magazine the 3rd magazine on Friday.
Kei Ii published the novel’s first edition in the regular tankōbon format through Tokyo Sogensha in 1999.
Tokyo Sogensha re-released the novel in the smaller bunko format in 2008.
Both begin to investigate a case of supposed ghost appearances at the Asakusa Jūnikai building, also known as the Ryōunkai.