Takeshobo Co., Ltd. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Sumitaka Miyata) will release the comic essay 'Violence Hospital: What a Nursing Assistant Saw in a Psychiatric Ward' (Author: Midori Mizutani) on Thursday, April 9, 2026.

Synopsis About an hour away from the glamorous center of Tokyo lies a suburb with the highest concentration of psychiatric wards in the world.

What the protagonist saw after starting a part-time job as a nursing assistant at a psychiatric hospital.

It was violence used to manage behavior. Exploitation of welfare benefits...

However, patients abandoned by other hospitals ended up washing ashore here...

Highlights The latest work drawn by the standard-bearer of psychiatric manga, who has sent out titles like 'Why I Became a Psychiatric Nurse' and 'Kokoro no Nurse Yono-san'.

Bibliographic Information 'Violence Hospital: What a Nursing Assistant Saw in a Psychiatric Ward'

Author: Midori Mizutani

Release Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026

Price: 1,430 yen (tax included)

Format: A5 size

Pages: 144 pages

[Takeshobo Details Page] https://www.takeshobo.co.jp/book/b10158622.html

Author Information Midori Mizutani

Her authored works include 'Madoka, 26, is a Medical Intern!' (KADOKAWA) which was dramatized on TBS, 'Victim Princess: She is Passive-Aggressive', 'When a Loved One Dies', 'Stage 1 Breast Cancer at 32: I Haven't Accepted It At All' (Takeshobo), 'It Seems Only I Am Getting Older ~A Young Carer's Rebirth Diary~' (Bungeishunju), 'I Sell Spring ~The Daily Life of a Female Sex Worker Therapist~' (Kodansha), 'Kokoro no Nurse Yono-san', 'Strange Stories Told by Mountain People: Sankai (Red)' (Shogakukan), 'Why I Became a Psychiatric Nurse' (East Press), and 'Duck and Dog, Alive' (Shinkigensha).

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