This DISTURBING Manga is Based on a REAL CRIME in Japan.

Summary by Krater

The Anime Man discusses how true crime documentaries and fictional adaptations handle the tragic 1988 murder case of Junko Furuta in Japan, focusing on two manga series, 17-sai. and Shin Gendai Ryoukiden.

From the video

Answers: How do manga series depict the murder of Junko Furuta and true crime in Japan?

• True crime documentaries
• Japanese true crime
• Manga adaptations of true crime
• 17-sai. manga
• Shin Gendai Ryoukiden manga
• The murder of Junko Furuta

What it concludes

• The manga 17-sai. is told from the perspective of a perpetrator named Hiroki and alters the real-life outcome by having the culprit survive and escape.
• The manga 17-sai. humanizes the perpetrator and forces readers to feel sympathy for him, which insults the actual events and victim.
• Ujiga Waita's short story version of the Junko Furuta case in Shin Gendai Ryoukiden accurately follows the Wikipedia account of the horrible events.
• Exploitative media based on real-life crimes is inevitable as long as people continue to consume and monetize it.