Bengoshi no Kuzu

• Ja Kanji — 弁護士のくず • Genre — Legal comedy

• Type — manga • Author — Hideo Iura • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Big Comic Original • First — August 5, 2003 • Last — June 20, 2014 • Volumes — 21

• Title — Series titles • Content — # Bengoshi no Kuzu (2003–2010, 10 volumes) • Bengoshi no Kuzu Dai-2 Shin (2010–2014, 11 volumes)

• Type — drama • Director — * Imai Natsuki • Sakai Masahiro • Takemura Kentaro • Morishima Masaya • Network — TBS • First — April 13, 2006 • Last — June 29, 2006 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Bengoshi no Kuzu is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideo Iura. It started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original in August 2003. In 2010, the manga was re-titled Bengoshi no Kuzu Dai-2 Shin, and continued until June 2014. The overall series' chapters were collected in 21 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Mami Takeda, a new lawyer, and her partnership with fellow attorney Motohito Kuzu, as they deal with challenging court cases. A 12-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TBS from April to June 2006. In 2007, Bengoshi no Kuzu won the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

• Motohito Kuzu • Etsushi Toyokawa: • Mami Takeda • Hideaki Itō: • Makoto Shiraishi • Soichiro Kitamura: • Kōhei Katō / Tetsuko Katō (drama) • Reiko Takashima: • Omata Yūka • Aki Hoshino: • Yūjirō Kunimitsu • Fuyuki Moto:

Written and illustrated by Hideo Iura, Bengoshi no Kuzu started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original on August 5, 2003. The manga reached 99 chapters on June 5, 2010, and starting on July 5 of that same year, it changed its title to Bengoshi no Kuzu Dai-2 Shin. The series finished on June 20, 2014. Shogakukan collected the overall series' chapters in 21 tankōbon volumes; the first part was collected in ten volumes, released from July 30, 2004, to January 29, 2010, and the second part was collected in eleven volumes, released from December 25, 2010, to August 29, 2014.

In February 2008, Tokyo lawyer Masatoshi Uchida alleged that Iura had plagiarized a novel that he wrote, and petitioned the Tokyo District Court to ban sales of Big Comic Original. In August 2010, the Intellectual Property High Court ruled out in favour of Iura and Shogakukan, stating that Uchida's work is not a novel, but "a document that clearly describes social events that were widely reported at the time", and that the manga is "merely based on these real-life events, and there is no copyright infringement."

A 12-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on TBS from April 13 to June 29, 2006.