In 2060, Japan had perfected "The MRI System," neurotechnology that can analyze and display the visual memories from the brain of a person who died within the past 48 hours. Only the special police unit, Section Nine, is authorized to use this new technology. With it, the unit investigates baffling or high-profile crimes. But at what cost? What of the dead's privacy as strangers poke about in their most private memories? What about the effects the imageries may have on the persons whose jobs require going through psychotic murderers' minds and experiencing whatever emotions and feelings these murderers felt as they skin and disembowel their victims?
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Himitsu - Top Secret / 秘密 -トップ·シークレット-/ Himitsu - Toppu Shiikuretto - (1999) is a completed manga created by Shimizu Reiko. It has been adapted into an anime as well as a movie. The prequel/sequel, Himitsu - season 0, is still ongoing.
The fan translation of the manga is completed. There is no fan translation of Himitsu - season 0.
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind
<aside> ❓ Where can I read/buy this manga? Regrettably, this series isn't licensed by any English publisher, so there's no way to buy the manga in English and read it through legal means. To support the mangaka, please buy the manga (either digital or physical copies). If you're willing, you can also ask English manga publishing companies to pick up the series.
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Shimizu Reiko | 清水玲子
Birth Date: March 26, 1963
Birth place: Kumamoto, Japan
Gender: Female
Blood type: B
Zodiac: Aries
She made her professional debut in 1983 with Sansaro Monogatari in LaLa and has written primarily for the publisher Hakusensha. She is noted for her works of science fiction and her art style and is also known for her illustrations of tarot cards called the Miracle Tarot deck.
The first runner-up of Puff magazine's New Artist Award in 1985. She received the 2002 Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo for Kaguyahime. Her Himitsu - Top Secret has been recommended twice by the Japan Media Arts Festival jury in 2007 and 2008. It has also been listed on the Tohan charts four times as of May 2009.
(Source: MangaUpdates, edited)
(Source: An interview with Shimizu Reiko)