Burn the House Down (manga)

Burn the House Down (Japanese: 御手洗家、炎上する, Hepburn: Mitarai-ke, Enjō Suru; lit. 'The Mitarai Family Goes Up in Flames') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Moyashi Fujisawa [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from March 2017 to April 2021, with its chapters collected into eight tankōbon volumes. A streaming television drama adaptation premiered in July 2023 on Netflix.

Burn the House Down
First tankōbon volume cover
御手洗家、炎上する (Mitarai-ke, Enjō Suru)
Genre	Suspense,[1] drama[2]
Manga
Written by	Moyashi Fujisawa [ja]
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA (digital)
Magazine	Kiss
Original run	March 25, 2017 – April 24, 2021
Volumes	8
Television drama
Directed by	Yūichirō Hirakawa [ja] Kōji Shintoku
Produced by	Shin'ichi Takahashi [ja] Kei Haruna Masahiro Uchiyama Miho Kobayashi
Written by	Arisa Kaneko [ja]
Music by	Takeshi Kobayashi
Studio	Office Crescendo [ja]
Original network	Netflix
Original run	July 13, 2023
Episodes	8

Characters

Anzu Murata (村田 杏子, Murata Anzu)

Portrayed by: Mei Nagano^[3]

Makiko Mitarai (御手洗 真希子, Mitarai Makiko)

Portrayed by: Kyōka Suzuki^[3]

Kiichi Mitarai (御手洗 希一, Mitarai Kiichi)

Portrayed by: Asuka Kudo^[4]

Shinji Mitarai (御手洗 真二, Mitarai Shinji)

Portrayed by: Taishi Nakagawa^[4]

Yuzu Murata (村田 柚子, Murata Yuzu)

Portrayed by: Yuri Tsunematsu^[4]

Claire (クレア, Kurea)

Portrayed by: Kie Kitano^[4]

Satsuki Murata (村田 皐月, Murata Satsuki)

Portrayed by: Michiko Kichise^[4]

Osamu Mitarai (御手洗 治, Mitarai Osamu)

Portrayed by: Mitsuhiro Oikawa^[4]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Moyashi Fujisawa [ja], Burn the House Down was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from March 25, 2017,^[5] to April 24, 2021.^[6] Eight tankōbon volumes were published from December 2017 to June 2021.^[7][8]

In June 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for an English digital release.^[9]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	December 13, 2017[7]	978-4-06-398033-2	June 28, 2022[2]	978-1-63-699668-4
2	March 13, 2018[10]	978-4-06-511121-5	July 26, 2022[11]	978-1-68-491148-6
3	September 13, 2018[12]	978-4-06-512958-6	August 23, 2022[13]	978-1-68-491225-4
4	March 13, 2019[14]	978-4-06-514796-2	September 27, 2022[15]	978-1-68-491357-2
5	September 13, 2019[16]	978-4-06-517045-8	October 25, 2022[17]	978-1-68-491502-6
6	March 13, 2020[18]	978-4-06-519004-3	November 22, 2022[19]	978-1-68-491555-2
7	December 11, 2020[20]	978-4-06-521402-2	December 27, 2022[21]	978-1-68-491603-0
8	June 11, 2021[8]	978-4-06-522427-4	January 24, 2023[22]	978-1-68-491652-8

Drama

A television drama adaptation was announced in July 2022, starring Mei Nagano, Kyōka Suzuki and Yuri Tsunematsu. It was produced by Office Crescendo [ja] and directed by Yūichirō Hirakawa [ja] and Kōji Shintoku, based on a screenplay by Arisa Kaneko [ja]. Takeshi Kobayashi composed the music, with Shin'ichi Takahashi [ja] serving as executive producer, and Kei Haruna, Masahiro Uchiyama, and Miho Kobayashi as producers.^[23] The series premiered worldwide on Netflix on July 13, 2023.^[3][4] Vaundy performed the theme song "Carnival" (カーニバル).^[23]