Best Mystery Manga
495 mystery manga ranked by community score. Scores come from the wider anime community; ratings on AnimeHunt are shown on each title.
Top rated mystery manga
4.2Tsukimonogatari: Possession Tale
Light Novel · 2012 · 19 ch
Tsukimonogatari: Possession TaleTsukimonogatariLight Novel · 2012 · 19 ch4.2Launching the third or “Final Season” of the international cult-hit series, Possession Tale returns the narrator’s headset back to high school senior and amateur savior Koyomi Araragi, who used to eschew friendship once upon a time because…
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4.2Bastard
Manga · 2014 · 94 ch
BastardHurejasikManga · 2014 · 94 ch4.2High school life is hard enough, but it’s even harder for Seon Jin. A sickly disabled boy, Jin might as well be invisible. No one ever pays attention to him, except for the bullies who prey on him for being weak. Jin, however, keeps a very…
4.2Homunculus
Manga · 2003 · 166 ch
HomunculusManga · 2003 · 166 ch4.2Nakoshi Susumu, age 34, is living out of his car. Between spending his days with the homeless and his nights in his vehicle, he has little to his name–but not so little that he’ll agree to be the subject of a scientific experiment. An…
4.2Bungo Stray Dogs
Manga · 2012
Bungo Stray DogsBungou Stray DogsManga · 20124.2Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals…
4.2The Summer Hikaru Died
Manga · 2021
The Summer Hikaru DiedHikaru ga Shinda NatsuManga · 20214.2Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his…
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4.2The Case Study of Vanitas
Manga · 2015
The Case Study of VanitasVanitas no CarteManga · 20154.2Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw Noé, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, to Paris. What awaits him in the City of Flowers, however, is not long hours treading the…
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4.2Moriarty the Patriot
Manga · 2016
Moriarty the PatriotYuukoku no MoriartyManga · 20164.2In the late 19th century, Great Britain rules over a quarter of the world. Nobles sit in their fancy homes in comfort and luxury, while the working class slaves away at their jobs. When young Albert James Moriarty’s upper-class family…
4.2Detective Conan
Manga · 1994
Detective ConanMeitantei ConanManga · 19944.2Precocious high school student Jimmy Kudo uses his keen powers of observation and astute intuition to solve mysteries that have left law enforcement officials baffled. Hot on the trail of a suspect, Jimmy is accosted from behind and fed a…
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4.2Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle
Light Novel · 2002 · 9 ch
Decapitation: Kubikiri CycleKubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to ZaregotozukaiLight Novel · 2002 · 9 ch4.2A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island. Its mistress, virtually marooned there, surrounds herself with geniuses, especially of the young and female kind—one of whom ends up headless one…
4.2Umineko When They Cry Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch
Manga · 2009 · 29 ch
Umineko When They Cry Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden WitchUmineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden WitchManga · 2009 · 29 ch4.2Twelve years after her loved ones were brutally murdered at the annual family meeting, Ange Ushiromiya, now eighteen, is the sole heir of the Ushiromiya family. Ostracized by her peers, Ange seeks companionship in the pages of a diary left…
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4.2Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World
Light Novel · 2000
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful WorldKino no Tabi: the Beautiful WorldLight Novel · 20004.2Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their…
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4.2Baccano!
Light Novel · 2003
Baccano!Light Novel · 20034.2Aboard the Advenna Avis in 1711, a group of alchemists summon a demon in the hopes of gaining eternal life. The demon gives them an elixir of immortality and the method of ending their existence by "devouring" one another. Soon after, one…
4.2Hyouka
Light Novel · 2001 · 9 ch
HyoukaLight Novel · 2001 · 9 ch4.2Oreki Houtarou is a self-proclaimed "energy-saver" - that is, he will not actively waste energy doing things that aren't necessary. Though he had no interest whatsoever in joining any clubs upon entering Kamiyama High School, he was…
4.2Fate/strange Fake
Light Novel · 2015
Fate/strange FakeLight Novel · 20154.2The stage: the city of Snowfield in the western U.S., far from Fuyuki. There, a "false Holy Grail War", quite unlike the original Holy Grail War, unfolds. There were those who had been keeping an eye on the auguries of the Holy Grail in…
4.2Bungo Stray Dogs: Osamu Dazai and The Dark Era
Light Novel · 2014 · 6 ch
Bungo Stray Dogs: Osamu Dazai and The Dark EraBungou Stray Dogs: Dazai Osamu to Kuro no JidaiLight Novel · 2014 · 6 ch4.2Before he joined the Armed Detective Agency, Osamu Dazai was the youngest-ever executive with the Port Mafia, the most notorious underground crime syndicate in all of Yokohama. Three of its members-Dazai, Odasaku, and Ango-formed a…
4.1The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
Manga · 2015 · 53 ch
The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a RúnTotsukuni no ShoujoManga · 2015 · 53 ch4.1In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic…
4.121st Century Boys
Manga · 2006 · 16 ch
21st Century Boys21 Seiki ShounenManga · 2006 · 16 ch4.1War is over. The Friend is dead. Mankind no longer faces the threat of extinction. Peace has finally come to Tokyo... Or has it? The mystery still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was and where he came from. The only clue is hidden…
4.1xxxHOLiC
Manga · 2003 · 214 ch
xxxHOLiCxxxHolicManga · 2003 · 214 ch4.1Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself…
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4.1Shadows House
Manga · 2018
Shadows HouseManga · 20184.1In the depths of a murky mansion lives a group of enigmatic nobles known as...the Shadow family. With no visible features to speak of, these mysterious aristocrats employ living dolls to act as their “faces.” Kate and Emilico are one such…
4.1Bakemonogatari
Manga · 2018 · 193 ch
BakemonogatariManga · 2018 · 193 ch4.1One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight ……
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4.17SEEDS
Manga · 2001 · 178 ch
7SEEDSManga · 2001 · 178 ch4.1Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of…
4.1The Summit of the Gods
Manga · 2000 · 47 ch
The Summit of the GodsKamigami no ItadakiManga · 2000 · 47 ch4.1With what may be Mallory’s camera found and lost, photographer Fukamachi delves deeper into the life of the mysterious character Bikha Sanp – the “Venomous Snake” – convinced that he is, in reality, the legendary mountaineer Jouji Habu…
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4.1Your Eternal Lies
Manga · 2021 · 80 ch
Your Eternal LiesYeongwonhan Neoui GeojinmalManga · 2021 · 80 ch4.1Infamous jailbreaker Rosen Walker is finally being transferred to the Isle of Monte, the most notorious maximum security prison in the world. Her guard? It’s none other than the beloved war hero of the empire himself — Ian Connor. Now Ian…
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4.1Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
Manga · 2009 · 22 ch
Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden WitchUmineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden WitchManga · 2009 · 22 ch4.1Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy's will to…
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4.1Don't Call it Mystery
Manga · 2017
Don't Call it MysteryMystery to Iu NakareManga · 20174.1Totonou is a young man who stands out—partly for his bushy hair, partly for his finely honed abilities of observation and deduction. When Totonou is accused of murder, he puts his skills to work delving into the lives of the cops…
4.1SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves
Manga · 2005 · 138 ch
SoreMachi: And Yet the Town MovesSoredemo Machi wa MawatteiruManga · 2005 · 138 ch4.1There is a small maid cafe that nearly nobody goes to – Maid Cafe Seaside, quiet enough for Sanada to do his homework in. His airheaded classmate Arashiyama works as the cafe’s only maid, even though she sure doesn’t act like one. What…
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4.1Karakuri Circus
Manga · 1997 · 425 ch
Karakuri CircusManga · 1997 · 425 ch4.1The protagonist, Masaru, has just inherited a big fortune after the death of his father. However, people are trying to get their hands on it by any means necessary, even if it means killing him. Narumi helped Masaru from being kidnapped…
4.1Dungeon-eul Geurineun Hwaga
Manga · 2026
Dungeon-eul Geurineun HwagaManga · 20264.1In a world forever changed by the Great Cataclysm that reshaped the entire globe... Seo Jio, an ordinary art teacher, dies in a sudden fire, only to awaken trapped inside a portrait as a painting himself. Within the world of the portrait…
4.1Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me
Manga · 2022
Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember MeShi ni Modori no Mahou Gakkou Seikatsu wo, Moto Koibito to Prologue kara (※Tadashi Koukando wa Zero)Manga · 20224.1Oriana, a seventeen-year-old magic student, suddenly dies alongside her boyfriend, Vincent. However, she returns from death in the body of her seven-year-old self with the memories of her past life intact–except for the knowledge of what…
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4.1Lord of Mysteries
Manga · 2025
Lord of MysteriesGuimi Zhi ZhuManga · 20254.1Zhou Mingrui possessed and reborn Klein Moretti who committed suicide due to the sealed artifact "Antigonus Family Notes". Zhou Mingrui once again held a "Transfer Ceremony" in order to return to Earth, but accidentally entered a…
4.1Orokamonogatari
Light Novel · 2015 · 44 ch
OrokamonogatariLight Novel · 2015 · 44 ch4.1Yotsugi Ononoki, the shikigami girl assigned to watch over Koyomi Araragi. This dead tsukumogami girl faces a challenge, but what exactly is that do-or-die struggle with her life on the line? As the "story" grows, it keeps on running, ever…
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4.1Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST
Light Novel · 2019 · 4 ch
Bungo Stray Dogs: BEASTBungou Stray Dogs BEASTLight Novel · 2019 · 4 ch4.1What if the Port Mafia’s attack dog, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, had joined the Armed Detective Agency? Likewise, what if Atsushi Nakajima belonged to the Port Mafia? In the parallel universe of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Akutagawa’s desperate…
4.1Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen
Light Novel · 2019 · 8 ch
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, Age FifteenBungou Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, JuugosaiLight Novel · 2019 · 8 ch4.1Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, he orders a young Osamu Dazai to investigate an ominous rumor of something called “Arahabaki.” Whoever or whatever it is seems to have some connection to Mori's deceased…
4.1Kabukimonogatari: Dandy Tale
Light Novel · 2010 · 30 ch
Kabukimonogatari: Dandy TaleKabukimonogatariLight Novel · 2010 · 30 ch4.1How far does one go to help a lost child? In the case of returning narrator Araragi, the answer is too far, across the veil of time. Dutifully (if unknowingly) following up on Hachikuji’s cheeky foreshadowing, he concerns himself with his…
4.0Tower of God
Manga · 2010
Tower of GodSinui TapManga · 20104.0What do you desire? Money and wealth? Honor and pride? Authority and power? Revenge? Or something that transcends them all? Whatever you desire—it's here. (Source: WEBTOON)
4.0Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
Manga · 2018 · 127 ch
Hell’s Paradise: JigokurakuJigokurakuManga · 2018 · 127 ch4.0Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious assassins ever to come out of the ninja village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. He has only one hope—in order to earn his…Looking for something else? Filter mystery manga by year, status and format.