Best detective manga
168 manga about detective, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.8The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Notes from the Inner Palace
Manga · 2017
The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Notes from the Inner PalaceKusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki TechouManga · 20173.8In the imperial court, a young woman is put into servitude, Maomao. The tale is just beginning for the woman doctor/pharmacist from the red-light district, as rumors circulate about the emperor's children's lives being short-lived. Her…
3.7Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly
Manga · 1995 · 9 ch
Helter Skelter: Fashion UnfriendlyHelter SkelterManga · 1995 · 9 ch3.7If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world…
3.7Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective
Manga · 2020 · 170 ch
Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged DetectiveKamonohashi Ron no Kindan SuiriManga · 2020 · 170 ch3.7This unusual duo brings the hidden truth into the light! Ron Kamonohashi, a private investigator with serious issues, and Totomaru Isshiki, a pure-hearted but dim police detective, team up to solve the most baffling mysteries! A thrilling…
Mature
3.7Usotsuki Satsuki wa Shi ga Mieru
Manga · 2020 · 84 ch
Usotsuki Satsuki wa Shi ga MieruManga · 2020 · 84 ch3.7"You... are going to die tomorrow." Satsuki Minazuki, 16 years old. Apart from being antisocial and declaring the death of her classmates, she is a normal second-year high school student. Her nickname is "Liar Satsuki." However, her eyes…
3.7I Raised a Black Dragon
Webtoon · 2021 · 74 ch
I Raised a Black DragonHeungmak Yongeul Kiuge DoeeotdaWebtoon · 2021 · 74 ch3.7Did you just imprint with me?! After dying from overwork, Noa ends up possessing the body of Eleanora, the villainess from a novel. Noa simply wants to lead a peaceful life and tries not to interfere with the original story. That is, until…
3.7Lord of the Mysteries
Webtoon · 2020 · 65 ch
Lord of the MysteriesGuimi Zhi ZhuWebtoon · 2020 · 65 ch3.7With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to be faced with a string of…
3.7MW
Manga · 1976 · 26 ch
MWManga · 1976 · 26 ch3.7Michio Yuki has it all: looks, intelligence, a pedigree as the scion of a famous Kabuki family, a promising career at a major bank, legions of female admirers. But underneath the sheen of perfection lurks a secret with the power to shake…
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3.7Godchild
Manga · 2001 · 48 ch
GodchildGod ChildManga · 2001 · 48 ch3.7Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes…
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3.7The Decagon House Murders
Manga · 2019 · 60 ch
The Decagon House MurdersJukkakukan no SatsujinManga · 2019 · 60 ch3.7The members of a particular university's Mystery Club travel to a ten-sided house on a remote island...which just happens to have been the scene of a gristly, and unsolved, mass murder. Armed with details of the murder and keys to the…
3.7ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department
Manga · 2013 · 37 ch
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection DepartmentACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-kaManga · 2013 · 37 ch3.7The kingdom of Dowa, which is subdivided into 13 states, is celebrating its monarch's 99th birthday. These thirteen states have many agencies that are controlled by the giant organization known as ACCA. Within ACCA, Jean Otis is the…
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3.7Suspension: Kubitsuri High School – The Nonsense User's Disciple
Light Novel · 2002 · 8 ch
Suspension: Kubitsuri High School – The Nonsense User's DiscipleKubitsuri High School: Zaregotozukai no DeshiLight Novel · 2002 · 8 ch3.7An earnestly honest guy who doesn’t even grant pipe dreams to himself, physiologically incapable of letting a single contradiction go, in other words me, got dragged this June to a renowned academy for rich girls, no questions allowed, by…
3.7Gosick
Manga · 2007 · 29 ch
GosickManga · 2007 · 29 ch3.7Kujo Kazuya is studying abroad in Sovuria (a fictional country in Europe), where he meets the mysterious Victoria. Possessing a brilliant mind, which she calls "fountain of wisdom", she seems to know everything, although she never attends…
3.6Jagaaan
Manga · 2017 · 163 ch
JagaaanJagaaaaaanManga · 2017 · 163 ch3.6Shintarou Jagasaki, who is a neighborhood police officer, lives with his girlfriend while working a job that is killing him slowly with annoyance. It looks like he will end up marrying soon and live a boring life with a nuclear family - a…
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3.6Talentless Nana
Manga · 2016 · 122 ch
Talentless NanaMunou na NanaManga · 2016 · 122 ch3.6An academy on an island in unnavigable waters. There, students trained tirelessly, to fight back against the enemies of humanity. The protagonist, a student newly transferred there, also sets out with the intention of eradicating all…
3.6Becoming the Dark Hero's Daughter
Webtoon · 2021
Becoming the Dark Hero's DaughterDark Hero-ui Ttari Doeneun BeopWebtoon · 20213.6Duke Kallen de Lewelton is bloodthirsty and ruthless when it comes to killing criminals, but a total sucker when it comes to his new daughter! Peasant girl Lae learns this herself when a fateful run-in with the duke results in her adoption…
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3.6100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own Death
Manga · 2020 · 100 ch
100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own DeathBoku ga Shinu Dake no HyakumonogatariManga · 2020 · 100 ch3.6Forever Haunted A boy sits in a room. Alone. Telling tales of horror. One by one. Night by night. The shadows breed terror. Shall we begin? One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His…
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3.6Danganronpa/Zero
Light Novel · 2011 · 33 ch
Danganronpa/ZeroLight Novel · 2011 · 33 ch3.6The story revolves around the amnesiac girl Ryouko Otonashi, who is a student at Hope's Peak Academy, and the sharp-tongued Ultimate Neurologist Yasuke Matsuda, with whom she is infatuated. A month after The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy…
3.6Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Time Killing Arc
Manga · 2006 · 9 ch
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Time Killing ArcHigurashi no Naku Koro ni: Himatsubushi-henManga · 2006 · 9 ch3.6After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder…
3.6Shinrei Tantei Yakumo
Manga · 2009 · 65 ch
Shinrei Tantei YakumoManga · 2009 · 65 ch3.6Based on the novel by Kaminaga Manabu. Shinrei Tantei Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo) tells a story about a college student, Saitou Yakumo, who was born with different eye colors. His red left eye gives him the special ability to see…
3.6Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku
Manga · 2015 · 19 ch
Okitegami Kyouko no BibourokuManga · 2015 · 19 ch3.6Twenty-five-year-old Kakushidate Yakusuke suffers from the fate of constantly stumbling into various crime scenes and ending up being the main suspect. His last resort: Okitegami Kyouko the "Quickest Detective." However, Kyouko suffers…
3.6Ouroboros
Manga · 2009 · 144 ch
OuroborosManga · 2009 · 144 ch3.6Ikuo Ryuuzaki and Danno Tatsuya are 2 orphaned boys who were looked after by a person they called 'sensei'. Following their sensei's brutal murder, the two vow to hunt down the killers and the police officers who neglected to properly…
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3.6Vassalord.
Manga · 2004 · 36 ch
Vassalord.Manga · 2004 · 36 ch3.6Charley, a cyborg vampire who does the Vatican's dirty work, is the thrall of the local vampire playboy Johnny Rayflo. As the two fight crime--and each other--hilarity, violence and sacrilege ensue! But can Charley resist his own desperate…
3.6Mitsuboshi Colors
Manga · 2014 · 72 ch
Mitsuboshi ColorsManga · 2014 · 72 ch3.6Hark! The city is in peril! Who you gonna call? Colors! Sacchan, Yui and Kotoha are here to protect the city, solving mysteries and battling enemies with help from their friends. But their quest isn't an easy one as their arch-nemesis…
3.6The Ship of Theseus
Manga · 2017 · 89 ch
The Ship of TheseusTheseus no FuneManga · 2017 · 89 ch3.6On June 24, 1989, 21 people, among them children, were found poisoned to death in the elementary school of Otousu village in Hokkaido. Bungo Sano, a police officer of the same village, was arrested. Twenty eight years later, Sano’s son…
3.6Spiral: Bonds of Reasoning
Manga · 2000 · 77 ch
Spiral: Bonds of ReasoningSpiral: Suiri no KizunaManga · 2000 · 77 ch3.6"I'M GOING TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERY OF THE 'BLADE CHILDREN.'" World-class detective Kiyotaka Narumi's last words prior to his sudden disappearance continue to haunt his younger brother, Ayumu. The cheeky 10th-grader becomes further embroiled…
Mature
3.6For Your Murder
Webtoon · 2025 · 69 ch
For Your MurderDangsinui Sarineul WihayeoWebtoon · 2025 · 69 ch3.6Elementary school teacher Gi-Jeong Go has lost almost everything: her parents when she was a child, her freedom when she had to support her shut-in younger brother, and now her very dignity as the class bully among her students and his…
3.6MURCIÉLAGO
Manga · 2013
MURCIÉLAGOManga · 20133.6Mass murderers may not have much by way of career skills, but Kuroko Koumori seems to have landed her dream job as a hitwoman for the Tokyo police! A license to kill other killers? That's some serious job satisfaction, right there!…
Mature
3.6Death Note Short Stories
Manga · 2021 · 6 ch
Death Note Short StoriesDEATH NOTE: TanpenshuuManga · 2021 · 6 ch3.6Is Kira's story truly over, or does his influence linger? In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with…
3.6Yuureitou
Manga · 2010 · 80 ch
YuureitouManga · 2010 · 80 ch3.6In the 1950s, an old woman was brutally murdered on the face of a clock tower by her adopted daughter. Two years later, the clock tower is known as the 'ghost tower' and it is supposedly haunted. Through an unusual series of events, a…
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3.6The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
Manga · 2000
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery ServiceKurosagi Shitai TakuhaibinManga · 20003.6Your body is their business! Five young students at a Buddhist university, three guys and two girls, find little call for their job skills in today's Tokyo... among the living, that is! But all that stuff in college they were told would…
3.6Eniale & Dewiela
Manga · 2012 · 15 ch
Eniale & DewielaEnidewiManga · 2012 · 15 ch3.6Angels and demons aren't known for getting along, but their shared enthusiasm for designer labels and luxury items has drawn angel Eniale and demon Dewiela into a tempestuous friendship...which has a tendency to dissolve into conflict…
3.6Ice Blade
Manga · 1992 · 72 ch
Ice BladeJiraishinManga · 1992 · 72 ch3.6Kyoya Ida is a hard-nosed detective from the Shinjuku Police precinct. He is known in the force as an unreasonable type who would use lethal force to solve cases, making him unpopular with the enlisted and high-ranking officers in the…
3.6Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as Snow
Manga · 2021
Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as SnowFuritsumore Kodoku na Shi yoManga · 20213.6A routine call regarding a burglary at an empty mansion leads cocky young police detective Jin Saeki to a gruesome and shocking discovery. The corpses of 13 children, along with the presence of a strange symbol, spur a manhunt for Juzo…
3.6KEYMAN
Manga · 2011 · 67 ch
KEYMANManga · 2011 · 67 ch3.6Keyman is the resident hero of Rockville City, a place inhabited by both humans and animal people. In the years since his debut as a hero, crime has decreased significantly, which does not look all that great for the local police force…
3.6The Detective is Already Dead
Light Novel · 2019
The Detective is Already DeadTantei wa mou, Shindeiru.Light Novel · 20193.6The story of Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru. follows Kimihiko Kimizuka, a young man who four years ago became the assistant of a mysterious detective known as "Siesta" on a hijacked airplane. Together, Kimihiko and Siesta went on mind-boggling…
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3.6The Strange House
Manga · 2023
The Strange HouseHen na IeManga · 20233.6I’ve always had a fascination with the occult; you might even call it my specialty. I’ve been brought in as a consultant on many supernatural and strange mysteries. But nothing could have prepared me for this house. It seemed so ordinary…