Best police manga
125 manga about police, 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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3.5Nijigahara Holograph
Manga · 2003 · 15 ch
Nijigahara HolographManga · 2003 · 15 ch3.5Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumour of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arie Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to…
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3.5MPD Psycho
Manga · 1996 · 147 ch
MPD PsychoTajuu Jinkaku Tantei PsychoManga · 1996 · 147 ch3.5Police detective Yosuke Kobayashi's life is changed forever after a serial killer notices something "special" about him. That same killer mutilates Kobayashi's wife and kick-starts a "multiple personality battle" within Kobayashi that…
3.5Prophecy
Manga · 2011 · 22 ch
ProphecyYokokuhanManga · 2011 · 22 ch3.5Tokyo Police Department’s Cybercrime Division is headed by the young, brilliantly ruthless Yoshino Erika. Her track record has been solid, but when a new threat appears online, it starts making all the headlines. A man who goes by…
Mature
3.5Domu: A Child's Dream
Manga · 1980 · 6 ch
Domu: A Child's DreamDoumuManga · 1980 · 6 ch3.5A twisted old man, gifted with extrasensory powers, holds silent sway over an entire block of apartments, its occupants puppets for him to control. Life is his to give...and to take. But suddenly there is a new voice in his head, and…
3.5Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love
Manga · 2020
Isshiki-san Wants to Know About LoveIsshiki-san wa Koi wo Shiritai.Manga · 20203.5The straitlaced and serious police inspector Isshiki has earned the respect of everyone around her, but lately, she hasn’t quite been herself at work. Whenever her coworker Rokutanda is around, she gets flustered and slips up! Having no…
3.5Seizon: LifE
Manga · 1999 · 23 ch
Seizon: LifEManga · 1999 · 23 ch3.5Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels that he has nothing to live for. Hopeless, he decides to end his life. But when he is about to hang himself, the phone rings: the police have just found the corpse of his daughter, Sawako, who…
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3.5Tokyo Ghoul: Joker
One-shot · 2014 · 1 ch
Tokyo Ghoul: JokerOne-shot · 2014 · 1 ch3.5The story is set in the 20th ward, whereby Juuzou Suzuya’s partner, Hanbee Abara, is the narrator and protagonist. Note: Featured at the end of volume 3 of the Tokyo Ghoul: re manga.
3.5Mou Hitotsu no MONSTER
Light Novel · 2002 · 31 ch
Mou Hitotsu no MONSTERLight Novel · 2002 · 31 ch3.5Details the events of the manga from an investigative reporter's point of view.
3.5Gyakusatsu Happy End
Manga · 2017 · 55 ch
Gyakusatsu Happy EndManga · 2017 · 55 ch3.5High school student Kusakabe Makoto has to work all day to raise money for the treatment of his younger sister, who suffers from a serious illness. The father is unemployed, the mother ran away, leaving the children, bullying at work…
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3.5ID:Invaded #Brake-Broken
Manga · 2019 · 14 ch
ID:Invaded #Brake-BrokenID: INVADED #BRAKE BROKENManga · 2019 · 14 ch3.5When I open my eyes, I find myself in an unfamiliar car, in an unfamiliar town, in front of the on-ramp to an unfamiliar highway. Before I can process any of this, I see the fiery explosions of multiple car crashes in the distance, and…
3.5Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
Manga · 2016
Detectives These Days Are Crazy!Mattaku Saikin no Tantei to KitaraManga · 20163.5Behold, a great detective who thrills the world solving impossible cases in no time! His name? Keiichiro Nagumo. …But all of that was over a decade ago. Now he's just your typical middle-aged dude. Nagumo is behind the times to the point…
3.5Wet Moon
Manga · 2011 · 29 ch
Wet MoonManga · 2011 · 29 ch3.5The story takes place in the '60s, in a mysterious city where madness and lust seem to be the citizens' constant companions. A detective named Sada (with a "certain" wound) pursues a woman accused of murder. Note: The French edition won…
3.5COLORLESS
Manga · 2019 · 81 ch
COLORLESSColorlessManga · 2019 · 81 ch3.5A cosmic disaster changed the Earth forever, stripping away every last drop of color from the world. Mankind also changed: the familiar human face is almost forgotten in a world now populated wholly by mutants. Against the backdrop of a…
3.5D.N.Angel
Manga · 1997 · 116 ch
D.N.AngelD・N・ANGELManga · 1997 · 116 ch3.5Daisuke Niwa is an ordinary, if slightly unlucky, middle school student. On his fourteenth birthday, he comes down with a "condition" that has plagued the men in his family for three hundred years. When he sees his crush, Risa, he…
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3.5Museum
Manga · 2013 · 28 ch
MuseumManga · 2013 · 28 ch3.5The serial killer is laughing in the rain. Punishment: Dog Food—. Punishment: Know your mother’s pain—. Punishment: one split evenly—. Punishment: Forever beautiful—. The Frog Man from Hell executes his "punishments" ... (Source: Kodansha…
3.5Adekan
Manga · 2007
AdekanManga · 20073.5Shirou, a laid-back and absentmindedly seductive umbrella craftsman, is (surprisingly) a close friend of Koujirou, a hot-blooded young police officer who stands against all things undisciplined. With their mutual knack for attracting…
3.5Cat's Eye
Manga · 1981 · 158 ch
Cat's EyeManga · 1981 · 158 ch3.5The protagonists of the series are the three Kisugi sisters—Hitomi, Rui and Ai—who run a café called Cat's Eye. The sisters lead a double life as a trio of highly skilled art thieves, leaving cards with the name "Cat's Eye" at the scene of…
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3.5switch
Manga · 2002 · 73 ch
switchManga · 2002 · 73 ch3.5Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. With his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop…
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3.4NOiSE
Manga · 2000 · 8 ch
NOiSEManga · 2000 · 8 ch3.4The Bible has its Genesis. The Matrix has The Second Renaissance . BLAME! has NOiSE . Through the eyes of police force member Susono Musubi, this one-volume prequel gives readers a glimpse of the world before the Netsphere went haywire…
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3.4Manhole
Manga · 2004 · 29 ch
ManholeManga · 2004 · 29 ch3.4What do two Japanese detectives, a naked man on a city street, and a roundworm from Botswana all have in common? In the first volume of Manhole, Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue investigate a string of bloody and mysterious murders, but their…
3.4Yoru ni naru to Boku wa
Manga · 2018 · 34 ch
Yoru ni naru to Boku waManga · 2018 · 34 ch3.4Eight years ago, Mochizuki Saya was raped and murdered by three juvenile delinquents. Protected under the Juvenile Act, the delinquents have been allowed to re-enter society... but Mochizuki Wakaru, Saya's younger brother, hasn't forgotten…
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3.4Funouhan
Manga · 2013 · 83 ch
FunouhanManga · 2013 · 83 ch3.4Is there someone whom you desperately wish to see dead? If you want your enemies and rivals eliminated, free-of-charge and with no possibility of the crime being traced back to you, all you need to do is leave a message for "Usobuki…
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3.4Route End
Manga · 2017 · 55 ch
Route EndManga · 2017 · 55 ch3.4Due to a harsh experience in life, Haruno eventually becomes a cleaning specialist in the field of clearing the remnants of the deceased. After a particular day, Haruno becomes involved in the curious case of 'END'.
3.4Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
Manga · 2013 · 12 ch
Jaco the Galactic PatrolmanGinga Patrol JacoManga · 2013 · 12 ch3.4Retired scientist Omori lives alone on a deserted island while continuing his research into time-travel. His quiet life is interrupted when galactic patrolman Jaco crash-lands and decided to move in with him. Can Jaco get along with the…
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3.4CHANGE THE WORLD -BLOODTHIRSTY KILLER FROM TODAY-
Manga · 2018 · 25 ch
CHANGE THE WORLD -BLOODTHIRSTY KILLER FROM TODAY-Change the World: Kyou Kara SatsujinkiManga · 2018 · 25 ch3.4Saito Yuichi, a self-proclaimed social reject, has accidentally switched bodies with an elite police officer, Mitsumune Sakutaro! He still has his consciousness, but his body is completely different. Now with a whole new life ahead of him…
3.4My Boy in Blue
Manga · 2012 · 67 ch
My Boy in BlueP to JKManga · 2012 · 67 ch3.4Kako gets tangled up when she lies about her age in order to attend a company-mixer party for singles and ends up totally infatuated with her young local policeman! And it looks like it’s mutual with Kouta… until he finds out Kako’s still…
3.4Death Note: Taro Kagami
One-shot · 2003 · 1 ch
Death Note: Taro KagamiDEATH NOTEOne-shot · 2003 · 1 ch3.4Thirteen-year-old Taro Kagami is a mild-mannered student who struggles with the harsher side of middle school. One day, on his walk back home, he finds a black notebook with the English title "Death Note." As he only understands the…
3.4Killer Gyeongchal
Manga · 2023
Killer GyeongchalManga · 20233.4After being killed by the organization he worked for, the infamous assassin Bi-Gwang is reincarnated as Kim Gyeong-Su, a police officer. He vows to take revenge on Hwaguksa, the organization of killers that betrayed him. (Source: Naver…
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3.4The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor
Manga · 1991 · 7 ch
The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error ProcessorKoukaku Kidoutai 1.5: HUMAN-ERROR PROCESSORManga · 1991 · 7 ch3.4Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2…
3.3Appleseed
Manga · 1985 · 25 ch
AppleseedManga · 1985 · 25 ch3.3It is the 22nd Century, the Third World War (2099-2126) has decimated a large part of Earth even though nuclear weapons have not been employed during the conflict. Old nations such as England, France and China have survived but have…
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3.3King's Game: Origin
Manga · 2013 · 30 ch
King's Game: OriginOusama Game: KigenManga · 2013 · 30 ch3.3"The King's orders are absolute. Fail to obey, and you will be punished." 30 years ago in the remote Yonaki Village, a black envelope is delivered to a single villager. The command inside threatens to draw the entire population into a…
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3.3Searching for My Perfect Brother
Manga · 2018 · 16 ch
Searching for My Perfect BrotherWatashi no Tadashii Onii-chanManga · 2018 · 16 ch3.3Rize, who’s a university student, met Kairi at her part-time job at the supermarket. While lending her shoulder to Kairi who has trouble sleeping, she is reminded of her older brother who left her when she was young, and Rize starts to…
3.3Trace
Manga · 2016 · 64 ch
TraceTrace: Kasouken Houi Kenkyuuin no TsuisouManga · 2016 · 64 ch3.3The Forensics Section. This unique agency is part of the police, but exists neither for the institution nor the victims, simply to find the truth. This authentic police suspense story created by an ex-forensics officer depicts the front…
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3.3Death Note: C-Kira
One-shot · 2007 · 1 ch
Death Note: C-KiraDEATH NOTE C-Kira-henOne-shot · 2007 · 1 ch3.3A one-chapter sequel of the Death Note manga which tells what happened 3 years after it all ended. The chapter was later published in volume format as a bonus in the Death Note: All-in-One Edition, then later in the volume “Death Note…
3.3Triage X
Manga · 2009
Triage XManga · 20093.3Mochizuki General Hospital boasts some of the most well-trained (and well-endowed) nurses in town. But though these ladies spend much of their day battling sickness, their after-hours are spent fighting a very different sort of…
3.3Arrested Love
Manga · 2019
Arrested LoveYakuza to Metsuki no Warui Onna Keiji no HanashiManga · 20193.3The love story between a yakuza and a detective who both can't be honest with their feelings.