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Pluto
(Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka)
8.26
Description:
In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. (Source: VIZ Media) Type
manga
Volumes
8
Chapters
65
Status
finished
Started
2003-09-09
Case Closed
(Detective Conan)
8.23
Description:
Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve. (Source: ANN) Type
manga
Volumes
0
Rating
Status
current
Started
1994-02-02
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
(The Apothecary Diaries)
8.29
Description:
In 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 curious nature and thirst for knowledge pushes her to action. To satisfy her curiosity, this young doctor/pharmacist will investigate the origin! What is shifting in the imperial court..!? (Source: MU) Type
manga
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
current
Started
2017-05-25
Kemono Jihen
7.82
Description:
Kemono Jihen is about a boy known as Dorota-bou who is avoided by the people who surround him, and Inugami, a detective who specializes in the occult. The story begins with Inugami arriving at the boy's town to investigate a case where many cattle are dying and their bodies rot in just one night. (Source: Manga Tokyo) Type
manga
Status
current
Started
2016-12-02
Yuukoku no Moriarty
(Moriarty the Patriot)
8.2
Description:
In 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 adopts two lower-class orphans, the cruelty the boys experience at his family’s hands cements Albert’s hatred of the nobility he was born into. He asks the older of the two boys—who has a genius mind and a killer instinct—to help him rid the world of evil, starting with Albert’s own family! (Source: Viz Media) Type
manga
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
current
Started
2016-08-04
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen
(Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc)
7.84
Description:
Life couldn’t be better for Keiichi Maebara. Sure, he’s moved to a sleepy, little town where nothing happens and high school consists of a one-room schoolhouse — but his new friends and fellow students are all cute girls! When he happens upon a story about a grisly local murder, however, his contentment turns to uneasiness as he finds himself drawn into a web of silent intrigue that involves his newfound friends…and threatens his very existence. (Source: Yen Press) The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries. Type
manga
Volumes
2
Chapters
7
Rating
Horror
Status
finished
Started
2005-03-24
Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
(Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch)
8.08
Description:
Time 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 resist the witch remains strong as the curtain rises for a third time on the Ushiromiya family's annual reunion. But as Beatrice pulls more and more players into the game, the strain on Battler's defenses is evident. Do the other members of his family hold the key to solving the witch's riddle and sealing her defeat?! (Source: Yen Press) Type
manga
Volumes
5
Chapters
22
Rating
Horror
Status
finished
Started
2009-09-19
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch
(Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch)
8.24
Description:
The conclusion of the long fought struggle between mystery and fantasy. Type
manga
Volumes
9
Chapters
42
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2012-01-21
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch
(Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch)
8.18
Description:
This episode features a new detective, a man called Willard H. Wright, who will uncover several truths about Rokkenjima's murder mystery. We will also get to know Lion Ushiromiya, a mysterious new member of the Ushiromiya family. Type
manga
Volumes
9
Chapters
48
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2011-04-13
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch
(Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch)
8.05
Description:
Battler assumes control of the sixth game, wielding his new Golden Truth as he parries the logical blows of the detective-and-witch, Erika Furudo. For Battler, what began as a contest over the existence of magic has become a fight to revive the fiery, vibrant Beatrice of his early clashes on the game board. The logical loops and rules of the game were already complex; now, as the game master, Battler must quickly learn how to shape the events to his and Beatrice's ultimate ends without getting locked in a closed room by Erika, the witch of truth! (Source: Yen Press) Type
manga
Volumes
6
Chapters
26
Rating
Horror
Status
finished
Started
2010-11-18
Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
(Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective)
7.5
Description:
This unusual duo brings the hidden truth into the light! Ron Kamonohashi, a private investigator with serious issues, and Totomaru Ishiki, a pure-hearted but dim police detective, team up to solve the most baffling mysteries! A thrilling detective story for a new generation from Akira Amano, creator of "Reborn!" and "Ēldlive"!(Source: MANGA Plus) Type
manga
Status
current
Started
2020-10-11
Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari
7.64
Description:
At first glance Ryuzaki Ikuo, a detective in the Shinjuku Police Department's 2nd detective unit, & Danno Tatsuya, a high ranking member of the Matsuo Yakuza clan have nothing in common. However they both are working themselves up the ladder in their respective careers for one reason which deals with a murder case that happened 15 years earlier of which both men were witnesses to. Type
manga
Volumes
24
Chapters
144
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2009-03-06
Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer
6.87
Description:
In response to The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History, an organization called Future Foundation was created to combat the chaos still present even after the death of The Mastermind. Misaki Asano is a new recruit, working as a special investigator for the 6th Division's Special Case Bureau—a branch dedicated to only the most bizarre and challenging murder cases. Alongside her partner, Takumi Hijirihara, they aim to combat despair one case at a time. Though, perhaps their most challenging case is that of the mysterious Killer Killer, a bizarre serial killer who chooses to target other murderers. (Source: Danganronpa Wikia) Type
manga
Volumes
3
Chapters
14
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2016-03-09
Route End
7.03
Description:
Due 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'. (Source: Batoto) Type
manga
Volumes
8
Chapters
55
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2017-02-11
Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku
(The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami)
7.62
Description:
Twenty-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 from a strange case of amnesia; whenever she falls asleep, she forgets everything that happened the previous day, making her solve the mysteries within one day. Type
manga
Volumes
5
Chapters
19
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2015-08-06
If You Touch My Little Brother, You’re All Dead
(If You Touch My Little Brother, You’re All Dead)
7.82
Description:
I became sixteen year old Rosalette. She fell out of bed and when she opened her eyes, she had possessed a character in “Asterion of a Blue Starry Night” a cliche BL novel with passion, fantasy, drama, and angst. Plus, she was Rosalette, the older sister of Asteron. Asteron was the protagonist and the one who committed suicide at the end of the novel. She left herself to go through the flow of events in the story. At the end of that, she went back in time to become sixteen year old Rosalette again. She thought that standing by was what she did wrong, so she raised her younger sibling finely, but she died from an outside force and returned as Rosalette once more. She changed her direction. She indulged in training herself instead of her brother. That didn’t seem to work either. She had learned magic but still returned, and she had lived all the way till her graduation, but still returned. Rosalette Roxburgh who is always returning to her sixteen year old self, is still looking for a way to die indefinitely. - MU Type
manhwa
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
current
Started
2021-07-01
Forget-me-not
6.06
Description:
Mariel Imari is a private detective trying to become a first-rate detective to be able inherit her late father's estate. By some strange reason the mysterious thief Vecchio is taking an interest in her. If that's not enough her old friends at Interpol and her siblings makes life more troubling for her. Type
manga
Volumes
1
Chapters
7
Rating
Mild nudity
Status
finished
Started
2003-09-22
Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Ike
(Follow the Clouds to the North-Northwest)
7.73
Description:
17-year-old Kei Miyama is a freelance detective working in Iceland. With the disappearance of his brother, aunt, and uncle, he is plunged into a mystery that he must solve at all costs. (Source: MU) Type
manga
Rating
Status
current
Started
2016-03-14
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
(The Kindaichi Case Files: File Series)
7.89
Description:
Kindaichi (frequently with best-bud, Miyuki) travels to various places where a murder has taken place, typically involving ghosts, curses, myths and folklore of significant events from the distant past, and solves the mystery using ingenious deductions of curious clues and his cool magic. (Source: Tokyopop) Type
manga
Volumes
27
Chapters
219
Status
finished
Started
1993-02-17
Sherlock
(Sherlock)
7.49
Description:
An adaptation of the BBC re-imagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. Sherlock, which aired in 2010 (season 1), 2012 (season 2), 2014 (season 3) and 2016 (Season 4). Type
manga
Volumes
5
Chapters
44
Status
finished
Started
2012-10-04