What is Mystery manga?

Focuses on unresolved questions, and the efforts of characters to discover the answers to them. Whether curious and deadly events are afoot, or some part of the world itself is strange or inexplicable, or someone's past or identity seems strangely shrouded, these characters are set on learning the truth.

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Platinum End

6.69

Description:

As his classmates celebrates their middle school graduation, one student's mind seems to be elsewhere. His name is Mirai and he has a dark secret. All humans deserve to find happiness, but Mirai may need some salvation from above in the form of an angel. (Source: VIZ)
Type

manga

Volumes

14

Chapters

58

Status

finished

Started

2015-11-04

Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi

7.12

Description:

The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene... So begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Here is the creepiest masterpiece of horror manga ever from the creator of Uzumaki, Junji Ito. Hold your breath until all is revealed. Something's rotten in Okinawa... (Source: VIZ Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

20

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2002-02-28

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

Inuyashiki

(Inuyashiki)

7.17

Description:

Inuyashiki has a family, a wife and two kids, none of which care about him. When he learns that he has only three months to live, he realizes that the only one who will miss him is his dog. Shortly after this realization, he is killed in a crash landing by aliens. He is rebuilt by them as a machine with a human exterior. How will his life change now that he isn't human? (Source: Dan of Population GO)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

85

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2014-01-28

Boku wa Mari no Naka

(Inside Mari)

7.54

Description:

The manga follows an "angel-like" beautiful high school girl with a certain secret she has been hiding from everyone, and an idle hikikomori (one who abnormally avoids social contact) young man; the highlight of his day is seeing Mari at the convenience store. The story begins as Mari wakes up in her room, but something feel amiss about the room and even her own body. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

9

Chapters

80

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2012-03-06

Gakkou Gurashi!

8.07

Description:

Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it's a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club, the School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school... in her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club's activities is way too hard to be perceived... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

78

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-05-24

Monogatari Series: First Season

8.25

Description:

This entry includes the first season of the Monogatari series: Vol. 1-2: Bakemonogatari Vol. 3: Kizumonogatari Vol. 4-5: Nisemonogatari Vol. 6: Nekomonogatari: Kuro
Type

novel

Volumes

6

Chapters

107

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2006-11-01

Vanitas no Carte

(The Case Study of Vanitas)

8.22

Description:

Rumors 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 pavement or rifling through dusty bookshops in search of the tome. Instead, his quarry comes to him...in the arms of a man claiming to be a vampire doctor! Thrust into a conflict that threatens the peace between humans and vampires, will Noé cast in his lot with the curious and slightly unbalanced Vanitas and his quest to save vampirekind? (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2015-12-22

Darwin's Game

7.58

Description:

An unknowing Sudou Kaname is invited to try out a new mysterious mobile app game called Darwin's Game, but later realizes that he's in for more than he's bargained for when he finds out that there's no way to quit the game. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

30

Chapters

125

Status

finished

Started

2012-12-12

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

(The Apothecary Diaries)

8.32

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

Another

7.53

Description:

26 years ago, in a third-year classroom of a middle school, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, the charming girl was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to that classroom, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and is always alone drawing pictures.
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

20

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-04-03

Inu x Boku SS

8.06

Description:

The Shirakiin house's daughter, Shirakiin Ririchiyo, who has a complex about being unable to live independently and unprotected, feels the need to move out and live on her own under the condition of residing in the mansion named "Ayakashi Kan." In this mansion, only those who have cleared a very strict examination could reside in it, and for each resident, they are accompanied with one agent of the Secret Service (S.S.). Although Riricho has rejected the company of the S.S., while residing in the mansion she finds out that the agent dedicated to protecting her is actually the Fox Spirit whom she previously rescued.
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

49

Status

finished

Started

2009-04-22

Billy Bat

8.22

Description:

The story is set in 1949 and follows Japanese-American comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat" for "Marble Comics." When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use Billy Bat from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat. It is soon evident, however, that the truth of Billy Bat's nature is far larger than Kevin could ever guess, spanning millennia and across the world. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

20

Chapters

165

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2008-10-16

Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri

7.53

Description:

Several years after the Kira incident, Ryuk wants more apples and decides to give the Death Note to a new human. However, this human is not interested in killing anyone. He decides that the best course of action is to sell the Death Note, but who would want to buy a Death Note?
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2020-02-04

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

8.04

Description:

A young woman, by some strange occurrence, was left to die alone in the former building of Seikyou Academy. Mysteriously, there is one person who can see her in ghost form: Niiya Teiichi, a freshman. Now they both seek to find out the reasoning behind her death, and what could have caused it. (Source: DBR Scanlations)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

54

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2008-04-22

The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion

(The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion)

8.2

Description:

Poisoned to death by her own betrothed?! Eunha didn’t wake up in a novel’s story just to get killed off again as an unfortunate extra! To change her story she needs a cover… 6 months pretending to be the fake fiancée of the novel's male protagonist, Duke Noah Wynknight. But will this cold-hearted, angel-faced demon of a man really help her avoid another ill-fated ending?! (Source: TappyToon)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

158

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2017-09-03

Tenkuu Shinpan

(High-rise Invasion)

7.09

Description:

High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. The original author of "Ajin," Tsuina Miura works in collaboration with Takahiro Oba, the artist of "Box!", to bring you this thrilling skyscraper suspense! (Source: Manga Box)
Type

manga

Volumes

21

Chapters

258

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2013-12-05

Mahou Shoujo of the End

(Magical Girl Apocalypse)

6.76

Description:

One day, ordinary high school student Kogami Kii finds himself caught up in a strange kind of zombie apocalypse, involving 'magic girls.' While idly looking out of the school window, Kii sees what looks like a little girl hitting a teacher, causing his head to explode violently. Convinced he's dreaming, he goes to the restroom to get his act together. Unfortunately, its not a dream, and he arrives to find the creepy little girl repeatedly saying "magical" as she slaughters his friends and classmates. Soon, Kii and his childhood friend—a quiet, often-bullied girl called Tsukune—are witness to the resurrection of their friends' corpses into a zombie-like murderous mob crying the single word "magical." Now Kii and Tsukune must try to endure with the other survivors, and try to find out what has happened to their world. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

64

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-06-12

Gleipnir

(Gleipnir)

7.05

Description:

Shuichi Kagaya is an ordinary high school kid in a boring little town. But when a beautiful classmate is caught in a warehouse fire, he discovers a mysterious power: he can transform into a furry dog with an oversized revolver and a zipper down his back. He saves the girl’s life, sharing his secret with her. But she’s searching for the sister who killed her family, and she doesn’t care how degrading it gets: she will use Shuichi to accomplish her mission … (Source: Kodansha USA)
Type

manga

Volumes

14

Chapters

88

Status

finished

Started

2015-10-06

Tomodachi Game

8.22

Description:

Katagiri Yuichi believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that they will all go together. However, after the class's money is all collected, it is stolen! Suspicion falls on two of Yuichi's friends, Sawaragi Shiho and Shibe Makoto. Soon afterward, the five of them are kidnapped, and wake up in a strange room with a character from a short-lived anime. Apparently, one of them has entered them into a "friendship game" in order to take care of their massive debt. But who was it, and why did they have such a debt? Could they have stolen the money from class to pay for entry into the game? Katagiri and his best friends will have to succeed in psychological games that will test or destroy their faith in one another. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

26

Chapters

129

Status

finished

Started

2013-12-09

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