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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Hana to Akuma

8.24

Description:

14 Years ago Vivi, the demon, decided to leave the demon realm and come to the human world. There he found an abandoned baby and on a whim decided to keep it. Since then he lives together with Hana...but having a 14 year-old girl around you, is it really that simple? (Source: Osuwari Team)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

58

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2007-10-20

Apocalypse no Toride

(Fort of Apocalypse)

7.39

Description:

What can you do when you get mistaken for murder? Nothing. You go to prison. Lucky you, your inmates are some of the biggest cutthroats in the prison. Seriously you are lucky. Especially when zombies attack. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

49

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2011-09-03

The Player That Can't Level Up

(The Player That Can't Level Up)

7.51

Description:

Kim Gi-Gyu awakened as a player at the age of 18. He thought his life was on track towards success, climbing the tower and closing the gates... But, even after clearing the tutorial, he was level 1. He killed a goblin a day, and he was still level 1. Even after 5 years, he was still level 1. "Who would have thought that this kind of player would exist." No one knew.
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-02-28

The Voynich Hotel

(The Voynich Hotel)

7.86

Description:

Staffed by murderous maids and situated on a war-ravaged island, the Voynich Hotel is far from your run-of-the-mill vacation destination--but it’s not such a bad place to lie low for ex-yakuza Kazuki Taizou, who’s on the run from his so-called family. As he settles into his weird new life, this darkly comedic manga winds through plots both nefarious and romantic, delving ever deeper into the island’s witchy--and sometimes demonic--strangeness. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

68

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2006-10-17

Cheese in the Trap

8.14

Description:

Having returned to college after a year long break, Hong Sul, a hard-working over-achiever, inadvertently got on the wrong side of a suspiciously perfect senior named Yoo Jung. From then on her life took a turn for the worse and Sul was almost certain it was all Yoo Jung's doing. So why is he suddenly acting so friendly a year later? (Source: Baka-Updates)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

0

Chapters

46

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2010-07-07

Black Bird

7.38

Description:

The world is full of mysterious "things," but life keeps on going peacefully because no one can see them--except Misao. Harada Misao has the special power to see these "things," but she doesn't tell anybody and tries to continue leading a happy high school life. Though she's jealous of her friends who have boyfriends, she's just like a normal teenage girl as she keeps having dreams about a boy she met when she was younger who has the same power she does. Her mundane life suddenly changes when demons try to eat her, and her old friend Kyo comes back to protect her from them. Then, she finds out that she is personally being sought out by demons either to become their bride or their food, and that Kyo is a demon, too. Will she still marry him like they promised when they were children, based on her faith in him that he has no bad intentions towards her? Will she even be safe at school now that Kyo has become her new homeroom teacher? Her exciting teenage life is just about to begin. (Source Serenus-Dreamers) Winner of the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award.
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

84

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2006-07-13

Gokukoku no Brynhildr

7.15

Description:

When he was a child, Murakami was infatuated with a girl he called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her, even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she decides to show him the aliens, but an accident occurs and Kuroneko dies while Murakami is left seriously wounded in the hospital. Years go by and Murakami obsesses on finding proof of the existence of aliens because of a promise he had made with Kuroneko. Then, one day, a new transfer student comes to his class, who not only looks a lot like Kuroneko, but is named Kurohaneko! And even though she insists on never having met Murakami before, the girl has superhuman strength and seems to even be able to predict the future! How will Murakami's life change now that he has been saved by this mysterious girl that claims to be a magician? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

181

Status

finished

Started

2012-01-26

Drifters

()

7.71

Description:

Shimazu Toyohisa, whilst involved at the Battle of Sekigahara, manages to mortally wound Ii Naomasa, but is critically wounded in the process. As he walks from the field broken and bleeding, Toyohisa finds himself transported to a corridor of doors, where a bespectacled man at a desk waits for him. This man, Murasaki, sends Toyohisa into the nearest door where he wakes up in another world. There, Toyohisa meets other great warriors like him who have been transported as well, to be part of a group known as "Drifters". (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2009-04-30

Iris Zero

(Iris Zero)

7.72

Description:

In a world where every boy and girl has a special power called Iris, Toru who, as a result of not having any kind of special power, was bullied from a young age, lives by his motto ("low exposure") to live without standing out. But his peaceful school life changes when he receives a certain confession from the school's most popular girl, Koyuki. His motto begins to shake!! The school fantasy story that shakes the heart begins with their meeting. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

44

Status

finished

Started

2009-04-27

Nazo no Kanojo X

(Mysterious Girlfriend X)

7.58

Description:

One day, a strange transfer student appears before Tsubaki. Urabe Mikoto is an antisocial girl, whose hobby is just sleeping during class-breaks. One day, Tsubaki goes to wake her up and accidentally tastes her drool... And gets hooked on that! After that, he starts going out with her and gets to know her better. Her second hobby, as it turns out, is carrying around scissors in her panties and cutting paper into flowers... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

96

Rating

Ecchi

Status

finished

Started

2004-08-25

DICE: The Cube that Changes Everything

(DICE: The Cube that Changes Everything)

7.21

Description:

What if you can restart your life with a different setting just like a game? DONG TAE always get bullied by his classmates, but TAE BIN, sits right next to him, is handsome and popular at school; and now, TAE BIN suggests DONG TAE to play a little game. (Source: Webtoon)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

388

Status

finished

Started

2013-05-18

Judge

(Judge)

7

Description:

"What is your crime?" From the author of Doubt, it's time for a new terrible game, Judge. Hiro's brother Atsuya is dating Hiro's childhood friend and secret crush Hikari. Hiro's affection for Hikari will lead him to commit an un-punishable crime against his older brother. At least, he thinks it is un-punishable, until he is kidnapped and imprisoned by a group of people wearing animal masks. The judging is about to start! (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

32

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-01-12

Lady Baby

7.93

Description:

Calliope has suffered through nature's law and many accidents. Her family was murdered and an ongoing war ended her life, but she traveled back in time to when she was born?! While Calliope slowly grows, will she be able to figure out who killed her family and stop them in time? (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

240

Status

finished

Started

2018-09-07

Death Note Tokubetsu-hen

7

Description:

A one chapter sequel of the Death Note manga which tells what happened 3 years after it all ended.
Type

oneshot

Volumes

0

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2007-07-02

Code:Breaker

(CØDE:BREAKER)

7.48

Description:

Riding the bus one day, Sakurakouji Sakura looks out the window to see people being burned alive with a blue fire and a boy her age who's unharmed and standing over the people. She comes back to the site the next day and there are no corpses or evidence of any kind of murder, just a small fire. She then goes to class to find there's a new transfer student, Oogami Rei, who looks exactly like the boy she saw before and wears a black glove only on his left hand. Oogami is a Code Breaker, one who "does not exist". He is a seemingly cold-blooded killer who follows the principle of "an eye for an eye", to "use evil against evil". Convinced that killing is not right, Sakurakouji sets out to stop him and penetrate his icy heart.
Type

manga

Volumes

26

Chapters

230

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2008-06-09

Karneval

7.99

Description:

Nai–a young man who travels in search of another by the name of Karoku, a lone bracelet his only lead. Gareki–a willful young man who earns his daily bread by thieving and picking pockets. Thrown together at an eerie mansion, where they are entrapped and framed, Nai and Gareki are soon hunted down as criminals by national security forces. As they are driven into a corner, before them appears the most powerful defense agency in the country, “Circus”–!! (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

28

Chapters

160

Status

finished

Started

2007-08-28

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

7.55

Description:

10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends! (Source: Viz)
Type

manga

Volumes

38

Chapters

343

Status

finished

Started

1996-09-17

Bakemonogatari

8.23

Description:

One 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 … Monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere. (Source: Kodansha USA)
Type

manga

Volumes

22

Chapters

193

Status

finished

Started

2018-03-14

A Guy Like You

7.95

Description:

Go Siwon's dreams are constantly visited by the clever, beautiful Kang Jinha. In the dream, Jinha keeps on mentioning this "incident" that happened between them but Siwon can't remember anything! And how can it feel so real? Luckily for Siwon, hints about the "incident" start to appear and Siwon is able to regain his memory bit by bit. How will their relationship change at the end of it all?
Type

manhwa

Volumes

2

Chapters

85

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2016-07-14

Ousama Game

(King's Game)

6.42

Description:

A high school class, containing 32 students, all receive a strange text message on their cell phones one night. It welcomes them to the "Ousama Game," in which they are given specific tasks to carry out in a 24 hour period. No one takes it very seriously at first, as the tasks are trivial things like having one student kiss another. Soon, the tasks escalate beyond what the kids are willing to do, and they learn that the cost of failure is death. Will they be able to find a way out of the Ousama Game before more people die, and the living lose their integrity and humanity through their participation in the increasingly horrible daily tasks? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

25

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-01-01

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