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Top 19 Detective manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
- 18. Case Closed
- 17. Lord of Goblins
- 16. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
- 15. Kemono Jihen
- 14. Pluto
- 13. Lord of the Mysteries
- 12. Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
- 11. Yuukoku no Moriarty
- 10. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou
- 9. If You Touch My Little Brother, You’re All Dead
- 8. Route End
- 7. Coffin Jackson
- 6. Ryoukai Shinpan
- 5. Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Ike
- 4. Lost Lad London
- 3. Sahyeongsonyeon
- 2. Sicheneun Malhanda
- 1. Vengeance
19. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
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..!?
The Apothecary Diaries is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薬屋のひとりごと, The Pharmacist's Monologue, The Pharmacist's Soliloquies, Drugstore Soliloquy
18. Case Closed
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.
Detective Conan is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Meitantei Conan, 名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan, Detective Conan Kaito Kid Special Collection
17. Lord of Goblins
Corruption. Greed. War. Lev is no stranger to the evils of the world, as he has spent his entire life fighting the predatory system that ensnared the world's population and turned them into puppets for the leaders of humanity. But when he is assassinated, he finds himself in a new world — with different yet familiar evils. It's a similar road he must traverse, but this time he can do so with a lifetime of experience behind him.
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Lord of Goblins is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Lord of Goblins
16. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That's her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao's façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor's favorite consort... so she can taste the lady's food for poison!
The Apothecary Diaries is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薬屋のひとりごと, The Pharmacist's Monologue
15. Kemono Jihen
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.
Kemono Jihen is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 怪物事変, Demon Incident, Demon Incidents, Kemono Incidents, Kaibutsu Jihen
14. Pluto
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.
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: PLUTO, Pluto
13. Lord of the Mysteries
Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.
Lord of the Mysteries has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: Lord of the Mysteries
12. Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
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"!
Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理, Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
11. Yuukoku no Moriarty
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!
Moriarty the Patriot is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 憂国のモリアーティ, Moriarty's Patriotism
10. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou
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..!?
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薬屋のひとりごと 猫猫の後宮謎解き手帳, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou
9. If You Touch My Little Brother, You’re All Dead
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
If You Touch My Little Brother, You’re All Dead is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: You're All Dead if You Mess With My Brother, I’ll Kill You All if You Mess With My Brother, If You Mess With My Brother, I Will Kill You, If You Touch My Brother, You're All Dead, If You Dare Lay A Hand On My Little Brother, You’re All Going To Die
8. Route End
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'.
Route End has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: ROUTE END, Route End
7. Coffin Jackson
Roman Piotrowski is no ordinary undertaker: he's on the payroll of a vicious gangster, disposing of his victims' bodies — no questions asked. He's always treading a fine line, but a sudden betrayal, an unexpected new partnership and the acquisition of a lifetime may bring him closer to death than he's ever been before.
Coffin Jackson has finished publishing and it has 41 Chapters. It is also Known as: ジャクソンの棺, Chongtak 총탁
6. Ryoukai Shinpan
A village where huge body parts fall from the sky.
A phenomenon where, after death, internal organs that should be inside the body completely vanish.
People who continue to dream of immortality.
Katagishi belongs to the Ryoukai Shinpan Special Investigation Division who deal with these unexplained phenomena that are beyond human knowledge. What is the real truth that he is pursuing...?
An adaptation of the story that was the grand prize winnter in the “horror category” in Kakuyomu’s 7th web novel contest, and an award-winning ComicWalker manga adaptation!
Ryoukai Shinpan is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 領怪神犯, Ryoukai Shinpan
5. Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Ike
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.
Follow the Clouds to the North-Northwest is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 北北西に曇と往け, Go north-northwest with Clouds, Overcast and Traveling in the North-Northwest
4. Lost Lad London
An ordinary college student, Al, suddenly gets caught up in the murder of the mayor of London one day?
Lost Lad London has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロストラッドロンドン, Rosuto Raddo Rondon
3. Sahyeongsonyeon
Park Tae-Jun Comics Company, Kim Soong-Nyung / Gwangsan
Shin Kim, the rare serial killer who shook the Republic of Korea!
Ji-hoo, who lost his family to Kim Shin, meets another victim, Du-seok, and is trained as a human weapon. And he goes to prison on his own to kill the killer with his bare fists…
‘There has been no execution in our country since 1997. Shouldn’t someone be doing it?’
Death Row Boy has finished publishing and it has 74 Chapters. It is also Known as: Смертник, เด็กหนุ่มผู้ลงทัณฑ์, 死刑少年
2. Sicheneun Malhanda
“Live like a mouse for 10 years, at least 10 years. After that, I won’t care what you do with your life.”
Jeanne, a girl praised as a war hero, cuts off his right hand to prevent the emperor's escape during the civil war, and turns herself into a target.
After changing her name to escape from the emperor, she hides in a barren land as part of "Blue Blood", an aristocratic investigative team that deals with crimes.
After 10 years of quietly solving various cases with her new colleagues, the forgotten past begins to invade her life again!
A dubious subordinate gives me a headache, but now an impersonator appears?!
The unpredictable detective story of a war hero who became a Hanyang investigator begins now!
The Corpse Will Tell is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Sicheneun Malhanda
1. Vengeance
After witnessing her secret girlfriend's murder, normally calm and cool-headed police detective Seolah becomes obsessed with finding him and taking revenge.
Vengeance has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: Vengeance
