The dedicated Detective Eiji Kirisame meets a mysterious high school girl who doesn't speak, Tsugumi Kuchinashiko, at a certain crime scene. She reveals the truth behind an ingenious murder by making a series crude drawings in her sketchbook to help Kirisame track down the perpetrator. The resentful killer tries to attacks her, but Kirisame saves her in the nick of time and arrests the culprit. Kirisame is relieved to have solved the case, but then Kuchinashiko suddenly returns and asks to marry him...
A Pen, Cuffs, & A De Fact-o Marriage It is also Known as: ペンと手錠と事実婚, Pen to Wappa to Jijitsukon, 笔与手铐与事实婚姻
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Top 5 Manga Like A Pen, Cuffs, & A De Fact-o Marriage (Pen to Wappa to Jijitsu-kon) [2024 List]
5. 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
4. Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
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.
The Kindaichi Case Files: File Series has finished publishing and it has 219 Chapters. It is also Known as: 金田一少年の事件簿, Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo
3. Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch
The conclusion of the long fought struggle between mystery and fantasy.
Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch has finished publishing and it has 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: うみねこのなく頃に散 - Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch, When Seagulls Cry Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch
2. 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
1. 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