What is this genre all about? The police (civil servants) are the good guys in the battle against crime. Though they try hard, they are usually outclassed by super-criminals or criminal organizations in anime, requiring the help of special units or some lone hero.
We present you the list of Cops manga you should read right now.
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Top 18 Cops manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 18. Chainsaw Man
- 17. Purple Hyacinth
- 16. Jagaaan
- 15. Tirano
- 14. Case Closed
- 13. Hoegwi Gyeongcharui Reset Life
- 12. Isshiki-san wa Koi wo shiritai.
- 11. Billy Bat
- 10. Pluto
- 9. Gannibal
- 8. Sunjeong Villain
- 7. Rooftop Sword Master
- 6. Akumetsu
- 5. i tell c
- 4. The Ghost in the Shell
- 3. Chuuzai-san to Watashi
- 2. Sanctuary
- 1. Bonneungjeogin Geudae
18. Chainsaw Man
The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!
Notes:
- Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
- Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
- Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
- Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chainsaw Man has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: チェンソーマン, Chainsawman, Chensoo Man, CSM, Людина-бензопила, Человек-бензопила, رجل المنشار, مرد اره ای, មនុស្សរណា, チェンソーマン, チェンソーマン 第二部, 电锯人, 鏈鋸人, 電鋸人, 체인쏘맨, Chainsaw Man: Public Safety Saga
17. Purple Hyacinth
Her ability to detect lies has made her an outstanding officer of the law – despite being haunted by her inability to save the ones she loved from a gruesome fate many years ago. Now, she uses her powerful gift to defend the defenseless at any cost – even if it means teaming up with a deadly assassin to fight evil in a world gone mad.
Purple Hyacinth is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Purple Hyacinth
16. Jagaaan
Shintarou Jagasaki, who is a neighborhood police officer, lives with his girlfriend while working a job that is killing him slowly with annoyance. It looks like he will end up marrying soon and live a boring life with a nuclear family—a grim future for a guy with dreams! One such day, a mysterious monster appeared on the train and he suddenly can shoot with his right hand like Master Buppanatsu, the eggplant mascot of his city!
Jagaaan has finished publishing and it has 163 Chapters. It is also Known as: ジャガーン, Jagaaan
15. Tirano
The setting is the year 202X, in Kamata, Ota Ward, Tokyo, which has become one of the world's leading entertainment districts due to the opening of the Kamata Line. The area attracts huge economic benefits and is surrounded by organized crime, foreign mafias, terrorists, smugglers, prostitution rings... and the hidden agendas of political, financial, and governmental power players. A newly assigned police officer, Nonogami, stationed at the station's front police box, feels despair over the corruption of power. However, with the overwhelming violence of "Tyranno," a massive female police officer, the cases begin to be solved.
Tyranno is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ティラノ, Tirano
14. 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
13. Hoegwi Gyeongcharui Reset Life
Choi Jong-Hyeok, captain of the intellectual crime unit, loses his mother and his own life to a mysterious mastermind for digging too deeply into a case. In his last moments, Jong-Hyeok catches a glimpse of the man who kills him before waking up as his 17-year-old self. To prevent his mother's death, Jong-Hyeok swears to hunt down the one responsible. Luckily, he has knowledge about the future and his experience as an officer. But will these tools be enough to catch the criminal that eluded him once?
The Life of a Returning Officer is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Comeback d'un flic, Police Returner's Reset Life, Regression Reset Life of Police, Regression Resets a Police Life, Reset Life of Regression Police, 回帰警察官のやり直し
12. Isshiki-san wa Koi wo shiritai.
A maiden who doesn't know love tries her hand at dating as a pseudo-couple!
Inspector Rinna, a hard-working and serious policeman who is respected by everyone in her department, seems to be having trouble with her work lately. The reason for this is because she's been losing focus. It only happens when Meisi, the detective she works with, is around... So, she makes a choice...?
Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 一式さんは恋を知りたい。, Fullmetal Rinna wants to XX, Koutetsu no Rinna wa XX Saretai, 鋼鐵的琳娜想被xx, 一式小姐想要知曉戀愛。, Fullmetal Rinna wants to XX, Isshiki wants to know love
11. Billy Bat
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.
Billy Bat has finished publishing and it has 165 Chapters. It is also Known as: BILLY BAT, Billy Bat
10. 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
9. Gannibal
When a police officer is posted to a remote village in the countryside, little does he realize he's encroaching on a community of a cannibals...
Gannibal has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: ガンニバル, Gannibaru
8. Sunjeong Villain
Dumped after confessing to her first crush of three years, Ro-Sa Park falls for her second when the nation’s favorite Superpowered Police Officer, Do-Ryeong Han, swoops in to save her as she’s plummeting from a toppling building. A few years later, a mysterious villain called Blackdog appears, but Do-Ryeong notices something is not quite right. Will the world’s worst villain ever win the heart of the strongest hero in the country?
Villain with a Crush has finished publishing and it has 124 Chapters. It is also Known as: Pure Love Villain, Pure Villain, Sunjeongbilleon, 純情反派, 纯情反派
7. Rooftop Sword Master
After being beat up and put into a coma by eight of his classmates at Nun'Gwang Middle school, Se'young woke up after nine long months and found out that his father committed suicide by self-immolation in an attempt to get justice for what happened to him.As a result, the investigation re-opened and that attackers who tried to sweep it under the rug received a proper sentence for their crimes. But Se'young was unable to assuage the anger and fear he felt for the unjust world. Se'young thoroughly hid himself from this sort of world.The sun would rise and set, the seasons changed, and not once did he step outside of his home. But one day, a sudden and strange sound enticed him to open the door…Embedded in the center of the rooftop was a gigantic blade emblazoned with the words “War Sword” and with it, came the whispers of a God.
Rooftop Sword Master has finished publishing and it has 125 Chapters. It is also Known as: El maestro de espadachin en la azotea, شمشیرزن پشتبام نشین
6. Akumetsu
Nagasawa Shiina was just your average 3rd year high schooler when her father's company went bankrupt. To ease the strain on her family, she secretly begins prostituting herself. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows...
Akumetsu is the story of Hazama Shou, who defends his own view of justice in a vigilante manner while wearing a mask and calling himself Akumetsu.
Akumetsu has finished publishing and it has 162 Chapters. It is also Known as: アクメツ, Akumetsu
5. i tell c
A popular female celebrity is murdered! The investigation leads to a suspicious woman whose next target may be the famous actor Tagame. What could the suspect's motive be? Twin detectives are on the suspect's trail, but then... A unique take on the crime-suspense genre!
i tell c has finished publishing and it has 21 Chapters. It is also Known as: アイテルシー, i tell c
4. The Ghost in the Shell
In the near future, technology has firmly taken root into society at large. Cybernetic implants are nothing uncommon and robots roam as plentiful as humans, all connected through their ''ghosts'' to the electronic datastreams of the net. Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Public Security Section 9 find themselves in a constant battle with the newly created wave of technological terrorists and cyber-hackers. But things take a turn once Motoko gets involved in a certain case involving an extremely dangerous ''ghost'' hacker nicknamed the Puppeteer, as she dives deeper and deeper into the limitless reality of the net, to reach her own startling conclusions.
The Ghost in the Shell has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: Koukaku Kidoutai: The Ghost in the Shell, 攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, The Ghost in the Shell
3. Chuuzai-san to Watashi
Tsuzumi Town is a rural town sandwiched between mountains and a national highway. The protagonist, Urara, who lives in this town, somehow doesn't like the newly assigned police officer. He's a goofy guy, so the townspeople make fun of him, and he's constantly looked down upon and has no dignity. Or at least, that's what she thought until "that time. " This human drama depicts the emotional changes and growth of a country delinquent high school girl and a police officer from the city who has been assigned to the town.
The Police Officer and I is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 駐在さんとわたし, Chuuzai-san to Watashi
2. Sanctuary
Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami are childhood friends who have experienced hell and lived to tell about it. They arrive in Japan to attend school, and soon witness the corruption and apathy of the country's population. Enraged, Akira and Asami vow to create a new Japan; a sanctuary with a new form of politics, devoid of corruption, where people are empowered to participate in the politics and future of their country. To accomplish this, Hojo and Asami aim to conquer Japan through two dramatically different routes: the Japanese Diet and the Yazuka. Decided by a game of rock-paper-scissors, Hojo ventures to seize control of the underworld while Asami pursues the position of Prime Minister.
Sanctuary is a dark, political thriller that tells the story of these two friends as they attempt to change Japan from the inside out and create their sanctuary.
Sanctuary has finished publishing and it has 105 Chapters. It is also Known as: サンクチュアリ, Sanctuary
1. Bonneungjeogin Geudae
Detective Gang-Hui encounters Ha-Jun, a world-famous designer who looks exactly like her late boyfriend, Yu-Jin. He even wears the matching ring Gang-Hui and Yu-Jin had shared. Ha-Jun seems to know what’s bothering her but won’t tell her the secret behind the uncanny resemblance. Instead, he keeps persuading her to date and later marry him. Now Gang-Hui has two options: follow her heart and fall in love with that man or follow her head to find out the truth about him. Oh, wait. Maybe, just maybe… she’ll be able to choose both.
Locked Onto You is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Locked Onto You, Your Instinctive Love
