Top 19 Cops manga you should read right now. [2025 List]

Cops manga you should read right now.

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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19. Chainsaw Man

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

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18. Rooftop Sword Master

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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: El maestro de espadachin en la azotea , شمشیرزن پشت‌بام نشین

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17. Pluto

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

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16. Hoegwi Gyeongcharui Reset Life

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

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15. Akumetsu

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

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14. Sunjeong Villain

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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Pure Love Villain, Pure Villain, Sunjeongbilleon, 純情反派, 纯情反派

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13. Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery

Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery

Famous detective Syd Craft. He's solved the toughest cases and he's adored by the public, but even he has a major problem! From the creator of We Never Learn comes a mysterious case of love!

Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Syd Craft no Saishuu Suiri, シド・クラフトの最終推理, Syd Craft's Final Reasoning

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12. Tantei Gakuen Q

Tantei Gakuen Q

Detective School Q is the story of a group of young students from Class Q of Dan Detective School (DDS), a prestigious and renowned detective academy founded by Morihiko Dan, the most famous detective in Japan, and the adventures and mysteries they unfold and solve together. They eventually work against Pluto, a mysterious organization which creates almost fool-proof plans that only a handful of detectives can solve.
The story was written under the penname Amagi, Seimaru.

Tantei Gakuen Q has finished publishing and it has 172 Chapters. It is also Known as: 探偵学園Q, Detective Academy Q, Detective School Q

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11. Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri

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

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10. Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari

Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari

At first glance Ryuzaki Ikuo, a detective in the Shinjuku Police Department's 2nd detective unit, & Danno Tatsuya, a high ranking member of the Matsuo Yakuza clan have nothing in common. However they both are working themselves up the ladder in their respective careers for one reason which deals with a murder case that happened 15 years earlier of which both men were witnesses to.

Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari has finished publishing and it has 144 Chapters. It is also Known as: ウロボロス―警察ヲ裁クハ我ニアリ―, Uroboros

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9. The Cop Is Too Strong

The Cop Is Too Strong

Specialized in excessive suppression, police officer Shin Hae-soo gains the ability to go back 60 minutes in time. On the day his father passed away, he instinctively knew. This was a murder disguised as a suicide. Determined to catch his father's killer, Hae-soo becomes a detective. Then, one day, following a mysterious accident, he suddenly gains a supernatural ability! As he solves criminal cases and tracks down the organization, a massive shadow begins to emerge bit by bit!

The Cop Is Too Strong is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Police Are Too Strong, The Overpowered Cop

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8. Choujun! Choujou Senpai

Choujun! Choujou Senpai

In Chinjuku, the city that never sleeps, there is a psychic senior police officer who has powers beyond human comprehension! His name is Meguru Chojo! Along with his judo expert partner Nao Ippongi, this hilarious duo will keep the streets clean by any means necessary!

Super Psychic Policeman Chojo is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 超巡!超条先輩, Choujun! Choujou Senpai

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7. Gannibal

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

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6. Billy Bat

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

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5. Case Closed

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

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4. Bonneungjeogin Geudae

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

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3. Akuma de Fukei!

Akuma de Fukei!

In her desire to find the perfect evil man to be her slave, the devil Eclair travelled all the way from the netherworld to a local country town's police station. And she set her sights on the evil looking cop, Kuwahara Daichi.

Eclair wants to do everything to tame Daichi, and Daichi wants to drive her back to hell.

What a romantic battle... or that's what it looks like. Actually Eclair is completely useless and Daichi can't let her be alone.

Akuma de Fukei! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: アクマでふけい!, Akuma de Fukei!

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2. i tell c

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

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1. Purple Hyacinth

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

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