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. Hoegwi Gyeongcharui Reset Life
- 16. Billy Bat
- 15. Sunjeong Villain
- 14. Case Closed
- 13. Pluto
- 12. Jagaaan
- 11. Isshiki-san wa Koi wo shiritai.
- 10. Purple Hyacinth
- 9. i tell c
- 8. NOiSE
- 7. Yokokuhan
- 6. Tajuu Jinkaku Tantei Psycho
- 5. Rooftop Sword Master
- 4. The Ghost in the Shell
- 3. Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
- 2. Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane
- 1. Psycho-Pass: Kanshikan Kougami Shinya
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. 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
16. 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
15. 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
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. 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
12. 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
11. 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
10. 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
9. 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
8. NOiSE
The Bible has its Genesis.
The Matrix has The Second Renaissance.
BLAME! has NOiSE.
Through the eyes of police force member Susono Musubi, this one-volume prequel gives readers a glimpse of the world before the Netsphere went haywire. Witness the events that threw the technologically advanced society into chaos: the cancerous growth of the Megastructure, the birth of the parasitic lifeforms called Silicon Creatures, and the development of the ruthless killing machines known as the Safeguards.
Also included in the compilation is Tsutomu Nihei's debut work BLAME which served as the prototype of the acclaimed 10-volume series, BLAME!.
NOiSE has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: NOiSE
7. Yokokuhan
Tokyo Police Department’s Cybercrime Division is headed by the young, brilliantly ruthless Yoshino Erika. Her track record has been solid, but when a new threat appears online, it starts making all the headlines. A man who goes by Shinbunshi, because of the newspaper mask he wears, begins acting as a vigilante of justice. His message is simple: he can see what is wrong with society right now and although he doesn’t have the power to change it, he can help the frustrated citizens release their pent up anger from the crimes that go unpunished like people treating others like trash, corrupt government pushing their weight around and other issues the typical person has no control over. Although it starts relatively harmless, it quickly snowballs out of control thanks to the power of social media and the Shinbunshi becomes an overnight internet sensation with the severity of the crimes exponentially increasing.
Prophecy has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: 予告犯, Advanced Notice Criminal, Previously Noted Crimes
6. Tajuu Jinkaku Tantei Psycho
The main character is a detective, Kazuhiko Amamiya, suffering from multiple personality disorder. Starting out as a violent detective series with a twist (the twist being the variant personalities that take over Detective Amamiya at various intervals), the series evolves into an exceptionally complex and involved sci-fi conspiracy story.
Tajuu Jinkaku Tantei Psycho has finished publishing and it has 155 Chapters. It is also Known as: 多重人格探偵サイコ, Multiple Personality Detective Psycho
5. 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
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. 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 has finished publishing and it has 170 Chapters. It is also Known as: 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理, Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
2. Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane
Adaptation of the Psycho-Pass anime.
In the near future, it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with technology called the Dominator. Just thinking about a crime can make you guilty, and in this world there is no mercy for criminals. Detectives work in pairs (one Enforcer and one Inspector) with Enforcers delivering lethal justice, and Inspectors making sure their partners don't take things too far.
Inspector Akane Tsunemori has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: 監視官 常守朱, Psycho-Pass
1. Psycho-Pass: Kanshikan Kougami Shinya
Technology has now allowed people to be numerically categorized based on their psychological, physical, and emotional traits. People have begun using this technology to standardize what everyone considers a "good way to live." They call this system "PSYCHO-PASS."
Although all people know the standard "good way to live," crime still occurs. Kougami Shinya and his colleagues are part of the governmental agency that apprehends individuals deemed lacking under the PSYCHO-PASS standard. His agency are actually comprised of individuals who were once found to be problematic for society. They are now the dogs of the government.
Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami has finished publishing and it has 35 Chapters. It is also Known as: PSYCHO-PASS 監視官 狡噛慎也, Enforcer Shinya Kougami
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