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Top 19 Detective manga you should read right now. [2025 List]
- 19. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
- 18. Pluto
- 17. Lord of Goblins
- 16. The Cop Is Too Strong
- 15. Case Closed
- 14. Syd Craft: Love is a Mystery
- 13. Tantei Gakuen Q
- 12. Lord of the Mysteries
- 11. Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
- 10. Kemono Jihen
- 9. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou
- 8. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
- 7. Pen to Wappa to Jijitsu-kon
- 6. Forget-me-not
- 5. Lord of the Mysteries
- 4. Yuukoku no Moriarty
- 3. Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch
- 2. Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari
- 1. Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch
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. 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
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. 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
15. 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
14. 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
13. 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
12. 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
11. 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
10. 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
9. 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
8. 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
7. Pen to Wappa to Jijitsu-kon
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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. 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
6. Forget-me-not
Mariel Imari is a private detective trying to become a first-rate detective to be able inherit her late father's estate. By some strange reason the mysterious thief Vecchio is taking an interest in her. If that's not enough her old friends at Interpol and her siblings makes life more troubling for her.
Forget-me-not has finished publishing and it has 7 Chapters. It is also Known as: フォゲットミーナット, Forget Me Not
5. Lord of the Mysteries
With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?
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.
Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”.
Lord of the Mysteries has finished publishing and it has 1430 Chapters. It is also Known as: LotM, 诡秘之主
4. 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
3. Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch
This episode features a new detective, a man called Willard H. Wright, who will uncover several truths about Rokkenjima's murder mystery. We will also get to know Lion Ushiromiya, a mysterious new member of the Ushiromiya family.
Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: うみねこのなく頃に散 - Episode 7: Requiem of the golden witch, When Seagulls Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch
2. 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
1. 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
