A theme within the Mystery genre, these stories feature either a detective or amateur investigator working to solve a crime or puzzling event. To classify as Detective, the character must either by employed as an investigator (e.g. police officer, private detective) or be sought out by enforcement/clients because of their case-solving reputation (e.g. Sherlock). If the character only seeks out mysteries as a hobby or becomes embroiled in them randomly, then the Detective theme does not apply. Anti-heroes being pursued by enforcement is not Detective.
A story combining baseball and banditry in a truly unusual fashion.
A world where humans and fantasies coexist... A human police officer, Hagi Ogihara, patrols the city today with his fellow dragon police officer, Hinagiku! The odd couple of a careless good-for-nothing human and a scary looking but earnest and gentle dragon are on the case! (Source: LINE Digital Frontier, translated)
Lloyd, Elie, Tio, and Randy was assigned to the Crossbell police department in the "Secret Military Support Section". They will confront ordeals in order to correct the darkness of Crossbell, but the "wall" of reality in the city that stands in the way corruption is there. Based of the video game by the same name Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki.
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Niizuma Tomoki has been re-assigned to the Special Investigations Counter-Measures Unit after her one month suspension. This basement unit only has two others assigned?! The future of police is entrusted in the hands of the pretty-faced young mathematician called Mikoshiba Gakuto. Objectively weighing the truth of cases from a mathematical approach. Clearly and splendidly exposing the depths of the human heart with numbers!
Jack the Phantom Thief travels the world stealing extravagant treasures, but the most outrageous thing he's stolen was something he never wanted in the first place: the heart of the eccentric Inspector Nishikida, who's in charge of capturing him. Jack, whose real name is Anri, joins the police force to gain access to inside information, and hijinks ensue between the two of them both on and off the job. Included one-shot: Volume 1: Santa Claus wa Iru ni wa Iru ga
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccessfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her upper class breeding, her colleagues don't expect much from her either, but she suprises them all with her motivation and astounding powers of deduction. (Source: Asian Wiki)
A manga which follows the lives and experiences of a couple female police officers.
At midnight, when everyone is on their bed, it's time for one man who will transform himself into a charming thief, the mysterious "Night Bird." Night Bird is a professional high profile thief who can built and used gadgets to steal. Along with his wit, his intuition and his fighting skill, he always manage to get away from the police.
Gas-tou Norainu Tanteidan is set in late Victorian London, and will center on a street urchin whose life is changed by a big event.
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Mitsuru Aota, an average Japanese worker, finds himself implicated in testing the government's new legal system. Along with five other randomly selected citizens, they have to apprehend and judge criminals caught red-handed, with the help of the police and an high-tech suit designed especially for this task.
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An alternative story to the TV drama SP series, a Japanese television drama based on the real life security police unit of Japan which is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign VIPs.
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Sakuragi Kasuyoshi recently retired from his career as a bodyguard and is now prepare to get married with his girlfriend. However, she got kidnapped a night before the wedding take place.
In a distant future, Natsuzawa Natsu and Morizaki Yuki are two reckless and unlucky police girls who get into a mess everyday. Their department was about to add mecha soldiers into the force, but everything goes wrong when these robots start going berserk. Now, they must solve the case while dealing with a shady organization known as the Dark Devils, composed by people with unnatural powers and abilities.
Noriyuki Inou is a bright and promising young officer for the JSDF Investigation Division. Among his peers, he is considered especially capable—an expert combatant and highly intelligent operative, though quiet and brooding. His talent is noticed by Hiroaki Nakagou, Chief of the Special Branch for the Tokyo Met Police, and is scouted to join. On his way to meet his sister in Shinjuku for dinner, Inou must run to save her as chaos descends on Shinjuku and it becomes engulfed in explosions and death. What kind of organisation is "Ultra Red"? What is their goal? We follow Inou as he seeks out those responsible for the death of his sister with a burning desire for revenge. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Police officer Nohee is an Unliar: she is completely unable to lie. But telling the truth gets tricky when she meets the wanted criminal Yeonho. As a Word Wraith, Yeonho can make others do whatever he wants just by speaking—he can even kill them. Because of this astonishing ability, he's now a suspect in the murder of his adoptive parents. Yeonho insists he doesn't want to kill people, and asks for Nohee's help in evading capture. Can she trust this accused murderer and uncover the truth behind Yeonho's case? (Source: Tappytoon)
On Earth, everything is constructed with carbon as its basis; we are all carbon based life-forms. As a child, Jacob's father often told him to become just like carbon. It seemed just a bit ridiculous, but was it really? (Source: MU, edited)
Kitao Taro had a chance to attend court hearing while he was tasked to supervise the maintenance of air condition in a court. After his first hearing, he was fascinated by the realism he felt during the hearing and became a fan.
Yuuta's grandmother died and on the last day of his grandmother's funeral, amidst the gossip of the relative about who will adopt him, someone spoke it out loud "I will raise this kid." Who's she? She is Meguri Ichiko, the main character of this series. With posh brand named clothes and her attitude, no one would believe at first that she's a detective, an assistant inspector for the Narcotic Department for the Metropolitan Police Department. Aside from her work, Ichiko does take another thing seriously at heart, that's a man with 5E. 5E? What is 5E....?
When it comes to light that Octavia de Reine isn't a legitimate member of the noble House of Reine, she swiftly finds herself disowned. At first she takes this in stride...until her power hungry father and ex-suitor start vying for the house full of mysterious heirlooms that her doting grandmother left her. Little does her family know that she's destined to inherit an even greater legacy. Olivia hopes to follow in Granny's footsteps and become a famous detective, after all! She'll face off against young noblemen, phantom thieves, and magical items corrupted by demonic forces. Oh, and one vengeful angel queen. Moreover, who's this suspiciously young marquis that seems so smitten with her...? (Source: J-Novel Club)
Problems in love? Don't go to these guys!! A fledgling private eye and his high-strung pretty-boy partner to the rescue! Ginpei Matsuda joined the Natsume Private Investigators to be the "exemplary P.I." he always dreamed of becoming. But his repeated slip-ups earn him nothing but ire from his cruel, cold, and frightening partner, Shun Enomoto. One day, the odd couple take a case to find a young boy's long-lost first-love, and then...!? A labyrinth of love lies just ahead. This frustratingly-tantalizing mismatched-buddy-P.I. love-affair will tickle your expectations!! (Source: Renta!)
In Japan, 80,000 people a year disappear. In this socially themed drama about a duo of detectives, the new recruit Mugino and the brilliant Terasaki set about to find a wide range of missing persons. Under their detective agency's banner of "Specialists in finding people," the two use the evidence left behind and the psychology of the missing as clues, becoming ever-more involved in a battle of wits and test of wills with the missing who have their various reasons to not be found. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)
A bank heist... committed by people with superpowers. When this news reaches police officer Young-In Jin, he suspects it could be linked to a meteorite crash he saw with his friends years ago. What are his childhood friends hiding? And why does he suddenly wake up in a strange room? As he digs deeper into the case, some shocking truths are revealed... (Source: Manta)
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A nude female body was found in Shibuya, with traces of sexual intercourse on the it. Four women from the Sexual Crime Investigation Squad began to investigate the case, but as they digged deeper into the incidence, they themselves got dragged into the heart of this dark event...
The safest city in the world, New York City. At the top of the police force, Captain Vaneast's police officer Tiny McDaniel works day and night to become a hero that protects the city. She aims to be recognized by her older brother Reigand Mcdaniel, a Vaneast Hero who is often at the frontlines, but as the days go by she has yet to be assigned a decent mission. Then one day, a black angel descends on New York City to create a nightmare. Suddenly, bullets are flying in the world's safest city, innocent people are killed in a sequence by an indiscriminate evil. While wallowing in peace, the Vaneast were taken by surprise, there was no way to stop the violence. As a red moon floats over New York City, a great plan is set in motion...
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Kirishima Mel seems like your ordinary high school girl, however, she is also part of a special investigation team called "K9"—under the direct control of the National Police Agency! With her katana in hand, Mel must take on serious incidents in secret. But what happens with this one incident!? (Source: CoyoMoose)
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Joker is a genetically engineered shape-and-gender-shifter, who created as part of a Special Police Task Force and fights crime of all kinds, but he/she also fits in a little romance around the edges. (Source: AniDB)
The manga centers on slovenly police detective Yukimasa Yugami, and his search for "true justice" as he tackles mysterious crimes and cases that he encounters in the criminal investigation department. (Source: ANN)
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The story of a private detective that resolves crimes and defends random women that fall in love with him.
Urban legends have come to life, manifesting as phenomena called "Folklore." The mysterious Thompson Agency is dedicated to identifying and capturing these beings to minimize their harm to humanity. Thompson agents Emma and Yuliya are assigned to a sleepy branch in the countryside. While horrific atrocities are committed by Folklore in Tokyo, our heroes clean basements and fix the locals' toilets. However, it is in Folklore's nature to appear wherever humans gather. Myths, rumors, and fairy tales enter the minds of the public, then grow into fears that manifest on the streets, in the dark, and around every corner. When a factory owner calls upon the Thompson Agency to investigate a strange occurrence, he believes his workers are being superstitious. But Emma and Yuliya discover that something dangerous might have arrived to lick its wounds in their sleepy town—and it won't stay weak for long... (Source: J-Novel Club)
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Great Horse tells the story of detective Soga Kenji, who while being an elite takes it upon himself to investigate a dangerous weapon smuggling criminal ring.
n a town where martial artists - known as "Murim users" - run amok in the underworld, the Murim Investigation Unit, a group of elite martial arts practitioners, acts as a suppression and investigation force. The story begins when one of the senior members comes across a thuggish young man beating up a bunch of gangsters, and decides to bring him in. (Source: MU)
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The manga's story is about a new police division known as the "7th Division," which handles supernatural cases where criminals get possessed by evil spirits. A group of young police officers with special powers work together to solve these supernatural cases. (Source: ANN)
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Contains several stories: 1. Go! The Policeman 2. Like a Mutation 3. Hanamaru Kids
"S Division," a separate division created within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department investigates crimes impossible to explain with science, and with links to mysterious creatures. (Source: MU)
Contains several short stories: 1. Hawk Jack 2. Misdirection 3. Nondescript 4. Mamotte Agetai
Amalgams: fearsome tactical weapons deployed to the front lines of battle. As the leader of a special investigation unit tasked with hunting down rogue Amalgams, Theo Starling has no love for these tools of war. In a strange twist of fate, he's assigned a partner named Eleven, who looks like a young girl—but she's actually an astonishingly lifelike Amalgam. And though Eleven is incapable of understanding human emotions, Theo must cast aside his reservations as they work together to uncover a terrorist plot threatening the nation...! (Source: Yen Press)
This is the earliest Koban work and contains Cases 1-11 and a side story about Hanazono that were published in either Jump SQ or as doujinshi.
Kai Masayoshi and Fuwa Masami are smart-aleck detectives. They try to act like the cops from Miami Vice but they aren’t quite cool enough to pull it off. After one arrest that goes wrong their captain adds a third to their group, motorcycle cop Morinaga Mai, a pretty young cop who kicks Fuwa in the groin when he tries to come on to her. They get along just fine after that. But unfortunately, the drink they take together to toast their new partnership is actually a youth serum created by a mad scientist on retainer with the police department – and all three have been turned into children. But they’re still detectives, and they’re going to keep on doing their jobs until they can be turned back into their normal ages again! Credit: Animeraider
After his divorce and demotion, Detective Yoon thinks life can't possibly get worse. That is, until his sister asks him to move in with her fiancé Junggu, a former bombmaker trying to get a fresh start. But just as the two misfits become flatmates, Junggu's past comes to haunt him with a bang. (Source: Manta)
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In the early Showa period, the story begins when a young girl is found dead in a creek in Tokyo. Officer Sawatari, the police officer in charge of the investigation into the body, catches the eye of one Namidako Inukai, the founder of a new religious organization. (Source: ANN)
Akutagawa is a death row inmate convicted of 15 counts of murder, though he insists on his innocence. He has a deal with the police: every time he solves a case, his execution is postponed for another day.
The "psychic battle story" centers on Tsurushige (in the game, the avatar is either a male or female), a person who awakens one day and finds that they have acquired psychic powers. They receive a red letter from the government, drafting them into a secret "special squad" within the police force, and they begin to face mythical events. (Source: ANN)
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The manga follows a policeman named Cash who resolves anything and everything with the power of money. (Source: ANN) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Kamigeki!
Set in the distant future, the world has undertaken a reform where the police organisation, as a whole, dissolved, and the local police and Metropolitan Police Department officially semi-privatised. Policemen are now called as "Sheriff" and hired by people as security against criminals. Money is given to those who catch the criminals, and this starts the boom of bounty hunters or simply called "Hunters". In comes the lazy sheriff Isuka Shinnosuke, who is hired by Yazama town's mayor. [Written by orithyea]
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In July 2116, the Southeast Asia Union (SEAUn) and the Japanese government begin to export the Sibyl System to the coastal town of Shambala Float during a civil war as an experiment in spreading the system throughout the world. Under Sibyl's rule, Shambala Float achieves temporary peace and safety, but when SEAUn sends terrorists to Japan, now able to slip through the Sibyl System and attack Japan from within, the shadow of a certain man falls on the incident and Inspector Akane Tsunemori must lead her team to Shambala Float to investigate. (Source: Psycho-Pass Wiki)
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Gu Huo Zai is a manhua that revolves around Triad. The story describes the life of the protagonist, Chan Ho-Nam, who works his way to the top of the gang.
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Based on Shinji Wada's Sukeban Deka manga, the Toki wo Kakeru Sukeban Deka manga's story centers on a high school girl named Tomoe, who is talented in karate, but lacks self-confidence and has a timid personality. She gets involved in a riot one day, and a mysterious man tells her to become a Sukeban detective. Tomoe travels across time and space, and meets another Sukeban detective, Saki Asamiya. (Source: ANN)
Centered around around a feminine-looking young man called Boy, who works as an undercover investigator for the police. His work usually requires him to disguise as a woman. (Source: MU)
Follow the story of Clancy Flint, a private detective, along with his 2 friends, the president of a research & investigation company and a lawyer, go through a series of events.
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In the first years of the Meiji era, when Tokyo still named Edo, Senba Heishirou, a former policeman at the Minami-cho magistrate's office, was leading an uneventful life as the kept lover of a geisha. Until he is consulted for a murder case... (Source: Kodansha, translated)
In Tokyo, Japan crime is increasing at an alarming rate. In order to crack down on the rising crime rate a "citizen police" force is established. The "citizen police" force consists of ordinary people. One day, salaryman Hoichi is appointed as the 69th citizen police. Hoichi avoids his first mission. Instead, he stops by a convenience store for work and meets an employee there named Momoi. Hoichi's fate is changed by the meeting. (Source: asianwiki.com)
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We follow with anguish the evolution of the investigation and the revelations about this ordinary family. The suspect: a teenager, a bit simple-minded, who works as a fishmonger and goes to the family's daughter. Who, when, where, how? The teen is questioned by the police.
Detective Wato has been assigned to the security team for a cruise ship party for celebrities where he meets Madam Holmes, a beautiful and intelligent young lady. But soon after the ship leaves the harbor, a group of terrorists take over the ship. However, Detective Wato soon learns that the entire terrorist attack was a setup masterminded by Madam Holmes to smoke out the real terrorist hiding amongst the guests. And to surprise him even more, he learns that Madam Holmes is actually the great granddaughter of the famous Sherlock Holmes. Now the unlikely pair solves crimes and mysteries using Holmes’ amazing deductive skills and Wato’s experience as a cop. (Source: MU)
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Memetan, a detective who sports a yellow romper better than nobody else. This comic will leave you laughing in disbelief as it follows the bizarre daily life of the ever capable detective, Memetan, who despite being a baby, is unpredictable and is always chasing down criminals. Anybody who's anybody in Tottori-ken knows Memetan! (Source: Comic Walker)
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Akio has changed his job for some reason, just as he is about to leave middle age. His new job is at a small detective agency, run by his childhood friend, Hirose. Akio and Hirose are curious buddies and they heal the hearts of their clients while solving difficult requests. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
The detective Kasumi and her human assistant Atori find themselves pursuing a case that involves the disappearance of multiple young girls. What happened to them, nobody knows—yet. (Source: MU)
Depicts Brother Odo's life as a law enforcement officer in Cologne before he became a monk.
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Revolutionary calendar year 98, imperial calendar year 1887, summer. Two young men met in a corner of London. One is Conan Watson, a college student who dreams of becoming a doctor and has just left the countryside for the first time in several years. And the other is Arthur Holmes, an eccentric young man who calls himself an inventor and is driven by his own curiosity. The two of them ended up living together because of a mischief of fate or something else that happened. After a certain incident unfolds in London, he gets caught up in a number of mysterious incidents. Conan witnesses the inferences drawn from Arthur's genius observation eye. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
The manga centers on expert stage mimic and conman Rainbow Parakeet, who comes into contact with the international crime syndicate the Troupe of Twenty Faces, who are experts at stealing fine art. A detective named Mariko Senri chases both of them in an attempt to bring them all to justice. (Source: Anime News Network)