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Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo

Also known as The Kindaichi Case Files.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Kindaichi (frequently with best-bud, Miyuki) travels to various places where a murder has taken place, typically involving ghosts, curses, myths and folklore of significant events from the distant past, and solves the mystery using ingenious deductions of curious clues and his cool magic.



Tags: Detective , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Episodic , Love Triangle , Nudity , Acting , Revenge , Rural , Incest , Suicide , School , School Club , Drugs , Snowscape

Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The story revolves around Ryouko Yakushiji, a brilliant 27-year-old elite investigator with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Together with her subordinate Junichirou Izumida, the two often investigate bizzare and supernatural cases. In addition with the paranormal, Ryouko also has a longstanding rivalry with Yukiko Muromachi, another talented police investigator.



Tags: Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen

Q.E.D.: Shoumei Shuuryou

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Touma Sou is an MIT-graduated-student who comes back to Japan because he wants to know how it feels to be a high school student.

Mizuhara Kana is a strong girl who loves sports.

Together, they are partners in solving cases that happen around them.

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Police , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Crime , Female Protagonist , Detective , Shounen , Urban , POV , Revenge , School , Tragedy , Historical , Educational , Foreign , Suicide , School Club , College , Heterosexual , Lost Civilization

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Case Closed.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Romance

Precocious high school student Jimmy Kudo uses his keen powers of observation and astute intuition to solve mysteries that have left law enforcement officials baffled. Hot on the trail of a suspect, Jimmy is accosted from behind and fed a strange chemical which physically transforms him into a grade schooler! Taking on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa, he attempts to track down the people who did this to him. But until he finds a cure for his bizarre condition, Jimmy continues to help the police solve their toughest cases. Can you crack the case before Conan does?



Note: Won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category in 2001.

Tags: Crime , Detective , Age Regression , Police , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Episodic , Shounen , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Educational , Guns , School , School Club , Magic , Mahjong