Manga like Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!



Note: Won the Grand Prize in the Printed Manga category at the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Detective , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Drugs , Tragedy , Work , Politics , Crime , Episodic , Maids , Adoption , Heterosexual , Asexual , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion , Desert , Aromantic , War

Kyokou Suiri

Also known as In/Spectre.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Both touched by spirits called yokai, Kotoko and Kuro have gained unique superhuman powers. But to gain her powers Kotoko has given up an eye and a leg, and Kuro’s personal life is in shambles. So when Kotoko suggests they team up to deal with renegades from the spirit world, Kuro doesn’t have many other choices, but Kotoko might just have a few ulterior motives …



Tags: Youkai , Detective , Disability , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Ghost , Crime

Matohazure Q-doubu

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

After a spree of students have been injured by an indiscriminate serial archer, Yumi Ishii has had enough after the 11th victim was hurt. She will stop at no lengths to bring the Q-dou Club to justice, whom she believes are the culprits!

With the Q-dou Club members being Aarou Achiya, a modern archer delinquent; Yamato Kouinji, a traditional archer that creeps on women; One-Eighty Yuge, a gambling darts player; and the mysterious club leader, Q-dou Gen, who is...?!

Who is the culprit behind these mysterious "serial archer" incidents? Will Yumi bring the culprits down on her quest for justice?! Find out in this one-shot! The Q in Q-dou Club stands for QUEST!!!

Tags: Archery , School Club , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The Pretty Boy Detective Club, a mysterious organisation that's rumoured to solve problems at Yubiwa Academy...

Manabu the Aesthete
Michiru the Epicure
Hyouta the Adonis
Nagahiro the Orator
Sousaku the Artiste

To search for a star she glimpsed 10 years ago, second-year student Mayumi Doujima calls on these five Pretty Boys to help her solve the case! Which Pretty Boy is your favorite!?



Tags: Detective , Shoujo , School

Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri

Also known as Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

This unusual duo brings the hidden truth into the light! Ron Kamonohashi, a private investigator with serious issues, and Totomaru Isshiki, 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"!



Tags: Detective , Police , Amnesia , Crime , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Super Power , Slapstick , School

Toshokan no Daimajutsushi

Also known as Magus of the Library.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages!

In the small village of Amun lives a poor boy named Theo. Theo adores books, but because of his pointed ears and impoverished life, he isn’t allowed to use the village library. As he endures the prejudice and hatred of the village, he dreams of going where such things don’t exist: Aftzaak, City of Books. But one day, Theo chances to meet a Kafna—a librarian who works for the great library of Aftzaak—and his life changes forever…



Tags: Politics , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Writing , Elf , Magic , Travel , Primarily Female Cast , Animals , Religion , Language Barrier , Adoption , Desert , Conspiracy , Fairy , Bullying , Dragons , Tanned Skin , Environmental , Kemonomimi , Pirates , Nekomimi , Slavery , Espionage , Criminal Organization , Dinosaurs , Time Skip

Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru.

Also known as The Detective is Already Dead.

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

I, Kimihiko Kimizuka, was an ordinary high school student. Sure, I had a penchant for getting dragged into all sorts of trouble, but was otherwise ordinary-until I met her. The detective, Siesta. Her angelically beautiful face and cool disposition in the face of plane hijackers swept me off my feet…and the next thing I knew, I’d spent the next three years off on a whirlwind adventure acting as her assistant. After all, I was the Watson to her Sherlock. But then…she died. It didn’t end there, though. No, our story only really began a year later when I met a bratty, snotty high school girl who seemed oddly familiar…



Tags: Detective , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Tragedy , Super Power

Zeikin de Katta Hon

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Ishidaira is a delinquent who visited the library for the first time since elementary school. But then, he was pointed out by Hayasameru and Shirai, who works at the library, that he has not returned a book that he borrowed ten years ago. A manga about how Ishidaira went from trying to borrow a book from a library to working there instead.



Tags: Work , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Seinen , Educational , Urban

medium: Reibai Tantei Joutsuka Kawasemi

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

The culprit is known. However, testimony by psychics cannot be considered as evidence. What should they do?! The spiritual medium Hisui Jogashira uses her psychic abilities to identify the culprit, while mystery writer Shirou Kagetsuki presents additional logical "evidence other than the words of a psychic." The two of them have tackled many difficult cases, but the sinister hand of a perpetrator behind a shocking series of murders is closing in on Hisui!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Seinen

Getenrou

Also known as Skygrazer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Sci-Fi

Strange people live in a building called Getenrou. There are boys looking for porn, a space officer, robots, and then...a series of murders!?

Officer Sakuraba Saeko's curiosity is piqued by two siblings who appear to hold the key to solving the mystery, and she begins an investigation of her own. Will her “sloppy” logic be able to reveal the astonishing truth hidden in Getenrou?

Note: Nominated for the 2012 Manga Taisho Award.

Tags: Incest , Detective , Body Horror , Tragedy , Robots , Police , Anthology , Nudity