Manga like Housekishou Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei

Junkyouju: Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu

Also known as Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture .

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery

Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When a paper of his piques the interest of his folklore studies professor Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man, he soon finds himself dragged into Akira’s research. Now, as the assistant in charge of common sense, he must help his professor interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena…

Tags: Teacher , Shoujo , College , Male Protagonist , Police , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri

Also known as Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective.

Status: Releasing
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

Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes

Also known as Holmes of Kyoto.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery

There is an antique shop in Kyoto's Teramachi Sanjou shopping district. High school girl Mashiro Aoi unexpectedly runs into Yagashira Kiyotaka, the son of the shop's owner, and ends up working part-time at the shop. Kiyotaka is called the "Holmes at Teramachi Sanjou," and he and Aoi solve odd cases brought to them by various clients.



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Work , Seinen , Heterosexual , Detective

Kare ni Irai shite wa Ikemasen

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

Kagami Kizuna and his partner, Miya Midou, make up the Moguri Detective Agency, which will take on any job that regular detectives won't touch. Kagami's "Empathy" makes him highly sensitive to human emotion, but is not without its own mysteries and pitfalls. Thus begins the story of two unusual individuals, their quirky clients, and the weird mysteries they all encounter.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Detective , Crime , Urban

Gifted

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

One day, Amakusa Natsuki—the hope of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department—meets an unusual high schooler named Shiki Yuuya. Natsuki's interest in the high schooler is piqued after Yuuya happens to be passing through the scene of a difficult murder case and determines the perpetrator with ease. How did he know who the killer was? When an incident later takes place at Yuuya's high school, the two happen across each other again... Thus, a young policeman and a high schooler with a hidden power begin unraveling the mystery!

Tags: Detective , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , School

Mystery to Iunakare

Also known as Don't Call it Mystery.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Totonou is a young man who stands out—partly for his bushy hair, partly for his finely honed abilities of observation and deduction. When Totonou is accused of murder, he puts his skills to work delving into the lives of the cops investigating him and uses his insights to find the real murderer. After clearing his name, all Totonou wants to do is return to his laidback, mundane life, but he can’t help but be drawn into one mystery after another. In his own blunt but gentle way, Totonou is just trying to make sense of a chaotic world.



Tags: Crime , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Detective , Josei , Philosophy , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , College

Yuukoku no Moriarty

Also known as Moriarty the Patriot.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

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!



Tags: Historical , Anti-Hero , Crime , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Conspiracy , Detective , Primarily Adult Cast , Classic Literature , Politics , Gore , Suicide , Orphan , Primarily Male Cast , Class Struggle , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Shounen , Transgender , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Urban

Kimi wa Nazotoki no Ma Cherie

Also known as My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery , Romance

Hoshino Mitsuko is a determined and hard-working woman living in the 1930s, where career women are a rarity and looked down upon. Despite rampant sexism and pressure to “stay home,” she’s determined to prove herself as a successful detective no matter what. One day, she’s approached by the handsome waiter Yoshida Saku, who presents Mitsuko with her very first solo case. Together, the two work closely to solve the mystery, and Mitsuko finds Saku quite capable—but very curious—and takes him on as her new assistant. Can this duo tackle cases and the turbulent atmosphere of the Showa era?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Detective , Heterosexual , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Work , Episodic , Police , Yuri , Transgender

Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Ike

Also known as Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Slice of Life

The story takes place in Iceland, at land’s end, 64°N.
Kei Miyama is a 17-year-old with three secrets: he can talk to cars, he can’t handle pretty girls, and he works as a private investigator. One case has him searching for a beloved dog, another involves reuniting a woman with a man she fell for at first sight. And then comes a case that strikes close to home—searching for his own little brother.
Tag along as this globe-spanning journey unfolds…



Note: Nominated for the 12th Manga Taisho Award in 2019.

Tags: Detective , Outdoor Activities , Seinen , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Travel , Super Power , Gore , Nudity , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Educational

Gohou Drug

Also known as Legal Drug.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural

A drugstore that deals in medicine ... and danger! Kazahaya Kudo has a gift. When he touches a person or an object, he sees visions. With no money and no place to stay, Kazahaya was out of luck until fate brought him to the Green Drug pharmacy. Now, in exchange for working in the store, he gets room and board. But in order to make ends meet there's a catch ... he must take on 'special' assignments from his boss that can only be handled by someone with Kazahaya's gift. With the help of his co-worker and roommate Rikuo, who has unusual powers of his own, Kazahaya finds himself on missions most surreal.



Note: Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Drugs , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , School , Crossdressing