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Gosick

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Kujo Kazuya is studying abroad in Sovuria (a fictional country in Europe), where he meets the mysterious Victoria. Possessing a brilliant mind, which she calls "fountain of wisdom", she seems to know everything, although she never attends classes and is restricted to her room and the schools library.



Note: Volume 2 contains the extra "Suigyo no Majiwari" (水魚の交わり).

Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Historical , Shounen , Death Game , Love Triangle

Kuroshitsuji

Also known as Black Butler.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

In Victorian era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose prowess as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Tragedy , Crime , Historical , Butler , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Royal Affairs , Twins , Foreign , Cult , Shounen , Found Family , Detective , Steampunk , Magic , Circus , Assassins , Maids , Mythology , LGBTQ+ Themes , Travel , Medicine , Zombie , Fugitive , Crossdressing , Anachronism , Boarding School , Transgender , School , Musical Theater , Torture , Witch , Disability , Swordplay , Idol , Estranged Family

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 , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Transgender , Found Family , Class Struggle , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Boys' Love , Urban

Majo to Yajuu

Also known as The Witch and the Beast.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Ashaf: a soft-spoken man with delicate features, a coffin strapped to his back, and an entourage of black crows. Guideau: a feral, violent girl with long fangs and the eyes of a beast. This ominous pair appear one day in a town in thrall to a witch — a ruler with magic coursing through her tattooed body, who has convinced the townsfolk she’s their hero. But Ashaf and Guideau know better. They live by one creed: “Wherever a witch goes, only curses and disasters follow.” They have scores to settle, and they won’t hesitate to remove anyone in their way, be it angry mob or army garrison.



Tags: Revenge , Witch , Magic , Seinen , Body Swapping , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Vampire , Fairy Tale , Zombie , Tragedy , Episodic

Gas-tou Norainu Tanteidan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

The setting is London at the end of the 19th century. Rui, a vagrant boy, meets Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective who has just started his own practice, after a murder case. Although he harbors hatred for Holmes, who doesn't pay attention to anything other than upper-class cases, Rui decides to work as Holmes' "dog" in order to gain the ability to protect vagrants.

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Detective , Tragedy