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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 , Love Triangle , Death Game , Tragedy

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 , Twins , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Cult , Detective , Shounen , Magic , Found Family , Amnesia , Circus , Mythology , Maids , Assassins , Steampunk , Travel , Medicine , Urban Fantasy , Zombie , Anachronism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fugitive , Crossdressing , Boarding School , Estranged Family , Musical Theater , Transgender , School , Torture , Witch , Swordplay , Disability , Idol , Religion , Exorcism

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 , Classic Literature , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Suicide , Orphan , Class Struggle , Primarily Male Cast , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Shounen , Transgender , Bisexual , Crossdressing , 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 , Gender Bending , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Vampire , Agender , Fairy Tale , Zombie , Tragedy , Episodic

Gas-tou Norainu Tanteidan

Also known as Gaslight Stray Dog Detectives.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Late 19th century, London.

Rui, a boy living as a vagrant in the back alleys, encounters Sherlock Holmes, a detective, after becoming entangled in a murder case. Despite his resentment of Holmes's indifference to the lower classes, Rui decides to work under him as a “hound” to save the street children caught in the swirling crimes and conspiracies of London—the “demonic city.”

Thus begins a mystery epic set in the underground world of street children!



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

Baccano!

Also known as Baccano!.

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

New York, 1927.

In a corrupt city where crime rules the streets, Firo Prochainezo is in the Camorra, an Italian criminal syndicate distinct from the mafia. Though a member of the relatively small Martillo family, Firo has big ambitions and is determined to make his mark. But while the Martillos may not be the biggest bad guys on the block, they've got some distinct advantages working in their favor. Does Firo have what it takes to become a made man?

Let the crazy ruckus begin!



Tags: Mafia , Seinen , Crime , Alchemy , Foreign , Poker , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

Yuureitou

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

In the 1950s, an old woman was brutally murdered on the face of a clock tower by her adopted daughter. Two years later, the clock tower is known as the 'ghost tower' and it is supposedly haunted. Through an unusual series of events, a young NEET man named Amano Taichi is attacked by someone or something in the same clock tower, and finds himself bound to the clock face to be killed in the same way as the old woman. Luckily for Amano, he doesn't meet the same fate. He's rescued by a mysterious person who claims his name is Tetsuo.

Tags: Seinen , Noir , Detective , Tragedy , Transgender , Historical , Conspiracy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Boys' Love , Body Horror , Philosophy , Fugitive , Bisexual , Adoption , Nudity , Body Swapping