
Akechi
In a modern reimagining of the Ranpo Edogawa series, used bookstore owner Kogorou Akechi helps his childhood friend and detective Eiichirou Namikoshi solve crimes in Tokyo.
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In a modern reimagining of the Ranpo Edogawa series, used bookstore owner Kogorou Akechi helps his childhood friend and detective Eiichirou Namikoshi solve crimes in Tokyo.

The story revolves around Ryouko Yakushiji, a 27-year-old multilingual investigator that graduated from Tokyo University's elite Department of Law, and the bizarre cases she faces while working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Yakushiji not only has to deal with supernatural beings in her line of work, but also her rival Yukiko Muromachi, another equally talented and beautiful police investigator. (Source: ANN)

The "end of the century mystery" manga takes place in a Japan where an unknown infectious disease has killed more than half of Japan's population. The interests of two men will align to work together. Ruslan is a coroner with good looks, and Sanajima is a police officer in the Hyogo police department who is investigating the mysteries of bizarre murders. (Source: ANN)

Newly-instated detective Tomohiro Ishida returns home one day to find a naked man in his house. He asks Tomohiro to identify himself, only to vanish into thin air before the startled young man can come up with a response. Soon afterwards, Tomohiro becomes tangled up in an odd situation involving a killer sword that can possess people. Then the same guy shows up again: this time fully clothed and actually physically present. Kyousuke is a member of the supernatural task force affiliated with the police, and Tomohiro ends up being transferred there. Now he'll have to handle all sorts of bizarre and out-of-this-world situations alongside his extremely quirky new colleagues! (Source: MU)

Manga adaptation of the fourteenth Meitantei Conan movie.


Half a year after moving to Kyoto, high school girl Aoi Mashiro brings her late grandfather's old scrolls to Kura, an antique store nestled in Kyoto's Teramachi-Sanjo shopping arcade, for an appraisal. One thing leads to another, and she winds up working there part-time. The manager's son, Kiyotaka Yagashira—nicknamed the "Holmes of Kyoto"—is uncannily perceptive, and together, they solve strange cases relating to the antiques brought to them by clients. (Source: J-Novel Club)

Polyphonica "the Black" is finally made available as a "hard-boiled" detective comic. In this city the police have joined forces with spirits to investigate crimes, resulting in the formation of a specialist unit—the "Spirits of the Dead" or "Ghost" Division. A murder occured in a quiet residential area, and the victim's daughter vanished from the scene leaving only mystery in her wake. The victim's contracted spirit was "Leon"... but is he really a criminal?



Manga adaptation of the twenty-second Meitantei Conan movie.

Stationed in the country side, Sawajiri Ai, a new recruit to the police force, didn't think she would ever see any kind of action. So it comes as a shock to her when she is transferred to headquarters into a division she has never even heard about: the 82nd division. Also known as the "Beauty Division,"—the female officers all are gorgeous woman with extraordinary talent and skills. They use their God-given body to infiltrate and crush criminal organizations and wanted men. Ai has her work cut out for her since all the members are motivated as well as extremely "persuasive." (Source: MU)

There are roughly 150,000 illegal immigrants and illegal foreign workers in Tokyo. Those aliens have established a shady Metropolitan Government of the aliens, by the aliens, for the aliens. Public institutions such as government offices, courts, tax offices and hospitals exist within the shady government. Kubozuka Saki is the only police officer officially approved by the shady Metropolitan Government. This is a story of a mysterious man who protects and sometimes punishes aliens who can only live in the shady world. Today Kubozuka is again daring to and in the alien city of Tokyo. (Source: ANN)


Wilderness concerns several Japanese nationals on the run in Mexico, and is heavily inspired by Hong Kong action cinema and the films of Robert Rodriguez. (Source: Wikipedia)

Psycho-Pass Genesis tells the secret story of the creation of Sibyl System through an incident in which the young Tomomi Masaoka was involved.

A cursed video that circulates on the net, inexplicable repeated massacres in a lost mountain hamlet... the police decides to return in a special element difficult to master: Amamiku Matsuri, a medium originally from Okinawa can "see" and communicate with lost souls, but she was taken away from these cases because of her mental instability and her tendency to violence. But in the course of an investigation, the past catches up to Matsuri: placed in a position of victim, perpetrator and judge in one case...

A mysterious camera that shows the future. Ghost lights of unknown origin. And people slipping into unexplainable comas. This is all the information detective Seo Sungmin has as he pieces together the mystery of his girlfriend's vegetative state. But investigations hit a standstill when he's found with blood on his hands... Now on the run, will Sungmin be able to solve this supernatural case and bring the real criminal to justice? (Source: Tapas Media)

Detective Woojin Seo lives in an era where machines can prosecute criminals. Faced with Woojin's murderous temper and obsession with bringing down the cartels, his supervisors place him under disciplinary probation and begin to rely on the machines to enact justice. But he's given an opportunity to lift his suspension as an educational navigator to "Magnum," a military-grade android, that people derogatorily refer to as "C.O.P." or "Court of Puppet." Will this unlikely pair have what it takes to defy the dark underbelly of this neon city? (Source: Tapas Media)

1-2. Face 3. Sore wa Himitsu ni Shiteokitai (Let's Keep it a Secret) 4-6. Ai wa Nai (Not Love) 7. Tengoku mo Jigoku mo Bangaihen (All of Heaven and Hell)

Undercover NIS agent Seonwu Park is disguised as a café owner in an affluent neighborhood to investigate a drug ring. When he stumbles upon a lead about a drug-fueled party, he infiltrates it under the guise of delivering coffee. However, a lapse in judgement leads him to the brink of disaster until a cafe regular Yohan Seo rescues him. As the heat of the moment escalates, Seonwu and Yohan find themselves entwined in an unexpected physical connection. Realizing that Yohan might have crucial information about the case, Seonwu seeks his help. Yohan, attracted to Seonwu, agrees on the condition that they become friends with benefits. Their unconventional relationship deepens, but as the investigation nears its end, Yohan abruptly cuts ties with Seonwu and seemingly dies in a car accident, leaving Seonwu heartbroken. Three years later, Seonwu, now hardened by his past, spots Yohan in footage from a new NIS sting—alive and well, under the alias "Yohan Romanov," a notorious Russian mafia member. Fueled by betrayal and unresolved trauma, Seonwu embarks on a mission to Russia, determined to confront the man who shattered his world. (Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

When medical examiner Yarra Lin meets detective Kelsey Song, what starts as a fiery clash between them gradually turns into a deep connection and partnership. Together, they bear witness to the lives of a host of ordinary people: an innocent girl who died unjustly, an elderly mother waiting in the mountains for her criminal son to return, a timid rookie cop who risked his life to confront an armed robber... They fight for justice for the living and give a voice to the dead, uncovering countless hidden truths along the way. (Source: Webcomics)

The National Police Agency Security Bureau has a secret organization known as the Next Generation Crime Information Centre. Their job is to stop murders before they actually happen, by using a certain girl's precognitive dreams. (Source: MU)

A truly inspired parody of the super-powered crime fighter genre. Most of the character designs are caricatures, with a noticeable absence of noses. Full of in-jokes, and constant references to itself as anime. The hero is a 14 (or so) year-old girl with super strength, who has been enlisted by the police force to entertain the populace while they wreak havoc fighting the "Demon Seed" crime organization. (Source: PRISMS)