Beste Mystery-Manga aus 2023

Makoto Hitsujiya transfers to a new high school and meets a strange classmate named Takehiro Kokudou. Kokudou introduces him to Bugs, a variety of phenomena that produce certain outcomes only if specific sequential actions are performed. The phenomena can range from bird droppings appearing on a sidewalk after pressing a certain combination of vending machine buttons to being able to lift weights beyond one's normal physical limits. Gradually, Hisujiya and Kokudou's friendship grows as they take advantage of the handy—and sometimes outrageous—conditions to activate Bugs that transcend the laws of science and humanity. Following Kokudou's footsteps, Hitsujiya becomes addicted to triggering these anomalies. But when he discovers a bizarre set of conditions required for a ridiculous Bug that can change his future, his curiosity may have serious consequences.

I've always had a fascination with the occult; you might even call it my specialty. I've been brought in as a consultant on many supernatural and strange mysteries. But nothing could have prepared me for this house. It seemed so ordinary at first, except for that one room. It had no doors, no windows, and was tucked away, leaving anyone to think it was just a wall. I knew that there was something more to it. It shouldn't be there, it shouldn't exist, and yet... Just what is this house, and what dark secrets does it hold?

Dakyung Lee, an elite member of a criminal organization, learns of the death of her beloved boss. Upon discovering that Chairman Lee was behind it, she vows to take revenge. Yet, since he’s protected by the Sa Yeong Group, all her attempts appear futile. Just as Dakyung is about to give up, she uncovers details about the chairman’s son. In a final bid for revenge, she infiltrates his son’s school, Chaebol High School.

The untold records are being unraveled—William and his allies visit the old Moriarty mansion in Durham which now lies in ruins. There, they find the records of various "favorite" cases that Louis secretly kept. William's "play" caused by Moran's cheating scandal at a gambling establishment and the dangerous "trial" of the three brothers when they were young and asked to become "Jack the Ripper's" apprentices. The comic adaptation of the novels, which tell the stories of untold days, begins!

A shrewd, young priestess-in-training is set a murder to solve in this new mystery manga from the creator of *The Apothecary Diaries!*. By day, Chloe lives at a convent. By night, she’s such a card shark, a holy knight ends up believing she has a rare, magical gift. What he doesn’t know is, she just has sharp eyes and a quick wit—which she’ll need when she’s uprooted and dropped in the middle of a round of deadly palace intrigue! *Source: Kodansha USA*

"It was 1999, the year Nostradamus predicted the end of the human race. Riding the unprecedented occult boom, Inubosaki, an editor of a third-rate occult magazine, is covering strange incidents with his cameraman Asama, who is also psychic. As Asama's psychic powers draw them together, the two encounter a number of terrifying and bizarre phenomena. Meanwhile, in the present day, 2023, an elderly Asama is visited by someone claiming to be Inubosaki's nephew. This is the start of a bizarre tale about forbidden memories that must not be unveiled.

The bond between Yoshiki and Hikaru is a welcome escape from their isolated village. But one day when the two boys meet up, Yoshiki can immediately tell something is off. Though the person standing before him looks and acts exactly like Hikaru, Yoshiki knows that his friend is…gone. Someone—no, something has taken Hikaru’s place. And with so many eerie incidents happening in town lately, Yoshiki is becoming increasingly conflicted. Although things will never be as they once were, he would prefer this Hikaru to no Hikaru at all.

Ao Minato, a young man who murders his stepfather who repeatedly abused his family, ends up in a juvenile detention center. However, the sister he was supposed to protect commits suicide due to her suffering, and their older sister Akane has gone missing. Ao arrives at a certain shrine and prays for his sister's safety, his only hope, and vows to the god that he will do anything for that, but... The blockbuster panic suspense "Gyakusatsu Happy End". The new chapter has finally begun.

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.

Kagura is a college student who lost his parents in a fire when he was a child. One day he visited a courthouse as part of a seminar, and that same night he had a strange dream.... Was it just a nightmare or was it reality?

My friend Ozawa, who has gone missing. He was an editor of an occult magazine, and before his disappearance, he had covered ghost stories related to an area called "●●●●●". Quotes from past magazine articles, strange stories from readers, and Internet bulletin board posts - as we follow his footsteps and decipher the materials he had collected, certain connections emerge between the ghost stories that had been treated as separate incidents. This is a comic adaptation of a bizarre mockumentary horror story that was first published on the novel.

Clad in a blood-soaked coat and with no destination in mind, a young boy named Reto wanders into an Ainu village amidst a blizzard, whose residents provide him with much-needed shelter. All he has are two things: the memory of his mother dying before his eyes, and an ancient hunting knife without a blade...

Sakaki has just been transferred to the 3rd Sector of the "S City Crisis Management Bureau," where he decides to team up with his old buddy Kunugi to conduct a survey of the sector… Uh… What's this about an investigative agency for life-threatening paranormal events!! The thrilling, spine-chilling, and sometimes heart-stopping adventures of a pair of supernatural detectives!

The murderer Konno Chika stands out in the story of "Gedou no Uta." A spin-off revolving around "urban legends" begins with her as the main character! The door to a mysterious world opens when she meets the occult researcher Kuze! A spin-off of "Gedou no Uta"!

Seon-U's brother is found dead in the VIP room of a nightclub alongside Yu-Ra, the youngest daughter of the Seo family patriarch and a real little pest. Determined to shed light on the circumstances of the tragedy, Seon-U enters the luxurious Seo residence by being hired as Yu-Ra's personal coach and meets Mun-Do, the latter's attractive nephew, who seems to hold one of the keys to the mystery.

The need for detectives has dramatically increased in response to the increasing number of violent crimes. This year, a boy and a girl enter Marimine Detective Academy, an ultra-exclusive school, and the only one in Japan that offers the "National Detective License." The boy is Misaki Fujisaki, the grandson of the man who was once known as the "Crime King." The girl is Shia E. Hazeldine, the adopted daughter of the man known as the "Detective King." These two descendants of sworn enemies will meet each other by chance! And as their school days begin, an incident occurs right from the entrance ceremony!? Moreover, for some reason, Fujisaki's score is higher than Shia's, even though she supposedly solved the mystery first... "I challenge you!" "Don't regret this, princess." This is a unique academy story where students compete to find the truth. This is intellectual excitement at its highest peak!

The master spy Klaus, who boasts a 100 percent mission success rate despite being difficult to work with, has formed the new spy team Lamplight with eight women as his new teammates! Together, no mission is too difficult—or too heinous!

All I wanted was to be a regular high schooler, and that wish is why I’m here right now. My name is Nagisa Natsunagi, and I’m just a high school girl, nothing more—not yet anyway. If there’s one thing that’s different about me, it’s that, up until recently, I was too sick to come to school. Miraculously, I received a new heart, and the surgery was successful. Now I’m finally living the life I always wanted! But I can’t help wondering about my donor… I hear there’s a boy in town who can solve any case. Maybe he can help me?

In Taisho-era Ginza, Cafe Berlin, a coffee shop run by three Germans, is surrounded by mysterious incidents. Cafe Berlin's mischievous manager Hermann and the waitress Saki will work together to solve the tragic mysteries that has got the town in a tizzy! A subversive mystery about an unlikely duo.

In a world of secret benefactor and beneficiary relationships, the story of "Daddy-Long-Legs" continues with Andrea Yuriness stumbling upon a perplexing mystery. A serial killer is targeting young women, and the girls at Erta Academy are the most at risk! So she and her dormmates start a student-led investigation in order to protect all the girls on campus. But as someone with a secret benefactor herself, Andrea will soon realize that she has deeper ties to this case than she thought.

The owner of "McLeod's Death Shop," which sells death to wizards, lives for the purpose of saving them by giving them the death they have requested. He has sold death to any wizard who has requested it, but one day, when he was in trouble because he just couldn't die, a witch came running in...?

Ritsuka Haruno (20 years old) is a clumsy detective who yearns for the mystery novel "Madness Detective" and has a full-blown Chuuni disease. With her JK assistant Ototo, who has a voracious appetite and a keen sense of smell, they brilliantly solve numerous cases? This is a detective comedy of silly and cute buddies!

There's a reason Emi Shimamoto can't find a job. For as long as she can remember, she's been unable to tell the living from the dead, and spirits have tormented her wherever she goes. Resigned to yet another failure, Emi attends an interview with Moriya Foods, only to find herself strangely attracted to its young president, Jan. Though it doesn't take Emi long to realize that something is off with both Jan and Moriya, she's far too smitten to care. Meanwhile, Emi's brother grows worried over his sister's change in behavior and pays a visit to an investigation agency that specializes in supernatural phenomena... What follows is a journey into the dark depths of cults, family, and the paranormal.

Two months after launching the video channel "Urban Legend Cruise," the channel's owner Tojo Riam, meets Professor Akiyuki Kagami, an urban legend researcher who was about to retire, and decides to recruit him to pursue new urban legends! This is a comedy about urban legends and other bizarre occurrences, set in Minatomirai, Yokohama!

This newest instalment of the *Munakata Kyouju* series will see the titular professor heading to England following an English university's invitation, and digging through the myths and history of the world.

A detective story about a hostess solving mysteries together with the ghost of her recently deceased boyfriend.

"Please find the person who killed me—Detective." July, ■th. On a summer day when the mysterious and beautiful girl, Momiji Reido, transferred to our school, a classmate was murdered. It was a locked-room murder. “Let’s solve the case together, Amami-kun.” “You sound just like a famous detective from a mystery novel.” I, Haruma Amami, a member of the nearly-disbanded Literature Club, was somehow asked by the transfer student to investigate the case. And then, Reido was killed—or so it should have been. Inside the ultimate locked room, one that no one could possibly solve. "Please find the person who killed me—Detective." An immortal detective and his “ordinary” partner. A school mystery that takes on an impossible murder—begins now! *Note: Winner of the Grand Prize in the 15th GA Bunko Newcomer Award.*

A "poison consort" with access to all kinds of poison and a boy who is a "cross-dressing consort" solve the mystery lurking in the harem! The time is the Great Tang Dynasty. A boy named Gyokuran, who entered the harem as a cross-dressing consort in place of his missing sister, meets the poison consort Dudu, who is said to have access to poisons from all over the world, past and present. The two of them must try to solve the mystery of the mysterious incidents that have been unfolding in the harem...