A collection of short one shots from Jump's RomCom Festival... more>>

1. Masked Detective, Masque De Holmes and The Kiss Thief (覆面探偵 マスク・ド・ホームズとキス泥棒)

2. Juumonji-san of the Infirmary (保健室の十文字さん)

3. Kii-chan's Lunch (きーちゃんのお昼ごはん)

4. This is Why our Eyes Won't Meet (だから、瞳はまじわらない)

5. Onizaka-san is a bit Scary (鬼崎さんはちょっと怖い)

6. The Wakaba-chan on my Stomach (下腹部の若葉ちゃん)

7. The Duo That Lacks Experience (ふれないふたり) <<less

A popular female celebrity is murdered! The investigation leads to a suspicious woman whose next target may be the famous actor Tagame. What could the suspect's motive be? Twin detectives are on the suspect's trail, but then... A unique take on the crime-suspense genre!... more>>

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A girl who can only fall in love with serial killers <<less

It's the 2060's, and Japan has perfected "The MRI System," a piece of neurotechnology that, when given the brain of a person who died within the past 48 hours, can analyze the visual memories contained within; even being able to give scientists a look into what the deceased saw in their final moments. Needless to say, this is a highly regarded - and greatly feared - method that has been placed under stringent restrictions and is only authorized for use by a special police unit, Section Nine, for the investigation of baffling or high-profile crimes. Aoki Ikkou is a talented newbie who has just been assigned to Section Nine. He initially has qualms about delving... more>> into people's most private moments and analyzing their darkest fears and fantasies, but as he settles in with his teammates and warms up to his boss, the highly intelligent Maki Tsuyoshi, he becomes more and more competent at his job.

Though quick to develop pride in his career, Aoki still struggles to balance his family relationships and love life with his demanding workload, further complicated when he's drawn into the dark past and murky circumstances surrounding the outwardly cool and self-controlled but internally tormented Maki.

The first chapter is a prologue that features the first case where the MRI method was used. Chapter 2 is where the main cast is introduced.

Note: Won the Award for Excellence at the 15th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2011. <<less

Someone - or something - is destroying the seven most powerful robots in the world one after the other; brutally dismantling them without any provocation on their part. Gesicht, one of the seven and a detective for the European Federation, embarks on a mission to capture the killer...and confront the mysteries behind the vague but disturbing memories that keep haunting him in his dreams.... more>>

Note: Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2010. <<less

The Demon Neuro has a raging hunger for 'mysteries.' Being dissatisfied with his current regime in hell, he’s come into the mortal realm in order to satiate his ever-growing appetite. The murder case of a young girl’s father seems to be sufficiently enticing for the Demon’s needs.. But what else might happen between these two? Find out in this disturbingly good murder-mystery series.... more>>

Note: The original pilot one-shot is only included in the bunko version. Volume 23 contains Rikon Choutei (Divorce Conciliation) (離婚調停). <<less

“Die for us, just like you’ve served our family all along.”... more>>

Because of her crimson eyes and the dark splotch on her face, Arryl Brixia, the illegitimate child of the Brixia ducal house, had to live with a mask on her entire life. She tried desperately to win the acceptance of her family, but in the end, she met her death after being framed for treason.

But now, she’s returned to the past.

She can no longer see the hideous splotch in her reflection in the mirror. But her face isn’t the only thing that’s changed from before — Ethan, the heir to the Burstein ducal family, suddenly comes and finds her…

“Lady Arryl, why do you wear a mask?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Your eyes.”

“What?”

“I saw your eyes. Your clear and confident eyes.”

“People fear them because they believe it’s the sign of the devil. Don’t you think so, Sir Ethan?”

“No, not at all. They look absolutely beautiful to me.”

The satisfying revenge story of Lady Arryl Brixia, who was abandoned by her own family. <<less

Ikuo Ryuuzaki and Danno Tatsuya are 2 orphaned boys who were looked after by a person they called 'sensei'. Following their sensei's brutal murder, the two vow to hunt down the killers and the police officers who neglected to properly investigate the case.... more>>

15 years later, Ryuuzaki is a police detective and Tatsuya has become the leader of a group of mobsters. Helping each other out behind the scenes, they strive to rise to the tops of their respective fields so that they may exact their vengeance. <<less

The setting is a rural city in which kidnapping and series of murders are happening simultaneously. Eight years ago, a boy and a girl were... more>> kidnapped and suffered through the hands of their perpetrator. The victims, the compulsive liar "Mii-kun" (the narrator), and "Maa-chan" (Misono Mayu) reunite and start living together, despite the fact that the recently reported missing children were .... <<less

Yuuto Shiba is a 29-year old who, despite his desire to be a barrister, is a complete failure of a man. In a fit of... more>> drunkenness, he gets hit by a truck and dies. In the afterlife, he is brought into the world of Luanolde, and is tasked with implementing Japanese law into the country's court systems. <<less

High school student Kindaichi Hajime - frequently accompanied by childhood friend and (future) love interest, Nanase Miyuki - travels to various places where baffling and convoluted murders have taken place, which he then proceeds to solve thanks to a combination of brilliant deductive skills, talent at performing and figuring out magic tricks, and plain ol' good luck.... more>>

Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award for shounen (1995).

Note: Tokyopop's release grouped volumes by mystery, so the English and Japanese volumes don't match up. Tokyopop's volume 17 ends with chapters that appear in the first half of the Japanese volume 23. <<less

Honey Bitter meets Kodomo no Omocha. Shuri is a private detective with a special ability to read minds. She usually handles all sorts of cases,... more>> but this time she is faced with a rather unusual request. The famous actress Kurata Sana is going to play in a new film as a detective. She wants to be able to impersonate her character as best as possible so she asks Shuri if she can stick around to learn a few things that real detectives do and how they act. Despite this childish request, Shuri also recieves a more intimate request from Sana's manager, Sagami Rei, who wants to find out the reason why Sana and her husband, Hayama Akito, have decided to live separate one from another. <<less

Kurumi Ayaki is a recently-retired police officer with a record of excellence on the force and the guts and guile to back it up. In order to earn some extra money for her upcoming wedding, she has to return to the force... and is "rewarded" with an assignment to an elite unit who solves crimes that have been classified as unsolvable. ... more>>

Partnered with a mysterious young genius who is unable to feel emotions, or even to leave his room, she acts as his eyes and ears to piece together clues even as her own personal life falls apart around her. <<less

This is a spin off story that occurs about three years before Spiral. One of the main characters is Imari, who is in love with... more>> the kid who wants to be a detective, and which also quit school running after Kiyotaka, and it seems he's dating a murderer without knowing it...? But how is it all connected to the blade children? Not long after, our favorite blade children from Spiral appear for the rescue, all manipulated by Kiyotaka. <<less

Strange people live in a building called Getenrou. There are boys looking for porn, a space officer, robots, and also...a murderer on a killing spree!?... more>>

Officer Sakuraba Saeko's curiosity is piqued by two siblings who appear to hold the key to solving the mystery, and she begins an investigation of her own. Will her “sloppy” logic be able to reveal the astonishing truth hidden in Getenrou?

Nominated for the 2012 Manga Taisho Award. <<less

A sudden increase in odd killings. A world close to an end gives rise to an unprecedented master detective!!!... more>>

The story follows the motivated detective Asano Misaki & her slacker partner Hijirihara Takumi. They work in the Special Crime Investigation agency (SCI), which is in charge of cases judged abnormal or bizarre. <<less

Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eerie premonition from his youngest cousin. When their parents’ conversation turns to the division of the inheritance upon Kinzo’s imminent death, Battler and his cousins reminisce about the stories their parents teased them with as children-tales of the witch, Beatrice, who haunts the island’s forest. But when people start dying unnatural deaths, Battler can’t help but wonder…... more>>

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7. Umineko When They Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch

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What if you had the power to erase people's memories? Would you use it to help those in need? Or would you use it to become the most powerful person in the world? For Kyle, this newfound power was going to change his life... for better or for worse.... more>>

The life you’ve lived until now...

Was it perfect?

Any regrets?

Mistakes?

Wrong-doings?

Have you ever been tormented by memories that you could not erase?

What if...

You had the power...

To erase those memories?

One who erases memories.

One who protect memories.

The battle has begun! <<less

Five stories, including his debut work, Strange Ferry Tale; The Puppet Princess, an epic, action-filled tale of a beautiful princess and a young ninja; and Shall We Go Out Walking by Night?, a bizarre romance that introduces the detective Skuya Shuuhei. Fujita Kazuhiro presents: Night Songs, his first collection of short stories!!... more>>

1. Karakuri no Kimi (Puppet Princess)

2. Tenohira no Uta (Song of the Open Palm)

3. Renrakusen Kitan (Strange Ferry Tale)

4. Merry-Go-Round e! (To the Merry-Go-Round!)

5-6. Yoru ni Sanpo shinai ka ne (Shall We Go Out Walking by Night?) <<less

In a parallel world where the strongest of the non-diary holders "Akise Aru" takes the place of Yukiteru (the protagonist from Mirai Nikki) for a... more>> few days, what will happen? <<less

Frustrated that no one believes her, in order to capture a serial killer, a mind-reading detective teams up with the head of the "occult division"...... more>> who's a lot younger than she thought. <<less

Wajima Takeru loves dogs and when he goes to the pound to pick up a new dog, he catches the eye of one particular dog... more>> that, according to the workers, doesn’t interact or play. It turns out that the most famous detective in history, Sherlock Holmes, has been reincarnated as this dog that Takeru names Sherdock (Sherlock + Dog). Only Takeru can hear his voice, but his mind is just as brilliant as ever. With the help of Takeru, who fills in the role of Watson, Sherdock uses his incredible observation and deduction skills to solve crimes around the city. <<less

The case files of the detectives at the Shinjuku Police Station paint an unapologetic picture of the worst of human nature, the horrors of everyday life, and the people that are the products of them. In this society, abused children grow up twisted, and traumatized victims turn to violence for revenge. ... more>>

The line between victim and criminal is often blurred when even the worst offenders are those society once failed to save. Left behind in the passing of the years, former detective Iida Kyouya must once more pick up his gun. <<less

Beautiful women are being targeted and horrifically killed by an unknown assailant. Cries for justice keep pouring into the police department, but the team assigned to the case is not even close to catching the evasive killer. ... more>>

Just as they're at their wits' end, a reclusive young man with a mysterious ability arrives and offers the investigators his assistance... <<less

Kyoya Ida is a hard-nosed detective from the Shinjuku Police precinct. He is known in the force as an unreasonable type who would use lethal force to solve cases, making him unpopular with the enlisted and high-ranking officers in the National Police Agency. ... more>>

Despite this fact, there are some in the force that admire Ida for his bravery and cleverness in using lethal force to solve criminal cases whenever legal means are met in a dead end. <<less

Touma Sou graduated from MIT, but he comes back to Japan because he wants to know how it feels to be a high school student. On the other hand, Mizuhara Kana is a strong girl who loves sports. Together, they are partners in solving cases that happen around them.... more>>

Won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for shounen in 2009 (shared with ). <<less