Noir - Recommendations

• Vol: 11
• 1980 - 1990

About a Japanese detective working in Paris, Dingo is all action and thrills! Dingo witnesses a man killed before his very eyes. Hearing this man's last words, he’s wrapped up in the incident. What did those last words mean?! “Komantalev 3.8.7...”

• Vol: 8; Ch: 30
• 2006 - 2011

The prize is not a diamond ring or a masterpiece of a national treasure! We come to you to get your "most precious thing"...Paris at the end of the 19th century. The unknown thief, Alexandrite, appears as if to ridicule the decadence of the world. From green to red, it bewitches Paris at the end of the century like a bewitchingly glowing variant of a jewel!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2000

MIHAI, the "Weepy Old Killer": A former hitman now trying to live a quiet life but haunted by the deaths of his victims and his lover. BADOU, the "Gun Smoker": A chain-smoking "information broker" and hired gun whose reckless façade hides a serious intent. NAOTO, the "Blade Maiden": A preternaturally skilled swordswoman with a single desire: revenge against the assassin who cut down her family. HEINE, the "Stray Dog": A cipher with a metal collar bolted to his neck, a disturbing talent for mayhem, and a childhood sacrificed to the thing known as "Kerberos." Driven by their ghosts--both dead and alive--and their desire for truth, all are struggling to solve the secrets of the past while surviving the dangerous present--by gun and sword and courage and luck.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 10
• 2019

• Vol: 4; Ch: 26
• 2004 - 2007

The year is 1429 and the Hundred Years' War has continued for nearly a century with no end in sight. Pierre, a bastard in both lineage and temperament, is the leader of the Unicorns of Anju, a band of mercenaries who fight solely for coin and who are not above pillaging and raping villages in search of it. They believe that the foolish fight for justice and ideals, for such empty things leave the stomach equally empty. Drifting from battlefield to battlefield, the Unicorns of Anju find themselves in the employ of La Hire, who is in the service of Jeanne D'arc. She enraptures Pierre; but he, ever the mercenary, coerces a promise from her. Under the guidance of Jeanne D'arc, the tide of war begins to shift in France's favor. Nevertheless, how long will she be able to withstand the burden of the hopes and dreams of an entire country?

• Vol: 5; Ch: 34
• 2013 - 2016

In the country of art that boasts the splendor, there was a thief, who repeatedly involved in stealing in genius ways. The protean and elusive man, in appearance was a Modus Operandi, fearless, twisted, and extremely bizarre. The name of the thief with a thousand names and faces is Arsene Lupin! 

• Vol: 1
• 2010 - 2011

Paris at the end of the 19th century. Because of some incidents happened in her childhood, the school girl Manon decided to become a police officer. While involved in a mysterious case, she meets Inspector Claudel, "The Orfèvre's Dog" of the Paris' Police Special Investigation team. 

• Vol: 11+
• 2014 - ?

In Fukuoka, crime reaches new heights in the seedy underworld. In the Hakata ward of the city, there are various individuals with special talent that consists of professional killers, detectives, informants, and professional revenge seekers. Among thosea so-called "killer of professional killers" is becoming more than just an urban legend. Private detective Banba is on the case, but when he uncovers a dark conspiracy, it may be the one curveball he can't hit.

• Vol: 209+
• 1968 - ?

For four decades, Golgo 13 has been the world's greatest assassin for hire. Sometimes to settle a private score, and sometimes to change history. His real name and nationality are unknown but his legend is everywhere. G13 never fails a job and never sees his clients again. Unless they try to betray him.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2009

Ten years ago, while still a student, Maurice stumbled across an illustration in an artist's sketchbook that instantly captivated him. A drawing of a beautiful youth with sad, gentle eyes, an expression that spoke of love and forgiveness. Now settled into his successful career as an art restoration expert, Maurice is shocked by the sudden appearance of a young man who looks exactly like the one in the drawing. Who, in fact, insists that he is the one in the drawing.