Souldrop no Yuutai Kenkyuu - Recommendations

• Vol: 4+; Ch: 23+
• 2012 - ?

In present-day London, Scotland Yard is baffled by deaths and crimes that seem to be unsolvable. Luckily for the populace, the brash yet brilliant Sherlock Holmes is never far from the action, able to solve the toughest case with ease, no matter the foe or the danger that follows. Alongside war veteran and friend John Watson, Sherlock will investigate mysterious suicides, sinister calling cards and more in his quest to crack every case.

• Vol: 24; Ch: 155
• 1996 - 2016

Kazuhiko Amamiya is a detective who, after seeing the torture and subsequent death of his girlfriend, tracks down the man responsible for her death. Upon meeting the killer, Kazuhiko's psyche breaks and a new personality, the cold-blooded, arrogant psychopath Shinji appears and kills the murderer. More personalities materialize from Kazuhiko as he tries to investigate a string of murders years later. As he investigates, an intricate conspiracy plot begins to tangle up both Kazuhiko and Shinji as well as those around them.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2006

There's a serial killer loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of maddeningly arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder. Onto the scene comes L, the mysterious super-sleuth. Despite his peculiar working habits--he's never shown his face in public, for example--he's the most decorated detective in the world and has never tackled a cased he hasn't been able to crack. But this time he needs help. Enlisting the services of an FBI agent named Naomi Misora, L starts snooping around the City of Angels.

• Vol: 22; Ch: 172
• 2001 - 2005

Kyu's greatest desire is to become a detective. To fulfill his wish, he goes to take the entrance exam to get into the detective school run by Dan Morihiko, one of the most famous detectives ever! At the exam he meets Megu, Kinta, Kazuma, and Ryu as they all try to pass the grueling three-part exam. Kyu wants to solve mysteries, and he gets his wish: his first real case appears in the midst of the exam!

• Vol: 5; Ch: 28
• 2014 - 2016

• Vol: 1
• 1996

Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventually uncovers evidence that indicates that the two writers' relationship was very different that they claimed, that they were anything but best friends. But the question before Kaga isn't necessarily who, or how, but why. In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the killer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. And if Kaga isn't able to uncover and prove why the murder was committed, then the truth may never come out.

• Vol: 7; Ch: 59
• 2011 - 2013

When Takeru adopts his new pet, he's in for a surprise—the dog is none other than the reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective. What's more, this "Sherdog" has decided that Takeru is the reincarnation of his long-time assistant, Dr. Watson. Takeru may think Sherdog (or he himself) is crazy, but with no one else able to communicate with Holmes, he's roped into becoming the canine's assistant all the same. Using his exceptional sleuthing skills, Holmes uncovers clues to solve the trickiest crimes.

• Vol: 7; Ch: 53
• 2006 - 2011

Christie Holmes is a prodigy. At ten years old, she's as familiar with the sciences and classics as any older student at Cambridge or Oxford. And her facility with logic is reminiscent of her uncle, the eminent Sherlock Holmes himself. So, what's a brilliant young girl to do when her parents are away in India, leaving her behind in the care of maids and servants? Why, solve mysteries, of course. Along with her giant hound Nelson, Christie's implacable curiosity leads her from one dangerous adventure to another, often joining forces with Uncle Sherlock and Doctor Watson on their famed investigations. Christie may look pint-sized, but her clever mind is never to be underestimated!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2018

• Vol: 4; Ch: 23
• 2001 - 2003

Imagine living in a town where supernatural beings stalk the night for their next prey. Toukei Ibun takes place 29 years after Tokyo was established as the capital of modern Japan. Manzou is the owner of an inn in the town of Asakusa. His friend Hirakawa is a journalist who is investigating the bizarre crimes that keep occurring all over the city in the dead of night.