Forum Settings
Forums

Purely detective/deduction manga with an overarching story

New
8 hours ago
#1

Offline
Feb 2025
3
I'm baffled that even after trying for a while I haven't been able to find a manga that fits these categories (Maybe i just suck at finding manga, although I don't think so):

- Seinen (Or at least isn't immature, or has too much "fan-service")
- Realistic (No magic, no deus-ex-machina, no plot armor)
- Pure deduction (Just a guy finding clues and then putting them together - questioning everything basically)
- Modern (Or at least has a decent drawing of the world outside the character expressions and architectural facade, basically that the panels have information beside the character's expressions)
- Realistic interactions (as little drama as possible please, girls don't shout in public while their skirts are flowing in the wind)
- Has a central story (Basically isn't just Detective Conan or Master Keaton where each story is a new adventure. There should at least be a central antagonist and a central story that the manga is driving towards)

I've been trying to find mangas that especially fit the category of "Realistic and Realistic Interactions" but it seems I'm stunned. Is the medium of manga just over-saturated with exaggeration, fan-service, 'mid' stories popularised by big-boobed girls so much so that "The serious" ones have to be by heavy-weights like Naoki Urasawa or forget about it?

It feels lately like the combination of realism and a story that stays good (and doesn't just whimper into the old-reliable open-ended ending) is extremely rare.

Or do I just suck at finding them?
2 hours ago
#3

Offline
Feb 2025
3
@H_Castaigne These seem nice, even if they're short, I hope they're good though, let me try. I'll tell you afterwards

More topics from this board

» shoujo series with male leads/love interest who is warm and not cold

bucciest - Mar 14

10 by Shirayukin »»
10 hours ago

» series with consequences for losing

FONZACUS - Mar 12

12 by caprisan »»
Yesterday, 3:18 PM

» Looking for animes like that are based off yakuzas or delinquents

Vekizx - Yesterday

7 by caprisan »»
Yesterday, 3:16 PM

» Any good harem shows?

removed-user - Feb 8

28 by caprisan »»
Yesterday, 3:12 PM

» I forgot the name of this manga

sm5 - Yesterday

0 by sm5 »»
Yesterday, 5:05 AM
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login