Manga genre mystery

These recommendations are a few different Manga titles that revolve around the genre of murder mystery. Some of these are in the manga section of the library, so if you think that you would enjoy any of these, then watch out for them!

So yes, this post is going to be a brief review of Lost Lad London but I also wanted to take the opportunity to talk a little bit about the general genre of the murder mystery and how we don’t see much of it in manga form.

But when I started to explore the world of manga a bit more, I noticed that there were very few entries in the genre. You might get a mystery dropped into a larger storyline here and there, but few titles made it the focus of their plot, in my experience. This was really interesting to me as the mystery in general and more specifically the murder mystery has been a staple of fiction in the West for as long as I can remember.

Drawn and written by Yoshiki Tonogai, very obviously influenced by Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’, Doubt is an amazing mystery that all fans of the genre should read. However, as the manga is pretty short, we give it only the sixth place on our list.

If you are not the kind of person who rather read the end of the book before finishing the story, mystery is a genre for you. If you have never read mystery manga, this list is a perfect way to start. And if you have, and have your own favorites, please let us know in the comments which are your personal choices. Just remember, no spoilers! Because half the fun of these is figuring out the mystery ourselves.