Detective Manga

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The culprit is in this room. Find them.

A sharp-eyed detective, student or unlikely sleuth solves fair-play puzzles, locked-room murders and everyday mysteries through careful observation and deduction.

Styles: Light novel · Novel · Visual novel · Comedic, or Random
Aisle: Manga & Light Novels

Begin with

The Ferry That Arrived With One Fewer
Twelve passengers boarded the night ferry to a small island. Eleven got off. You were the only one awake the whole trip, and you saw nothing.
Your role: An amateur detective on a ferry
The Herbalist of the Inner Palace
In an imperial palace of a fictional dynasty, you are a lowly herbalist who notices that the consorts' illnesses all started after a gift of perfume.
Your role: A palace herbalist detective
The Library Club's Cold Case
Your school's library club finds a 30-year-old diary hidden in a returned book. Its last entry describes a disappearance the school never reported.
Your role: A member of a school club solving a cold case

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.

Coming soon to the App Store