High school student Kindaichi Hajime - frequently accompanied by childhood friend and (future) love interest, Nanase Miyuki - travels to various places where baffling and convoluted murders have taken place, which he then proceeds to solve thanks to a combination of brilliant deductive skills, talent at performing and figuring out magic tricks, and plain ol' good luck.... more>>

Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award for shounen (1995).

Note: Tokyopop's release grouped volumes by mystery, so the English and Japanese volumes don't match up. Tokyopop's volume 17 ends with chapters that appear in the first half of the Japanese volume 23. <<less

This is the sequel to the popular Kindaichi Case Files franchise, set 20 years after the original version! Hajime is no longer a student detective, but is a poor office worker who has to deal with the daily pains of adulthood. No longer wanting to solve cases anymore, he keeps his head down and tries to go about his daily work as quietly as possible.... more>>

But crime never takes a break, and it isn't long before Kindaichi gets dragged into cases that occur around him. Starting off the new series, we revisit Uta Island, for the fourth edition of the Opera House Murder Case, where the Phantom of the Opera is planning a bloody revenge. <<less

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Collections of special short stories where, once again, Kindaichi and Miyuki are caught up in various crimes and obliged to solve them. The individual mysteries... more>> span from two to four chapters. <<less

"Sequel Series to Kindachi Shounen no Jikenbo - File Series.... more>>

Serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shounen Magazine from 1998 to 2000.

Consists of 7 cases divided into 10 volumes.

Case 1: Murder in the Forest of the Demon Dog.

Case 2: Demon Killer from Projection Screen.

Case 3: Amakusa Treasure Legend Murder Case.

Case 4: Yukikage Village Murder Case.

Case 5: Russian Dolls Murder Case.

Case 6: Murder in Extraordinary Circus.

Case 7: Young Kindaichi's Trip of Death Preparedness.

Note: In the newer reprints of the Kindaichi series, the File, Case and Shin cases were merged and printed as full cases instead of the original tankobon. The volumes which correspond to the above cases are 20 to 26. The raw links below correspond to the first chapter of the first case of the Case Series." (via Irregular Scans) <<less

The return of the famous teen detective, Kindaichi Hajime. With his keen intellect and sharp wits, there is no case he cannot solve, in the... more>> name of his grandfather! <<less

Two years after the events in Tantei Gakuen Q.

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... more>> 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! <<less

The son of a genius magician, Yoichi Takato has been something of a polymath ever since high school. However, his days are marked by boredom and an inability to open his heart to others. When he happens to join the magic club, he meets with people he thinks he may one day be able to call friends. But then, the curtain rises on a terrifying "murder magic show".... more>>

A spin-off story with Hajime Kindaichi’s nemesis from Kindaichi Case Files: “The hellish puppet master,” Yoichi Takato. <<less

Kindaichi Hajime returns from his biking trip around Japan to meet Inspector Kenmochi and childhood friend Nanase Miyuki at the themed inn "Ruins." What awaits... more>> them is a vampire legend that comes to life in the form of a brutal serial murder... <<less