Aside from shonen and romance, detective anime series may also be a great watch for you, especially for those who love everything about mysteries. On this occasion, the writer would like to recommend the 10 best detective anime series that you need to watch. Let’s get straight into the list!

1. The Beginning 5

This anime has two storylines that run progress alongside each other. The first one is about a detective searching down a dangerous killer. The other one is about a superhuman with supernatural powers, who puts everyone around in danger.

Without giving out any spoilers, let’s just say that this anime is full of plot twists, as it makes you keep on guessing what will eventually happen. Some of the twists may be seen before it’s coming, but some of them will leave you astounded.

2. Hyouka

The slice of life detective anime series follows four high school students with Oreki as the main protagonist. Along with his three friends, Oreki gets involved in various cases as he’s expected to solve them. Those cases began with one of their 45-year-old school clubs.

The four of them work together to solve the mysteries in plain sight. Each of them has an important role in each of the episodes.

3. Terror In Resonance

The anime tells the story of two teenage boys called Twelve and Nine, who commit a series of crimes to seek the attention of the public and the authorities. Interestingly enough, both of them are the protagonists of the anime. Throughout the story, this anime highlights the hide and seek between them and a detective named Shibazaki.

What makes it more intriguing is these boy’s reasons to destroy their own city. You will cover the plot twist that will surely make you aghast.

4. Shinrei Tantei Yakumo

Yakumo is a young adult with a cursed red eye. The eye allows him to communicate with the dead. With the help of his eye, Yakumo helps to set them free and get them back to a much more peaceful afterlife. And with the help of the dead, Yakumo managed to solve numerous mysteries. This anime shares some resemblance to the dorama Border, starring Shun Oguri.

5. Kuroshitsuji

Speaking of detective anime series, perhaps you wouldn’t think that Kuroshitsuji is one of them. It’s because Kuroshitsuji tends to lean towards the shonen category rather than mystery. Basically, this anime follows Ciel who devotes his soul to Sebastian. In return, Sebastian has to find and avenge the people who have slaughtered Ciel’s family.

If you take a closer look at the story, Sebastian has solved numerous mysteries from various cases. And because of that, Kuroshitsuji can also be categorized as a detective anime series that you should watch.

6. Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi

The anime, better known by the title Erased, tells the story of Satoru Fujinuma as a pizza deliveryman. Yet he has a secret that no one knows, he possesses the ability “Revival”, which allows him to go back to 5 minutes before the present time. This ability is active whenever he’s in danger. Satoru has never been able to quite control the power of his ability.

At the beginning of the episode, he’s accused of killing his own mother. His Revival automatically took over, only this time, he traveled back to 11 years prior to the event. Right then and there, he has to save his mother and find the true killer.

7. Death Note

Many of you should already be familiar with this anime. Yup, Death Note follows the two geniuses, Kira and L. While Kira has the ability to take anyone’s life using his Death Note, L possesses a high level of intellect and the police force to chase down his rival.

8. Detective School Q

Detective School Q is a detective anime series that follows a group of students who are faced with various cases. While the cases in this anime don’t feel as significant and dangerous as the other anime, it still has an interesting storyline to watch. Kyuu befriends many people in his school with different sets of skills to help solve the mysteries they face.

The story is quite casual and doesn’t have cases that are too serious. One case may take more than a whole episode to be solved. This anime might suit you who aren’t really into mystery anime series with way too dark and deep storylines.

9. Detective Kindaichi

Hajime Kindaichi is the supposed grandson of the well-known detective, Kosuke Kindaichi, with an IQ of more than 180. He’s a high school student who’s often faced with murder cases. Wherever he goes, there must be a murder case waiting to be solved.

However, with his high level of intelligence, he always manages to solve any case. One of the most interesting episodes is where Kindaichi gets accused of being a murderer. He has to escape from the police and to prove his innocence.

10. Detective Conan

For a long time, Detective Conan has always been the most popular detective anime series in the world. Shinichi Kudo is a high school boy who turns into a 7-year-old boy after being fed a mysterious drug. 

He keeps his identity a secret to get rid of being killed while solving every single case he stumbles upon, using detective Kogoro Mouri as his vessel. Since he looks just like an ordinary 7-year-old, the police always pay no attention to him. His name after he shrunk into a little kid’s body is Conan Edogawa.

Those were some of the best detective anime series recommended by DuniaGames for mystery fans. Stick around for other anime discussions on DuniaGames!

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