Mystery
Browse our collection of anime, games, visual novels and light novels featuring Mystery elements. Whether you are looking for a new series to pick up or in-depth episode reviews, this page aggregates all our coverage focused on Mystery storytelling and themes.
Suggested Series
Ambitious Mission
There is a legend of a set of 12 jewels called "Ambitious" that can grant any wish if collected. Together with Kaguya, Atena and the other members of the phantom thieves try to steal them all and discover the mystery behind the jewels and your own past.
Same to Ikiru Nanokakan
Kyouhei lost his memories and awakens on a beach near a young girl. Join him in trying to figure out what's wrong in this island that is seemingly infested with a shark that assault people at night. Is it a human doing? Or there is something esoteric going on? Why is everyone so accustomed with the presence of the shark?
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Mata Korosarete Shimatta no desu ne, Tantei-sama Ep.02 - Mystery solved, but that ending...
Episode 2 of Mata Korosarete Shimatta no desu ne, Tantei-sama (Killed Again, Mr. Detective) completes the first chapter and sets up the story ahead in a masterful way. As expected,...
Episode 02 of Kirio Fanclub (霧尾ファンクラブ) took me by surprise by interleaving mystery within a series I thought was purely a comedy. The episode starts with the usual hilarity by intr...
Needy Girl Overdose is one of the series with which I have the most conflicted history in the recent past. I got hooked on the trailer song by Kotoko that was released as promotion...
Episode 1 of Mata Korosarete Shimatta no desu ne, Tantei-sama (Killed Again, Mr. Detective) starts the series with some basic setting introductions, showing us the characters who w...
Episode 12 of Yuusha no Kuzu (勇者のクズ) slows its pace to offer an interesting look at the current state of the world while preparing for the next arc. The story picks up immediately ...
Patch 4.1 of Honkai: Star Rail dropped today, and it delivers an incredible series of twists while further developing the Planarcadia story. We left the game with a shocking scene ...
ZZZ has released a new patch that acts as part one of the epilogue for the 2.x series. This time, the focus is on Cissia, an agent working under Commissioner Severian. I have to sa...
Episode 12 of Fate/Strange Fake sets the stage for the first season finale, which takes place in a dream world created by Tsubaki’s Rider, revealed to be Pale Rider by Waver Velvet...
Volume 2 of Kieli continues from where we left off, with Kieli, Harvey, and the Corporal on the run from the Church, which wants to eliminate all the Undying. To escape their reach...
Rita has been released in Chaos Zero Nightmare, along with the third and final part of the Season 3 story. The narrative continues from where we left off, with our group facing Tia...
Kieli is a light novel written by Yukako Kabei and illustrated by Shunsuke Tagami. It began publication in 2003 after winning the grand prize at the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize. This i...
Episode 10 of Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan isn't Scary) continues with a major series of revelations and twists. Right after the events of last week's episode, Kaya has been f...
Episode 11 of Fate/Strange Fake focuses more on mystery following the grand battle of last week. As I expected since we did not see his body disappear, Gilgamesh is not completely ...
Ikusa Megami Zero is a turn-based RPG and visual novel developed by Eushully. Released in 2008, it serves as a prequel and the first title chronologically in the long-running Ikusa...
Pieces / Yurikago no Canaria is a visual novel developed by Whirlpool and released in 2020 as a sequel to Pieces / Wataridori no Somnium. Whether it should be considered a true seq...
Episode 9 of Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan isn't Scary) is a plot-heavy episode without the "wraith of the week" format we have seen until now, which is a refreshing change. In...
Evermaiden ~Daraku no Sono no Otome-tachi~ (エヴァーメイデン ～堕落の園の乙女たち～) is a yuri mystery visual novel developed by Liar-soft and released in 2022. Liar-soft is a popular brand in the vi...
Episode 8 of Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan isn't Scary) finally introduces the final character of the main cast, Namu . He is the teacher of Osamu and is apparently one of the ...