金田一少年の事件簿 [The Kindaichi Case Files] New Series

Shinichi Kudo may have cornered the teen detective market in the West, but in Japan, Hajime Kindaichi is the undisputed king of the high school sleuth. This 2004–2011 revival from Kōdansha, simply called the New Series, gave the iconic, shaggy-haired genius a fresh run of 14 self-contained issues. Under the steady hand of writer Yōzaburō Kanari and artist Fumiya Satō, it continued the classic formula: locked-room murders, elaborate family curses, and Kindaichi’s signature catchphrase, “The mystery is solved.” It’s a must-read for fans of golden-age-style fair-play whodunits, proving that even in the 2000s, nobody unravels a blood-soaked riddle quite like the grandson of the great detective.