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The Detective Agency for Regretful Male Leads Is Open for Business!

Huhoe Namjureul Wihan Heungsinso Jeolchan Yeongeop Jung!

2025, Manga, ongoing, 69%

Full Color, Long Strip, Female Protagonist

After a lonely death from overworking, Selia Welfe finds herself reincarnated into another world... but not into a romance fantasy novel like she had hoped. Instead, she is the chief of a detective agency that specializes in tracking down runaway female leads! Immediately, she…

More manga for fans of When the Villainess Turns Detective

  1. Cover of The Detective of Muiella
    The Detective of Muiella

    2017, Manga, 163 ch, 66%

    Magic, Crime, Detective

  2. Cover of As the Heart Leads
    As the Heart Leads

    2024, Manga, ongoing, 83%

    Full Color, Heterosexual, Ghost

  3. Cover of Welcome to Rose Manor
    Welcome to Rose Manor

    2025, Manga, 67 ch, 82%

    Full Color, Female Protagonist, Long Strip

  4. Cover of Return from Death: I Kicked the Bucket and Now I'm Back at Square One With a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me
    Return from Death: I Kicked the Bucket and Now I'm Back at Square One With a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me

    2021, Light novel, 84%

    School, Magic, Reincarnation

  5. Cover of Witch of Mine
    Witch of Mine

    2016, Manga, 63 ch, 79%

    Witch, Reincarnation, Tragedy

  6. Cover of My Possession Became a Ghost Story
    My Possession Became a Ghost Story

    2026, Manga, ongoing, 81%

    Long Strip, Full Color, Female Protagonist

  7. Cover of Iris Zero
    Iris Zero

    2009, Manga, ongoing, 78%

    School, Super Power, Male Protagonist

  8. Cover of Empress Cesia Wears Knickerbockers
    Empress Cesia Wears Knickerbockers

    2020, Manga, 142 ch, 77%

    Long Strip, Isekai, Crossdressing

  9. Cover of The Villainess Flips the Script!
    The Villainess Flips the Script!

    2021, Manga, 122 ch, 79%

    Reincarnation, Heterosexual, Long Strip

  10. Cover of Secret Alliance
    Secret Alliance

    2019, Manga, 46 ch, 75%

    Full Color, Female Protagonist, Crossdressing

  11. Cover of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica

    2011, Light novel, 13 ch, 80%

    Seinen, Magic, Primarily Female Cast

  12. Cover of Pawprints on Her Heart
    Pawprints on Her Heart

    2025, Manga, ongoing, 82%

    Reincarnation, Full Color, Female Protagonist

  13. Cover of Kieli
    Kieli

    2003, Light novel, 41 ch, 82%

    Coming of Age, Ghost, Cyberpunk

  14. Cover of The Youngest Has Much To Hide
    The Youngest Has Much To Hide

    2025, Manga, ongoing, 77%

    Crossdressing, Female Protagonist, Found Family

  15. Cover of Gunjou Gakusha
    Gunjou Gakusha

    2004, Manga, 38 ch, 77%

    Anthology, Magic, Seinen

  16. Cover of The Deathless
    The Deathless

    2019, Manga, 108 ch, 74%

    Female Protagonist, Full Color, Love Triangle

  17. Cover of Blade & Bastard
    Blade & Bastard

    2023, Manga, ongoing, 75%

    Amnesia, Dungeon, Dragons

  18. Cover of The 100 Curses of Illeston Manor
    The 100 Curses of Illeston Manor

    2025, Manga, ongoing, 76%

    Full Color, Female Protagonist, Long Strip

  19. Cover of Hoegwijawa Maengin Seongnyeo
    Hoegwijawa Maengin Seongnyeo

    2026, Manga, ongoing, 81%

    Full Color, Long Strip, Heterosexual

  20. Cover of How To Ride the Hero's Coattails
    How To Ride the Hero's Coattails

    2025, Manga, ongoing, 79%

    Full Color, Female Protagonist, Male Harem

  21. Cover of Streaming My Second Life
    Streaming My Second Life

    2025, Manga, ongoing, 76%

    Full Color, Long Strip, Male Protagonist

  22. Cover of Neoman Boindan Mariya
    Neoman Boindan Mariya

    2026, Manga, ongoing, 75%

    Full Color, Long Strip, Heterosexual

  23. Cover of I Can See Your Death
    I Can See Your Death

    2022, Manga, 81 ch, 69%

    The same kind of story: occult mystery manhua and webtoons.

Anime for fans of When the Villainess Turns Detective

Spirited Away2001, Movie, 1 ep, 86% Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 22026, ONA, 10 eps, 84% Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju2016, TV, 13 eps, 84% Kaguya-sama: Love is War2019, TV, 12 eps, 83% The Apothecary Diaries2023, TV, 24 eps, 88% Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!2000, TV, 75 eps, 87% Journal with Witch2026, TV, 13 eps, 87% Samurai Champloo2004, TV, 26 eps, 84%

About When the Villainess Turns Detective

2025, Manga, 65 ch, 59%

Seohyun is a Korean detective who was closing in on a serial killer when they both plunged off a building together. But then, she wakes up inside a novel as Himena Sylvester, a villainess doomed to a tragic end. Determined to change her fate, she sets out to repair Himena’s reputation, earning unexpected admiration along the way. But just as her new life begins to turn around, she uncovers something she missed—the serial killer fell into the novel with her, so a crime spree is about to begin!

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