Q.E.D. (manga)
| Q.E.D. | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sou Touma (left) and Kana Mizuhara (right) | |
| Q.E.D. 証明終了 (Kyūīdī Shōmei Shūryō) | |
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| Genre | Detective |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Motohiro Katou |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | July 1997 – February 2014 |
| Volumes | 50 |
| Television drama | |
| Music by | Shōgo Kaida |
| Original network | NHK General TV |
| Original run | January 8, 2009 – March 12, 2009 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Manga | |
| Q.E.D. iff | |
| Written by | Motohiro Katou |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | April 20, 2015 – February 11, 2025 |
| Volumes | 30 |
| Manga | |
| Q.E.D. Univ. | |
| Written by | Motohiro Katou |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Monthly Maga Kichi |
| Original run | March 4, 2025 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
Q.E.D. (Japanese: Q.E.D. 証明終了, Hepburn: Kyūīdī Shōmei Shūryō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motohiro Katou. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazines Magazine Great (rebranded Magazine E-no in 2009) and Monthly Shōnen Magazine+ from July 1997 to February 2014, with its chapters collected in 50 tankōbon volumes. The series follow Sou Touma, a university graduate who encounters a variety of investigative cases after returning to Japan from the US. He works with his friend, Kana Mizuhara, combining his deductive skills with Mizuhara's social gifts.
A ten-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on NHK from January to March 2009. A manga sequel, Q.E.D. iff, started in Shōnen Magazine R in January 2015 and was transferred to Monthly Maga Kichi online manga platform in February 2023, where it finished in February 2025, and a third series, Q.E.D. Univ., started on Monthly Maga Kichi in March of the same year.
In 2009, Q.E.D. won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.