Pretty Boy Detective Club

Pretty Boy Detective Club (美少年探偵団, Bishōnen Tanteidan) is a light novel series written by Nisioisin and illustrated by Kinako.

Author
Nisio Isin, better known as NISIOISIN, is the creator of BAKEMONOGATARI, Zaregoto Series and KATANAGATARI.

Story
Rules of the Pretty Boy Detective Club:
 * 1) Be pretty.
 * 2) Be a boy.
 * 3) Be a detective.
 * 4) Be a team.

Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something - a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious ! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves may well have created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty. So begins the thrilling new mystery series from renowned author!

Production
During the development of the story in the Bōkyaku Tantei series, the "Pretty Boy Detective Club" was a group originally intended to appear there, but Nisio Isin decided it could be published as an independent story. The series is published by Kodansha and has released eleven volumes from October 2015 to December 2019 under the Kodansha Taiga label. It is licensed in North America by Verical and has begun releasing English translated volumes in September 2020.