Nkhaniyi imayamba pomwe wophunzira wamkulu, a Moritaka Mashiro, amaiwala laputopu yake. Yemwe amaphunzira naye, Akito Takagi, akumupempha kuti asinthe kukhala wojambula wa manga pamabuku ake ndikulemba zojambula za Mashiro mkati. Mashiro kugwa, kutchula chifukwa chogwira ntchito mopitilira muyeso amalume ake ojambula amakanema, omwe adafa. Takagi amalimbikitsa Mashiro ndi Miho Azuki, mwana wagalu wachikondi wa Mashiro kuti akwaniritse, ndikumamuwuza njira ziwiri zokhalira akatswiri ojambula ma manga. Poyankha, Azuki akuwulula zolinga zake zokhala sewero la mawu. Mashiro amamufunsira pomwe Azuki amakhala wochita sewero pamalingaliro a manga omwe amafunikira kuti onse akwatiwe. Awiriwo amayamba kupanga manga awo, otsimikizika kuti adasinthidwa mu Weekly Sh? Nen Jump, pansi pa cholembera Muto Ashirogi.
Atagawira zithunzi zingapo ku Shueisha, Ashirogi ayamba Detective Trap, ndi mndandanda wawo woyamba wosindikizidwa mu Weekly Sh? Nen Jump, yomwe pamapeto pake idzathetsedwa chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa kutchuka, chifukwa chogwira ntchito kwambiri pa manga Mashiro atagonekedwa mchipatala. Seti yawo yotsatira ndi gag manga Run, Daihatsu Tanto!, Yomwe amapereka, kumvetsetsa kuti sizitchuka. Atatsutsidwa ndi mkonzi wamkulu wa Jump kuti apange manga omwe ali apamwamba kwambiri ndi omwe amatsutsana nawo, Ashirogi akupanga gulu lawo la Perfect Crime Party. Amakumana ndi kutchuka kwakukulu koma siyoyenera chiwonetsero cha anime. Pamene Eiji Nizuma, mdani wawo, aponya mfuti imodzi, Ashirogi apikisana nawo pogawira Reversi yomwe ilowa m'malo mwa Perfect Crime Party pomwe womalizirayo atumizidwa ku magazini yabodza yamwezi uliwonse, Hisshou Jump waku Shueisha. Atadutsa kafukufuku wam'madera pambuyo pa nkhondo zingapo zophatikizira kusankha kwa ochita zisudzo komanso zandalama, Reversi amasankhidwa kukhala wosewera wamkulu wamanema ndi Miho. Zosonkhanitsazo zatha ndi Mashiro pomufotokozera komwe adatsimikizira, motsatana ndikupsompsona kwawo koyamba kwa Miho atachita zofuna zawo.
