Indaba iqala lapho umfundi osemncane, uMoritaka Mashiro, ekhohlwa ikhompuyutha yakhe ephathekayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Umfundi afunda naye, u-Akito Takagi, umcela ukuthi aguquke abe umdwebi we-manga ezindabeni zakhe futhi abhale imidwebo kaMashiro ngaphakathi. UMashiro fall, ekhuluma ngokusebenza ngokweqile umalume wakhe ongumdwebi we-manga ongasekho, owashona. U-Takagi ugqugquzela uMashiro no-Miho Azuki, umdlwane othanda uMashiro ukuba bafeze, futhi umtshela amaqhinga amabili okuba abaculi bamanga. Ephendula, u-Azuki wembula izinhlelo zakhe zokuba ngumlingisi wezwi. UMashiro uhlongoza lapho u-Azuki eba umlingisi wezwi wenguqulo ye-anime ye-manga abayidinga bobabili bashade. Abayi-2 babe sebeqala ukwenza i-manga yabo, baqinisekiswa ukuthi sebeyi-serial ku-Weekly Sh?nen Jump, ngaphansi kwegama elithi Muto Ashirogi.
Ngemva kokusabalalisa izithombe ezimbalwa ku-Shueisha, i-Ashirogi iqale i-Detective Trap, neqoqo layo lokuqala eliphrintiwe ku-Weekly Sh?nen Jump, elizogcina likhanselwe ngenxa yokuncipha kokuduma, ngenxa yokusebenza ngokweqile kwe-manga ngemva kokuba uMashiro elaliswe esibhedlela. Isethi yabo elandelayo i-gag manga Run, i-Daihatsu Tanto!, abanikela ngayo, beqonda ukuthi ngeke ithandeke. Ngemva kokuphonselwa inselelo umhleli omkhulu we-Jump ukuze enze i-manga esezingeni eliphezulu nabaphikisana nabo, u-Ashirogi uthuthukisa isethi yabo yamanje ye-Perfect Crime Party. Ihlangatshezwane nokuduma okukhulu kodwa ayiwufanele umbukiso we-anime. Lapho u-Eiji Nizuma, omelene nabo, ethumela i-a-one-shot ukuze i-serialization, u-Ashirogi uqhudelana ngokusabalalisa i-Reversi ethatha indawo ye-Perfect Crime Party kuyilapho eyokugcina idluliselwa kujenali yanyanga zonke eqanjiwe, i-Hisshou Jump ka-Shueisha. Ngemuva kokuthi ephumelele inhlolokhono yomphakathi ngemuva kwezimpi ezimbalwa ezibandakanya ukukhethwa komlingisi wezwi kanye nemali engenayo yenoveli eyisithombe, u-Reversi ukhethwa njengomdlali ophambili wenguqulo ye-anime noMiho. Iqoqo liphetha ngokuthi uMashiro enze isiphakamiso ngokusemthethweni endaweni abaqinisekise ngayo, ehambisana nokuqabula kwabo okokuqala ngqa ku-Miho ngemva kokufeza izifiso zabo.
