Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin

Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryuhei Tamura. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 2020 to June 2021. The series was published digitally in English by Viz Media.

Plot summary

Trouble-making police detective Boyle Samejima, who is not averse to breaking rules to get the job done, is transferred from Shinjuku, Tokyo to the laid-back Ogasawara Islands. Now at the Anegashima Police Department, Samejima investigates the bizarre unsolved case of "The Cult of the Sea", where a religious cult who worshiped a little girl as their oracle suddenly vanished. That little girl, Chako, has recently returned with a humanoid dolphin named Orpheus, whom she calls "Papa." Orpheus joins the police department on the same day as Samejima, as his partner and superior.

Characters

;Boyle Samejima
;Orpheus F. Lipper
;Chako

Publication

Written and illustrated by Ryuhei Tamura, Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 27, 2020, to June 21, 2021. Shueisha collected its chapters in five volumes, released from November 4, 2020, to October 4, 2021.
The series is published digitally in English language by Viz Media. Viz Media started releasing its volumes digitally on November 23, 2021.