A 2007 light novel series by Sugii Hikaru, with illustrations by Kishida Mel, adapted into a 2010 manga by Tiv, serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh, and a 2011 anime by J.C.Staff.
Plot
Fujishima Narumi may seem like a normal high school student at first glance, but in reality, he is a pessimistic outsider. Due to his father's work, he had to constantly transfer schools, and thus he has never managed to become a part of society. When he is forced to join the gardening club by his cheerful classmate Shinozaki Ayaka, Narumi encounters the genius hacker Alice, who lives in isolation above Hanamaru, the ramen shop where Ayaka works part-time. He then discovers that Alice is running a special private detective agency and that all her professional associates refer to themselves as "NEET"s.
Joining the NEET detective agency due to his personal connection with a criminal case, Narumi finds himself entangled in a world of dangerous investigations conducted by the ill-assorted group of detectives, all the while trying to track down the crime syndicate which seems to have mysterious ties to Alice.
