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Nue's Exorcist (Japanese: 鵺の陰陽師, Hepburn: Nue no Onmyōji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōta Kawae. It began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in May 2023. As of July 2024, five volumes have been released.
Nue's Exorcist | |
鵺の陰陽師 (Nue no Onmyōji) | |
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Genre | Supernatural[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Kōta Kawae |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 15, 2023 – present |
Volumes | 6 |
Ever since he was young, Gakuro Yajima has been able to see spirits, but is timid around them due to one malevolent spirit killing his father. One day, he meets Nue, a powerful spirit in the form of a young woman who lives in a secret room in his high school. After an event with a violent spirit causes Gakuro to be mortally wounded, he makes a contract with Nue where she lends him her power, but only on the condition that he help her vanquish evil spirits and work alongside local exorcists who are wary of her.
Written and illustrated by Kōta Kawae, the series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on May 15, 2023.[1][2] As of July 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into five tankōbon volumes.[3]
Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.[4]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | October 4, 2023[5] | 978-4-08-883687-4 | June 25, 2024 (digital) | 978-1-97-474417-6 | ||
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2 | December 4, 2023[6] | 978-4-08-883788-8 | September 24, 2024 (digital) | 978-1-9747-5034-4 | ||
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3 | February 2, 2024[7] | 978-4-08-883820-5 | — | — | ||
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4 | May 2, 2024[8] | 978-4-08-884025-3 | — | — | ||
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5 | July 4, 2024[3] | 978-4-08-884113-7 | — | — | ||
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6 | September 4, 2024[9] | 978-4-08-884171-7 | — | — | ||
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These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
A café collaboration with Nue's Exorcist at Bandai Namco Cross Store Tokyo was announced on May 27th, 2024.[10] The café booth was held from July 4th to August 4th, 2024.[11]
The series was ranked eleventh in the Nationwide Bookstores Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list.[12] The series ranked seventh in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024.[13]
Light novel authors such as Ryōgo Narita and Tappei Nagatsuki have praised the series on social media.[14][15] Type-Moon co-founder Kinoko Nasu was stated to be a fan of Nue's Exorcist in the Afterword of Fate/Strange Fake Volume 9. Famed writer Takahiro, author of manga such as Akame ga Kill!, Yuki Yuna Is a Hero, and Chained Soldier, is also a fan of the series.
Jonathan Greenall of Comic Book Resources praised the story, artwork, and characters, as well as the character's designs.[16] Rowan Grover of Multiversity Comics liked the artwork, though he criticized the humor and fan service, ultimately describing it as "forgettable to annoying".[17]
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