Nue's Exorcist
Cover of the first volume
鵺の陰陽師
(Nue no Onmyōji)
GenreSupernatural[1]
Manga
Written byKōta Kawae
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 15, 2023 – present
Volumes2

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 December 2023, two volumes have been released.

Plot

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.

Publication

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 October 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into two tankōbon volumes.[3]

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.[4]

Volume list

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 4, 2023[5]978-4-08-883687-4
  • 1. "Portrait View of the Sky"
  • 2. "Gakuro’s Big Sister"
  • 3. "Forgetting Beam"
  • 4. "Senpai’s Soul Gear"
  • 5. "The Three Goddesses of North High"
  • 6. "The Scent of a Spirit"
  • 7. "Road of Radiance"
2 December 4, 2023[3]978-4-08-883788-8
  • 8. "Hollow Weapons"
  • 9. "Provisional Club Enrollment"
  • 10. "Training Begins"
  • 11. "Beach Memories"
  • 12. "Shiroha’s House"
  • 13. "Hollow Weapon Release"
  • 14. "Start of the Duel"
  • 15. "Shiroha’s Rage"
  • 16. "Gakuro’s Shadow"
3 February 2, 2024[6]978-4-08-883820-5

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

  • 17. "I Was Afraid"
  • 18. "Nue and Shiroha"
  • 19. "Countertactics Against Nue"
  • 20. "Rengo"
  • 21. "About Nue"
  • 22. "The Elimination Squad Captains"
  • 23. "Nue’s Candidate"
  • 24. "A Captain's Duty"
  • 25. "The Sixth Branch"
  • 26. "The Three's Secret"
  • 27. "Senpai's Honest Feelings"
  • 28. "The New Squad Member"
  • 29. "The Siblings' Father"
  • 30. "The First Mission"
  • 31. "Struggles in the Darkness"
  • 32. "Is This Really the Time to Be Doing Something Like That?!"
  • 33. "The Village Abnormality"

Reception

Jonathan Greenall of Comic Book Resources praised the story, artwork, and characters, as well as the character's designs.[7] Rowan Grover of Multiversity Comics liked the artwork, though he criticized the humor and fan service, ultimately describing it as "forgettable to annoying".[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "幻妖"と呼ばれる謎の存在が見える少年の現代陰陽師譚がジャンプで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 15, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 2, 2023). "Food Wars, Kuroko's Basketball Authors Each Launch New Manga in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  3. 1 2 鵺の陰陽師 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ Lada, Jenni (May 15, 2023). "New Nue's Exorcist Shonen Jump Manga Begins Its Run". Siliconera. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ 鵺の陰陽師 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ 鵺の陰陽師 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ Greenall, Jonathan (May 19, 2023). "Shonen Jump's Nue's Exorcist Is Shaping Up to Be Summer's Hottest New Supernatural Manga". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  8. ↑ Grover, Rowan (May 24, 2023). "This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 5/21/23". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

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