Nue's Exorcist

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo 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 November 2024, six 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.

Media

Manga

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 September 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into six Template:Transl volumes.^[3]

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.^[4] On February 3, 2024, Viz announced they would publish the series as a digital exclusive, with the first volume being released on June 25, 2024.^[5] On October 5, 2024, they announced a physical release, with the first volume releasing in Q3 2025.^[6]

Volumes

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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

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53. "Resolution"
54. "Gakuro and Senpai's Battle"
55. "Gakuro Back Then"
56. "Take a Gamble"
57. "The Outcome"
58. "Hollow Weapon Release"
59. "Two Hollow Weapons"
60. "Shiroha's Results"
61. "Nue's Ritual Blade"
62. "Raisei"
63. "Limitless Energy"
64. "Kasha"
65. "Defeat"
66. "The Wrap Party"
67. "About the Enemy"
68. "The Vice Captain of the First Branch"
69. "Together"
70. "Introduction"
71. "As His Big Sister"
72. "Greeting"
73. "Resolve"
74. "Yamato Rido"
75. "Gakuro's Strength"
76. "Please Stop Fighting"

Other media

A café collaboration with Nue's Exorcist at Bandai Namco Cross Store Tokyo was announced on May 27th, 2024.^[7] The café booth was held from July 4th to August 4th, 2024.^[8]

Reception

The series was ranked eleventh in the Nationwide Bookstores Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list.^[9] The series ranked seventh in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024.^[10]

Light novel authors such as Ryōgo Narita and Tappei Nagatsuki have praised the series on social media.^[11]^[12] 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.^[13] Rowan Grover of Multiversity Comics liked the artwork, though he criticized the humor and fan service, ultimately describing it as "forgettable to annoying".^[14]

References

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