# Exquisite Blood: The Heretic Onmyoji

Exquisite Blood: The Heretic Onmyoji (Japanese: 雅血の陰陽師, Hepburn: Miyabichi no Onmyōji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakura Fujimoto [ja]. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy since November 2021, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes as of July 2024.

## Premise

In an ancient and fantastical world, a world of chaos where evil spirits abound. a time when demons roam about disasters all over the land and coexist with humans in an era where chaos has spread everywhere. the ten sacred items (Jingi) of the emperor, which were kept secretly in the Mikado's Treasury, have been stolen by demons, and in order to return the ten sacred items, the emperor calls the strongest onmyoujis in the country, those who exorcise them and vow to be loyal to mikado they are called onmyouji. Fuzuki, from the black castle, an onmyouji known as The Heretic. a man whose reputation for occult practices has spread everywhere and everyone is afraid of him enters into an extremely tough battle with demons along with Hakuro, in search of the first Jingi, he encounters a young boy named Ranmaru who is half-demon, half-human, rejected by everyone around him and who is at the center of the chaos.

## Main characters
### Fuzuki (文月)

    An onmyoji who is considered a heretic and shunned. He uses a technique that uses his own blood.

### Hakuro (白露)

    A swordsman who has animal characteristics such as ears and tail of a dog(?) who easily wields a long sword and works with Fuzuki as his subordinate.

### Ranmaru (嵐丸)

    Itachi's half-demon child. A Jingi entered his head.

## Publication

Written and illustrated by Sakura Fujimoto [ja], Miyabichi no Onmyouji was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy since November 18, 2021. Square Enix has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 27, 2022. As of July 26, 2024, five volumes have been released.
In October 2024, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America, starting in August 2025. In France, the manga is licensed by Doki-Doki.

### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | June 27, 2022 | 978-4-7575-7994-1 | August 2025 | 978-1-6460-9409-7 |
| 2 | November 26, 2022 | 978-4-7575-8279-8 | — | — |
| 3 | June 27, 2023 | 978-4-7575-8629-1 | — | — |
| 4 | March 27, 2024 | 978-4-7575-9128-8 | — | — |
| 5 | July 26, 2024 | 978-4-7575-9318-3 | — | — |
| 6 | March 27, 2025 | 978-4-7575-9773-0 | — | — |

## Reception

Manga Sanctuary describes Fujimoto's manga as a mixture of fantasy and Japanese folklore, finds the revelations about the main character interesting, a well-paced narrative, lovable characters, and fairly exceptional in design, and praises the drawings and fights, describing them as well mastered and dynamic. Manga News considers the manga story to be very classic and praises the designs and main characters of the manga, and stating that "we are facing the beginning of a series that does not seek originality at all, but is sufficiently scribbled, rhythmic and equipped with sufficiently attractive elements."
The manga was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2024.