# Chūzenji-sensei Mononoke Kōgiroku

Chūzenji-sensei Mononoke Kōgiroku: Sensei ga Nazo o Toite Shimaukara (Japanese: 中禅寺先生物怪講義録 先生が謎を解いてしまうから) lit. ' Professor Nakazenji's Lectures on Monsters: Because the Professor Solves the Mystery' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aki Shimizu. It began serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine Edge in October 2019. After the magazine's discontinuation in October 2023, the series was transferred to Kodansha's Comic Days website in December that same year. The series is based on the Rozen Kreuz Series novels created by Natsuhiko Kyōgoku. An anime television series adaptation produced by 100studio is set to premiere in April 2025.

## Characters
### Kanna Kusakabe (日下部 栞奈, Kusakabe Kanna)

    Voiced by: Kaori Maeda

### Akihiko Chuzenji (中禅寺 秋彦, Chūzenji Akihiko)

    Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi

### Reijiro Enokizu (榎木津 礼二郎, Enokizu Reijirō)

    Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana

### Tatsumi Sekiguchi (関口 巽, Sekiguchi Tatsumi)

    Voiced by: Shūya Nishiji

### Shutaro Kiba (木場 修太郎, Kiba Shūtarō)

    Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino

### Atsuko Chuzenji (中禅寺敦子, Chūzenji Atsuko)

    Voiced by: Ai Furihata

### Chizuko Chuzenji (中禅寺千鶴子, Chūzenji Chizuko)

    Voiced by: Ai Kayano

### Yukie (雪絵)

    Voiced by: Kaoru Sakura

### Soichiro Enokizu (中禅寺千鶴子, Enokizu Soichiro)

    Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto

### Shizue Minoda (蓑田静江, Minoda Shizue)

    Voiced by: Saki Ogasawara

### Hanayo Renjō (連城花代, Renjō Hanayo)

    Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii

### Ryōko Ogawa (小川涼子, Ogawa Ryōko)

    Voiced by: Hikaru Akao

### Takeshi Kōda (幸田武, Kōda Takeshi) / Take-bō (タケ坊)

    Voiced by: Wataru Hatano

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Aki Shimizu, Chūzenji-sensei Mononoke Kōgiroku: Sensei ga Nazo o Toite Shimaukara began serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine Edge on October 17, 2019. After the magazine's final issue was published on October 17, 2023, the series was transferred to Kodansha's Comic Days website on December 20 that same year. The series is based on the Rozen Kreuz Series novels created by Natsuhiko Kyōgoku. Its chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of March 2025.

#### Volumes

| No. | Release date | ISBN |
| 1 | July 17, 2020 | 978-4-06-520247-0 |
| 2 | August 17, 2020 | 978-4-06-520514-3 |
| 3 | March 17, 2021 | 978-4-06-522668-1 |
| 4 | July 15, 2021 | 978-4-06-524160-8 |
| 5 | February 17, 2022 | 978-4-06-526848-3 |
| 6 | August 17, 2022 | 978-4-06-528958-7 |
| 7 | April 17, 2023 | 978-4-06-531367-1 |
| 8 | October 17, 2023 | 978-4-06-533359-4 |
| 9 | May 9, 2024 | 978-4-06-535576-3 |
| 10 | October 8, 2024 | 978-4-06-537212-8 |
| 11 | March 7, 2025 | 978-4-06-538737-5 |

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 1, 2024. The series is produced by 100studio and directed by Chihiro Kumano, with scripts written by Atsushi Oka, characters designed by Masahiko Suzuki, and music composed by Keiichi Hirokawa and Ryūichi Takada. It is set to premiere on April 7, 2025 on TV Tokyo as well as BS TV Tokyo [ja] and AT-X. The opening theme song, "She Is Now in the Labyrinth", is performed by HoneyWorks featuring Kaf, while the ending theme song, "Kimi no Shiranai Koto" (What You Don't Know), is performed by Sizuk.