# Nue's Exorcist

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 February 2025, eight tankōbon 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. As of February 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eight tankōbon volumes.
Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release. 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. On October 5, 2024, they announced a physical release, with the first volume releasing in Q3 2025.

#### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | October 4, 2023 | 978-4-08-883687-4 | June 25, 2024 (digital) | 978-1-97-474417-6 |
| 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 | 978-4-08-883788-8 | September 24, 2024 (digital) | 978-1-9747-5034-4 |
| 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 | 978-4-08-883820-5 | — | — |
| 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" |||||
| 4 | May 2, 2024 | 978-4-08-884025-3 | — | — |
| 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" 34. "The Rescue Plan" |||||
| 5 | July 4, 2024 | 978-4-08-884113-7 | — | — |
| 35. "Shitotsu's Rage" 36. "They Have a Shot at Victory" 37. "Grime Blade" 38. "I Won't Let You Go" 39. "Gakuro's Selection" 40. "Unreliable Older Brother" 41. "Protect Everyone Until the Very End" 42. "I Will Exterminate You" 43. "The Captain at Sunset" |||||
| 6 | September 4, 2024 | 978-4-08-884171-7 | — | — |
| 44. "Stepsister" 45. "Please Help Us Level Up!" 46. "Training's Supposed to be Done Alone" 47. "Senpai's Such An Adult" 48. "Potential" 49. "The Ritual Blade" 50. "Memento" 51. "Birthday and Senpai" 52. "Respect" |||||
| 7 | December 4, 2024 | 978-4-08-884287-5 | — | — |
| 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" |||||
| 8 | February 4, 2025 | 978-4-08-884397-1 | — | — |
| 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" |||||
| 9 | April 4, 2025 | 978-4-08-884454-1 | — | — |

#### Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
* 71. "As His Big Sister"
* 72. "Greeting"
* 73. "Resolve"
* 74. "Yamato Rido"
* 75. "Gakuro's Strength"
* 76. "Please Stop Fighting"
* 77. "Confession"
* 78. "I Hate You"
* 79. "I'll Be Back"
* 80. "Please Don't Go"
* 81. "Invasion"
* 82. "Tendrils and Arms"
* 83. "I Won't Forgive You"
* 84. "Threat"
* 85. "A Guy With No Actual Skill"
* 86. "A New Mother"
* 87. "The Hall of Sins"
* 88. "Operation: Return Route"
* 89. "Our Hollow Weapon"
* 90. "Rapid Growth"

### Other media

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

## Reception

The series was ranked eleventh in the Nationwide Bookstores Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list. The series ranked seventh in the print category at the tenth Next Manga Awards in 2024. The series topped AnimeJapan's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2025.
Light novel authors such as Ryōgo Narita and Tappei Nagatsuki have praised the series on social media. 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. Rowan Grover of Multiversity Comics liked the artwork, though he criticized the humor and fan service, ultimately describing it as "forgettable to annoying".