Nue no Onmyouji
Nue's Exorcist

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Firstly, if you’re looking for a battle Shonen, mystery or thriller; carry on cause this ain’t it.

This manga is probably most comparable to Rosario to Vampire or maybe a less mature (both in H content and storytelling) Tsugumomo. The manga prioritizes harem first, action far second, sprinkled with touches of ecchi and drama here and there.
It definitely stumbles a bit in its pacing and direction at first but I think it’s starting to get its legs around chapter 8 or so. It differs a bit from the typical dumb unaware harem protagonist by having a somewhat tragically beaten down protagonist that has a strong sense ... of justice that only comes out when he wants to protect people.
So far it hasn’t really done anything too revolutionary but it’s definitely showing signs of potential, some of the backstories are somewhat engaging and the characters (while pretty stereotypical) feel authentic in their actions.
It definitely has the feel of an author desperate to keep their serialization but I think there’s some real potential for a good story to emerge as the author gets more comfortable
Art’s not bad either.

Interesting premise, too much harem.

The plot was decent and actually engaging. The action was entertaining enough, not terrible nor phenomenal. However, it was the harem aspect that was unpleasant.

Every other chapter the main character had someone's boobs pushing up against him, and he would get all flustered. It was annoying. The reaction was realistic, but the situations happened too often. The choice to have this teenage boy end up in situations were he would end up flustered due to his libido was not the best.

For those that can ignore how frequent and annoying those situations are will find themselves with a potentially decent ... manga to read.

While the manga has improved in its pacing and direction on where it wants to go it's still not good. It's stuck in a position where a majority of the fans are there for the girls and the mangaka keep giving to stay in the magazine. It doesn't know if it wants to be a battle manga or an ecchi harem one which it can do both but instead, it's using the battle manga as a front to just write a harem story. It's not even the good type of harem it's just boring.

Gakuro is not interesting whatsoever. He has no personality and always has ... his mouth wide open, it's been reduced throughout chapters but his only two faces are shock or straight face. He also never gains anything out of hard work and is practically given everything. He gets told what to do and I wouldn't even feel surprised if a character tells him how he is supposed to feel and he just agrees with it.

The girls are also not interesting. They have more personality than Gakuro thats for sure but not much. The only thing going for them is their designs which is what anyone takes from this manga. It's heavily carried from the fan art and the type of fan that reads manga for only ecchi. Thats not a bad thing but you know that the mangaka knows this because they have been introducing girl after girl and giving them all the spotlight without developing them just to boost its popularity. There have been a few guys as well but they are even less developed than Gakuro.

The only redeeming quality is the art but I dont like the frequent use of chibi art. It was funny at first but now it's like a repetitive joke turned unfunny. There are some nicely drawn shots here and there but I like how they draw a specific page in chapter 24. Other than that sometimes the art looks off and even bad but that is in every weekly manga so thats more of a nitpick than a criticism on my part.

The Mangaka desperately wants to be serialized in the magazine by whatever means necessary and I can't blame them for doing this. This is Weekly Jump where just a small fall in numbers can mean the axe so I get why they are doing all of this, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. This series should have been a harem romance comedy