Nue no Onmyouji
Nue's Exorcist

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Nue no Onmyouji starts with a setting very similar to Tasogare Otome x Amnesia from Maybe. Nue no Onmyouji or Nue's Exorcist becomes more complex and interesting as the chapters go. To be honest the first is great in terms of typical shonen , where there is room to a great story and some goofy moments make the chapter of a new hero being born. But what sells the story isn't the first three chapters, but as time goes by each arc and chapter just becomes better then the previous one. Making the initial chapters the perfect way to star this story. In other way ... Nue's Exorcist isn't Bleach, the story and characters aren't similar making the only common point here being the theme, but still is a great read for fans of shonen and supernatural stories like Bleach, Demon Slayer, Tasogare Otome x Amnesia. And in the end its refreshing to see so many powerful females with significant roles in it.

Story - 6 (Fine) - Story won't be terribly engaging. Some world-building elements are kinda of cool though.
Art - 6 (Fine) - The artwork is serviceable and there are a couple of characters that I find particularly badass looking.
Characters - 6 (Fine) - Nue and the first female lead are both interesting characters. Outside of that, you might find the rest boring.
Enjoyment - 7 (Good) - I enjoyed it. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, but it was a fun comfort read.
Overall - 6.25
Review - This manga is a good comfort / casual read. It's not a good shonen manga and ... the fights won't be terribly engaging, but the school life and slice-of-life aspects are done reasonably well. Nue (the main girl character on the cover) is written incredibly well. She comes off as an empathetic individual which oozes charisma and leadership. I also found some (not all) of the world-building aspects to be interesting. Overall, give it a shot if you are at all interested.

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