Nue's Exorcist

Nue's Exorcist (鵺の陰陽師) 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 July 2024, five 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.

Publication
Written and illustrated by Kōta Kawae, the series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on May 15, 2023. As of July 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into five tankōbon volumes.

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
 * 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"
 * 53. "Resolution"
 * 54. "Gakuro and Senpai's Battle"
 * 55. "Gakuro Back Then"
 * 56. "Take a Gamble"
 * 57. "The Outcome"
 * 58. "Hollow Weapon Release"

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

Reception
The series was ranked eleventh in the Nationwide Bookstores Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list. The manga has been nominated for the 2024 Next Manga Award in the print category.

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.

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".