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Nurarihyon no Mago  
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Description
Rikuo Nura is descended from Nurarihyon, Grand Master of the spirit world, but appears to be just a normal kid. He usually just wants to live peacefully as a human, but when his friends and allies are in trouble, his spirit blood boils, and he transforms into Nurarihyon to wipe out evil! A new concept story combining spirits and chivalry! A piquant, gallant ghost action story!

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
Внук Нурарихёна
ぬらりひょんの孫
妖怪少爺
滑头鬼之孙
นูระหลานจอมภูติ
누라리횬의손자
Cucu Nurarihyon
Grandchild of Nurari Hyon
Grandchild of Nurarihyon
Grandson of Nurarihyon
Hậu duệ của Nurarihyon
Nura - Le Seigneur des Yokaïs
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
NuraMago
Nurarihyon's Grandchild

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Latest Release(s)
c.207 by Utopia Scanlations (334d ago)
c.206 by Utopia Scanlations (341d ago)
c.205 by Utopia Scanlations (348d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
25 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 16, Chap 134

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Forum
12 topics, 108 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (990 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.45 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 14th 2013, 6:46pm PST

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Action  Adventure  Comedy  Fantasy  School Life  Shounen  Supernatural 
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Author(s)
SHIIBASHI Hiroshi

Artist(s)
SHIIBASHI Hiroshi

Year
2008

Original Publisher
Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)
Jump Next! (Shueisha)
Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
JManga (Defunct)
Viz (13 volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #520 decreased(-41)
Monthly Pos #445 decreased(-105)
3 Month Pos #286 decreased(-32)
6 Month Pos #249 decreased(-29)

List Stats
On 4302 reading lists
On 1133 wish lists
On 545 completed lists
On 140 unfinished lists
On 395 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Pairing? 46 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes ago
Ending? 90 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
Grandchild of Nurari Hyon TV Anime Gets 2nd Season 418 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes ago
Does his identity ever leak? 663 days, 9 hours, 10 minutes ago
abou age progression 724 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes ago

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 Great Manga for the first 100chapters   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by CorneliusA
May 13th, 2013, 6:42pm
The last 50 chapters is crap leading to an ending in what I'll call the katekyo hitman reborn syndrome. In which you were left wondering what was the point of all this. A lot of questions and plot devices are left unanswered and unsolved. Other symptoms of this syndrome include but are not limited to;
-Somehow making alliances with enemies that hate you with no apparent effort.
-People who should be dead coming back to life.
-Characters who lost power gaining it back through plot hacks
- Random power ups to beat an impossibly strong enemy through the power of friendship aka "friendship punch"
Enjoyable up to the end though
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 What yokai element   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by blackmokona
February 16th, 2013, 11:26pm
My friends keep bringing up the yokai element, but to me it's just monster of the week? It takes more than lip service and art style to incorporate a theme.

It's also funny how I like the female characters in Nurarihyon, but I don't like how it treats them, because Tsurara is serious badass but she's characterized by her crush on Nura, and the Hagoromo Gitsune is similarly devoted to her son?

Well beside that the story's got nothing interesting going on, like I guess some characters are interesting but their interactions are so utterly flat. I keep buying this manga because seriously look at the pretty. Like, I don't even read the word balloons anymore, I just give in the look at the pretty.
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 A memorable series despite its faults   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by Kishu
July 13th, 2012, 11:34pm
I find it to be an enjoyable series with superb artwork. Each character has their own unique personality, and the sheer amount of yokai that you can learn about in this manga is amazing. They are portrayed in such a way that they are recognizible to those who are into mythology.
Overall: 9
Art: 10-Artwork is different from many of the other manga i've read. It's unique and yokai are recognizable due to their physical characterristics. Panels that include fighting sequences can be a bit messy, but otherwise, the artwork is amazing.
Characters: 7- Characters all have their own unique personalities. I found the character development lacking in quite a few places, but otherwise decent. One thing that I find annoying is the sheer amount of characters that appear/reappear in the series. Characters that disappear for a while are barely (if even) remembered later on down the storyline.
Plot: 7- Plot is quite repetitive. The plot is also a cliche shounen (Hero fights big bad guy--> Hero loses--> Hero has hissy fit next chapter--> Close friend/ whoever snaps Hero out of emo moment--> Hero somehow becomes unbelievibly stong in a short amount of time--> Hero goes back to defeat enemy--> Next enemy comes in), but despite it being cliche, it is also an excellent series that I will continue to read until the end.
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 not bad...   
Rating: N/A
by ruidechen123
February 3rd, 2012, 1:36pm
this is not bad, with potential, unlike the bigger manga, which are now forcing out plot, but the art, i wouldn't say is the best (but defenitely not the worst either) and overall, this is your typical cliche shouen manga, with some relationship between characters, which i admit, is probably one of the strong point for nurarihyon, since none of the other big action manga focuses on romance and bonds, between characters smile
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 Great style, decent characterization, Reborn-esque appeals.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by myopius
December 1st, 2011, 11:57am
At the start of the manga, Rikuo's hesitation as a character about what path he wishes to walk mirrored the author's own indecision about how he wanted the story to feel (e.g. balance betwen serious and comic) and what direction he wanted to take various members of the large cast of characters in. There seemed to be a wide variety of bishounen, with few female characters and lots of male comradery, so this manga deserves comparison to Hitman Reborn. I kept reading because there were many good points from the beginning: 1) the characters are all really likable, especially fan favorite Tsurara, with some good "secret identity" character intrigue, 2) the art is beautiful and has only gotten better, and 3) the author really does his research on youkai while putting interesting spins on old ideas. I guess you could say the plot was the weak point, because it progressed only very gradually in an interesting direction.

The manga got better. At some point into the Kyoto arc (the 2nd/3rd major arc, a really long one that composes the entire 2nd season of the anime) NuraMago settled with a mix of a heavy amount of dramatic action, a lot of plot intrigue, and some enjoyable side comedy that doesn't trivialize the plot. Rikuo takes up the mantle of protecting his friends and his family, fighting beside his honorable youkai comrades against aggressive and evil youkai with unpredictable powers. In other words, NuraMago is now a story about Rikuo's battles and those who play important roles in them such as fighting or being in need of protection.

As a change of pace from other WSJ fighter manga, the plot and the action are constantly in motion, with little focus on pride or on 1-on-1 matches. Major points for having the Yuki-Onna youkai Tsurara, be a girl who's constantly fighting, and yet we don't ever hear that "I can't fight girls" line. The main antagonist of the Kyoto arc is also a girl, and she makes quite an impressive villain.

NuraMago is lacking a few things. First is that the characterization is sometimes a bit direct, as the plot intrigue spins things out faster than characters can react interestingly. Second is that while the way that youkai powers work in battle is really clever, it's hard to follow and very hard to measure power levels (compare it to Negima with its billion spell names). Reborn does a way better job with power levels. Third is that the author has, for now, chosen to develop the relationships between characters gradually or indirectly; it's a million times better than little or no development like in Bleach or One Piece, but I still really wish he'd look to Yuyu Hakusho for inspiration there.

As of chapter 180 we're in the middle of the arc after the Kyoto arc, and it feels quite fresh and exciting. The author definitely has a talent for designing great villains.
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 Best Series EVER!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by kittikiti
June 12th, 2011, 7:56am
i like most manga i read but this is one of the best so far y:awesome art, action where needed, humor, great character reactions, good character personalities, youkai are scary-ish looking, outfits are really cool and traditional, the 1/4 of youkai really adds drama to Rikou's life and my fav part is his really big personality change from day form to night form
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 Beautiful and Interesting   
Rating: 9.5 / 10.0
by whistlebird
May 21st, 2011, 7:42pm
One of the things I love most about this manga is the art style. It's got a very traditional Japanese and calligraphic feel to it while not appearing outdated at all. It's like a perfect mix of that neat, bold flow and typical school shounen style. I kind of feel like the story and characters are the same way- all kinds of traditional type youkai (plenty to keep you eye and brain busy without being confusing) and the somewhat strange but otherwise normal kids from middle school. There's mystery, there's action, suspense, hilarity and a little bit of romance, all the things I like in a manga. And though, ya, the battles can get a little long-winded sometimes (it's a shounen thing apparently, can't escape it) they have enough surprises and cool twists to keep me interested.
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 Fairly Average   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by Molenir
February 1st, 2011, 9:20pm
This manga starts out pretty good and stays that way all the way up til about chapter 50. Quite an accomplishment for any manga. At that point in time though the mangaka succumbed to storytelling fever, and wrote this immense open ended arc, that only finished up after more then 80 chapters had gone by. 80 chapters for what amounts to a single fight. I've seen other cases of this in various other shonen mangas. And in every case after reading it you think, wow, they could have cut 30 or more chapters out of this, slimmed things down, and frankly, made the thing much better. Unfortunately though the author chose to go the typical shonen route. Quite a disappointment for what is otherwise a fun story.

I have no idea where this story is going, or where its going to end up, but for myself, I think I'll just wait til it gets there, and skip to the last few chapters. I suspect I'll enjoy the story much more that way.
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 Alright. But can be better.   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by spikoy
August 8th, 2010, 2:15am
While it does have an interesting premise and a somewhat developed world, NnM's weakness is its characters and their relationships. Although it does attempt to put a spin on the shounen cliche, its efforts aren't enough to make it memorable or unique. While NnM as a whole has the potential to become one of the best, the large cast of characters and their slow development drags this story down.

While somewhat interesting, it lacks finesse and that certain essence which makes me truly like a manga. I like the concept and the idea but the execution leaves much to be desired. The point of a story is to make me like the characters and for me to want to invest my time and energy into learning more, however NnM is only able to bring me halfway there. It has so much potential but falls short.
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 response to intemango   
Rating: N/A
by alidan
August 1st, 2010, 3:06am
so far, im at chapter 100ish, there are no power levels yet. i mean they will go on to say this persons significantly stronger than a human, or this thing ate so many whatever, but there are no power levels yet.

and when i say power levels i'm thinking dbz scouter, or yu yu hakusho's early *-s early in the mangas letter grade system, im not thinking bleach power tiers if that makes sense.

power levels are when they assign a number to you, not when you learn a bit and get stronger from it. and up to where i am, the manga still hasn't pull power out of nowhere out of its ass yet either, which in my opinion make it at least a step above most shonen.
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