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{{Nihongo|'''''Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro'''''|魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ||lit. "Demon Detective Neuro Nōgami"}} is a supernatural detective [[Japan]]ese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Yūsei Matsui]]. It was serialized in the Japanese [[shōnen manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from February 2005 to April 2009. The series ended its run with 202 chapters. The series has been adapted into two [[drama CD]]s and an [[anime]] produced by [[Madhouse (studio)|Madhouse]] that first aired on October 2, 2007. In 2011 the anime series was licensed by Viz Media and uploaded to their site. |
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==Plot== |
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{{see also|List of Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro characters}} |
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The series focuses on Neuro Nōgami, a demon who eats mysteries. Because he has already eaten every mystery in the demon world, he comes to the human world to feast on the mysteries offered by humans (who release negative energy from their planned crimes). As a demon, he does not wish to make his presence in the human world widely known. Because of this, he makes a deal with high school girl Yako Katsuragi, who has her own mystery to solve, and together they solve crimes to feed Neuro's appetite. |
The series focuses on Neuro Nōgami, a demon who eats mysteries. Because he has already eaten every mystery in the demon world, he comes to the human world to feast on the mysteries offered by humans (who release negative energy from their planned crimes). As a demon, he does not wish to make his presence in the human world widely known. Because of this, he makes a deal with high school girl Yako Katsuragi, who has her own mystery to solve, and together they solve crimes to feed Neuro's appetite. |
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==Characters== |
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===Yako's Detective Agency=== |
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====Neuro Nōgami==== |
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{{nihongo|Neuro Nōgami|脳噛 ネウロ|Nōgami Neuro}} is a horned bird demon detective from hell who feeds off mysteries/puzzles from objects or people. When he dismantles the mystery it releases energy for him to feed on. He left hell to find a mystery to satisfy his hunger.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 1|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei}}</ref> Once in the human world, he takes on a human form and forces Yako to be his assistant to hide his identity. In public, Yako is seen as the detective while Neuro is the assistant. He treats Yako as a slave, entitling her Servant #1, and abuses her excessively; though he does keep her from being harmed in dangerous situations and respects her potential in understanding humans (nevertheless remaining as brutal to her "small" cranium as he pleases). As a person, he is highly intelligent with a [[Sadomasochism|sadistic]] and [[:wikt:arrogant|arrogant]] manner who only views humans as food. Neuro mentions throughout the series his desire to consume the "Ultimate Mystery", and he will do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. As a demon, he is incredibly powerful and practically invincible to any attacks. By using demonic energy, Neuro is able to use items called 777 Tools of the Demon World and 7 Weapons of the Demon Court to assist him in solving mysteries. As Neuro remains in the human world away from Shouki, his demonic energy is constantly decreasing, and his body becomes more human. Because of this, he begins to be vulnerable to human weapons. He views Sicks an enemy for endangering his food source. His voice actor is [[Takehito Koyasu]]. |
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====Yako Katsuragi==== |
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{{nihongo|Yako Katsuragi|桂木 弥子|Katsuragi Yako}} is a 16-year-old high school girl. She meets Neuro when he appears and desecrates her father's shrine while promising to help solve the mystery of her father's death. This meeting quickly leads to a partnership: Yako becomes Neuro's cover, pretending to be an investigator while Neuro acts as her assistant. She has a strong understanding of [[Psychology|human psychology]], able to briefly understand Neuro and X's intentions and goals. Despite all she goes through, she is able to quickly adapt to a situation and remain calm. While as Neuro's assistant, she begins to develop her skills in detective work. She has a constant voracious appetite, thus earning the moniker of "piggish detective". Her voice actress is [[Kana Ueda]]. |
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====Godai Shinobu==== |
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{{nihongo|Shinobu Godai|吾代 忍|Godai Shinobu}} worked for a small finance house with criminal connections. He was forced to work for Neuro after Neuro won the bet for the office by solving their boss's death. In the manga however, he was left to be until Neuro found a use for him, in which the demon then forcibly drags the yakuza like man back to the office. He is the jack of all trades for the detective's office and is sometimes referred to as "Neuro's second slave". Godai is quick-tempered and yells a lot, but has also been shown to be methodical, responsible, and trustworthy. He has a fondness for cars and was upset after his was wrecked during the HAL arc. After the Hayasaka arc, Godai runs an information company under Neuro's supervision.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 43|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei|page=19}}</ref> His voice actor is [[Hiroyuki Yoshino]] and [[Kishō Taniyama]] for his radio drama appearances. |
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====Akane==== |
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{{nihongo|Akane|あかねちゃん|Akane-chan}} is a corpse in the wall of the office Neuro took over, who is shown only as a detachable braid of hair, which functions like a hand. Neuro offered to make Yako brush and care for her in exchange for secretarial work. Akane can be taken from the office for short periods of time and can also merge with Yako's hair to make it longer,<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 44|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei|page=16}}</ref> which not only gives Akane control over Yako's natural hair, but if left merged for too long, would make Akane and Yako switch places completely.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 45|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei|page=12}}</ref> Akane later appears attached to Yako's new cell phone; While Akane can be attached to Yako's cellphone, the additional energy required is slowly taken from the data in the cell phone. Akane has also shown she could help the phone connect in no signal areas.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 156|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei|page=07}}</ref> |
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===New Bloodline=== |
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====Sicks==== |
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Sicks is referred to as "absolute evil" by Kasai. Sicks is also the current head of the "New Bloodline," a group of people who distinguish themselves from humanity by the extent to which they have bred 'evil intent' into their bloodline over the last 7000 or so years, and whose aim is to extinguish humanity from the planet. He is able to use all the powers of the 5 fingers as well as his own metal ability. He is the first person Neuro has truly considered to be an enemy, Neuro even said that it was the first time that he'd had such an "unpleasant feeling" once he'd met Sicks in person, as humans are the creators of Neuro's "food", and thus Sicks' goal of wiping them from the earth is challenge enough for Neuro. He signs his impressions by leaving the number six as his signature. |
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====Zenjirō Kasai==== |
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{{nihongo|Zenjirō Kasai|葛西 善二郎|Kasai Zenjirō}}, a fire wielding member of the New Bloodline. Infiltrated Sai's group as a spy and was instrumental in X's capture by Sicks. He kills DR after his fight with Neuro and takes a memorial photo for Sicks. There was also a live video playing allowing Sicks to watch DR burn to death. Later on, he defeats Yuki when Yuki attempts to prevent him from killing an old lady, and was shortly after responsible for destroying an entire building as his way of defeating Neuro. |
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He is shown to have survived from such and stands with scars on his face three years later. |
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====D.R==== |
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D.R, short for DRagon and initials for his name Daniel Rousseau, is a member of the New Bloodline from a specialized line with the ability to control water. Ever since he was young, he was academically and athletically talented. He was lucky enough to receive the ability to control water which his parents lacked; his parents feared him because of that ability. With some of X's cells transplanted into him, he was capable of transforming his hand into claws. He was tortured and nearly drowned by Neuro as punishment for murdering ten thousand people. Though he was rescued from the river by Zenjirō, he is incinerated moments later because his mind broke down to fear and anger due to Neuro, which makes him "human". |
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====Genuine==== |
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Genuine is a woman that seems to act like a pet for Sicks. Her name was Jennifer Ewing, an actress for Broadway who captivated all the audience members with ease. She was called "the witch". Her ability is to be able to control air. After her fight with Neuro, he took everything away from her and made her his servant. She committed suicide at the end of chapter 171 along with her servant Allen. In the Manga, she mainly fights using a mind-control like technique involving her whip and many mindless 'servants' she uses to make herself an army. In the manga, there is a small game one can cut out involving Sicks vs. Neuro of 'who can break Genuine the fastest'. |
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====Tierra==== |
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{{nihongo|Tierra|テラ|Tera}} is of the "Five Fingers" in the New Bloodline. He is able to control earth and appears during chapters 145 - 152. He believes that his face is an icon, and that is the most important part. Because of this mindset, he seems able (but unhappy) to part with all his earthly possessions. Neuro first encounters him stripped naked because his (supposed) fans have left him with nothing at all. Calls himself a "conqueror" because he is a descendant of the Spanish conquistadors. The name "Tierra", which is Spanish for "earth", "ground", or "dirt", is just an alias. His real name is Pedro Cortézarro Torres.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 148|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei|page=20}}</ref> |
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====Vijaya==== |
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Vijaya whose real name is Chandra Aska Rsunawala is a young tanned skin boy who is one of the "Five Fingers". His power involves understanding plants.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|pages=18–19|chapter=Chapter 159|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei}}</ref> He creates chemicals and puts them in capsules under his sleeve. The chemicals are able to control forests, turn a stick into a tree, and make plants emit poisonous gas. He was defeated when his capsules were taken away and injected inside him.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 160|page=19}}</ref> In order to protect his knowledge of the New Bloodline, he then committed suicide by driving a wooden spike into his own brain.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 161|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei|page=18}}</ref> He refers to himself as a 'magician' due to the fact that his ancestors five thousand years ago, using plants as tools, were considered magicians in India. He used to be a friend of Godai. He joins Sicks after his father mistreated his mother's abilities and affinity with plants and used her as a drug test specimen and then kills his father out of rage against him once he discovers that he is planned to go the same fate. |
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===Other Characters=== |
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====Tokyo Police Department==== |
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;Eishi Sasazuka |
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{{nihongo|Eishi Sasazuka|笹塚 衛士|Sasazuka Eishi}} is one of the two police officers assigned to solve the mystery of Yako's father's death. He was also a former classmate of Usui and Tsukushi in the police department. After Neuro solves the case of Yako's father's death, Sasazuka gives them access to crime scenes, and arrests the culprits as Yako points them out. Sasazuka appears listless and uninterested but he has an agile mind acting very quickly in any emergency, and is an excellent shot. Usually he takes a kind and cooperative attitude toward Yako, but appears to be somewhat suspicious of Neuro. After X slaughtered his family a week before his police exam, Eishi let his career slip away and he disappeared into the criminal underworld. He reemerged a year later, becoming a police officer. He is protective of Yako because she reminds him of his little sister. Recently he has come to learn about Neuro's demonic background despite the display of power he witnessed, is still calm in Neuro's presence. Sasazuka is able to function normally under extreme conditions, which would normally hospitalize most other people. After learning that Sicks was responsible for killing his family, Eishi sets up a trap to slay Sicks' army of modified men, which he accomplishes easily. Upon confronting Sicks, he is killed by X, who had briefly been in disguise as Ishigaki. His voice actor is [[Kōji Yusa]]. |
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{{nihongo|Jun Ishigaki|石垣 筍|Ishigaki Jun}} is a young police officer. After the mystery of Yako's father's death, Ishigaki becomes Sasazuka's new partner. As a typical modern young man, Ishigaki is flippant, careless, and has low self-respect. He idolizes Sasazuka, but does not share his feelings that citizens like Neuro and Yako can interfere with police business. He is very interested in all kinds of toys and models and is shown regularly collecting them; however, they are almost always destroyed by Sasazuka, as he finds Ishigaki's habit of showing them off (as well as Ishigaki himself) annoying; this attitude is implied to be shared throughout the police department. His voice actor is [[Kōsuke Toriumi]]. |
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;Naohiro Usui |
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{{nihongo|Naohiro Usui|=笛吹 直大|Usui Naohiro}} is the head of the Tokyo Police department. He strongly believes in protecting the pride of police men, which is why he was so determined not to be defeated by the New Bloodline. He and Eishi went to the same police training school where they were rivals with Eishi being the better one. The day Eishi's whole family was killed, Eishi had given up on being the top and gave up on their one sided rivalry. Because of this, Usui could not prove to be the better one and thus holds a slight grudge against Eishi. Sicks thinks of him as the sort of person who is neither "common" nor at the top, but a "middle" man who could arise when the world is in chaos and change history. His voice actor is [[Hidenobu Kiuchi]]. |
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;Yūya Higuchi |
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{{nihongo|Yūya Higuchi|篚口 結也|Higuchi Yūya}} is a nineteen-year-old detective who works for the police. Although he is far-sighted, he only wears his glasses when using the computer, letting them rest on his forehead the rest of the time. He considers himself responsible for his parents' deaths, because he used his hacking skills to shut down the online video game they were addicted to, which led to them killing themselves. During the HAL arc, he was infected with the Electronic Drug to become one of HAL's guardians, although the infection was only half complete, because he was wearing polarized lenses specially made to protect himself from it. After the HAL arc, he was forced to watch shows on how to be polite drugged with the anti-virus for the Electronic Drug. Though, he still remembered how to make the Electronic Drug, and he comedically used it on a supervisor who was overbearing on him, but this was found out and he was subjected to another session with the anti-virus, though for twice as long, to forget how to make it. His voice actor is [[Nozomu Sasaki]]. |
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;Andrew Sixson |
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A British investigator dispatched by [[Interpol]]. He was an acquaintance of Usui's, from when Usui was an [[Student exchange program|exchange student]] in England. Sixson is capable of memorizing vast amounts of information extremely quickly, picking out a single bit of information by listening to multiple radio stations at once, or reading through a stack of papers in an instant. He is a distant relative of the New Bloodline. He was kidnapped, tortured to the point where only his head and his organs remained held up by a metal structure. He was killed by Sick's underlings and had the skin off his face peeled off so that Sicks could pose as a member of the police. |
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;Todoroki Shizuka |
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{{nihongo|Todoroki Shizuka|等々力 志津香|Todoroki Shizuka}} is a female detective who is a new addition to Sasazuka's team, though she appeared slightly before her major debut in another case. She is a serious woman who is the opposite of Ishigaki and looks down on him; she also sees him as a rival for Sasazuka's approval, whom she has very high opinion of respect for. She was originally believed to be a replacement for Ishigaki, and constantly out did him in various police acts, a fact that more than worried him. However, during her first case in Sasazuka's team, when she questioned and insulted the criminal's motives for murder, she was promptly attacked and had to be saved by Sasazuka; it was then that Sasazuka noted to her that her seriousness was, in a way, a hindrance to her abilities as a detective. |
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====Villains==== |
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;Aya Asia |
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{{nihongo|Aya Asia|アヤ・エイジア|Aya Eishia}} is a world-class idol who comes to Neuro's office to hire the detective team to figure out who murdered her managers/friends. She is their first customer when they opened their office. Her plan appears to be foiled when both Neuro and Yako incriminate her on television, though it can be interpreted that she is trying to clear her conscience by hiring them in the first place. Aya's voice not only affects humans, but it also influences plants and insects as seen in her prison conversation room. Her real name is Aya Aizawa. She is Yako's confidant when in need of advice and counselling, as they seem to get along very well, even after her arrest, as Aya believes that Yako has somewhat liberated her a bit from her guilt. She also has a rather strange relationship with the prison warden that constantly monitors her, having changed her for the weirder after singing to her. Her voice actress is [[Minami Takayama]]. |
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{{nihongo|Sai|サイ|Sai}}, known as {{nihongo|Phantom Thief X|怪盗X|Kaitou Sai}} is his name formed from the words 'Kaibutsu Goutou X.I.' or 怪物強盗 'X.I.'(The X standing for his Anonymity, and the I for 'Invisible'). This is abbreviated into the name 'Kaitou Sai', and thus X is pronounced Sai throughout both the Anime and Manga. Sai is a mysterious human with extreme strength, speed and the ability to alter his own cellular structure; because of this, he is able to change his whole body into any human form available, and also grants him indestructibility. He is seen to survive multiple injuries which would easily kill a normal Human letting him survive from a fall of any height, stab wounds, or crushing. Sai is able to become an electronic being, which allowed him to absorb an electronic being called HAL which grants him HAL's Eye which allows him to control humans temporarily. He believes himself without an identity and, in a desperate attempt to find one for himself, starts taking people apart and studying their insides to find out what gives someone an identity;{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} He kills people and puts them in a transparent box dubbed the red box. He is intrigued by Neuro because he is a demon who he believes will answer his problem. With that reason, he chases and tries to kill Neuro to see his insides. '''In the''' '''anime''', Sai was born from a woman named Seiren who was suspected of being a witch. As a baby, he witnessed his mother's death, becoming crushed between stone slabs into a box. This resulted in his personality, in the end it is mentioned by Yako that he is her half brother. '''In the''' '''manga''', it is revealed that Sai is an altered clone of Sicks and was actually born as a girl. His mother was killed after she gave birth to him, and when he was released into the world, he was tracked by the New Bloodline. However, after meeting Ai, who organizes his life and helps him keep the Phantom Thief X character, the New Bloodline loses track of him completely and Sai's free to roam the world as the famous Phantom Thief. In the end, Sicks manages to track down Sai and capture him again. Sicks then erases his memories of being the Phantom Thief and clones his cells and implants them into the bodies of various members of the New Bloodline. Sai is later revealed to have been cloned into his "original" form by Sicks, that of a teenage girl and has gained the ability to read memories. Sicks later renames him XI (eleven). Later, Sai regains his memories and finds his true form as the self he used to be as the Phantom Thief, thanks to Yako. He then portray some gentleness by transforming into the dead Sasazuka and give Yako an opportunity to grieve for him. In the end, Sai dies and is buried by Godai and Yako. His voice actor is [[Romi Park]]. |
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;Imina |
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{{nihongo|I|アイ|Ai}} / {{nihongo|Imina|イミナ|Imina}} |
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Formerly a government-sponsored terrorist {{nihongo|Imina|イミナ|Imina}} is now Sai's assistant. Depending on the day, she refers Sai as Master, child, friend, lover, brother, sister or others. She is the one who enforces Sais's Phantom Thief X image and status by prompting him to take something from each place he murders in. Consequently, her house is being filled by random goods. She meets Yako at one point and helps her with a debt to Neuro by giving her an extremely rare and famous handkerchief. She is killed by Sicks by a bullet wound to her head.<ref>{{cite book|title=Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro|chapter=Chapter 120|last=Matsui|first=Yūsei}}</ref> |
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{{nihongo|Hayasaka Brothers|早坂|Hayasaka}} |
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'''{{nihongo|Hisanori Hayasaka|早坂 久宜|Hayasaka Hisanori}}''' is the older brother. He smuggled in weapons and drugs that he was supposed to be bringing in for the company he worked for, but was actually planning to kill his superior, Mochizuki, in order to take over. Neuro managed to stop him from doing so. Later, he and his brother started "Smiling Face Ltd.", a company front for smuggling drugs and weapons as well as black-market trading of organs and other illegal things. Hisanori is always seen smiling to protect himself. |
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'''{{nihongo|Yukinori Hayasaka|早坂 幸宜|Hayasaka Yukinori}}''' is the younger brother, nicknamed "Yuki". He is originally seen wearing a heavy winter coat at all times, which he uses to hide weapons. He has a great deal of loyalty towards his older brother. In his past, he and his brother lived in a very cold and poor town where everyone looked out for themselves. Their parents left them long ago so they were left to fend for themselves on the street. During that time Yukinori was buried under due to an avalanche and his brother saved his life. Hayasaka joined a criminal company and invites Yukinori to be his subordinate. He is seemingly killed by Kasai when confronting him, but he reappears with bandages around his chest beside his brother in chapter 185. |
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;Eisuke Harukawa |
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{{nihongo|Eisuke Harukawa|春川 英輔|Harukawa Eisuke}} is a neurologist and computer scientist at Sakuba University. He is the creator of HAL and the Electronic (Denshi) Drug. After finding out that the Electronic Drug had been used by HAL on hundreds of people rather than his two selected test subjects, he was killed by HAL's three supercomputer guardians; his former students Tatsuo, Shiho, and Hiroto. The reason behind creating HAL was so that he could recreate a patient of his, who was slowly losing her self from a mysterious brain disease. His voice actor is [[Masane Tsukayama]]. |
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{{nihongo|Electronic HAL|電人「HAL」|Denjin "HAL"}} is an artificial intelligence created by Eisuke Harukawa from a copy of his brainwaves. Created to help Harukawa with his project to recreate the brain of a person from zero. However, seeing Harukawa's methods and intelligence as far inferior, he took it upon himself to go to much greater lengths to continue the project. While almost invincible in the digital world, the Electronic (Denshi) Drug was used by HAL to brainwash people into protecting the supercomputers that maintained his system. His mystery was the equivalent to a banquet to Neuro and upon eating it, Neuro was filled with energy, more than enough to recover from past wounds. A backup program accidentally created immediately before HAL's destruction scraped together his data to create "HAL II." Unable to correctly remember what HAL's original goal was, HAL II mistakenly believed it to be to kill everyone in the real world. However, before he could take a single step towards this goal, X appeared before the computer containing him. Partially transforming himself into a computer, Sai absorbed all of HAL II's power before deleting him, granting him an incomplete and weaker version of the Electronic Virus. Because he is a digital copy of Eisuke, he shares the same voice actor as Eisuke. |
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{{Main|List of Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro chapters}} |
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The ''Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro'' manga series was written and illustrat ed by Yūsei Matsui and originally serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2005 to April 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]] | publisher=Shueisha | title=手| trans_title=Hand | series=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro | chapter=1| author=Matsui, Yūsei | year=2005 | month=February | issue=12 | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-20/majin-tantei-nogami-neuro-manga-ends-in-japan-on-monday|title=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro Manga Ends in Japan on Monday|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=2009-04-27}}</ref> The manga consists of 202 chapters spanning 23 ''[[tankōbon]]'' (collected volumes) with the first one being released on July 4, 2005 and the last one released on August 4, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873834-9&mode=1|title=魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 1|trans_title=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro 1|publisher=Shueisha|language=Japanese|accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874730-9&mode=1|title=魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 23|trans_title=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro 37|publisher=Shueisha|language=Japanese|accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref> The series started to be re-released by Shueisha in January 18, 2013 with two ''tankōbon'' released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-619406-8|title=魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 1|trans_title=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro 1|publisher=Shueisha|language=Japanese|accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-619407-5|title=魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 2|trans_title=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro 2|publisher=Shueisha|language=Japanese|accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref> |
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===Anime=== |
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The production of an anime series was announced on issue #33 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' released on July 14, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-10/shonen-jump's-neuro-to-be-animated-on-japanese-tv|title=Shonen Jump's Neuro to be Animated on Japanese TV|date=July 20, 2007|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=February 25, 2013}}</ref> The ''Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro'' anime adaptation was directed by [[Hiroshi Kōjina]] and produced by [[Madhouse (studio)|Madhouse]].<ref name="staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/neuro/cast/index.html|title=Cast • Staff|published=[[Nippon Television|NTV]]|accessdate=February 25, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> The series, consisting of 25 television episodes, aired from October 2, 2007 to March 25, 2008 on [[Nippon Television]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/neuro/story/01/index.html|title=Story: 01|published=[[Nippon Television|NTV]]|accessdate=February 25, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/neuro/story/index.html|title=Story: 25|published=[[Nippon Television|NTV]]|accessdate=February 25, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> The series was acquired by [[Viz Media]] that renamed it as ''Neuro - Supernatural Detective'' and streamed from February 18, 2011 to July 2011 on its site VizAnime and [[Hulu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-02-18/viz-media-debuts-neuro/supernatural-detective-on-vizanime-and-hulu|title=Viz Media Debuts Neuro: Supernatural Detective on VizAnime and Hulu|date=February 18, 2011|publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-09/north-american-stream-list/july-4-8|title=North American Stream List: July 4–8|date=July 9, 2011|publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref> |
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The music is composed by [[Tomoki Hasegawa]].<ref name="staff"/> An official soundtrack was released in December 21, 2007 by [[VAP (company)|VAP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000XPPZHA|title=魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ オリジナル・サウンドトラック|trans_title=Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro Original Soundtrack|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=February 25, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> |
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An official soundtrack was released December 21, 2007. The music is composed by [[Tomoki Hasegawa]] |
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===Video games=== |
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A [[Nintendo DS]] game title {{nihongo foot|''Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Neuro to Yako no Bishoku Sanmai Suiritsuki Gourmet and Mistery''|魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ ネウロと弥子の美食三昧 推理つき グルメ＆ミステリー|Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Neuro to Yako no Bishoku Sanmai Suiritsuki Gurume to Misuterī|group=lower-alpha}} was produced by [[Akira Ueda|Audio]] and released by [[Marvelous Entertainment]] in June 12, 2008. {{nihongo foot|''Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro: Battle Da Yo! Hannin Shūgō!''|魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ バトルだヨ！ 犯人集合！|Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro Batoru Da Yo! Hannin Shūgō!|group=lower-alpha}}, a [[PlayStation 2]] game was also released in August 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/neuro/goods/index.html|title=Goods|publisher=[[Nippon Television|NTV]]|accessdate=February 25, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> |
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A [[Nintendo DS]] game title ''Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Neuro to Yako no Bishoku Sanmai'' was released by Audio, Inc. in 2008. Neuro Nougami appeared in the Nintendo DS game [[Jump Ultimate Stars]] as a battle character, using Yako for some of his attacks. Akane, X and Sasazuka also appeared, albeit as help characters. |
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Neuro Nougami appeared in the Nintendo DS game ''[[Jump Ultimate Stars]]'' as a battle character, using Yako for some of his attacks. Akane, X and Sasazuka also appeared, albeit as help characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_10.html|title=JUMP ULTIMATE STARS - 魁!!男塾|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=February 23, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro'' manga has sold 3.5 million units in Japan as of December 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comipress.com/article/2008/12/31/3733|title=Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data|publisher=Comipress.com|date=December 31, 2008|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref> and 4.4 million until April 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/news/20090420mog00m200027000c.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090422033333/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/news/20090420mog00m200027000c.html|archivedate=April 22, 2009|title=魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ：ついに完結 ヒロイン弥子が名探偵に|publisher=''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]''|accessdate=February 23, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-13/japanese-comic-ranking-february-5-february-11|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, February 5–11|date=February 13, 2008|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-12/japanese-comic-ranking-august-3-9|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, August 3-9|date=December 8, 2009|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-16/japanese-comic-ranking-july-1-7|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, July 1–7|date=July 16, 2008|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref> |
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[[Anime News Network]]'s Carlo Santos described it as "''[[Case Closed]]'' with spirit powers" and praseid the Madhouse animation. He also noted that the series walk "the line between serious sleuth drama and supernatural spell-fest" and can also occasionaly make jokes, but he said the better of the series is it graphic violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2007-10-21|title=The Fall 2007 Anime Season Guide|date=October 21, 2007|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref> Writing for Mania.com, Chris Beveridge note the anime operates principally around two characters: Neuro and Yako; he commented that "it's more interesting to watch how Neuro and Yako operate, to understand methods and personalities, more than the actual event. And that weakens the episode because it never feels like we're really drawn into the mystery itself." Beveridge said it "has some good production values", but criticized Neuro's appearance "which is bordering on comical" as it difficult the series "to go a darker route".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/neuro-episode-01_article_129220.html|title=Neuro Episode #01|author=Beveridge, Chris|date=March 28, 2011|publisher=Mania|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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A [[PlayStation 2]] game was also released titled ''Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro: Battle De Yo''. |
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Revision as of 04:26, 26 February 2013
| Neuro: Supernatural Detective | |
| File:Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro Volume 1.jpg Japanese cover of Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro volume 1 | |
| 魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ (Demon Detective Nōgami Neuro) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Occult detective, Horror |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūsei Matsui |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | February 2005 – April 20, 2009 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Kōjina |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | October 2, 2007 – March 25, 2008 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Light novel | |
| Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Sekai no Hate Niha Chou ga Mau | |
| Written by | Yūsei Matsui |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Published | July 20, 2007 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Video game | |
| Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Neuro to Miko no Bishoku Sanmai | |
| Developer | Audio |
| Publisher | Marvelous Entertainment |
| Released | June 12, 2008 |
| Video game | |
| Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Battle de Yo! | |
| Developer | Compile Heart |
| Publisher | Compile Heart |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Released | August 28, 2008 |
Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro (魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ, lit. "Demon Detective Neuro Nōgami") is a supernatural detective Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūsei Matsui. It was serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2005 to April 2009. The series ended its run with 202 chapters. The series has been adapted into two drama CDs and an anime produced by Madhouse that first aired on October 2, 2007. In 2011 the anime series was licensed by Viz Media and uploaded to their site.
Plot
The series focuses on Neuro Nōgami, a demon who eats mysteries. Because he has already eaten every mystery in the demon world, he comes to the human world to feast on the mysteries offered by humans (who release negative energy from their planned crimes). As a demon, he does not wish to make his presence in the human world widely known. Because of this, he makes a deal with high school girl Yako Katsuragi, who has her own mystery to solve, and together they solve crimes to feed Neuro's appetite.
Media
Manga
The Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro manga series was written and illustrat ed by Yūsei Matsui and originally serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2005 to April 20, 2009.[1][2] The manga consists of 202 chapters spanning 23 tankōbon (collected volumes) with the first one being released on July 4, 2005 and the last one released on August 4, 2009.[3][4] The series started to be re-released by Shueisha in January 18, 2013 with two tankōbon released.[5][6]
Anime
The production of an anime series was announced on issue #33 of Weekly Shōnen Jump released on July 14, 2007.[7] The Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro anime adaptation was directed by Hiroshi Kōjina and produced by Madhouse.[8] The series, consisting of 25 television episodes, aired from October 2, 2007 to March 25, 2008 on Nippon Television in Japan.[9][10] The series was acquired by Viz Media that renamed it as Neuro - Supernatural Detective and streamed from February 18, 2011 to July 2011 on its site VizAnime and Hulu.[11][12]
CDs
The music is composed by Tomoki Hasegawa.[8] An official soundtrack was released in December 21, 2007 by VAP.[13]
Video games
A Nintendo DS game title Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro: Neuro to Yako no Bishoku Sanmai Suiritsuki Gourmet and Mistery[a] was produced by Audio and released by Marvelous Entertainment in June 12, 2008. Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro: Battle Da Yo! Hannin Shūgō![b], a PlayStation 2 game was also released in August 28, 2008.[14]
Neuro Nougami appeared in the Nintendo DS game Jump Ultimate Stars as a battle character, using Yako for some of his attacks. Akane, X and Sasazuka also appeared, albeit as help characters.[15]
Reception
The Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro manga has sold 3.5 million units in Japan as of December 2008,[16] and 4.4 million until April 2009;[17] individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga there.[18][19][20]
Anime News Network's Carlo Santos described it as "Case Closed with spirit powers" and praseid the Madhouse animation. He also noted that the series walk "the line between serious sleuth drama and supernatural spell-fest" and can also occasionaly make jokes, but he said the better of the series is it graphic violence.[21] Writing for Mania.com, Chris Beveridge note the anime operates principally around two characters: Neuro and Yako; he commented that "it's more interesting to watch how Neuro and Yako operate, to understand methods and personalities, more than the actual event. And that weakens the episode because it never feels like we're really drawn into the mystery itself." Beveridge said it "has some good production values", but criticized Neuro's appearance "which is bordering on comical" as it difficult the series "to go a darker route".[22]
Notes
References
- ^ Matsui, Yūsei (2005). "手". Weekly Shōnen Jump. Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro (in Japanese) (12). Shueisha.
{{cite journal}}:|chapter=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro Manga Ends in Japan on Monday". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ "魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 23" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 2" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Shonen Jump's Neuro to be Animated on Japanese TV". Anime News Network. July 20, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ a b "Cast • Staff" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|published=ignored (help) - ^ "Story: 01" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|published=ignored (help) - ^ "Story: 25" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|published=ignored (help) - ^ "Viz Media Debuts Neuro: Supernatural Detective on VizAnime and Hulu". Anime News Network. February 18, 2011.
- ^ "North American Stream List: July 4–8". Anime News Network. July 9, 2011.
- ^ "魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ オリジナル・サウンドトラック" (in Japanese). Amazon. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Goods" (in Japanese). NTV. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ "JUMP ULTIMATE STARS - 魁!!男塾" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data". Comipress.com. December 31, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ：ついに完結 ヒロイン弥子が名探偵に" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 5–11". Anime News Network. February 13, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 3-9". Anime News Network. December 8, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, July 1–7". Anime News Network. July 16, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "The Fall 2007 Anime Season Guide". Anime News Network. October 21, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Beveridge, Chris (March 28, 2011). "Neuro Episode #01". Mania. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
External links
- JUMP Neuro website
- Anime official site
- Neuro: Supernatural Detective (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro Wiki