Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro – Demonic Detective Nougami Neuro – _Images

General Information:

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (Japanese: 魔人探偵 脳噛ネウロ lit. Demon Detective Neuro Nougami) is a Japanese occult detective, horror and supernatural manga series by Yuusei Matsui.
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro was first published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on February 2005.
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro ended with its chapters collected in 23 tankobon volumes on April 2009.


Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro was also remade into an anime television series by Madhouse Studios together with Director Hiroshi Koujina, more known as the man who brought to us [Kiba], [Grenadier] and [Hunter x Hunter].
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro is later licensed by Viz Media for a North American release.
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro premiered on Nippon TV on October 2007 and quickly ended on March 2008 with 25 horrifyingly-good suspenseful episodes.

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Plot:

The story revolves around Neuro Nougami, a demon from hell who feeds on mysteries and the ever-riddling puzzles that come with it.
He resurfaces into the human world to feast on the mysteries within the human mind who releases negative energy from their rather well-planned crimes.
He prefers to keep his identity hidden for being a demon and all. Hence, he employs the help of one Yako Katsuragi, the 16-year old high school girl who coincidentally has her own mystery to solve: the mystery of her father’s murder.


Since her father died in a locked room incident, police has ruled it as a suicide. Yako is determined to solve his father’s case and overturn their decision from a suicide to a murder.
Yako and Neuro later establish a detective agency with former criminal Shinobu Godai and the unlikely sentient braid of hair called Akane.
Together, they solve crimes normal people couldn’t handle to feed Neuro’s appetite whilst he himself is searching for the ultimate mystery of all time.


Characters:

Neuro Nougami is the titular character of the series and the main protagonist. Neuro is the arrogant, sadistic and self-centered demon detective from hell. He came to the human world in search of the so-called “Ultimate Mystery” which is so complex, and unnervingly unfathomable that it would be most pleasing to his rather unique palate.


Yako Katsuragi is the 16-year old high school girl who later becomes the face of Neuro’s detective agency. Obsessing over her father’s mysterious and untimely death, Neuro promises to help her solve her father’s case that was originally ruled as a suicide after he unknowingly died in a locked room. Yako helps Neuro solve several cases by giving him insight on how humans “operate”.


Update:

An NDS game was produced by Audio and later released by Marvelous Entertainment on June 2008 which is loosely based on the original television series.
Also released that year was a PlayStation 2 games also based on Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro.
Neuro Nougami appears as a playable character in the NDS game Jump Ultimate Stars and a support character in the J-Stars Victory VS.


Occult, suspense and mystery are three things that [Un-Go], [Ayatsuri Sakon], [Death Note], [Kuroshitsuji], [Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok], [Cuticle Detective Inaba] and [Ghost Hunt] share in common with Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro. I would also recommend you check out [Detective Conan], [Detective Academy Q] and [Gosick] all of which are good detective shows.


source: Zerochan; written by carllustre87

Last entry on Aug 02, 2024