Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ
Demon Detective Nougami Neuro
Rikon Choutei
Divorce Conciliation

Manga8.17757 votes23 volumes · 203 chaptersFinished

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Synopsis

The Demon Neuro has a raging hunger for "enigmas." Being dissatisfied with his current regime in hell, he's come into the mortal realm in order to satiate his ever-growing appetite. The murder case of a young girl's father seems to be sufficiently enticing for the Demon's needs... But what else might happen between these two? (Source: aerandria.net) Included one-shot: Volume 23: Rikon Choutei (Divorce Conciliation)

Published

Feb 21, 2005 to Apr 20, 2009

Authors

Matsui, Yuusei

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Adaptation

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (anime)

Main characters

Neuro Nougami1086 fan favorites
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The title character of the series, Neuro is a demon detective from hell. He looks for mysteries in the labyrinthine minds of humans for sustenance. When he dismantles the mystery and strips the culprit of all of their defenses, that releases the negative energies that caused the culprit to commit the crime, which he then consumes. He came to the human world in search of the Ultimate Mystery, as all of the mysteries in hell were bland and repetitive. Once in the human world, he forced Yako to be his assistant, and began to solve mysteries. He is a very self-centered, sadistic and arrogant character that cares little about the human aspect of the cases, most of the time only focusing about getting the mystery as quick possible. This can be a disadvantage, however, as he can't relate to or begin to understand the motives of the culprits. He will also commit blackmail and manipulation to achieve his goals. Neuro enjoys abusing and torturing Yako at every chance he gets, and thinks of her as nothing more than a slave to use at the beginning of their 'partnership'. However, recently, there have been a handful of times where he seems to care for her: saving her from injury more than once by explosions, comforting her crudely at the end of the Hal arc, and even stating during his battle with X that seeing her struggling to find her own potential was "very pleasant". A little before the HAL arc he was constantly telling her to 'evolve' and become more useful to him. From his actions then, it is possible that Neuro expects quite a bit from Yako, expressing disappointment, approval and even pride at certain times. In public Neuro makes Yako act as the detective, while he acts as her assistant, even though Neuro is actually doing all the detective work. Even though Neuro is a demon, he still needs to sleep but not as long as humans; though the more he is more exhausted, the more he shall sleep. According to Neuro "Shouki is like Oxygen to a demon" and natural hot springs are formed when excess Shouki comes to the surface, so the best place for him to sleep is near a hot spring. Neuro's true form appears to be some kind of horned bird, often revealed when he is about to feed on the released negative energy. In the manga, unlike the anime, Neuro isn't limited to eating mysteries made by crimes; he has, on at least three occasions, completely disassembled various things to find out how they worked, such as a car, a cellphone, and even a bomb. As a demon, he shows his inhuman abilities in the early chapters of the series, making him seemingly invincible against human weapons such as catching a bullet with just his eyelashes but as the story progresses, Neuro has received injuries by several criminals. Neuro implies this to X that his body is gradually becoming more like a humans, because of the lack of the Demon's world's Shouki in the human world and that his body is adjusting to the Laws of Physics in the human world. His monstrous endurance remains and ensures his survival longer than what would have killed an ordinary human. Even while his body is weakening, Neuro still was able to easily defeat X in combat.
Yako Katsuragi106 fan favorites
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Birthday: March 10 Age: 16 Height: 159 Weight: 43 (Source Manga) Yako is a 16-year-old high school girl and the very first character introduced in the manga. 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 an insatiable appetite (which people often associate her with) -with a cast iron stomach to match-, and a knack for understanding human psychology that occasionally provides Neuro with information he is unable to obtain because he is unfamiliar with how humans operate. Yako is even able to understand Neuro, to a degree, thanks to an amalgamation between the two aforementioned traits; she compares Neuro's opinion of food (puzzles) over that for oxygen (shouki) to an experience that she had (hunting for oysters under water). Neuro enjoys abusing her, though he does compliment her at times of success, albeit through a patronizing tone. Despite all that Yako goes through on a daily basis, she is relatively calm during high-stress situations, such as being kidnapped by Sai. While her time with Neuro has definitely been a factor in this, it is left to question if Yako had this trait before she became Neuro's front. It is also notable that Yako's abilities, and potential, as an actual detective is shown to be growing over the series, starting with the Aya Asia case, albeit differently between both the anime and the manga.
Shinobu Godai19 fan favorites
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Godai worked for a small finance house which was ruled by the underworld. In a complicated situation Neuro made a bet trade with all the members of the finance house, and after Neuro solved the mystery of the boss's death, Neuro got their office and chased them out. However, Neuro thinks that Godai might be useful, so "employs" him (by force) as a jack of all trades for Katsuragi's detective office. Godai is sometimes called "Neuro's second slave". Godai mostly acts like a rogue - he is quick-tempered, gets angry easily, and yells a lot; but unexpectedly he is also a methodical man, responsible and trustworthy. (from wikipedia)
Akane7 fan favorites
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Akane is a corpse in the wall of the office Neuro took over. All that sticks out is a braid of hair, which she appears to be able to use rather like a hand. Neuro got her to agree to be a secretary in exchange for hair care (provided by Yako). Akane later appears (as a braid) attached to Yako's new cell phone. (from wikipedia) No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .