Yūsei Matsui Books in Order

A bomber calling themselves Hysteria launches seemingly random attacks and taunts the police with cryptic messages. While Inspector Usui clashes with Neuro and Yako, the demon detective searches the clues for the next threatened target.

Yako Katsuragi's father is murdered inside a locked room, leaving the police baffled and his daughter grieving. Then Neuro Nogami appears, a strange investigator searching for mysteries that can satisfy his extraordinary appetite.

While Neuro and Yako are away, Godai guards their detective agency against intruders. A visitor named Yuki overwhelms him and announces a request from boss Mochizuki, bringing another unexpected client into the investigators' lives.

A murderous hairdresser threatens Neuro with sharpened scissors as the investigator pieces together clues gathered by Yako and Akane. Meanwhile, the elusive criminal X begins seeking Neuro, preparing a confrontation beyond the immediate case.

X summons Neuro and Yako to artist Eshi's mansion, where a giant sculpture becomes the centerpiece of a murder mystery. With their enemy disguised among the residents, Yako examines the emotions expressed in the artwork.

Information gathered by Godai leads Neuro and Yako into a string of arson cases. They confront suspected perpetrators at an internet cafe, seeking the hidden intentions behind crimes that point toward a larger mystery.

The electronic entity HAL uses a digital drug to unleash people's criminal impulses. Sensing an exceptional mystery within its programming, Neuro pursues HAL into cyberspace, where defensive programs turn the investigation into a dangerous struggle.

Neuro faces an ambush by enhanced soldiers while his car is trapped in a ravine. Meanwhile, HAL seizes a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, using its formidable defenses as the detective closes in on the digital enemy.

With HAL's password finally within reach, Yako confronts the motives behind the electronic criminal's actions and a difficult decision. Later, Neuro's furniture shopping leads to another mystery involving successive deaths among a desk's owners.

Neuro and Yako enter a mountain region filled with poisonous gas, seeking the miasma the demon enjoys. A fresh mystery draws them back toward the village, where an emissary of X has prepared a trap.

A card left at the detective agency draws Neuro toward X's hidden base. Determined to confront the elusive criminal, the demon investigator follows the clues into a dangerous trap that brings their rivalry to a head.

As an ominous threat gathers, Yako's acquaintances share stories from their lives. Meanwhile, changes within the police department threaten Sasazuka and Ishigaki's partnership, raising uncertainty about the team Neuro and Yako have come to know.

A burning numeral at a celebrity's building announces a challenge from a new enemy. DR claims a connection to dragons and rain, confronting Neuro with a threat associated with the sinister organization called the New Bloodline.

Yako's encounter with a chocolate cake becomes entangled in Neuro's mischief. Their lighter troubles give way to another burning numeral and a fresh attack from the New Bloodline, whose second assassin prepares a devastating crime.

Exhausted after battling Terra, Neuro asks Sasazuka to investigate the enemy's human identity. Meanwhile, Godai reunites with Chibo, bringing a personal connection into the continuing struggle against Six and the dangerous members of the New Bloodline.

Vijaya's concealed past comes into focus through a boy's longing for strength. Meanwhile, Yako accompanies Neuro to a sports gym for his rehabilitation, only to discover that his recovery involves an outrageous challenge for her.

Genuine's account offers clues to Six's terrifying identity. Meanwhile, Sasazuka invites Neuro and Yako on a fishing trip, where Ishigaki and Todoroki join a competition with unusually humiliating stakes for anyone who fails to win.

Sasazuka confronts Six over the murders of his family, taking the battle into his own hands. An unexpected turn involving Ishigaki complicates the encounter, while Yako approaches a scene that threatens everything she understands about it.

Six becomes the target of a nationwide search as Neuro and Yako examine Honjo's formula. Deciphering the enemy's concealed location offers a chance to confront him, but pursuing the clues brings them closer to danger.

Neuro confronts Six aboard a stealth bomber high above the ground, with escape seemingly impossible. Their final struggle pits Six's ambition to eradicate humanity against a demon determined to preserve the people who create his mysteries.

Class 3-E's struggling students receive an extraordinary assignment: assassinate their tentacled teacher before he destroys Earth. As they devise attacks, Koro Sensei also helps them confront the academic failures and personal difficulties that brought them together.

A new teacher brings her own assassination agenda into Class 3-E, while Principal Asano seeks to undermine the students' confidence. Their school trip creates further danger when two classmates are abducted, demanding more than classroom skills.

Class 3-E's struggling students receive an extraordinary assignment: assassinate their tentacled teacher before he destroys Earth. As they devise attacks, Koro Sensei also helps them confront the academic failures and personal difficulties that brought them together.

A new teacher brings her own assassination agenda into Class 3-E, while Principal Asano seeks to undermine the students' confidence. Their school trip creates further danger when two classmates are abducted, demanding more than classroom skills.

A robot assassin from Norway joins Class 3-E, bringing formidable weapons but little understanding of classmates. Koro Sensei attempts to improve her social skills, while Maehara faces prejudice and Irina receives a visit from her mentor.

Irina and her mentor compete with Karasuma as their target, while a new student's guardian claims a surprising connection to Koro Sensei. Meanwhile, Class 3-E faces a baseball contest against students eager to humiliate them.

Principal Asano seeks revenge after Class 3-E's baseball challenge. A ruthless government instructor tests the students and Karasuma's teaching methods, while Koro Sensei's swimming-pool project exposes a weakness that could transform the class's assassination plans.

The students discover an ordinary substance that threatens Koro Sensei, creating new opportunities for assassination. Terasaka's scheme places classmates in danger, while Asano's son and other privileged students work to obstruct Class 3-E's academic progress.

Class 3-E's final examinations offer a chance to win respect and a special reward. Intensive training prepares the students for their strongest assassination attempt yet, but a biological attack introduces a threat beyond their teacher.

With classmates poisoned, the students penetrate an enemy base to obtain an antidote. Three professional assassins stand in their way, and Karasuma's condition forces Karma and his friends to rely on their own developing abilities.

A robot assassin from Norway joins Class 3-E, bringing formidable weapons but little understanding of classmates. Koro Sensei attempts to improve her social skills, while Maehara faces prejudice and Irina receives a visit from her mentor.

Irina and her mentor compete with Karasuma as their target, while a new student's guardian claims a surprising connection to Koro Sensei. Meanwhile, Class 3-E faces a baseball contest against students eager to humiliate them.

Principal Asano seeks revenge after Class 3-E's baseball challenge. A ruthless government instructor tests the students and Karasuma's teaching methods, while Koro Sensei's swimming-pool project exposes a weakness that could transform the class's assassination plans.

The students discover an ordinary substance that threatens Koro Sensei, creating new opportunities for assassination. Terasaka's scheme places classmates in danger, while Asano's son and other privileged students work to obstruct Class 3-E's academic progress.

Class 3-E's final examinations offer a chance to win respect and a special reward. Intensive training prepares the students for their strongest assassination attempt yet, but a biological attack introduces a threat beyond their teacher.

Nagisa faces the mastermind behind the biological attack, testing the assassination skills he has developed. Afterward, summer brings awkward romantic possibilities, while a student's departure from Class 3-E creates another threat to the group's safety.

An assassin with abundant eggs presents an unusual challenge, and Karasuma teaches parkour. Meanwhile, a lingerie thief implicates Koro Sensei, while Itona's modified tentacles endanger their owner and create another problem for the class to confront.

Isogai's forbidden part-time job gives the elite students leverage to force Class 3-E into a sports-day challenge. Later, an accident involving an elderly day-care operator leads Koro Sensei to suspend studying and assign his students childcare duties.

Karasuma equips Class 3-E with enhanced uniforms, expanding their physical abilities. But a birthday misunderstanding and the kidnapping of a teacher by the Grim Reaper create new problems, as the students' rescue attempt puts them in danger themselves.

Class 3-E seeks an antidote for a biological attack, but three specialists in poison, strength and firearms block the way. With Karasuma incapacitated, Karma and his classmates must use their training against assassins whose employer remains concealed.

Nagisa confronts the organizer of the biological attack on his classmates, putting his developing skills to the test. Summer romantic schemes follow, before a student's departure from Class 3-E creates a dangerous problem for the group.

A supply of eggs inspires another assassination attempt, while Karasuma introduces parkour and Koro Sensei teaches pursuit tactics. Accusations of lingerie theft then distract the class, and Itona's modified tentacles put him in danger during his latest attack.

Isogai's forbidden part-time job gives the elite students leverage to force Class 3-E into a sports-day challenge. Later, an accident involving an elderly day-care operator leads Koro Sensei to suspend studying and assign his students childcare duties.

Karasuma equips Class 3-E with enhanced uniforms, expanding their physical abilities. But a birthday misunderstanding and the kidnapping of a teacher by the Grim Reaper create new problems, as the students' rescue attempt puts them in danger themselves.

Revelations about Principal Asano's past, a student's motive for revenge and Koro Sensei's origins unsettle Class 3-E. Nagisa must respond to a classmate's anger, while the students reconsider the personal histories behind their unusual educational mission.

Karasuma and Irina face the Grim Reaper's lethal trap, while Koro Sensei later offers career advice that raises difficult questions for Nagisa. At the school festival, Class 3-E must attract customers despite its isolated mountaintop location.

Class 3-E competes with Class A for customers during the school festival, overcoming the disadvantage of its distant location. Unexpected visitors complicate the contest, while Gakushu Asano faces pressure over his leadership and the school's harsh hierarchy.

Koro Sensei explains the life he led before becoming a tentacled teacher, including the experiments and relationships that shaped him. His account forces Class 3-E to reconsider their assassination assignment and the threat hanging over the Earth.

Class 3-E divides over whether to save or assassinate Koro Sensei. Teams led by Nagisa and Karma compete using everything they have learned, before the students face a new challenge involving access to the International Space Station.

Karasuma and Irina face the Grim Reaper's lethal trap, while Koro Sensei later offers career advice that raises difficult questions for Nagisa. At the school festival, Class 3-E must attract customers despite its isolated mountaintop location.

Class 3-E competes with Class A for customers during the school festival, overcoming the disadvantage of its distant location. Unexpected visitors complicate the contest, while Gakushu Asano faces pressure over his leadership and the school's harsh hierarchy.

Revelations about Principal Asano's past, a student's motive for revenge and Koro Sensei's origins unsettle Class 3-E. Nagisa must respond to a classmate's anger, while the students reconsider the personal histories behind their unusual educational mission.

Koro Sensei explains the life he led before becoming a tentacled teacher, including the experiments and relationships that shaped him. His account forces Class 3-E to reconsider their assassination assignment and the threat hanging over the Earth.

Class 3-E divides over whether to save or assassinate Koro Sensei. Teams led by Nagisa and Karma compete using everything they have learned, before the students face a new challenge involving access to the International Space Station.

Nagisa and Karma visit the International Space Station seeking information that could save their teacher. Meanwhile, rival assassins prepare their attacks, academic disappointments demand Koro Sensei's attention, and Valentine's Day brings romantic complications to Class 3-E.

Karma must rely on verbal skill to help a classmate, while the students begin clarifying their futures. Their optimism is disrupted when a coordinated international operation deploys a powerful mercenary and new weapon against Koro Sensei.

As an international operation threatens Koro Sensei, Yanagisawa and the second Grim Reaper enter the conflict with enhanced powers. The students are caught in a confrontation that tests their teacher's ability to protect them as his deadline approaches.

The final volume follows Class 3-E through graduation and the decisions that shape their lives afterward. It also includes a winter-break side story about Koro Sensei and a separate short tale set in a dystopian future.

Nagisa and Karma visit the International Space Station seeking information that could save their teacher. Meanwhile, rival assassins prepare their attacks, academic disappointments demand Koro Sensei's attention, and Valentine's Day brings romantic complications to Class 3-E.

Karma must rely on verbal skill to help a classmate, while the students begin clarifying their futures. Their optimism is disrupted when a coordinated international operation deploys a powerful mercenary and new weapon against Koro Sensei.

As an international operation threatens Koro Sensei, Yanagisawa and the second Grim Reaper enter the conflict with enhanced powers. The students are caught in a confrontation that tests their teacher's ability to protect them as his deadline approaches.

The final volume follows Class 3-E through graduation and the decisions that shape their lives afterward. It also includes a winter-break side story about Koro Sensei and a separate short tale set in a dystopian future.

Young Hojo Tokiyuki escapes after Ashikaga Takauji betrays his family and destroys their rule. Protected by surviving allies, including the eccentric Suwa Yorishige, he must use his talent for evasion to survive enemy territory and begin rebuilding.

Sheltered in Suwa, Tokiyuki adopts the identity of shrine apprentice Chojumaru. When hostile governor Ogasawara Sadamune attends a sporting event seeking Hojo survivors, Yorishige puts the hidden heir directly into a contest with the man hunting him.

As 1334 begins, Yorishige sends Tokiyuki and his growing band of Elusive Warriors to gather intelligence about threats to Suwa. Their scouting mission leads to an isolated northern village, where a dangerous stranger presents an unexpected challenge.

The governor Kiyohara seeks to suppress rebellion in Shinano, prompting Yorishige to send Tokiyuki's warriors secretly to aid Hoshina Yasaburo. Their mission becomes harder when their supposed allies value dying honorably more than surviving to achieve victory.

Ogasawara Sadamune seeks proof that shrine apprentice Chojumaru is actually the fugitive Hojo heir Tokiyuki. Evading his scrutiny is only the beginning, as Tokiyuki and his warriors must also assist Suwa's allies against a stronger attacking force.

Tokiyuki develops his strategic skills as enemy spies threaten Suwa and Shokan prepares another challenge. Yorishige sends him toward Kyoto, where understanding Ashikaga Takauji’s power will matter as much as surviving the threats closer to home.

Sent to Kyoto with his uncle Hojo Yasuie, Tokiyuki investigates his enemies’ intentions and learns how to recruit allies. A gambling establishment and its flamboyant hostess draw him deeper into the intrigues surrounding the Ashikaga.

Tokiyuki joins a campaign against Ogasawara and Kiyohara, but earning the respect of Yorishige’s warriors proves difficult. His confrontation with Shokan tests whether unexpected tactics can compensate for the experience and authority he still lacks.

Revealing himself as the Hojo heir, Tokiyuki leads the Suwa army toward Kamakura with Yorishige. The campaign brings him against the Hisashiban, powerful young warriors who stand between his forces and the restoration he seeks.

Kojiro’s fight against Shibukawa puts Tokiyuki’s campaign in peril. As the threat to the young lord grows, Tokiyuki challenges the warrior Imagawa in a horse race, hoping to strengthen his army’s faltering morale.

The Elusive Warriors clash with the Hisashiban as the struggle for Kamakura continues. Kojiro faces the altered Kagetada, Genba pursues a ninja and Tokiyuki must contend with Imagawa’s attacks from horseback in battles testing each fighter’s strengths.

Tokiyuki celebrates the recovery of Kamakura and asks Masamune to forge weapons for his warriors. His success shocks Emperor Go-Daigo, who orders Takauji to march against him, threatening to undo the restoration almost as soon as it begins.

Defeat at the Sagami River forces Tokiyuki’s allies into retreat after their brief return to Kamakura. As Yorishige prepares to cover the withdrawal, Tokiyuki gambles on a direct challenge to Takauji in hopes of saving his mentor.