Nurarihyon no Mago

Rikuo Nura is part human and a quarter yōkai (demon). He lives in a house full of spirits along with his yōkai grandfather. Trying to escape his fate of acting like a yōkai, he does good deeds in order to avoid becoming one, despite his grandfather's wish to succeed him as master of the Nura yōkai  clan. He eventually comes to terms with his demon blood and decides to take up the position of Young head of the Nura house. Multiple factions aim to stop him or overtake his position, and he must gather friends and allies, a new Hyakki Yakō under his banner of "Fear".

Gyūki Arc

The Kiyo Cross Squad travels to Mt. Nejireme at the invitation of a supposed yōkai specialist. However, the invitation turns out to have been a trap by the head of the yōkai Gyūki Clan. Separated, the members of the Kiyo Cross Squad must deal with yōkai of the Gyūki Clan and Rikuo ultimately faces Gyūki himself. Rikuo learns that Gyūki set up the trap because he did not want the Nura Clan, which he greatly cherishes, to suffer under the influence of a weak leader. Afterward, Rikuo decides to take up the mantle of Nurarihyon and officially become the next Nura Clan head.

Shikoku Arc

When one of the board members of the Nura Group is attacked and  killed, and Nurarihyon subsequently disappears without notice, the Nura Clan is thrown into chaos. Trying to keep them together, Rikuo encounters a rival faction from the Shikoku area who intend to take over  the Nura Clan's territory. Their leader, Tamazuki, is ruthless and willing to sacrifice his subordinates to further his own goals. Rikuo and his Hyakki Yakō battle with Tamazuki and his 88 kiyakou (consisting  of 88 demons, instead of the 100 of a Hyakki Yakō) and emerge victorious, but spare Tamazuki in the end at the request of his father - who Nurarihyon had gone to visit. Tamazuki is spared under the condition that he build a memorial in honor of the subordinates who died by his hand.

Past Arc

The story of Rikuo's grandparents: Nurarihyon and Youhime, the creation of the spirit blade Nenekirimaru, and the battle against Hagoromo-Gitsune 400 years ago.

Toono Arc

When Haguromo-Gitsune resurfaces in Kyoto, Rikuo is determined to fight her and take revenge for his father's death - as well as rescue Yura, who has gone to aid the rest of the Keikain family in protecting  Kyoto. However, as he is still too inexperienced and weak, his grandfather asks the head of the yōkai Toono Village to take in and train Rikuo. After an encounter with one of the Kyoto yōkai, Rikuo comes to realize what sort of power the yōkai Nurarihyon possesses and, having grown stronger, leaves along with several Toono yōkai to return to the Nura main house and prepare for the assault on Kyoto.

Kyoto Arc

Rikuo, along with the vast majority of the Nura Clan and several yōkai from Toono, invade Kyoto. Nearly all of the onmyoji barriers  around the city have been destroyed by Kyoto yōkai, and the Keikain house itself struggles to fight against Hagoromo-Gitsune's forces. They ultimately join forces with Rikuo's Hyakki Yakō to replace the fallen barriers and stop Hagoromo-Gitsune from giving birth to a new evil.

Characters

For the full list of characters see: List of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan characters

Rikuo Nura (奴良 リクオ, Nura Rikuo) / Night Rikuo (ぬらりひょんの孫, Nurarihyon no Mago) Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

Rikuo is the title character and main protagonist of the series, an average 12-year old boy who inherited 1/4 of his grandfather's yōkai blood. In times of impending danger his yōkai blood awakens and he switches into his night form to become the Master of the yōkai (the  master of all spirits). His yōkai form is confident, strong and inspires "Fear" amongst his allies leading many to join him. Rikuo is destined to take over as the Third Master of yōkai from his grandfather, though  the main conflict for the first portion of the series lies in his rejection of the idea. As a child, Rikuo respected and looked up to yōkai, playing pranks on members of the Nura house and often declaring he would become more yōkai-like and take over as the Third. However, after a discussion at school, he came to realize the evil nature of yōkai deeds and decided to set himself firmly on the path of living a strictly human life. Since then, he has attempted to become more like a normal human by doing all sorts of good deeds. Even though he appreciates all that his yōkai underlings do for him, he is nevertheless desperate to prevent his school friends from learning of his connection to yōkai. After being tested by Gyūki he decides to take the position of Young Head and saves both humans and yōkai.

Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん) Voiced by: Chikao Ōtsuka

Nurarihyon is Rikuo's grandfather, known as the master of all spirits or as the Supreme Commander. It's said that he plays pranks and hates humans, but he doesn't really hate them - rather, he doesn't believe humans should interfere in yōkai affairs. He dislikes the fact that Rikuo goes to school and acts human, but respects his wishes.

Yuki-Onna (雪女) Voiced by: Yui Horie

Yuki Onna is Rikuo's trusted attendant and part of Rikuo's new "Hyakki Yakō" who follows him to school disguised as Tsurara Oikawa (及川 氷麗, Oikawa Tsurara), a normal schoolgirl. She is affectionate towards Rikuo and even gets jealous when other girls pay him attention. This is also reinforced by  the fact that other characters express how bad a situation would become if Tsurara were to see what other female characters did to Rikuo. She also admires Rikuo's yōkai form, because she finds him very reliable and magnificent. She is overprotective of Rikuo when he is his "day", or human form, and expresses great concern for his well being, which is the reason why she is always around him at school (which causes misunderstandings and concern on Kana's part). She also acts as a cook and, though her food is delicious, most of the time it is chilled or cold. As her name states, she is a Yuki-onna.

Aotabō (青田坊)/Kurata (倉田) Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto

The degenerate priest who wears the iron blue robe and the physically strongest yōkai in the Nura household. He used to be a monk who killed many warriors. He has fists that can crush rock and palms that can fit a person's head. He was enlightened by a holy man, leading to him protecting children. The holy man once stated it is up to him whether he became a human again or a raging god. He almost became a human but chose the path of a raging god by killing a group of people who were torturing the children he had wished to protect. He has a skull necklace that when removed allows him to fight at his full potential. He is also the leader of a biker gang called the Blood Night Hyakki Yakō.

Kubinashi (首無, lit. Headless) Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

Yura Keikain (花開院 ゆら, Keikain Yura) Voiced by: Ai Maeda

An onmyoji of the Keikan House who specializes in shikigami, she can manage four at once impressing even Nurarihyon. She was trained by Akifusa and raised to see yōkai as evil, and seeks to complete her training by defeating Nurarihyon and then inheriting the Household. After her brother reveals Rikuo as a yōkai and as Nurarihyon's grandson, she says she can accept it if it's him.

Yuki-onna <3

I'd love to have fangroups cheering me on when I'm dumping out the trash.

It's kind of amusing seeing the previous youkai and how they're all mean-looking, but then you see rikuo's youkai and they're all pretty chill.

Do you know if they're airing all of the arcs?

Yuki-onna <3

I'd love to have fangroups cheering me on when I'm dumping out the trash.

It's kind of amusing seeing the previous youkai and how they're all mean-looking, but then you see rikuo's youkai and they're all pretty chill.

Do you know if they're airing all of the arcs?

yuki-onna is coooool (pun not intended) and dark rikuo is just.....yum. xD

yea i know what you mean!

and im not sure...they might do cuz at the moment they're on the shikoku arc but then again there are already 19 episodes out...but who knows they might make the anime longer than 26 episodes. i hope so anyway!!

I've only heard of this series.

What kind of show is this anime supposed to be.

I've only heard of this series.

What kind of show is this anime supposed to be.

it's a shonen/adventure anime about demons.

it's quite funny and interesting, i recommend you check it out if you have time!

It's about a boy that becomes a man, literally and figuratively. lol

NAZE DAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I feel kind of bad for him

lolz late reply but SAME!!!

he always misses everything..

so what did you guys think of the ending?

By ending, if you mean ep 25, then it wasn't too bad of an ending.

Hopefully the next couple arcs in the manga will be animated as well in the future!

A lot of people say the anime sux cause the "manga is better", but most of them also commented on the fight scenes so ... lol

yeah i want more of it to be animated too....second season anyone?? 8)

hmm does anyone think there will actually be a second season?

OMG YES SEASON 2 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!!!!

more dark rikuo to look forward to ♥♥

^ I never knew that they'd create another season for this anime.

I found it light and fun to watch actually and wish to see more episodes of it.

I don't think I finished the last episode but I loved watching the dark side of Rikuo

Season 2 begins.

^ I never knew that they'd create another season for this anime.

I found it light and fun to watch actually and wish to see more episodes of it.

I don't think I finished the last episode but I loved watching the dark side of Rikuo

agreed.

oh and please feel free to discuss the second season, Nurarihyon No Mago: Sennen Makyou, in here as well

I haven't watched the first ep but it's about the past?

So we get to see the older yuki-onna?

I hope season 2 picks up with more action. So, far season2 the first ep was good. His father is Hot and good looking. Plus his voice was hot.

Old man nurarihyon was a pimp 400 years ago and hasn't changed at all!

Though the previous yuki-onna looked sharper than the one now

Who trips on a pebble lol!

Old man nurarihyon was a pimp 400 years ago and hasn't changed at all!

Though the previous yuki-onna looked sharper than the one now

Who trips on a pebble lol!

nurarihyon was SMEXY AS. hey hes still a pimp whatchu talkin bout?

yeah i noticed that..its like she was older back then or that was her mother or something..?

Don't know, maybe there's some japanese myth behind it that can explain how it works.

This looks like the story behind how that huge tengu became so small 400 years later