Nisio Isin
{{short description|Japanese novelist}}
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| period = 2002–present
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| website = [http://ni.siois.in/ Official website]
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{{nihongo|Nisio Isin|西尾 維新|Nishio Ishin|born 1981|lead=yes}}, often stylized as NISIOISIN to emphasize the palindrome, is a pseudonymous Japanese novelist, manga author, and screenplay writer.
Nisio debuted in 2002 with the novel The Beheading Cycle (the first in his Zaregoto series), which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Prize at twenty years of age. In 2005, he began his long-running Monogatari novel series, which was published in 29 volumes as of 2023, and was later adapted as a highly-successful animated series of the same name, produced by Shaft. His Katanagatari novels, Medaka Box manga series, Jūni Taisen novel, and The Beheading Cycle have also been adapted as anime. He has also collaborated with Death Note writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata to write the light novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. Between 2009 and 2016, he ranked among the top 10 best-selling authors in Japan, ranking as the best-selling in 2012 and 2014. As of November 2022, his novels and manga had over 36 million copies in circulation.
Nisio's works frequently feature lengthy and witty dialogues. He is viewed as an author that blends regular novels and light novels, going through the genres of mystery, sekaikei, and shindenki, with frequent references to other manga and anime.
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Career
Nisio Isin was a manga enthusiast since childhood and wanted to become a mangaka. However, seeing a lack of improvement in his drawing ability, he decided to become a novelist, mentioning that it didn't matter if his handwriting was subpar.{{Cite book|title=西尾維新クロニクル|date=January 30, 2006|publisher=Takarajimasha|isbn=978-4-79-665092-2|location=Tōkyō|pages=87|language=ja|trans-title=Nisio Isin Chronicle}} He attended the Ritsumeikan University College of Policy Science and left the university without graduating.{{Cite web|date=June 2016|title=あなたの本を見つけよう!! Book Vox-web RUC-立命館生活協同組合|trans-title=Find your book! Book Vox-web RUC-Ritsumeikan Life Co-operative|url=https://www.ritsco-op.jp/re/ruc/2012/06/post_538.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128225619/https://www.ritsco-op.jp/re/ruc/2012/06/post_538.html|archive-date=January 28, 2020|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=www.ritsco-op.jp|language=ja}}
During his early career when he submitted work for magazines, Nisio's writing speed was a selling point, and he once submitted two or three works to a single Mephisto Prize.{{Cite book|last=Nisio|first=Isin|title=ザレゴトディクショナル 戯言シリーズ用語辞典|date=June 7, 2006|publisher=Kodansha|isbn=978-4-06-182489-8|pages=113|language=ja|trans-title=Zaregoto Dictional - Dictionary for the Zaregoto series}} In 2002, Nisio debuted with the first novel of the Zaregoto series, Kubikiri Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense User, earning him the 23rd Mephisto Prize.{{cite web|title=Mephisto Prize report on Excite Japan|publisher=Excite Japan|language=ja|url=http://media.excite.co.jp/daily/thursday/030612/p05.html|access-date=December 12, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061209171459/http://media.excite.co.jp/daily/thursday/030612/p05.html |archive-date = December 9, 2006}} He was twenty years of age at the time, and his slogan was "Nisio Isin, the 20-year-old from Kyoto".{{Cite web|date=June 6, 2018|script-title=ja:【西尾維新大辞展 京都篇】を開催します|trans-title=The Nisio Isin Taishin exhibition in Kyoto will be held|url=http://www.bunpaku.or.jp/topics/15557/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607074330/http://www.bunpaku.or.jp/topics/15557/|archive-date=June 7, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=Bunpaku|language=ja}} Afterward, he proceeded to write the second title in the series, Strangulation Romanticist, in three days.
He still works with the Mephisto magazine, and worked with Kodansha on the literary magazines Faust, and Pandora. He also published his Katanagatari series as twelve volumes over twelve months for the Kodansha Box line in 2007; Ryūsui Seiryōin was matching this output, and the Kodansha Box website stated that it was the first time in the world two authors had done twelve-volume monthly novel series simultaneously.{{cite web|title=Kodansha Box official homepage|publisher=Kodansha|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/kodansha-box/|language=ja|access-date=January 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403002222/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/kodansha-box/#07|archive-date=April 3, 2007|url-status=dead}}
Nisio Isin is best known for the Monogatari series, which began as a trilogy of short stories on the Mephisto magazine in 2005, and developed into a series with 28 volumes. It has been adapted as anime up to Zoku Owarimonogatari, still has ongoing anime adaptations for the series, and it has also been adapted as manga. The series has consistently achieved a high number of sales, with the anime's first two seasons alone, Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari, selling over one million DVDs and Blu-rays combined as of September 2012.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-25/1+million-bakemonogatari/nisemonogatari-dvd/bds-sold|title=1+ Million Bakemonogatari/Nisemonogatari DVD/BDs Sold|publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 25, 2012|access-date=September 26, 2012}}
The first volume of Zaregoto, his Katanagatari and Medaka Box series, his Jūni Taisen novel, and the Pretty Boy Detective Club series have all been adapted into anime as well.
- {{Cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=August 19, 2016|title=Zaregoto OVA Will Have 8 Volumes Covering 1st Novel|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-19/zaregoto-ova-will-have-8-volumes-covering-1st-novel/.105559|access-date=August 1, 2020}}
- {{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-29/nisioisin-katanagatari-light-novels-to-be-animated|title=NisiOisin's Katanagatari Light Novels to Be Animated|publisher=Anime News Network|date=November 29, 2008|access-date=December 2, 2008}}
- {{Cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=June 20, 2012|title=Medaka Box Anime's 2nd Season Green-Lit|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-20/medaka-box-anime-2nd-season-green-lit|access-date=August 1, 2020}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-03-28/juni-taisen-anime-airing-this-year-is-1st-12-episode-season/.113843|title=Jūni Taisen Anime Airing This Year is '1st 12-Episode Season'|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=March 28, 2017|website=Anime News Network|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180326213323/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-03-28/juni-taisen-anime-airing-this-year-is-1st-12-episode-season/.113843|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=November 21, 2020|title=NisiOisin's Bishōnen series School Mystery Novels Get Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-21/nisioisin-bishonen-series-school-mystery-novels-get-anime/.153532|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=Anime News Network|language=en}} Juni Taisen was also adapted as a Stage Play in Japan in 2018.{{Cite news|last=Chapman|first=Paul|date=December 26, 2017|title="JUNI TAISEN" Stage Play Rings Up the Curtain on the Zodiac War|work=Crunchyroll|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/pt-br/anime-news/2017/12/26/juni-taisen-stage-play-rings-up-the-curtain-on-the-zodiac-war|access-date=July 15, 2020}} His Bōkyaku Tantei series was adapted as a Japanese Drama in 2015.{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=July 14, 2015|title=NisiOisin's Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku Novel Gets Live-Action Show|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-14/nisioisin-okitegami-kyoko-no-biboroku-novel-gets-live-action-show/.90458|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=Anime News Network|language=en}} Several of his series have been adapted as manga.
In February 2008, his novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, based on the Death Note manga, was released in English by Viz Media.{{cite web|url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=31&pid=591479|title= Simon and Schuster Novel Listing|access-date=December 2, 2008|publisher=Simon & Schuster}} Del Rey Manga released the first and second volume in his Zaregoto series, which were revised for a rerelease by Vertical and followed by a translation of the third volume. Vertical is translating other titles and series by Nisio Isin, including Monogatari, Katanagatari, Pretty Boy Detective Club, and Imperfect Girl.
From 2009 to 2016, Nisio Isin was one of the top 10 best-selling authors in Japan, achieving a place in the top 3 for three years and, in 2012 and 2014, ranking first place as the best-selling author in the country. In those years, he sold 1,408,319 copies and 997,211 copies, respectively.
- {{Cite web|date=December 4, 2009|title=オリコン 2009年 年間"本"ランキング 作家別|trans-title=Oricon 2009 Annual Book Ranking by Author|url=http://contents.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/091204_01_07.html|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=December 1, 2010|title=オリコン 2010年 年間"本"ランキング 作家別|trans-title=Oricon 2010 Annual Book Ranking by Author|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2010/bookrank1201/index07.html|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=December 1, 2011|title=オリコン 2011年 年間"本"ランキング 作家別|trans-title=Oricon 2011 Annual Book Ranking by Author|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank1201/index04.html|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=December 3, 2012|title=オリコン 2012年 年間"本"ランキング 作家別|trans-title=Oricon 2012 Annual Book Ranking by Author|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2012/bookrank1203/index04.html|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=December 2, 2013|title=オリコン 2013年 年間"本"ランキング 作家別|trans-title=Oricon 2013 Annual Book Ranking by Author|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2013/bookrank1202/index04.html|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=December 1, 2014|title=オリコン 2014年 年間"本"ランキング 作家別|trans-title=Oricon 2014 Annual Book Ranking by Author|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2014/bookrank1201/index04.html|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=November 30, 2015|title=2015年 年間本ランキング『純文学の世界に『火花』ビッグウェーブ! 出版界に差し込んだ大きな光』|trans-title=2015 Annual Book Rankings "A Big Wave of 'Sparks' in the World of Pure Literature! A Big Light Shining on the Publishing World|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/48458/4/|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
- {{Cite web|date=December 1, 2016|title=2016年 年間本ランキング、『小説 君の名は。』ミリオン突破! 話題の『天才』『ハリー・ポッター』最新刊もBOOK総合上位を席巻|trans-title=2016 Annual Book Ranking, The Novel Your Name. Breaks the Milestone! The latest "Genius" and "Harry Potter" books also swept the top spot in the overall BOOK rankings|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49579/4/|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=ORICON NEWS|publisher=Oricon|language=ja}}
As of November 2022, his novels and manga had over 36 million copies in circulation.{{Cite news |script-title=ja:デビュー20周年、西尾維新さん 型破りの「全身小説家」 |language=ja |trans-title=Nisio Isin, on the 20th anniversary of his debut, breaks the mold as a "full-body novelist." |work=Mainichi Shimbun |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20221122/dde/012/040/010000c |access-date=November 22, 2022}} The Publishers Weekly's Translation Database reported that from 2008 to 2018, 19 of Nisio's novels were translated into English, putting him as the second author with the most English translations of that period in the U.S.{{Cite news|last=Kopf|first=Dan|date=June 6, 2019|title=Half of all translated books in the US come from just nine countries|work=Quartz|url=https://qz.com/quartzy/1634382/which-countries-do-books-translated-for-the-us-come-from/|access-date=October 21, 2020}}{{efn|name=NisioTL|The Publishers Weekly's Translation Database does not track light novel's translations.{{Cite news|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|date=June 11, 2019|title=Publishers Weekly: NisiOisin is No. 2 Author with Most Translated Books in the U.S. in Last Decade|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-06-11/publishers-weekly-nisioisin-is-no-2-author-with-most-translated-books-in-the-u.s-in-last-decade/.147725|access-date=October 21, 2020}}}}
Style
Since Nisio's debut, wordplay and tongue-in-cheek dialogue have been characteristic of his works.{{Cite book|title=別冊オトナアニメ シャフト超全集!!|publisher=Yosensha|year=2010|isbn=9784862485670|pages=39|language=ja|trans-title=Bessatsu Otona Anime Shaft Chosen Collection!!}} When asked if his use of manzai comedy was related to the fact he is from the Kansai region, he replied "I think it's certainly because I'm a Kansai person."{{Cite book|last1=西尾|first1=維新|title=ファウスト Vol.3 2004.Summer|last2=奈須|first2=きのこ|last3=原田|first3=宇陀児|last4=元長|first4=柾木|last5=清涼院|first5=流水|last6=舞城|first6=王太郎|last7=滝本|first7=竜彦|last8=佐藤|first8=友哉|last9=東|first9=浩紀|publisher=Kodansha|year=2004|isbn=9784061794306|pages=177–178|language=ja|trans-title=Faust Vol. 3 2004. Summer}} He feels that "dialogue is the character" and focuses more on dialogue than appearance.{{Cite book|url=https://ddnavi.com/davinci/backnumber/204/|title=『ダ・ヴィンチ』2011年4月号|publisher=Da Vinci, Media Factory|year=2011|pages=20|language=ja|trans-title="Da Vinci" April 2011 issue}} Nisio features many women in his works because "it is easier for them to express their individuality" explaining that "women are much more adorned as characters (e.g. fashion) than men".{{cite journal|last1=東|first1=浩紀|last2=斎藤|first2=環|last3=山口|first3=晃|last4=笠井|first4=潔|last5=仲俣|first5=暁生|date=September 25, 2004|title=Dialogue with Hiroki Azuma|journal={{Nihongo|Eureka|ユリイカ|Yuriika}}|language=ja|publisher=Seidosha|volume=36|issue=10|isbn=4-7917-0124-0|issn=1342-5641}}{{rp|92}}
His greatest influence comes from such things as Shōnen Jump manga and shōjo manga en masse.{{r|Eureka|p=91}} About manga, he is a passionate fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; in a dialogue with Hirohiko Araki, the author of the manga, he commented this is "a manga he would like all humanity to read."{{Cite book|title=西尾維新クロニクル|publisher=The Takarajima Company|year=2006|isbn=9784796650922|pages=85|language=ja|trans-title=Nisio Isin Chronicle}} Among his references, references to JoJo are particularly common and in a novelization project of the series called "VS JOJO", together with Kouhei Kadono and Ōtarō Maijō, he wrote one of the novels that were published, called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Over Heaven.
His works are characterized by a sense of literature that is amid the so-called "Shindenki" (ja) mystery-light novel genre, in which insane characters attempt to solve a mystery in a situation that would be impossible or unlikely in reality; and inexhaustible quotations of anime and manga from the past.{{Cite book|last=中川|first=大地|url=http://yakan-hiko.com/BN2966|title=ほぼ日刊惑星開発委員会vol.176|publisher=PLANETS Corporation / Secondary Planetary Development Committee|year=2014|location=Mail Magazine: Daily PLANETS|language=ja|trans-title=Almost Daily Planet Development Committee vol. 176}} He is well regarded as an author who has blended the conventions of mystery novels and character-driven light novels. Tsunehiro Uno describes Nisio Isin as the only writer who has made a smooth transition from "Sekaikei" (ja) to "Shindenki".{{Cite book|last=宇野|first=常寛|script-title=ja:ゼロ年代の想像力|publisher=Hayakawa Bookstore|year=2011|isbn=9784150310479|language=ja|script-chapter=ja:第六章 私たちは今、どこにいるのか――「決断主義のゼロ年代」の現実認知|trans-title=Imagination of the 2000s.|trans-chapter=Chapter 6 Where Are We Now-- Perceptions of Reality in the "Decisionalist Zero Age"}}
He has made no secret of his policy of not doing crossover or linking in his Zaregoto series. This is because crossover and linking was a technique Kouhei Kadono, whom he admires, excelled at, and so he decided to stick with the opposite style,{{Cite book|last1=上遠野|first1=浩平|title=ファウスト vol.5|last2=佐藤|first2=俊樹|last3=元長|first3=柾木|last4=西島|first4=大介|last5=西尾|first5=維新|last6=北山|first6=猛邦|last7=竜騎|first7=((士07))|last8=奈須|first8=きのこ|last9=東|first9=浩紀|publisher=Kodansha|year=2005|isbn=9784061795723|language=ja|trans-title=Faust Vol. 5}}{{rp|140}} but he replied he made an exception for the Ningen series because he began writing it as an homage to the relationship between the Kouhei Kadono's Boogiepop series and Beat's Discipline.{{rp|142}} He still maintains a steady writing pace and develops several series at the same time, but until Mazemonogatari, he did not link his works to each other. After fifteen years of non-crossover writing, he decided it was time to try a new pattern.{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01MRXT2IU|title=日経エンタテインメント! 2017年2月号増刊「傷物語」版|publisher=Nikkei BP; undefined edition|year=2017|pages=27|language=ja|trans-title=Nikkei Entertainment! February 2017 Extra Edition of "Kizumonogatari}}
He has a unique way of naming his characters.{{r|Eureka|p=181}} He seeks to define his characters by their names, and he does not simply give them unusual names, but instead establishes some rules for them, although he will occasionally deviate from these rules.{{r|Eureka|p=181}} When it comes to naming, he has been described as "bizarre" and "extremely strange".{{r|Eureka|p=181}} Examples are Namanie Nienami, Kiki Kikitsu, Shibuki Shibushi, Mukae Emukae, Momo Momozono, Kajiki Kurokami, Kariteru Kanaino, Sukinasaki Saki, Shikigishi Kishiki, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, Backyard Bottomslash, Quarter Queen, Sagano Usagi, Byōinzaka Kuroneko (which translates roughly as "Black Cat of Hospital Hill") and Shikizaki Kiki.
He said he learned much from the novels of Kiyoshi Kasai (the author of Vampire Wars), Hiroshi Mori, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Ryūsui Seiryōin and Kouhei Kadono. He has also stated the five writers were, metaphorically speaking, God-like beings, who had shaped and molded his writing style.{{r|Eureka|p=91}}
Nisio and light novels
Most of Nisio's works are published by Kodansha Novels, a general literature imprint, but are sometimes classified as light novels. In a conversation with Tow Ubukata, Otsuichi said of Nisio, "I think he falls into the light novel category in a broad sense."{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170082041|title=「Quick Japan Vol.54 ─ハルカリ/永久保存版ライトノベル大特集 サンボマスター」|date=May 2004|publisher=Ōtashuppan|isbn=4-87233-857-X|location=Tōkyō|pages=116|language=ja|trans-title=Quick Japan Vol.54 -Harkari/permanent light novel special edition: Sanbomaster|oclc=170082041}} The January 2005 issue of Nikkei Characters! introduces Nisio as "a new generation of writers who are breaking down the barriers between general literature and light novels."{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0006L6PE8|title=日経 characters ! (キャラクターズ)|publisher=Nikkei BP Publishing Center|year=2004|pages=57|language=ja|trans-title=Nikkei characters!}} The Nisio Isin Chronicle describes his Zaregoto series as "often regarded as a light novel".{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/674955326|title=西尾維新クロニクル|trans-title=Nisio Isin Chronicle|date=2006|publisher=Takarajimasha|isbn=978-4-79-665092-2|location=Tōkyō|pages=54|oclc=674955326}} Kiyoshi Kasai talking about light novels in the 2004 special edition of Eureka,{{Cite magazine|publisher=Seidosha|isbn=978-4-7917-0124-7|publication-date=September 18, 2004|pages=53|language=ja|script-title=ja:ユリイカ2004年9月臨時増刊号 総特集 西尾維新|trans-title=Eureka September 2004 Extra Issue Special Edition feat. Nisio Isin|magazine=Eureka}} commented that, although having the Zaregoto series ranked in a guide for light novels could be out of place, the influences Nisio had in his writing are easy to see, such as Kimi to Boku no Kowareta Sekai's academy romance, fighting pretty girls, moe characters, and Sekaikei-like settings, so it is not strange to see his works through the lenses of light novels.
In the 2004 edition of the light novel guide book This Light Novel is Amazing! 2005, the Zaregoto series ranked as the second most popular light novel series, but the authors wrote: "There are different opinions on whether the Zaregoto series is a light novel or not."{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/674969378|title=このライトノベルがすごい!2005|date=November 26, 2004|publisher=Takarajimasha|author=Takarajimasha, 宝島社|isbn=978-4-79-664388-7|language=ja|trans-title=This light novel is amazing! 2005|oclc=674969378}}{{rp|15}} Taking into account various opinions on "bunko is the light novel", "packaging", "age of the characters", and other factors, the book's Genre Guide refers to the Zaregoto series and Kimi to Boku no Kowareta Sekai as "borders" outside of the bunko.{{r|KLN|p=88}} In the following year's This Light Novel Is Amazing! 2006, the Zaregoto series ranked first, and in an interview held to commemorate this, Nisio said, "I'm unsure if it's a light novel" commenting that "it's not a light novel in the sense that it's 'not a light novel label,' but it's part of a light novel in the sense that 'it's a collaboration between an illustration and a novel,'" and he also said that he has no qualms about his work being identified as a light novel.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/959707530|title=このライトノベルがすごい!2006|date=November 26, 2005|publisher=Takarajima|isbn=4-7966-5012-1|pages=27|language=ja|trans-title=This light novel is amazing! 2006|oclc=959707530}}
Works in English translation
=Novels=
;Zaregoto series
- Zaregoto, Book 1: DECAPITATION: Kubikiri Cycle - The Blue Savant and the Nonsense User (Del Rey. 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-345-50427-2}}, Vertical. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-21-1}}) – the winning work of the 23rd Mephisto Prize (2002)
- Zaregoto, Book 2: STRANGULATION: Kubishime Romanticist - No Longer Human - Hitoshiki Zerozaki (Del Rey. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-345-50578-1}}, Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-83-9}})
- Zaregoto, Book 3: SUSPENSION: Kubitsuri High School - the Nonsense User's Disciple (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-89-2}})
;Monogatari series
- KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale (Vertical. 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-941220-97-9}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI, Part 1: Monster Tale (Vertical. 2016. {{ISBN|978-1-942993-88-9}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI, Part 2: Monster Tale (Vertical. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-942993-89-6}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI, Part 3: Monster Tale (Vertical. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-942993-90-2}})
- NISEMONOGATARI, Part 1: Fake Tale (Vertical. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-942993-98-8}})
- NISEMONOGATARI, Part 2: Fake Tale (Vertical. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-942993-99-5}})
- NEKOMONOGATARI (BLACK): Cat Tale (Vertical. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-48-8}})
- NEKOMONOGATARI (WHITE): Cat Tale (Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-49-5}})
- KABUKIMONOGATARI: Dandy Tale (Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-84-6}})
- HANAMONOGATARI: Flower Tale (Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-06-9}})
- OTORIMONOGATARI: Decoy Tale (Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-14-4}})
- ONIMONOGATARI: Demon Tale (Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-31-1}})
- KOIMONOGATARI: Love Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-33-5}})
- TSUKIMONOGATARI: Possession Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-47-2}})
- KOYOMIMONOGATARI, Part 1: Calendar Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-48-9}})
- KOYOMIMONOGATARI, Part 2: Calendar Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-69-4}})
- OWARIMONOGATARI, Part 1: End Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-90-8}})
- OWARIMONOGATARI, Part 2: End Tale (Vertical. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-92-2}})
- OWARIMONOGATARI, Part 3: End Tale (Vertical. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-22-6}})
- ZOKU OWARIMONOGATARI: End Tale (Cont.) (Vertical. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-44-8}})
;Katanagatari series
Omnibus 3-in-1 volumes.{{Cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=March 30, 2018|title=Vertical Licenses Katanagatari, Dark Maidens, Serial Killer Detective Novels|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-30/vertical-licenses-katanagatari-dark-maidens-serial-killer-detective-novels/.129752|access-date=July 26, 2020}}
- KATANAGATARI, 1: Sword Tale (Vertical. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-32-8}})
- KATANAGATARI, 2: Sword Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-56-4}})
- KATANAGATARI, 3: Sword Tale (Vertical. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-91-5}})
- KATANAGATARI, 4: Sword Tale (Vertical. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-23-3}})
;Pretty Boy series
- Bishōnen, Book 1: Pretty Boy Detective Club: The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Vertical. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-87-5}})
- Bishōnen, Book 2: The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys (Vertical. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-87-5}})
- Bishōnen, Book 3: The Pretty Boy in the Attic (Vertical. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-88-2}})
;Other books
- Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases (Viz Media. 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-4215-1883-1}})
- xxxHOLiC: AnotherHOLiC (Del Rey. 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-345-50518-7}})
- Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (Viz Media. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-4215-9750-8}})
;Short stories
- Magical Girl Risuka (Faust 2. Del Rey. 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-345-50357-2}})
- This is the English translation of "Yasashii Mahō wa Tsukaenai" ({{lit}} "Easy magic cannot be used"), the first story of Risuka series.
- Kyōko Okitegami in STAY HOLMES - Bōkyaku Tantei series.
- A short story published on May 2, 2020, in a project titled Day to Day on the website tree.{{Cite web|title=Day to Day (English)|url=https://tree-novel.com/works/8afc163032cd84182a298eaa9bb432e0.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705110030/https://tree-novel.com/works/8afc163032cd84182a298eaa9bb432e0.html|archive-date=July 5, 2020|access-date=July 11, 2020|website=Tree}}{{Cite web|title=2 April, NISIOISIN|url=https://tree-novel.com/works/episode/d836ca51c21e3c3c56169bd02625eae3.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504223238/https://tree-novel.com/works/episode/d836ca51c21e3c3c56169bd02625eae3.html|archive-date=May 4, 2020|access-date=July 11, 2020|website=Tree}}
- Street For You
- A short story published on August 28, 2020, in a project titled Story for you on the website tree.{{Cite web|title=Story for you (English)|url=https://tree-novel.com/works/4764e7fbdbd125a038248c0174a7ca8d.html|access-date=August 28, 2020|website=Tree}}{{Cite web|title=28 August, NISIOISIN|url=https://tree-novel.com/works/episode/d7ee2f74012527f180bef04d082766de.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828150426/https://tree-novel.com/works/episode/d7ee2f74012527f180bef04d082766de.html|archive-date=August 28, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|website=Tree}}
=Manga=
;One-shot
- After School: 7th ClassThis is the English translation of Hōkago, Nanajikan-me. one-shot story. (Faust 1. Del Rey. 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-345-50206-3}})
;Imperfect Girl
Adaptation of the Shōjo Fujūbun novel.
- Imperfect Girl, 1 (Vertical Comics. 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-60-0}})
- Imperfect Girl, 2 (Vertical Comics. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-61-7}})
- Imperfect Girl, 3 (Vertical Comics. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-945054-62-4}})
Adaptation of the Jūni Taisen novel.
- Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (manga), Vol. 1 (VIZ Media LLC. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-0250-3}})
- Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (manga), Vol. 2 (VIZ Media LLC. 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-0249-7}})
- Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (manga), Vol. 3 (VIZ Media LLC. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-0251-0}})
- Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (manga), Vol. 4 (VIZ Media LLC. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-0563-4}})
Adaptation of the Monogatari series novels.
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 1 (Vertical Comics. 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-947194-97-7}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 2 (Vertical Comics. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-02-8}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 3 (Vertical Comics. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-16-5}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 4 (Vertical Comics. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-40-0}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 5 (Vertical Comics. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-50-9}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 6 (Vertical Comics. 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-68-4}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 7 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-69-1}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 8 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-70-7}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 9 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-949980-99-8}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 10 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-007-8}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 11 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-064-1}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 12 (Vertical Comics. 2022. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-065-8}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 13 (Vertical Comics. 2022. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-087-0}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 14 (Vertical Comics. 2022. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-088-7}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 15 (Vertical Comics. 2022. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-089-4}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 16 (Vertical Comics. 2022. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-154-9}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 17 (Vertical Comics. 2023. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-196-9}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 18 (Vertical Comics. 2023. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-218-8}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 19 (Vertical Comics. 2023. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-219-5}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 20 (Vertical Comics. 2023. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-220-1}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 21 (Vertical Comics. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-297-3}})
- BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 22 (Vertical Comics. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-298-0}})
Adaptation of the novels with the same name.
- Pretty Boy Detective Club (manga), volume 1 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-047-4}})
- Pretty Boy Detective Club (manga), volume 2 (Vertical Comics. 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-64729-076-4}})
- Cipher Academy, Vol. 1 (Shonen Jump. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-4083-3}})
- Cipher Academy, Vol. 2 (Shonen Jump. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-4768-9}})
- Cipher Academy, Vol. 3 (Shonen Jump. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-4863-1}})
- Cipher Academy, Vol. 4 (Shonen Jump. 2024. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-5103-7}})
- Cipher Academy, Vol. 5 (Shonen Jump. 2025. {{ISBN|978-1-9747-5375-8}})
Novels
=''Zaregoto'' series=
{{Main|Zaregoto}}
The {{nihongo|Zaregoto series|戯言シリーズ|Zaregoto Shirīzu}} is written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. Nine volumes were published between February 2002 and November 2005. The tenth volume was published on February 8, 2023. It was followed by a spin-off series titled Ningen series starring the Zerozaki clan. A second spin-off series titled Saikyō series focusing on the character Jun Aikawa was also released. All books were released in Japan by Kodansha Novels.
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February 7, 2002
|{{nihongo|The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182233-7}} | ||
May 8, 2002
|{{nihongo|Strangulation Romanticist: Hitoshiki Zerozaki, Human Failure |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182250-4}} | ||
August 6, 2002
|{{nihongo|Hanging High School: The Nonsense Bearer's Pupil |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182267-2}} | ||
rowspan = "2" | November 7, 2002
|{{nihongo|Psycho Logical (Part One) Gaisuke Utsurigi's Nonsense Killer |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182283-2}} | ||
{{nihongo|Psycho Logical (Part Two): Sour Little Song |サイコロジカル〈下〉曳かれ者の小唄|Saiko Rojikaru (Ge) Hikaremono no Kōta}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182284-9}} | ||
July 5, 2003
|{{nihongo|Cannibal Magical: Niounomiya Siblings, Masters of Carnage |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182323-5}} | ||
February 8, 2005
|{{nihongo|Uprooted Radical (Part One): The Thirteen Stairs |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182393-8}} | ||
June 7, 2005
|{{nihongo|Uprooted Radical (Part Two): Overkill Red vs. The Orange Seed |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182399-0}} | ||
November 8, 2005
|{{nihongo|Uprooted Radical (Part Three): The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182400-3}} | ||
February 8, 2023
|{{nihongo|Kidnap Kidding: The Blue Savant and the Daughter of the Nonsense Bearer |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-530234-7}} |
- {{nihongo|Zaregoto Dictional - Dictionary for the Zaregoto series|ザレゴトディクショナル 戯言シリーズ用語辞典}} (June 7, 2006. Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4-06-182489-8}})
- A dictionary of the Zaregoto series telling the behind-the-scenes of the story. The 4-koma manga drawn by Take titled Zaregoto Ichiban (戯言一番) was re-released in the book.{{Cite web|url=https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000158707|script-title=ja:ザレゴトディクショナル 戯言シリーズ用語辞典|trans-title=Zaregoto Dictional - Dictionary for the Zaregoto series|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=July 11, 2020|language=ja}}
==''Ningen'' series==
Spin-off of the Zaregoto series, it is also known as the Zerozaki Ichizoku series. The illustrations are provided by Take. Published by Kodansha.
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First published | Title | ISBN |
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February 6, 2004 | {{nihongo|Sōshiki Zerozaki's Human Experiment |零崎双識の人間試験|Zerozaki Sōshiki no Ningen Shiken}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182359-4}} | |
November 8, 2006 | {{nihongo|Kishishiki Zerozaki's Human Knock |零崎軋識の人間ノック|Zerozaki Kishishiki no Ningen Knock}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182509-3}} | |
March 7, 2008 | {{nihongo|Magashiki Zerozaki's Human Character |零崎曲識の人間人間|Zerozaki Magashiki no Ningen Ningen}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182582-6}} | |
rowspan="4" | March 25, 2010 | {{nihongo|Hitoshiki Zerozaki's Human Relations: Relations with Izumu Niōnomiya |零崎人識の人間関係 匂宮出夢との関係|Zerozaki Hitoshiki no Ningen Kankei: Niōnomiya Izumu to no Kankei }} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182679-3}} | |
|{{nihongo|Hitoshiki Zerozaki's Human Relations: Relations with Iori Mutō |零崎人識の人間関係 無桐伊織との関係|Zerozaki Hitoshiki no Ningen Kankei: Mutō Iori to no Kankei }} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182680-9}} | ||
|{{nihongo|Hitoshiki Zerozaki's Human Relations: Relations with Sōshiki Zerozaki |零崎人識の人間関係 零崎双識との関係|Zerozaki Hitoshiki no Ningen Kankei: Zerozaki Sōshiki to no Kankei}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182681-6}} | ||
|{{nihongo|Hitoshiki Zerozaki's Human Relations: Relations with the Nonsense Bearer |零崎人識の人間関係 戯言遣いとの関係|Zerozaki Hitoshiki no Ningen Kankei: Zaregoto Tsukai to no Kankei}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182682-3}} |
==''Saikyō'' series==
Spin-off of the Zaregoto series telling the story of "Overkill Red" Jun Aikawa. It was first serialized in the Mephisto magazine. Published by Kodansha. Take handled the illustrations for the series again.
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April 23, 2015
|{{nihongo | 人類最強の初恋|Jinrui Saikyō no Hatsukoi}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-299040-0}} | |
May 7, 2016
|{{nihongo | 人類最強の純愛|Jinrui Saikyō no Jun'ai}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-299074-5}} | |
April 20, 2017
|{{nihongo | 人類最強のときめき|Jinrui Saikyō no Tokimeki}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-299093-6}} | |
May 11, 2020
|{{nihongo | 人類最強のsweetheart|Jinrui Saikyō no Sweetheart}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-519765-3}} | |
November 11, 2020
|{{nihongo | 人類最強のヴェネチア|Jinrui Saikyō no Venechia}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-521559-3}} |
=''JDC Tribute'' series=
The Japan Detectives Club was created by Ryūsui Seiryōin, and Nisio Isin is one of several authors to write novels using that setting. The third book is a compilation of the first two.{{Cite web|title=ダブルダウン勘繰郎 トリプルプレイ助悪郎|trans-title=Double Down Kanguro Triple Play Sukeakuro|url=https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000205202|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=Book Club Kodansha|language=ja}}
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March 6, 2003
|{{nihongo | ダブルダウン勘繰郎|Double Down Kanguro}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182305-1}} | |
August 7, 2007
|{{nihongo | トリプルプレイ助悪郎|Triple Play Sukeakuro}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182538-3}} | |
January 15, 2010
|{{nihongo | ダブルダウン勘繰郎/トリプルプレイ助悪郎|Double Down Kanguro/Triple Play Sukeakuro}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-276491-9}} |
=''Sekai'' series=
Interlinked mystery series with a different narrator telling the story each time. Published by Kodansha. Illustrated by Tagro.
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November 8, 2003
|{{nihongo | きみとぼくの壊れた世界|Kimi to Boku no Kowareta Sekai}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182342-6}} | |
October 10, 2007
|{{nihongo | 不気味で素朴な囲われた世界|Bukimi de Soboku na Kakowareta Sekai}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182557-4}} | |
July 8, 2008
|{{nihongo | きみとぼくが壊した世界|Kimi to Boku ga Kowashita Sekai}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182600-7}} | |
December 5, 2008
|{{nihongo | 不気味で素朴な囲われたきみとぼくの壊れた世界|Bukimi de Soboku na Kakowareta Kimi to Boku no Kowareta Sekai}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182626-7}} |
- With the publication of the second novel, both books were also published in hard cover through Kodansha Box.
=''Risuka'' series=
{{Main|Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka}}
First serialized in Faust magazine with illustrations by Capcom's Kinu Nishimura. It was later published by Kodansha.
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July 17, 2004
|{{nihongo | 新本格魔法少女りすか|Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182381-5}} | |
March 16, 2005
|{{nihongo | 新本格魔法少女りすか2|Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka 2}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182432-4}} | |
March 23, 2007
|{{nihongo | 新本格魔法少女りすか3|Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka 3}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-182521-5}} | |
December 9, 2020
|{{nihongo | 新本格魔法少女りすか4|Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka 4}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-521560-9}} |
=''Monogatari'' series=
{{Main|Monogatari (series)}}
{{further|List of Monogatari novels}}
The series was first created by Nisio Isin as a series of short stories for the Mephisto magazine. While his previous series, Zaregoto, featured large casts of characters, each Bakemonogatari story tends to introduce only one new character. The previously published stories, and some new ones, were eventually collected in two volumes as part of the Kodansha Box launch titles on November 2, 2006, and December 5, 2006, and it continued its 28-volumes publication until August 19, 2021. On January 25, 2023, Nisio Isin announced a new novel that was published on May 17, 2023,{{cite web| url=https://twitter.com/NISIOISIN_info/status/1618218894388498434 |title=西尾維新公式情報 on Twitter |lang=ja |website=Twitter |date=January 25, 2023 |access-date=January 25, 2023}} continuing the series. Vofan handled the illustrations for the series. The series is divided into six parts: First Season, Second Season, Final Season, Off Season, Monster Season and Family Season.
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|{{nihongo | 化物語(下)|Bakemonogatari (Ge)}}
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May 8, 2008
|{{nihongo | 傷物語|Kizumonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283663-0}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 2, 2008
|{{nihongo | 偽物語(上)|Nisemonogatari (Jō)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283679-1}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 11, 2009
|{{nihongo | 偽物語(下)|Nisemonogatari (Ge)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283702-6}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 29, 2010
|{{nihongo | 猫物語(黒)|Nekomonogatari (Kuro)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283748-4}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
colspan="3"|{{smaller|Monogatari series: Second Season}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
October 28, 2010
|{{nihongo | 猫物語(白)|Nekomonogatari (Shiro)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283758-3}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 25, 2010
|{{nihongo | 傾物語|Kabukimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283767-5}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 30, 2011
|{{nihongo | 花物語|Hanamonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283771-2}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 29, 2011
|{{nihongo | 囮物語|Otorimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283776-7}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 29, 2011
|{{nihongo | 鬼物語|Onimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283781-1}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 21, 2011
|{{nihongo | 恋物語|Koimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283792-7}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
colspan="3"|{{smaller|Monogatari series: Final Season}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 27, 2012
|{{nihongo | 憑物語|Tsukimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283812-2}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 21, 2013
|{{nihongo | 暦物語|Koyomimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283837-5}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
October 22, 2013
|{{nihongo | 終物語(上)|Owarimonogatari (Jō)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283857-3}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 30, 2014
|{{nihongo | 終物語(中)|Owarimonogatari (Chū)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283861-0}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 2, 2014
|{{nihongo | 終物語(下)|Owarimonogatari (Ge)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283868-9}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 18, 2014
|{{nihongo | 続・終物語|Zoku Owarimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283878-8}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
colspan="3"|{{smaller|Monogatari series: Off Season}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
October 6, 2015
|{{nihongo | 愚物語|Orokamonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283889-4}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 14, 2016
|{{nihongo | 業物語|Wazamonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283892-4}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 28, 2016
|{{nihongo | 撫物語|Nademonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283898-6}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 12, 2017
|{{nihongo | 結物語|Musubimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283900-6}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
colspan="3"|{{smaller|Monogatari series: Monster Season}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 20, 2017
|{{nihongo | 忍物語|Shinobumonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-283902-0}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 14, 2018
|{{nihongo | 宵物語|Yoimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-511992-1}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 17, 2019
|{{Nihongo | 余物語|Amarimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-515225-6}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
October 28, 2020
|{{Nihongo | 扇物語|Ōgimonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-521158-8}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August 19, 2021
|{{Nihongo | 死物語(上)|Shinomonogatari (Jō)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-524454-8}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August 19, 2021
|{{Nihongo | 死物語(下)|Shinomonogatari (Ge)}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-524455-5}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
colspan="3"|{{smaller|Monogatari series: Family Season}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
May 17, 2023
|{{Nihongo | 戦物語|Ikusamonogatari}}
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-531262-9}} |} ==''Mazemonogatari''=={{further|List of Monogatari novels#Mazemonogatari}} In {{nihongo3|Mix Story|混物語|Mazemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi meets various heroines from other series written by Nisio Isin. These crossover stories were first distributed in sessions for the Kizumonogatari movies between 2016 and 2017. Kodansha collected those stories, with 3 new ones, and published in 2019. {{ISBN|978-4-06-513292-0}} ==''Mijikanamonogatari''=={{further|List of Monogatari novels#Mijikanamonogatari}} In 2024, Kodansha collected 33 previously published short stories and 6 new short stories in a book titled {{Nihongo3|Short Story or Short Stories|短物語|Mijikanamonogatari}}. {{ISBN|978-4-06-536177-1}} ==Related book==
=''Katanagatari'' series={{Main|Katanagatari}} This twelve volume samurai epic with illustrations by Take was released one volume a month throughout 2007.
==''Maniwagatari''=={{Main|Katanagatari}} Maniwagatari takes place 200 years before Katanagatari, when the first Kyotōryū head, Kazune Yasuri, met Kiki Shikizaki.
==Related book==
=''Densetsu'' series=A complete series with 10 volumes{{Cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=January 13, 2018|title=NisiOisin's Densetsu series Ends With 10th Volume in March|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-13/nisioisin-densetsu-series-ends-with-10th-volume-in-march/.126298|access-date=July 11, 2020}} published by Kodansha. The first volume was published as the "Nisio's longest book"{{Cite web|title=『悲終伝』|script-title=ja:Hishūden|url=http://kodansha-novels.jp/1302/nisioisin/index.html|access-date=July 21, 2020|website=Kodansha Novels|language=ja}}{{Cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 15, 2011|title=Longest Novel by Bakemonogatari's NisiOisin Ships in 2012|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-12-15/longest-novel-by-bakemonogatari-nisioisin-ships-in-2012|access-date=July 25, 2020}} at the time of its publication. The cover of the final volume was illustrated by Fuu Midori.
=''Medaka Box''={{Main|Medaka Box}} Spin-off novels of the Medaka Box manga. Illustrated by Akira Akatsuki.
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=''Bōkyaku Tantei'' series={{Main|Bōkyaku Tantei}} Ongoing series with 15 volumes published by Kodansha. Illustrated by Vofan.
=''Jūni Taisen''={{Main|Juni Taisen: Zodiac War}} After the one-shot publication in the one-shot series manga Ōgiri, the story told one day before those events was published in one volume by Shueisha on May 19, 2015, with the illustrations provided by Hikaru Nakamura. A sequel was released in 2017.
=''Bishōnen'' series={{Main|Pretty Boy Detective Club}} The "Pretty Boy Detective Club" was originally intended to be a group that would appear in the Bōkyaku Tantei series, but during the story's development, Nisio Isin decided it could be published as an independent title.{{Cite book|last=小田|first=すずか|title=美少年探偵団(1)|publisher=講談社|year=2016|isbn=978-4-06-380874-2|pages=192}} Illustrated by Kinako. Twelve volumes were published by the Kodansha Taiga label.
=''Henkyaku Kaitou'' series=For the 20th anniversary of Nisio's debut in 2022, a new series was announced.{{Cite magazine |date=August 7, 2022 |script-title=ja: 西尾維新デビュー20周年記念PVが公開。『戯言シリーズ』最新作『キドナプキディング 青色サヴァンと戯言遣いの娘』刊行が発表 |trans-title=Nisio Isin's 20th anniversary PV is released. Announced the publication of "Kidnap Kidding: The Blue Savant and the Daughter of the Nonsense User", the latest in the "Zaregoto" series. |magazine=Famitsu |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202208/07271369.html |access-date=August 7, 2022}} The next two books were announced in the afterword of Phantom Thief Flâneur's Patrol, with the series titled as {{nihongo|The Casebook of the Phantom Thief Flâneur|怪盗フラヌールの事件簿|}}. The series was later retitled as {{nihongo|The Return of the Phantom Thief|返却怪盗|}}.{{Cite tweet |author=NISIOISIN Official Account|user=NISIOISIN_info|number=1590903153465384961 |date= November 11, 2022|script-title=ja:〈西尾維新NEXT20〉更新!
|{{ISBNT|978-4-06-530630-7}} |- |October 17, 2024{{Cite web|title=怪人デスマーチの退転|trans-title=Wonder Lady Flâneur|url=https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000385988|access-date=October 10, 2024|website=Kodansha Book Club|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja}} |{{nihongo|Wonder Lady Flâneur|怪傑レディ・フラヌール|}} |{{ISBNT|978-4-06-534637-2}} |} =Novelizations=
=Other works=Nisio Isin has also published several single-volume works, with some of them receiving manga adaptations. All of them deal with different themes from the usual. Ningyō ga Ningyō is a novel that invokes the style of old Japanese nonsense horror novels; Nanmin Tantei is a detective novel, a style always present in Nisio Isin's writing, but much more prominent in this title; Shōjo Fujūbun is a suspense novel, and Ripogura! is a novel that highlights Nisio Isin's love for constrained writing, based on three short stories rewritten three times each following restrained writing rules. The Veiled Man Hypothesis was Nisio's 100th book.
=Uncollected works===''Nakoto Manuscript'' series==Nakoto or Pnakotic Manuscript, referencing the grimoires H. P. Lovecraft created, has been releasing since 2004.{{Cite book|last=森瀬|first=繚|title=All Over クトゥルー -クトゥルー神話作品大全|publisher=三才ブックス|year=2018|isbn=978-4-86199-997-0|pages=247}}
==''Shuugatari''==Stories written for the Pandora magazine published by Kodansha. Illustrated by Maruboro Akai.
==''[[Katanagatari]]'' series==
==''Sekai'' series==The fifth story titled {{nihongo|My World|ぼくの世界|Boku no Sekai}} was serialized in the Mephisto magazine published by Kodansha.
==''Monogatari'' series=={{Main|List of Monogatari novels#List of short short stories}} Since the release of the Bakemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook on October 28, 2010, Nisio Isin has written more than 60 short stories related to the anime or manga adaptation. The stories happen throughout all the timeline of the story featuring different narrators. They usually are brief stories talking about a specific topic, commentaries on literature, etc. Only the short stories in Mazemonogatari were collected in a book. Kodansha revealed in May 2024 that 32 previously published short stories and 6 new short stories were being collected in a book titled Mijikanamonogatari to be released July 3, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/calendar|title=New Book Release Schedule|lang=ja|access-date=16 May 2024}} However, on June 12, 2024, Kodansha announced that the book would be delayed after it was discovered that a story that should have been included was inadvertently left out.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/kodansha_novels/status/1800755263487795474 |script-title=ja:【『短物語』発売延期のお知らせ】 |trans-title=[Notice of postponement of release of "Mijikanamonogatari"] |website=twitter.com |publisher=Kodansha |date=June 12, 2024}} Kodansha later confirmed the publication date would be September 11, 2024, with 33 previously published and 6 new short stories.{{cite web |url=https://x.com/kodansha_novels/status/1819734976503628244?t=Hp_MdlJZJJTZiI-zWg1saw&s=19 |script-title=ja:【『短物語』発売日決定のお知らせ】 |trans-title=[Announcement of release date for "Mijikanamonogatari"] |via=Twitter |publisher=Kodansha |date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite book |script-title=ja:短物語 単行本 |trans-title=Mijikanamonogatari Tankōbon |lang=ja |id={{ASIN|406536177X|country=jp}} }} ==''Detective Urban Legend''==A series written in the Mephisto magazine published by Kodansha.
==''Summer Vacation Sabotage''==A story written in the Mephisto magazine published by Kodansha.
==''[[Bōkyaku Tantei]]'' series==Stories written for the Mephisto magazine published by Kodansha that were not collected yet.
==Derived from works by other authors==
==Misc.==
=Commentary on the literature=
Manga=One-shots=Since the publication of the Hōkago, Nanajikan-me. one-shot in Comic Faust, Nisio Isin has been writing several original scripts for manga. ==Ōgiri==Based on 9 themes suggested by his editor, Nisio Isin wrote 9 one-shots with various artists that were released on Shueisha's magazines between 2014 and 2015 in a period of four months.{{Cite news|last=Hanashiro|first=Emma|date=October 29, 2014|title=Bakemonogatari's NisiOisin Writes 9 Manga One-Shots in 4 Months|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-29/bakemonogatari-nisioisin-writes-9-manga-one-shots-in-4-months/.80459|access-date=July 10, 2020}} The collection of stories were published by Shueisha on April 3, 2015 ({{ISBN|978-4-08-880389-0}}). =''Medaka Box''={{Main|Medaka Box}} Medaka Box is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Nisio Isin and drawn by Akira Akatsuki. It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 11, 2009, to April 27, 2013. It was published by Shueisha in 22 volumes.
=''Kimi to Nadekko!''={{Main|Monogatari series}} Kimi to Nadekko! is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Nisio Isin and drawn by Ema Tōyama. It is an in-universe manga written and drawn by Nadeko Sengoku, a female character from the Monogatari series. The 3 chapters were released in various ways in 2014. All three chapters were collected as an extra in the Koimonogatari Volume 2 BD set.
=''Shōnen Shōjo''=Shōnen Shōjo is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Nisio Isin and drawn by Akira Akatsuki. Shōnen Shōjo began serialization on January 4, 2016, and was published in Jump Square magazine until April 4, 2017, with a total of 16 chapters. Compiled by Shueisha into 3 volumes.
=''Seishun Kijinden! 240 Gakuen''=Legend of Eccentric Youth! Nishio Academy (青春奇人伝!240学園, "240" is a pun with "Nishio") is a Japanese shōnen manga series drafted by Nisio Isin and drawn by Shiba Mochi. It was done in commemoration of the 15th year of Nisio Isin writing career and it features various characters from his other series. It began serialization on February 9, 2017, in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine until November 9, 2018.{{Cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=October 12, 2018|title=Crossover Manga for NisiOisin's Works Ends Next Month|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-12/crossover-manga-for-nisioisin-works-ends-next-month/.138044|access-date=July 9, 2020}} Compiled by Kodansha into 3 volumes.
=''Cipher Academy''={{Main|Cipher Academy}} {{nihongo|Cipher Academy|暗号学園のいろは|Angō Gakuen no Iroha}} is a Japanese shōnen manga written by Nisio Isin and drawn by Iwasaki Yūji. It started serializing in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on November 21, 2022,{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=November 6, 2022 |title=Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 4 New Manga in Next 4 Weeks |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-06/shonen-jump-magazine-launches-4-new-manga-in-next-4-weeks/.191603 |access-date=November 20, 2022}} and finished on February 5, 2024.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Cypher Academy Manga Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-05/cypher-academy-manga-ends/.207217|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205062715/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-05/cypher-academy-manga-ends/.207217|archive-date=February 5, 2024|date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live}} Screenplay
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Adaptations=Anime==Manga=Nisio Isin has several adaptations of his novels for manga and since most of his novels are published by Kodansha, most of them comes out in magazines of the publisher. ==''Zerozaki Sōshiki no Ningen Shiken''=={{Main|Zaregoto series}} First serialized in Pandora Vol. 2 Side-A, it was later transferred to the Japanese magazine Monthly Afternoon. It's an adaptation of the first volume of the Ningen series and it was drawn by Iruka Shiomiya.{{Cite web|title=零崎双識の人間試験|script-title=ja:Zerozaki Sōshiki no Ningen Shiken|url=http://afternoon.moae.jp/lineup/201|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190503/http://afternoon.moae.jp/lineup/201|archive-date=September 20, 2017|access-date=July 26, 2020|website=Afternoon|language=ja}} It was serialized from December 20, 2008, to August 2013. Compiled by Kodansha in 5 volumes.
==''Zerozaki Kishishiki no Ningen Knock''=={{Main|Zaregoto series}} It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Afternoon from August 25, 2014, to September 24, 2016. It's an adaptation of the second volume of the Ningen series and it was drawn by Chomoran.{{Cite web|title=零崎軋識の人間ノック|script-title=ja:Zerozaki Kishishiki no Ningen Knock|url=http://afternoon.moae.jp/lineup/410|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118201323/http://afternoon.moae.jp/lineup/410|archive-date=January 18, 2020|access-date=July 26, 2020|website=Afternoon|language=ja}} Compiled by Kodansha in 4 volumes.
==''Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku''=={{Main|Bōkyaku Tantei}} It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Shonen Magazine from August 6, 2015, to March 6, 2017. It partially adapts volumes 1 to 8 of the Bōkyaku Tantei series and it was drawn by Yō Asami. Compiled by Kodansha in 5 volumes.
==''Shōjo Fujūbun''==Shōjo Fujūbun is an adaptation of the novel with the same name and was drawn by Mitsuru Hattori. Mitsuri wanted to adapt the novel after reading it. It was serialized between November 30, 2015 and August 29, 2016, in the Japanese magazine Weekly Young Magazine. It was compiled by Kodansha in 3 volumes.
==''Himeiden''==It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Young Magazine Third from December 4, 2015{{Cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=November 15, 2015|title=NisiOisin's Himeiden, Shōjo Fujūbun Novels Get Manga Adaptations|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-15/nisioisin-himeiden-shojo-fujubun-novels-get-manga-adaptations/.95197|access-date=July 11, 2020}} to December 6, 2017.{{Cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=November 6, 2017|title=Nisioisin, Osamu Mitsutani's Himeiden Manga Ends in December|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-06/nisioisin-osamu-mitsutani-himeiden-manga-ends-in-december/.123640|access-date=July 11, 2020}} It's an adaptation of the first volume of the Densetsu series and it was drawn by Mitsutani Osamu. Compiled by Kodansha in 4 volumes.
==''Bishōnen Tanteidan''=={{Main|Pretty Boy Detective Club}} It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Aria from June 2016 until June 2018 because of Aria's termination.{{Cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=March 27, 2018|title=Kodansha to End Aria Manga Magazine on April 28|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-27/kodansha-to-end-aria-manga-magazine-on-april-28/.129599|access-date=July 11, 2020}} It was transferred to Shonen Magazine Edge on October 17, 2018{{Cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=April 27, 2018|title=Aria Magazine Manga series' Fates Revealed|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-27/aria-magazine-manga-series-fates-revealed/.130947|access-date=July 11, 2020}} and the rest of the chapters were released until July 17, 2019.{{Cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=July 17, 2019|title=NisiOisin, Suzuka Oda's Bishōnen Tanteidan Manga Ends 1st Part|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-17/nisioisin-suzuka-oda-bishonen-tanteidan-manga-ends-1st-part/.149066|access-date=July 11, 2020}} It's an adaptation of the first four volumes of the Bishōnen series, and it was drawn by Oda Suzuka. Compiled by Kodansha in 5 volumes.
==''Jūni Taisen''=={{Main|Juni Taisen: Zodiac War}} It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Shonen Jump+ from September 23, 2017, to May 12, 2018. It is an adaptation of the Jūni Taisen novel and it was drawn by Akira Akatsuki. Compiled by Shueisha in 4 volumes.
==''Bakemonogatari''=={{Main|Bakemonogatari (manga)}} Bakemonogatari is an adaptation of the Monogatari series novels and is drawn by Oh! great. It began its serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on March 14, 2018, with the last chapter published on March 15, 2023. It has been compiled by Kodansha with a special edition for the Kodansha Box label also published.
==''Risuka''=={{Main|Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka}}
=TV Drama=Japanese drama. It adapted the first four volumes of the Bōkyaku Tantei series. Starring Yui Aragaki.
=Stage Play=
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