Zaregoto
| Zaregoto | |
First volume cover, featuring Tomo Kunagisa | |
| 戯言 | |
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| Genre | Crime, mystery |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Nisio Isin |
| Illustrated by | Take |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Imprint | Kodansha Novels Kodansha Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | February 5, 2002 – February 8, 2023 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Light novel | |
| Ningen | |
| Written by | Nisio Isin |
| Illustrated by | Take |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Kodansha Novels Kodansha Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | February 5, 2004 – March 25, 2010 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Light novel | |
| Saikyō | |
| Written by | Nisio Isin |
| Illustrated by | Take |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Kodansha Novels |
| Magazine | Mephisto |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | April 4, 2014 – November 11, 2020 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Original video animation | |
| The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer | |
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| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Shaft |
| Released | October 26, 2016 – September 27, 2017 |
| Runtime | 25–43 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 8 |
Zaregoto (Japanese: 戯言; "Nonsense") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series was published in Japan between February 2002 and November 2005 by Kodansha Books in nine volumes. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Nisio's debut in 2022, the tenth volume of the series was released on February 8, 2023. The series was followed by a seven-volume spin-off series also published by Kodansha Books, the Ningen (人間; "Human") series, focusing on the Zerozaki clan. A second spin-off series focused on Jun Aikawa titled Saikyō (最強; "Strongest") series was serialized in the Mephisto magazine, and was collected by Kodansha in five volumes. First two volumes of Zaregoto were initially released in North America by Del Rey Manga, but have since been republished by Vertical, who also released the third volume. An eight-episode original video animation series adaptation of the first volume by Shaft was released between October 2016 and September 2017.