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Story & Art by

Julietta Suzuki
 Kotetsu Onilciri

Onibi-warashi,
spirits of tbe
shrine. A

'j"‘"^rihito j Kurama

Ahumari'X^
harboringthe soul of popular idol.
^theyoloi Alorra-oh^ He’s actually
inside him. JF yatengj-J

Olcuninusbi KayakoHiragi |

The primary kami

inshrined at Izumc
Oyasbiro.^/

■Momozono is a high school student who was evicted from her home when
Her"dad skipped town.
the tochigami Mileage in a park, and he leaves his shrine and his kami
tier.
Story
Nw^ Nariami spends her days with Tomoe and Mizuki, her shinshi, and with
so
iri and Kotetsu, the onibi-warashi spirits of the shrine.
After holding a festival at her shrine, Nanami starts to really feel her duty as far
sama. ShejevenTittends the big kami conference in Izumo, where she manages
lfiU^he^dMespmMjkaRe’sJplace and deal with the other kamisama.
OnM^lasty^^ftjj^gl^muffikari, Mikage appears in front of Nanami at the
 Volume^
CONTENTS

Chapter 4? 005
Chapter 50 05 <3
Chapter 51 Od5>
Chapter 52 QJJ-
Chapter 5 5 151
Chapter 55* idl
End Notes \J\
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 WRON6,
N4NWMI?

WILL we
BeeoRe
TOMOe

...SAY He THBN WHY PIP

WANTS
M/fYAGB...
TOMOe TO
cHoose
 YOU LOOK
UNHAPPY,
NANAMI-

HAVE ANY'
it ms \ THINO TO VO,
ONLY FOR \ SO THERE IS
SEVEN PAYS, NO NEEP TO
BUT YOU RUSH HOME.
FULFILLEP YOUR
DUTIES
MAGNIFICENTLY. /

YOU MAY
STAY
HERE
LONGER
IF YOU
ARE SAP
TO BE
LEAVING
ME.

YOU CAN
PROUDLY
RETURN
TO YOU R WELL,
SHRINE- I HAVE
SCHOOL
 THANK YOU
60 MUCH,
dKUNINUSHI-

twe way,
NANAMI-
' HIME

WHEN
SHOULP I
PLAN M/
PATE WITH
THE FEMALE
...ANP SHE
SEEMS TO BE KAMI IN
A VERY NEAT KYOTO?
ANP PRETTY
MAIPEN.

^ I FIND
1 HER 60ALS
J APMIRA&LE
as well.
I WILL y
BE HAPP/
TO 00 SEE ,
HER IN i
PERSON, h
 KAYAKO IS
A WEIRPO
BUT SHE'S
AN ORDINARY
HUMAN OIRL

FEMALES'
KAMI,
HUMAN,
OR f WHAT\
ARE i
AYAKASHI- you |
ARE ALL SA/INO:
LOVEABLE.

THIS
IS MY
PHILAN¬
THROPY.

WHAT
ABOUT
HUMANS
AND
yOKAI?

CAN
THEY BE
UNITEP?
 IF THEIR
L 0V£ IS
THE KINP
THAT ENPE
IF I 5AY
"NO"

...THEIR LOVE
16 NOT THE
KINIP TO LAST,
REOARPLESS.
 SEEMS I HAS
SHE DOWN HAPPENED
MUST BE AFTER TO NANAMI-
TIREP. HA VINO . SAMA?
ATTENDED
THE
BANQUET.

DON'T BE THE
FOOLISH. WE OTHER
CAN'T LEAVE KAMI ARE
THE SHRINE X WANTED STAyiNQ
UNATTENDED NANAMI- IN IZUMO
CHAN TO FOR
FOREVER.
RELAX IN SEVEN
THE HOT MORE
SPRINOS DAys.
TOO.

THEN
I'LL STAY wny
HERE WITH DON'T you
NANAMI. RETURN
HOME
ALONE?

you GO
HOME.

GOTO
THE HOT
SPRINGS
WITH
NANAMI-
CHAN—
 ...ANP
...BUT )
TO MOB..
WILL YOU
All GO
HOME
FIRST?
 IF YOU '
HAPN'T
CAllBV MB,
I WOULDN'T
RAYB BBBK
...SO ABIB TO
IT'S ALL IBAVB
RI6HT.

YOUR
BFLIFVFRS
LFT YOU
LBAVB?
UMO.

AREN'T YOU
WORRIER
"KAMI
MONTHLY
UMNO" WILL
CATCH YOU
SHOOTINO
 THE FISH
YOUR E4T THE
FEET OET PEAP SKIN
RE4LLY OFF YOUR
SMOOTH. FEET.

...FEELS
STR4NOE.
pip you
HAVE A I,
FIOHT

you
SHOULP
ALWAYS
VAU&W OUT
LOUP LIKE
THAT.

...WITH I
YOUR FOX. W
SHINSHI?

/ ...THAT N SOMEONE
/ HUMANS AND IN IZUMO
/ AYAKASHI TOLP
EXPERIENCE ME
THE WEIGHT
\ OP FEELINOS
V DIFFERENTLY.
 AYAKASHI
...I KNEW \ CARRY
I 'COULDN'T \
ONE LOVE
FORCE WITH
MYSELF THEM
ON TOMOE FOR¬
ANYMORE. J EVER

...EVEN
AFTER
WE'VE
PIED
YOU'RE WHEN I \
SUCH A THOUGHT
ABOUT
THAT

fflWI |i
Svj
IE BJ
 my me
TOMOE I
HE IN THE
SAID ME im 0?
RETURNED
1 SAFEL/. 1 THE PEAP

HE'5 THE
ELDEST
MOHRI SON.
TMEy'RE
A DIS¬
TINGUISHED
IKE8ANA
family.
TOMOt TOMOZ.
roMoe.
...EASILY
FLYOVER
THE WALL.
 I WANT
TO TELL
TOMOe... I WANT
TO Move
FORWARD.

7M >'

I REALLY
LIKE HIM.
 EVEN IF I
SLAM AGAINST
ALL SORTS OF
WALLS...

.../WON'T
GIVE UP.

I’LL KEEP
MOVING.

36
 TOMOE
WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL
BECAUSE
HE WAS
SICK?/

f KURAMA
JUST
RETURNER
FROM
OVERSEAS
X LOVE HIS YESTERPAY.
UNHEALTHY

ON MY
BNGUSH
VOCAB¬
ULARY
 WELL
X VO.
AW YOU
owe ME
BWWCr,
mm-
ZOKO.

5ATUR-
VAY AT
2P.M. IT
IS/

...ANPI :
SHOULDN'T WHAT
BB GOING IN r ~: -- SHOULP
THB FIRST ■
PLACB! Ww ^
T90?
#/ >

TVS NBVBR
SOMc.- ATTBNPBP
THIN6 ANYTHING
WRON£, FANCY UKB
NANAMI? A GO'KON
 I TOLU
YOU IT'S
PIFFICULT
PFALIN#
WITH
HUMANS.

ESPECIALLY
#IRLS
NANAMI'S

NANAMI SAIP
IT WAS
NOTHIN#.
 w*

■VvV.v

...IVON'T
S^^WANTHfM
Ftovoubtmy
FEELINGS FOR

YOU AT
SCHOOL.
 POES
ANYONE HAVE
A BOYFRIENP
ALREAPy?

THE/ PIP,
THEY
WHY? WOJLPN'T
I'VE OOT 4PMIT IT. /
A OIRL-
PRIENP ' THEY
WOULPN'T
BUT I BE HERE
SHOWEP IP THEY
 TOMOE-KUN,
yOU PON'T EVEN
KNOW WH4T A
OO-KON IS, BUT
yOU'RE SITTING
HERE LOOKING
LIKE A
, CASAW\/A? .

I'M SO EM-
B4RRASSEP
I'M BLUSH-
 A OO-KON
IS WHERE HORNy
MEN ANP WOMEN
WHO'RE MEETING
FOR THE FIRST TIME
OET TOGETHER TO
COMMIT LECHEROUS
ACTS. RIOHT,
TENOU?

TVJ\TCH

wny is
NANAMI AT
SUCH AN
EVENT?/

MMM/

DOESN'T LIVE
AROUND SHE
HUMANS, PROBABLY
SO SHE JUST
PROBABLY WANTED
WANTS TO TO HAVE
HAVE FUN WITH SOME
HER OWN FUN.
DID YOU
WANTEV
COME '
TO JOIN
HERE you cuz
YOU'RE
ALONE ALWAYS
RAVING-
FUN IN
PLACES
YOU WERE
ACTING-
STRANGE, MY LOVELY
60 I WAS MIZUKI
WORRIER BOTHEREP
ANR YOU WHEN
FOLLOWER
X LOOKER

jkS/W
mM£?!

WAS NO
rome. \
NEER FOR
ME TO
WORRY.
 YOU
HAVA
PIFFIOJLT
TIME IN
IZUMO.

NOT TO
WORRY.
WE SHALL
LEAVE

FEEL
FREE TO
ENJOY
YOUR¬
SELF.
 Dp-7
jjgjf
TOMOB .ML.

/ \ DOBSN'rrMSm^
^ Mm

N/4NAMI

...IF
I'M NOT I'M HAVING
PO/NG FUN WITH GUVS,
ANYTHING HF VOFSN'T
WRONG KNOW.

I'M A
SOME¬ FOOL.
THING
WRONG
Wmh

I'M
SUCH
\HMM
 My
LOVBIY
MIZUKI

...5EEMS
TO WMl
BOTMBREP
you.
 WHY PIP
2 HF HAVE
TO SHOW
...LIKE UP NOW?
Sonjour! I WAS
k:uiviarv>o-to 42> > FLIRTING
WITH THAT
GUY.

-to kumamoto,
-the country °-f -f|re

X WAS
I met Mizuho vom HO
kusanac,i Sensei, SUCH THINC-.
crea-tor of Aka-tsuki HOW COULU
no Yona!1 c,ot her YOU!
autograph -too. ^

I listened -to her -talk

a lo-t aBOut mancja.
It was so fun!

kumamoto cas-tle has

Become very dean!
"The s-ta-tion changed
since my las-t visit
and I was surprised!
I'd like -to -take -the
new Bulle-t -train and
visit a&ain ^
"vo you
may
MUM
 ...“NANAM
WON'T GO
ANYWHERE?'

WHA?

HEY WAIT,
I CAN'T
JUST
LEAVE
EVERYONE
BEHINP
ANP GO
HOME/

ALREAPY
TOLP THEM
YOU'RE
LEA VINO.
m^ARMl
 I WAS
RIOHT.

YOU'RE
INI A BAD
MOOD

...CUZ I
WAS WITH
A BOY.
 IT'S SO
5-0 TELL FUNNY,
EVERYONE I'M
I'M OOINO OONNA
PRETENP
IT'S TRUE'
lANXIOUSAS
Vmlturnzr

ISTHATl
 The
Mohri
reel-

iriaMO
/" \T ANN0Y1N6 AFT&fc
^ THAT H5 KAYAKO
45NT VtlW- CON&r
HITO-4AMA 750PU5 A UOW-
J^AUU AU5TT&7 PON’T u&veu
60 RNT7 UK? TH\4>. . TO*?eCT YOKAl?
OUT WHO V /A5 uvc.5
H5 V^AUUY fif--y TH&Y U45T7

£AT TH&
4W5ST4
THAT TH&
HUMAN
KAMI 6AV5
\ i
W5 T70N’T
HAVf T\M5
TO WA4T5
ON 4MAUU-
T1M& YOKAl.

70
; :v
 PESERVES
J TO RULE/
xm
POINO THIS
AKURA- V-r.
OH-SAMA
OUT OF WILL BRINO 1
PEVOTION ABOUT My |
TO HIM/ IPEAL §
WORLP/ M

/ l?W
THAT
C0MF0CTN6

PfcOVE
TO ME
HIS B YES
CAN NOTH' £,,
PERCEIVE MY£L
bmotionsM
...THAT ...YET HESm
YOU MENT/ONSW
AREN’T
ALL PEVCmONMk
TALK.
 TBN&U O?
KUR4MA

yOU WITH
AN AWAY!

■CANNOT*
iuooic trust:*.
?ovma?.v
TO H5AWN6
&OOV
N5W4,
YATO^l.

? \m
..A yOKA/
LUCS HIM
THEY
WERE
NICE.

TUfcNEP
H\4 SACK
ON U4 40
EA41LY.
AKUfcA-
OH HA4
FALLEN
LOW.

PEOPLE
SAY THE
PEVIL
LOOKS
AFTER HIS
SHOULD'VB -
ASKB9HW - ~~

NANAMI’S 1
LESSON FOR

OPPORTUNITY
MISSED IS AN
OPPORTUNITY
WHAT'S , , WASN'T
A LITTLE
TENSU
you re asleep.
DOINS
IN THE AW EAR
HUMAN TO THE
W0RLP? GROUND.

0OTANMARU
OP MOUNT
I HAVE , KURAM4/
COME
TO LOOK

I AM
LOOKING
FOR
SHINJURO-
SAAAA,
LEGITIMATE
SON OF
THE THIRD
SOJOBO-
5 A AAA/

HE
VANISHED
TO THE
HUAAAN
WORLD 17
yEARS AGO,
AND IS
MISSING.
 GO TO
MOUNT
TAklAO AND
ASK TOUR
COMRADES.
 BOTANMARU?

PIPJIRO
COM, ETRIRE YOU
ENOW ME. AGAIN?

A TENGU \
BORNLAET
I'M YEAR ie j I NATE
ALREAPY
eiy
TALLER i MYEELF.
THAN M
, NOW.

...YET MY
ENIN- WINCE
JURO? NAVENT
COMPLETELY
GROWN. ,

ENINJURO
WAE LIRE
you too.
NE WAE BORN TNE
EONOFTNETNIRP
EOJOBO...BUT IT
TOOR TIME FOR NIE
BOPY TO FULLY
MATURE...
 he was the
JIBO ..MV TUB FIBST CHILD
OFTEN OTHEB TENGU BOUNIN 500
STRUCK TBEATEV HIM yeabs
HIM. HABSHLY.

U£
PIP NOT
CM.

THE BOCH HE ALWAYS

WHEBE YOU'BE SAT ON THAT
SITTING NOW. BOCH.
 B£ WHVBEIG
6TUONG, 6UINJURO'
BOTANMAVU. gam
NOW?

we VO NOT
WANT TO L06£
you ag wen

PEOPLE SAY
TENGU WHO
LEAVE THE
MOUNTAIN ARE
 TO ABLE
I'M

SHINJUR
SEEO- LIKEWOULP
I
TO SEE
0
SHINJUR -
SANA, mo SANA
TALK ANV
TO
TOASTENOU
H
BE&vom
A FINE HIM.

[ '" :
E^. W i isM^. v-i,,;
86
 I'M SURE
THAT'S HIM/
HE LOOKS
EXACTLY
LIKE THE
PORTRAIT
IN THE
TREASURY/
 / SUPPENLy I
WANT TO p
\ see mb? A

IF YOUV
TOLP MB
TWO
MONTHS
AGO, IV
HAVE HAP
THE WHOLE
NIOHT FREE
for you.

BAP, BUT
I'M ALL
BOOKEP.

you CAN
TALK TO
i am Very
happyi
VjAS ABLE
TO MEET / i am
Shwjuro-
SAmA... \ BOTANMARU
C OF MOUaJT
/ KURAmA!

...OaI this
AuSpiSuS..
AUSpiSiS.
 ...SMALL.
HOW OLP
ARE you?

WHAT
BIG
HANES
HE HAS
4UINOUUO
 ...WARLIKE
you too,
BOTANMUU

-TWOULO
take cm. Alike ro
0? A BECOME LIKE
RUN4VW
_ SH/NJURO-
 ...aw m MOUNTAIN HAS
ARB All BEEN COVERED
SPENPINO IN CLOURS OF
MIASMA SINCE
OUR RAYS SOJOBO-SAMA
IN FBAR. COLLAPSER.

JIRO-SAMA
WAS ELECTER
SUCCESSOR

...BUT
IF MAN/
SHINJURO- OPPOSE
SAMA THAT
RETURNS RECISION
 YOU KNOW
I LEFT THE
MOUNTAIN 17
YEARS AOO.

I TOTALLY
ATTACHED
TO THE
HUAWN
WORLD
l NOW

jass ...cut
W THERE'RE
5? so awny
& CUTE OIRLS
 THAT IS
WHY! ...ANQI
WANT YOU arb rwe
TO STANV SAME.
AS OUR
LEAVER.

1 HE'S
ALL
RI6HT.

/ SHOULDN'T
; have
LEFT THE
MOUNTAIN
WHEN HE
\ WAS STILL
 A CHILP
TENOU IS
THAT'S RAISEP
WHY A TENOU BY THE
SHOULPN'T MOUNTAIN
PESCENP TO ITSELF.
THE HUMAN
WORLP WHILE
HE'S STILL
A CHILP.

HE'S y
INHALEPTOO V.
MUCH OF THE /
POISON OF f
THE HUMAN A |
WORLP. AJ
 I PIPN'T
THINK IV
HAVE TO
RETURN SO
SOON.
fapapi
 /way
/ havent
you
.CHANGED?

? ABE
you GOING
TO ATTEND WE
CEBEMONY
WEABING WAT
KIMONO?

INFERIOR
TO THEM, SO
\ / WEAR WHAT
ISHOULPNT
\V EVERYONE
WEAR A KIMONO
THAT'S BETTER
THAN THEIRS.

OTHERWISE
I'LL BE A

SHINJURO.

THOSE ,, // WSOOOBO'S
ARE LIKE /T'-caiW'*
/ / I SHOULD
EVERYONE ' / NOT BE SO
ELBE'S? / SELFISH.
SLEEP WITH
EVERYONE

STARTING
TONIGHT.
 so : My FUTON
IT WAS were- 15 GONE!
youu
FUTON.

' I THREW
IT AW Ay
CU2IT
SMELLED
LIKE MILK.

WW DON'T
yOU GO RACK
to youR
ROOM AND
SLEEP ON A
TATAMIMAT?
 ...NEVE8
knew rue
warmth of
 LISTEN
SIMPLY
TAKING
&OTANMARU
HOME AW
SEEING HOW
MY FATHER
IS POINO.

NOTHING '
AMUSING WILL
HAPPEN, SO
you DON'T
NEED TO I
com WITH /
v me. 7

WE '
AREN'T
COMINO
TO FOOL
YOU'RE WE'RE AROUND/
OOINO COMINO
BACK TO TO ASSIST
HELP THE you/
FAMILY YOU
RAN AWAY
 I ENJOY
OBSERVING
HEH, OTHERS
REALLY GET INTO
, TROUBLE.

I NEVER
KNEW
YOU WERE
SOJOBO'S
SON.
AND
WHV'S / YOU'RE
THE fOX. SUCH AH
ORDINARY
HERE? I TENGU, I'D
DIDN'T NEVER
INVITE HAVE
GUESSED
HIM. THE TRUTH.

you two/
IF YOU
WANNA
FIGHT, DO
IT AFTER
WE'RE
THERE. .

JEALOUS.
BOTAN-
MARU
IS STILL
ASLEEP. ...YOU
RUSHED
OVER CUZ
YOU DIDN'T
WANT
NANAMI AND
ME BEING

WHERE
AM I?
 COLLAPSED
CUZ YOU
WERE SO
, TIRED. <

I GAME
YOU SOME
M0M0T4N,
soyour
WOUNDS
4RE ALL
HE4LEP
109
SOMETHING
WR0N6,
SHINJURO-
SAfAA? i
LIVE W THE f
TAINS. IT NEGATIVE
MOU/JTAwS > REMINPS IONS.
ME OF
SCHOOL
. TRIPS.

' FORKED W
CEPAR f.:
TREE IS THE K
ENTRANCE t
TO OUR P
MOUNTAIN K
REFRESH-
...ANP
WE'LL BE
ENTERING
IT NOW.
 I AM
SERIOUS.

you haw
THE FASTEST
WINGS ON THE
MOUNTAIN,
pLAyMy and you pay
FAVORITE THE FLUTE
uzumupA VEPy WELL.
SONG AGAIN.

...you
SOUND
CON'
GESTEP.
IT'S
ALL
BIGHT.
HAVE
yOU BEEN
cuym?
PIPOIUO
strife you
AGAIN?

HE KEEPS
HITTING yOU
WHEN I'M NOT
AROUND
I went -to Mount
kurat\ca Because
l'(V) doins, a s-tor*
aBOu-t -ter\G,u.

I've Been sa^incj

since volume 3
-tKa-t I've GsO-t -to
draw aBou-t
kuraiv>a, and I was
•finally aBle -to.

TKis was rvi^

second -tirv>e
clirviBine, Mount
kurarv-ia, and i\n^
lec,s were so
-tired. I need -to
exercise rviore.

I saw a ivian in a
sui-t clirviBins,
wKile canryine,
a sui-tcase.

BROTHER
6UIRO!
I saw a worvian
clirvi&inG) in
KiciK Keels!
 oettino
EVEN
THICKER.

you ALL
RIOHT,
NANWMI?
 ISN'T AN
ORDINARY
FOG.
THIS |

SO WE'RE
TRAPPER
insure rr.
 YOU CAM
FLY THE
SKIES
NOW

...LIKE A
PROPER
TENOU.
 ...THE
THUNPEB
BEA4T WILL QUIML'/a
bite you
AHP KILL <£\
you.
 ...LOVER
BROTHER
SUIRO THE
MOST

THE
SOUNU OF
A FLUTE.

irs m
UZUZAKURA
 THAT
MEANS
YOU'RE
NOT
SUIRO.

...ON
THE TOP
OF THE
MOUNTAIN.

...IS
PUMNO MY
FAVORITE
SONS-
FOR ME
fcupap^fa
.StaaBCer 53

VILLAGE
OF
KURAMA.
 BE SAYING
THIS RIGHT
AFTER
WE'VE
ARRIVEV

...1 HAVE TO
GO TO THE
TO THE
BATHROOM!
CLOUDS

SHOULDN'T
BE TALKING
HERE, SO
LET'S GO
 WHAT WAS THAT?*

MOUNTAIN
HAS BECOME
A LONELY
PLACE. ,

THE
ETERNAL ORASS
CHERRY ANP TREES
BLOSSOM TREE PON'T
THAT WAS THE OROW
CENTER OF THE BECAUSE
MOUNTAIN
OF THE
HAS FINALLY
WITHEREP. MIASMA.
 IF IT'S
OONNA PIE
IP YOU
PON'T TAKE
CARE OP IT

...IT
WASN'T
PATEP TO
LIVE LONO.

SECOME
STRONO IF
you PON'T
WANT TO
PIE.
 EVERYONE
HERE IS
SO GlOOMY
NOW THAT
THE TREE
WITHERED

THE ELDERS
LAMENT OVER
WHETHER
THE
MOUNTAIN 15
FINISHED
OR NOT. ,

THEy'RE
BEINO
SO RUDE,
WHEN
YOU'RE
OOINO TO
BE THE
FOURTH
SOJOBO.
 ABOUT
IT, JIRO-
VOKO?

sw
mmm
mm
 „.smy
because
i wantev
TO BECOME
STRONG,

I l MUST
INHERIT
THE THIRD
S0J080'S
POWERS

I SPENT
MY PAYS IN
TRAINING.
I PIP NOT
ALLOW
MYSELF TO
THE BE LAZY.
SUCCESSION
RITE WILL
BE HELD
AT/LAST. IN A FEW
PAYS. I

WON'T LET
ANYBOVY
INTERFERE.
 t BATHROOM
I WAS UN-
muemLV
AHATWAS \FARAWAY!
 A CHERR/
BLOSSOM
TREE.

SACREP
TREE IT'S
BLOOMS ROTTINS
STANPS IN
EVERY THE CENTER
FOUR OF THE
YEARS MOUNTAIN.

...ANP THE
FLOWERS
ARE
REALLY
BEAUTIFUL.
THEN WE
SHOULD BROTHER
BE ALL SUIRO IS SHE
RIOHT. IS MUCH PRETTY?
PRETTIER.

BROTHER, y

I'D LIKE N
TO DIO A
HOLE By THE
ETERNAL
CHERRY
BLOSSOM
TREE
...AW
BUR/ THIS
BABY BOA R
THERE.

DEMONS AFTER
STARTED SOJOBO-
ROAMINO THE SAMA
MOUNTAIN, AND COLLAPSED,
THERE'RE THE CLOUDS
FEWER ANIMALS OF MIASMA
NOW. SHOWED UP.
 ETERNAL
CHERRY
BLOSSOM
WONDER
WHAT'S TREE HAS
OONNA WITHERED
HAPPEN TOO.
TO THIS
VILLAGE.

SOJOBO-
...AND THE V SAMA WILL
MOUNTAIN ■
WILL BE V RECOVER
BACK TO SOON
NORMAL/ f

BUT
WILL THE
MOUN¬
TAIN BE
BACK TO
NORMAL

...AFTER
JIRO
BECOMES
..BLOOM THE
AOAIN? FOURTH
SOJOBO?
 im BLOOMED!

THE
FLOWERS ARE
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 The Otherworld
Ayakashi is an archaic term for yokai.

Kami are Shinto deities or spirits. The word can be used for a range
of creatures, from nature spirits to strong and dangerous gods.

Kamuhakari is the weeklong convocation of kami at Izumo

Oyashiro shrine in October of the lunar calendar. Therefore in the
lunar calendar, October is called Kamiarizuld (month-with-kami)
in Izumo, and Kannazuld (month-without-kami) in other regions.
Festivals are held at Izumo Oyashiro during the ICamuhakari.

Onibi-warashi are like will-o’-the-wisps.

Shikigami are spirits that are summoned and employed by onmyoji

(Yin-Yang sorcerers).

Shinshi are birds, beasts, insects or fish that have a special

relationship with a kami.

Tochigami (or jinushigami) are deities of a specific area of land.

Tsuriki is a kami’s power and becomes stronger the more it is used.

Honorifics
-chan is a diminutive most often used with babies, children or
teenage girls.

-dono roughly means “my lord,” although not in the aristocratic

-hime means princess, although a Japanese princess is not the same

as a Western one and isn’t necessarily the daughter of a king.

-san is a standard honorific similar to Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms.

-sama is used with people of much higher rank.

 Notes
Page 23, panel 5: Ikebana
Traditional Japanese flower arranging.

Page 40, panel 2: Waratte Iikamo

Spoofing a Japanese TV show called Waratte litomo that is
broadcast at noon on weekdays.

Page 41, panel 1: Go-kon

A group dating event where the same number of males and
females gather for activities like karaoke.

Page 79, panel 1: Mount Takao

A mountain about an hour away from Tokyo where, according to
folklore, tengu live.

Page 104, panel 2: Futon

Traditional Japanese bedding. Japanese futon are much lighter
than Western ones, and are designed to be folded and stored
during the day.

Page 104, panel 3: Tatami

Straw mats that make up traditional Japanese flooring.

Page 111, panel 1: Sojogadani Valley

An actual valley northwest of Mount Kurama.

Page 111, panel 2: Negative ions

Negatively charged ions are released by bodies of water and
green areas such as forests. Negative ions are said to have health
benefits, including making you feel energized and invigorated.

Page 114, panel 4: Atago, Takao

One of the eight great tengu (hachi daitengu) is said to live on
Mount Atago. Another of the eight great tengu, Naigubu, is said
to live on Mount Takao.

Page 115, panel 2: Uzuzakura

Cherry blossoms that bloom on Mount Kurama.
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Naru Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hana to
Yume Plus. Her other books include
Akuma to Dolce (The Devil and
Sweets) and Karakuri Odette. Born
in December in Fukuoka Prefecture,
she enjoys having movies play in the
background while she works on her
manga.
 KAMISAMA KISS
VOL.?
Shojo Beat Edition
STORY AND ART BY
Julietta Suzuki
English Translation & Adaptation/Tomo Kimura
Touch-up Art & Lettering/Joanna Estep
Design/ Yukiko Whitley
Editor/Pancha Diaz

KAMISAMA HAJIMEMASHITA by Julietta Suzuki

© Julietta Suzuki 2011
All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2011 by HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo.
English language translation rights arranged with
HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo.

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in this publication are entirely fictional.

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