Story & Art by

‘Julietta Suzuki
 Volume 21
CONTENTS

Chapter 120 004

Chapter 121 055

Chapter 122 0^5

Chapter 125 0?5

Chapter 124 12d

Chapter 125 1 d1

End Notes 1£1

 "Tomoe Nanami
The shinshi who Momozono
serves Nanami now A high school student \ *1

that she’s a tochigami. who was turned into

Originally a wild fox a kamisama by the

ayakashi. tochigami Mikage. She

likes Tomoe.

■Onikiri ■ Kotetsu Mamoru

Onibi-warashi,
spirits of §r ■ i) Onibi-warashi,
spirits of the
Nanami’s shikigami.
He can create a
• the shrine. • • shrine. spiritual barrier to ^
keep out evil.

Jiro Mizuki
A militant tengu from Nanami’s second
Mount Kurama. He’s in shinshi. The
love with Nanami.

■
incarnation of a
white snake. Used
to be the shinshi of jrt
Yonomori shrine. r ‘ \

• Yatori
A mysterious ayakashi
*
A ^ Kirihito
A human whose
who is cooperating body was taken Over
with Kirihito. He by the great yokat
yearns for Akura-oh’s Akura-oh, who
resurrection. committed every evil
he possibly could.

Nan ami Momozono is a high school student who was evicted from her home when
jed town.
e tochigami Mileage in a park, and he leaves his shrine and his kami
r.
i spends her days with Tomoe and Mizuki, her shinshi, and with
Kotetsu, the onibi-warashi spirits of the shrine,
been slowly gaining powers as kamisama by holding a festival at her
ling a big kami conference, and all sorts of other adventures.
IjTdmo^ feelings for each other are finally out in the open and they

laex^Sedf^^^CT^nt on the school trip to Okinawa, Tomoe realizes

huriia5?lifc>p'ai^>rc. So in order to live out his life with Nanami, he
atcr^)f evolutioivto:;bcconic human, but he’s transformed into a fox
I JUST
HAP-
PB NBV
TO RUN
INTO
HIM...
 so he
MET
NANAMI
I'M ALL WHEN I
RIOHT.
WASN'T
WITH HER.

WE PIPN'T
HURT BACH
OTHER.

SUT KIRIHITO
SAW HE'S
OOINO TO THE
LAW OF THE
REAP TO
RETRIEVE
AKURA-OH'S
BOPY. I HAVE
TO CALM
DOWN.

■
..ARB STILL
WARM.
tatpis

I'M
WHAT
ONLY mwrM HAPPENS
WmsSm
imoreGm
WMaM 500 YEARS
A00?
mmm

LIKE
AKURA-
OH?
TOMOE

...OR
SPEAK
TO HIM
EVER
AGAIN.

IF YOU
REALLY WANT
TO LIVE WITH
I DON'T ME, PROMISE
WANT YOU YOU WON'T
TO HURT ACT LIKE
PEOPLE LIKE AKURA-OH.
AKURA-OH
DOES.
 I
MUST
RETURN
TO MY
ORIGINAL.
FORM
QUICKLY
 My
FORMER
FRIENR...

...ANl7
BROTHER.
 KIRIHITO-
RONO.

Did you
enioy the
night?

ALMOST your
SAW ME MOTHER
AT THE
me
makino a
RESIRENCE
FUSS
ABOUT you
BEING
MISSING.
i me
WORRIER
MY, MY. WHEN you
HUMAN RIRN'T
FEMALES RETURN
ARE SUCH EARLIER.
TROUBLE.
 ...CUT
..RIGHT OFF YOUR
NOW. ARM...

I REFUSE
TO TRUST
ANYBODY WHO
CONCEALS
THEIR TRUE
INTENTIONS.

ESPECIALLY
LIARS
LIKE YOU.
 YET HE^
HANPEPOVER
*A WEAPON,
^ LEAVING
HIMSELF
UNARMEP.

...YETHE
REFUSES TO HE
YIELPAN CANNOT
INCH ANP PEFEAT
CONTINUES TO THE
PROVOKE THE FOX...
FOX'S ANGER.

I SHALL
NOT LIS
ANYMORE.
 W pip you i
W KEEP SILENT 1
I BECAUSE yOU 1
R WANTED TO
i CONCEAL
W yOUR REAL J
IDENTITY?

ITHREW
MySELF
AT YOUR
FEET...

...BECAUSE
YOU'RE so
STRONO.
I ADORE
you...

...NO MATTER /M/

HOW MANY FEELINGS
VIA A FOR YOU
TIMES YOU SMALL,
CHANGE FORM. FRAIL
WILL NEVER
FURBALL. CHANGE...

...you
PICKFP
UP IOHG
AGO.
Tkank you .for
pickine, up
volume 2J o-P WHAT
kawsama kiss" VO YOU
I kope you WI5H IN
enjoy reading RETURN
-tkis volurvie. FOR
FOLLOWING
ME ABOUT?
I kad rv»y
assis-tan-t
O-san draw a
side&ar. Tkank
you -Por -tke
cute oa-ts,
°-san @

T>o enjoy
reading.

...TO
-Juli BECOME
YOUR
NUMBER
ONE!
 NO
ONE CAN
BE M/
NUMBER
ONE...

TAM
MY
NUMBER
ONE.

THAT'S
 ...WHAT
I EXPECT
FROM
AXURA-OH.

f he
HASN'T
COME HOME
TOR THREE
NIGHTS.
HE HASN'T
EVEN
CALLER
GOING TO \ ME. /
COLLEGE
AFTER HE
RECOVERED.
HE ICE EPS
PISAPPEAR-
/NG SOME¬
WHERE.
WHAT'S
HAPPENSV
TO HIM...?
25
 PARENTS ARE
ALWAYS
CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR
CHILDREN/

YOU'RE WHAT
NOT THE HAPPENED
KIRIHITO TO YOU?
YOU USED
TO BE...

IS
SOME¬
I'M THING
ALWAYS ON WRONG?
YOUR SIDE, NO
MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS.

IS THERE
SOMETHING
YOU CAN'T
TALK TO ME
ABOUT?
 MOM.

I'M
SORRY
I MARE
YOU
WORRY.

I'VE BEEN
CELEBRATING
PEELING WELL
AFTER I WAS
ILL FOR SO
LONG.
wri^m
HAYE YOU
EATEN?
ARE YOU
UUNORY?

X DON'T
WANT
AN/THINO
RIOHT
NOW.
 KIRIHITO•
VONO?
...PISPOSE
OF THAT
THAT WOMAN IF
WOMAN? SHF OETS
IN YOUR
wAy.

AH...
you MEAN
MOTHER.

LEAVE
HER
ALONE.

... YOUR - ^ -==j

OLP SELF?
Puj

KIRIHITO-
PONO.
 WHERE'S
YATORI?

X DON'T
KNOW...
I HAVEN'T
SEEN HIM

aHE MUST BE
> PREPARING
Ato &o to
THE LAND OF
i THE DEAD.

Kfcer 121
37
 THAT'S
AND TOMOE NOT
SHOULD BE TRUE.
ABLE TO YOU'RE
RETURN TO DOINO A
HIS ORIGINAL OREAT
FORM SOON. JOB.

I HAVE
JUST
RECEIVED
to/-
A REPLV
NUSHH PROW
6kuni- IZUMO.
NUSHI-
SAMA OF
IZUMO

IaIUShi

...WILL
TURN TOMOE
BACK INTO AN
AyA KASHI.

WOW/
 MUSTVE
LEFT YOU
BEHIND
BECAUSE
HE'S WORRIED
about you.

I'M NO
OOOD AS
KAMISAMA

uEPENu MAYBE
MIKAGE
ON ME.
/v
 MUCH, \vou
MUCH HAVE
STRONGER BECOME
THAN WHEN STRONO.
we FIRST
MET.

REALLV
 YOU
5H0ULP
BE ABLE
...INI TO WALK
BUT ABOUT TEN TO
BE IZUMO
MINUTES.
CAREFUL.

"the kamisama paths

"MAKE SURE YOU are on the top level.
DON'T SLIP AND FALL UNDERNEATH LIE THE)
INTO THE LOWER WORLDS "OF EVIL/
SPIRITS. /
LEVELS."

MIZUKI
WAS
RIGHT.

TT'S
BRIGHT
AS PAY
INHERE.

TO REACH
IZUMO
NO
PROBLEM!
SO EACH

SHRINE
ORA
TEMPLE.
TXT
 TOMOE
WILL
BECOME A
HUMAN.

J THEN
HE'LL HAVE
\

NOTHINC
TO PO YOU /
jy y WITH YOU. J
AKURA-OH
TOLP ME
HE HAS NO
INTENTION
OF POINO
ANYTH INC-
TO TOMOE.

ANP
THEY TOMOE
WON'T WON'T
TRY TO HURT
KILL EACH HIM...
OTHER...
 WHAT
One o-P my DO YOU
■Pavori-te sweets KNOW
is Panda Pocky ABOUT
AKURA-
0H-
SAMA...

Once I s-tart
ea-tine, -tHem, I
jus-t can'-t s-top!

TKese cKocola-tes
were delicious.

TKey were a G,i4H. ...AM NOT

TKank you. @ PERMITTED
TO
APPROACH
HIM?
 YOU
CONVINCED
THAT
OREAT
YOKAI
TO
BECOME
HUMAN

CANNOT
AFFORD TO
LFTyou
UVF.

KIRIHITO-
PONO IS WON
OVER BY A
HUMAN. .

YATOR/J

he's
OBSBSSBP
WITH
AfCURA-OH.

BUT
I CAN'T
LOSE.
 AO£
USELESS
UNLESS
THE/ TOUCH
ME.

THE WHAT
RAMISAMA CAN I BUT I HAVE TO
PATHS AM i 90?! -\ GET THE
CAN'T
ON THE / WHITE
GET
TOP LEVEL. OFUOA ON
CLOSE
UNDERNEATH TO HIM. HIM TO /
LIE THE MAKE mOO
WORLDS PERCENT .
OF EVIL EFFECTIVE.
SPIRITS.
 MUE6UQE
YOU PONT
4LIPANP
FALL INTO
TFElOWFQ
LEVELS.

I CAN’T
IHAVBi PUT
.to Gen THE
'bfhinu OFUOA
h/m*in ON HI Mi
FROMM

-.FRONT.

m-HAve
TO CATCH
^YATORI
^OFF^
^GUARKT
^SOMF-:
^OWrr^
 J '
MUST
ESCAPE .

...BY
GOING
TO THE
LOWER
LEVELS.
BUT
HOW SO
CAN THIS
IS THE
LOWER
LEVEL.

:*GETjm
BEHINOm
YATORhWITHl
sOUTiBEING9
CONE NOT,>CEO...?
OUT, mt w/
NANAMI-
SAN.

I'LL
PESTROy
THIS AREA
IF you KEEP
HIRING.

AVREAVY
KNOW
YOU'RE
NEARBY.
 ...SINCE
THAT OFTEN
HAPPENS
AT MIKAOE
I 1
SHALL
SHRINE. TELL
...THAT
AKURA-
Amy
YOU RAN

FROM
OH-SAMA

HOME...

, ■M

/ .
W
1
(/It
tx
1
///1,^ F
Hf j f \
\

He'im
KILL r-
m if ii
MESS \
UP!

VON'T
WORRY.
 YATORI.
£ ■

THIS
FOG
WILL
PROTECT
MS. I

I ONLY
NS SPA
MOMENT
TO VO
THIS. {

MOMENT
...TO FOOL
YATORI'S
BYES.
msta&ser 122
 WSm
worn
fxoiM
mm

NOT
A (CURA-
OH.

JzooWpI
MKOuW
lYATORH
3^

..BEFORE
YOU '
REALIZE
I'M
USING i
. THIS j
THIS IS
, OFUPA.'S
LIKE A
VRZAM.
 IT'S
A PR BAM
X WANT
TO NEVER
ENP
THANK
you

...FOR
LETTINO
ME SEE
HIM
HERE.
 OFF
GUARu!

I'M
CLOSE
ENOUGH
TO HIM!
WON'T
RETREAT!
 ...I'LL
NEVER
BE ABLE
..EQUAL TO SEE
TO TOMOE
MINE? AGAIN.
f
 ...LET ME
REMONSTRATE
ONE OF MY
MAN/
l POWERS. J

I CAN
PISPLAy
LIFE FORCE
IN CONCRETE
FORM.

...IS
EQUIVALENT
TO THIS
CANPLE.

CANNOT
ILLU¬ THE
MINATE FLAME IS SO
MUCH SMALL IT CAN
BE SNUFFEP
OUT WITH
...OR ONE
PROVIPE BREATH.
WARMTH.
LIGHT-
HOUSE.
 OUR
HAPPINESS.

...IS TO LIVE,
CHERISHING
THAT SMALL
FLAME.

LETU4
LIVE
TOGETHER.
 I WONPER
WHAT'LL
COMB HAPPEN IP
ON, I PELIVER
YATORJ. /OUR HEAP
TO MIKAOE
SHRINE?

I'LL
USB THE
HBAUW/NV
OFUPA

...TO
PUT THE
SH/ELP
OFUPA ON
YOU-

HOFF-

HOFF-

WHAT'S
WRONG
WTTH
88
 ET.IS your
W80UT LIFE... 1
I TO 'Jl
ENP. j

THAT
CANP LE
REPRE¬
SENTS
YOUR
LIFE.

THERE'S
HARPLy
ANVTHINC-
LEFT
WHAT
* IS HE l\
TAUCINGl
ABOUT?)
...SINCE
...IS
you CAVE
My /OUR LIFE
CANPLE
FORCE TO
KIRIHITO-
PONO.
 THAT'S
YOU'RE NOT
LYINO/ TRUE/

PC
YOU'RE
YOU
LYINO/
REALLY
THINK
SO?

...WHAT'S
YOU
MUST
HAPPENING
TO YOUR HAVE
BODY. REALIZE?
 HEARP
THAT A
CRACK

...OPENER
ON THE
SPIRITS'
PATH RIGHT
ABOVE MOUNT
KURAMA,
SO I CAME TO
INVESTIGATE.

I NEVER
THOUGHT
YOUV BE
HERE.
 JIRQ-
VOHO O?
MOUNT
KURAMA.

IT
HAS
BEEN
QUITE A
WHILE.

YQU SEEM
TQ BE IN
EXCELLENT
HEALTH.

Chapce®]
 you'VE
COT
SOME
NERVE
TO JOKE
LIKE
THAT...

/ X LEARNED \ \V
K FROM M/N VV\
RECOMMENPEP
^MISTAKES^^N;
. _YiOU AS
'^FOU RTH_«
SOJOBO:^

...AN^HAVE
PFOUND "~BUT you
^A MORE PUOjYOURi
COMPETENT, OWN *0 RAVE
ASSOCIATE ANP LOST.^
i
 \hmph\

you 1
wavered,
YATORI.

YOU
CAN'T
THROW
AWAY
YOUR
SH Am...

...even
IF YOU'RE
A FIEND
WHO
LEECHES
OFF
OTHERS.
 NANAMI.
WAKE
UP
NANAMI

Am
MORTI-
I FED-

BUT THAT
GIRL VJILL
DIE SoOaI-

|j|Y0U
mm>+
: >L!
CA^reWDUTHl
HER.
 wipjNeWlI

4
fAS Hf|

...
WHEN
OBSTACLES
Nowadays, SUWENLY
l'(v» irvto APPEARED IN
FRONT OF ME.

tke
Neko Atsunoe
c^aivie app.

I rarely play
carries, &ut tke |WpNXTA
cats are so so
cute... WtypjM
Wtandm
wsr/CiM

wfaZZMI
mcms*

WaniA
moyel
X^or^X
Wap&a
 WAIT,
NAN AMI.

I'M A
yom.
I CAN'T
WALK WAT
FA4T.

VON'T
LZA%MZ
mm.
 HAP HER
PRINK ALL
OUR
MOMOTAN...

...60 HER
WOUNPS
SHOULP
HEAL,
BUT...

...NANAMI-SAN'S
SOUL IS
SO FEEBLE,
IT IS AS IP
SOMETHING HAS
SUCKEP
IT AWA/.
 TO BE
TOMOE HONEST.
VEClVEV I STILL
TO BECOME CAN'T
HUMAN... BELIEVE IT

..SO THAT
HE CAN
LIVE WITH
ME,
3CTAN-
MARU?

TtUG-U
BECOME
APULTS
AT AGt
EIOHT.'
 NANAMI-
SAN HASN'T
RECOVERED
yET...

I'M
FEELING
FINE...
...so
LET'S GO
SEE THE
CHERRY
BLOSSOMS/

A THE
V TREE IS
/ SOME
DISTANCE
1 FROM
A HERE

...SO
you two
CARRy
NANAMI-
SAN.
 EVERY- BOTANMARU

MEANS CRY... BE...

TO UVE.
GNU.
 I'LL -rrs-
HAVE WARM

ALRBAPY
PASSBP
ON.

...ANP
so
WARM.
 \we%£±g£i
Weem
mm/tigH
Wth/ngsm
Mtom
Ww/yM
Worn

wu&rA

I
TOLP THANK
MIKASE you FOR
SHRINE LETTINO ME
THAT USE THE
yOU'LL BE BATH.
SWINS
THE NIOHT

...SO
SLEEP
WELL
IN THIS
TRAINING
HALL.

SUIRO-
SAN

mnt
TO HAVE
A FEW
WORPS
WITH
v Y0U- /

I
 I
HAVE
NEVER
RECEIVER A
PEATH
SENTENCE
LIKE YOURS

..FELT LIKE
A PEATH
SENTENCE
FOR ME.

...SO I
ACTEP
AS IF
NOTHIN#
'HAS
WRON#

...JUST
LIKE
YOU'RE
ARE
NOW.
 TNEEP
SOMEONE
TO PROP
ME UP,
 THE6UN
will m
SOON IF
WAIT, x you DON'T
TOMOE.-. mm.
iSS

’P/KfiSwi.
[BEING pp-,
LEFT
WBEFHNV.
ONLY
THEN

...WAS I
FINALLY
ABLE TO
PBAL
WITH MY
FBBUNGS.
 LET ME
TALK
ABOUT
YOUR
HEALTH.

...IS AFFECTEP
IN MANY WAYS
WHEN THEIR
SOUL
BECOMES
THIN.

IF YOU
WANT TO
LIVE AS YOUR
LONO AS BOPY
I-IS POSSIBLE SLOWLY
THAT WEAKENS
ALL?
...YOU
SHOULP STAY
AWAY FROM
PLACES YOUR
OF EVIL. INTERNAL
OROANS
8E0IN
TO SHUT
POWN...

THERE IS ...ANP
ONE WAY EVENTUALLY
TO SAVE YOUR HEART
YOURSELF CEASES TO
BEAT.
 you can
LIVE IF you
SUCK LIFE
FORCE OUT
OF OTHER
HUMANS.

THOSE
HUMANS
r ...AW WILL
SELECTING PIE, OF
A SUITABLE COURSE...
TARGET
SUIRO. WILL BE
PIFFICULT

NANAMI
SHOULP CUT
OFF ALL
TIES WITH
THE HUMAN
WORLP

THERE'S
..AND STAY ANOTHER
HERE AT WAy.
KURAMA.
 IF
SHE SWS
HERE, THIS
MOUNTAIN
WILL
Wfvm
PROTECT JIRO.
HER...

...AND THE
EVIL OF
THE HUMAN
WORLD WON'T
WEAR AWAV
HER SOUL.

/ HOW
' CAN you
suooest
SOMETHING
SOOUT-
\RAOEOUS

...ON
MOUNT
SHE WILL KURAMA
HAVE TO
FORSAKE
WE iTHE WORLD
|toU5Ti gAN/WAy.-M
mcja
INQWl
 Jims
ONLY
TENOU
CAN LIVE
ON THIS
MOUNTAIN/

MOREOVER,
SHE'S
FEMALE/

HOW CAN
WE BE 60 THI6
NARROW- MOUNTAIN
MINPEP A6 TO OWES
NOT ACCEPT NANAMI.
ONE PURE
MAIPEN?/

I
WONPER
IP SHE'S
REALLY
PURE...

IVE
HEARP THE
HUMAN KAMI
IS ALREAPy
BETROTH EP
TO HER POX

/
 IS THAT
TRUE,
NANAMI?

...you Still
LOOK LIKE A
VIRGIN MAD
 THEN YOU
HAVE NO
OBJECTION
TO NANAMI
FINE/ STAyiNO
IN THIS
MOUNTAIN/

o
 N

HAVEN'T
MADE UP
MY MIND
YET.

I'LL
INCONVE¬
NIENCE
EVERYONE
IF I 6W

i-

^..but"^ i 1
TOMOE
DOESN'T
KNOW
ABOUT MY
AM
ENOAOED
TO
TOMOE...
|
iL , 1
U|
YOU'LL
DIE IF YOU
LEAVE.
f

SHORTENED J
LIFESPAN av A\
YET...

PROMISE
THE YOU'LL BE IF YOU
FOX SHOULD ABLE TO MISS THE
AOREE TO SEE HIM FOX,
THAT, SINCE SEVERAL YOU CAN
YOU'LL BE TIMES A INVITE HIM
ABLE TO LIVE YEAR. HERE.
LONOER.
 PON'T
aVBN YOU
IF UNPER-
You'Re PON'T STANP
NOT
MING.
WANT
YOU
TO PIE.
 EVERYONE
IS FREE
TO 5PEAK,
REOARPLESS
OF SENIORITY.

MOUNT
KURAMA
MEETINGS

...ARS
QUITS
AMUSING.

mmmu 'EVERY-
m:AHow n^ONE'n
sMbz&in TAKE'A-
fcATOVAY'6 SEAT.*.'
% MEETING.
 THIS
MEETING.

TODAY TO
TALK ABOUT
TAKING- THE
HUMAN KAMI
UNPER OUR
 ABOUT
m BU\IV
A HOUSE
OUTSIPE
THE
TRAINING
HALL?

I love -tke
Placenta essence
rv-i^ older sister
e»ave rue.

<>

My skin Kas
Becoivie so
dewy... <$

It worked so
well on (Vie, I've
recorwv>ended it
•to r\ny friends.

Worrit

145
 #

...WILL
BB MUCH
SHORTBR THB TIMB
THAN THB I CAN
TIMBI SPBNP
SPBNt? m WITH
WAITING * TOMOB
FOR HfM.
§
#

mm.
 ...WANTTO
8EW/TH
TOMOE...

...FOREVER.
 YE5,
I'M IN
LOVE
WITH
HER/

YOU'RE
BEING
SWAYEP
BY YOUR
PER¬
SONAL
FEEL¬
INGS
/
 GO I'LL
RETURN
...HOW TO WHERE
goop/t HE IS.
FBBLS...

...TO
myo/ce my
THOUGHTS^
WSAkOUP.

THANK
you

...sea THANK
BACH
OTHBR
you FOR
AGAIN. TAKING
CARF OF
mi
 I WON'T
IGNORE MY
INNER VOICE
ANYMORE.

I'LL CONTINUE
WITH THAT
THOUGHT IN
MINE...
IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.
162
YATORI WAS
WALKING THE
KAM/SAMA
PATH.
 HE
MUST'VE
BEEN
JOKING.

00H...
^ W^$morn
nrWscou
i P0\
I^such-av

...to^ K@ 2
OKUNI- i;V^# il!l:THE;4
NUSHfe: LuT i WITNESSES
SAM?: JUST SAY
THE/ SAW,
shapowsA

AKURA-OH
COULD.
 ^ Y\ CAME
I CAN'T:, HERE
LEAVE \ FOR,
NANAMf \ NOTHING.
ALONE \V
v < WAIT/1
, NOW.X \S\ V
TOtAOt.

WHERE'RE
WASN'T
YOU
AKUPA-
OW AKURA-OH GOING
HAS BEEN
RESUR¬ RETURN¬
RECTED. ING TO
MIKAGE
SHRINE.
I DON'T
EXTERMI¬ WANT TO
NATED HE'LL
TARGET LEAVE
LONG NANAMI
AGO? NANAMI
ALONE.
NEXT.

WHAT
DO I IP
CARE AKURA-OH
DID THIS
TO OKUNINUSHI
I'M ONLY WE CANNOT
WORRIED LEAVE.
ABOUT
NANAMI.
LISTEN,
TDMOE.
 DON'T
CARE
ABOUT OKUNINUSHI IS
HUMANS. INDISPENSABLE
TO THE HUMAN
WORLD.

SO WE HE
MUST STAY MANAOES
HERE AND
THINK OF A THE
HUMAN
PLAN. HUMAN
BONDS.
WORLD
CANNOT RUN
SMOOTHLY
WITHOUT
HIM.
 WANT£P
TO BEE

NANAMI-
SAN.
I TOLD
YOU TO
WAIT
AT THE
SHRINE

hmph.
SHE'S
WORRIED
about you, I'M
TOAAOE- SORRy,
CHAN. MIKAOE-
SAN.

WELL.
' BUT I
WAS
WORRIED
ABOUT
TOMOE

LET US
CONTINUE.
 OTHERS
SAIP THE
SHAPOWS
LOOKER LIKE
RACCOON,
A SNAKE,
A FIERCE
, TIGER...

...BUT TO
BE HONEST, THE WAR
WE HAVE KAMI ARE
NO IPEA SEARCHING
WHO PIP PESPER-
THIS. ATELy...

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BEEN A
yOKAI
NAMEP
YATORI.

I RAN
INTO HIM
ON THE
KAMISAMA
PATH

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'YOU'LL
NEVER BE
ABLE TO SEE
6KUNUNISHI
AGAIN."
 A MERE
YOKAI
SHOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO
...SINCE IT WALK ON THE
15 RESERVED KAMISAMA
FOR TROSE PATH...
mo ROIV
KAMI
STATUS.

174
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THE MUST BE
MASTER HEAPEP
OP IZUMO
who
PUT ME
THROUGH
HELL
FOR 500
YEARS.

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THE LIOHT
THAT WILL
OUIPE ME TO
THE LANIP OP
THE PEAP.

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TICKET
TO THE
MOUNTAIN
OP FUMES.
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AFFORD
TO WAIT.
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HAVE THE
HUMAN
KAMI'S
HAIR,
. KIKUICHI?

YES,
KIRI-
HITO-
SAMA.
...OFF
TO THE
LANP
OF THE
PFAP!
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KID-
DINO. '

DIDN'T
MEAN
IT.

YOU'RE THE
...THAT X WAS
COMRADE
ABLE TO OBTAIN WHOSE FATE
6KUNINUSHI'S IT'S
IS ENTWINED
SOUL. BECAUSE
WITH MINE.
of you

WHAT
WAS THAT
SOUND
JUST
NOW-
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YOU'RE
KIRIHITO-
VONO’S
MOTHER.
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ME
BACK

WHAT IS
WRONG
WITH
HSR?
184
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delicious.

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I PON'T
£o this is NEEP TO
izumo's CLEAN
UP.
rocK
seaweed.

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the first
time I've
had it.

I'LL
NEVER
com
HERE
AGAIN.
/i£v HEY,
MaKV hey.
If \1N TRY THIS,
'll 111 TOMOE.

N-X <

YOU
SHOULP MIZUKI
STOP BROUGHT
SULKINO IT FOR
ME.
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you
STAY
YOU DON'T HERE
NEED TO
WORRY
ABOUT ME.
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HELP YOU,
TOMOE.

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TO 90 ^
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FOR TOMOF.

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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.

Komainu are a pair of guardian statues placed at the gate of a

shrine, usually carved of stone. Depending on the shrine, they can
be lions, foxes or cows.

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.

Tengri are a type of yokai. They are sometimes associated with

excess pride.

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

Yokai are demons, monsters or goblins.

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

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

sense.

-kun is used by persons of superior rank to their juniors. It can

sometimes have a familiar connotation.

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

-sama is used with people of much higher rank.

 Notes
Page 39, panel 3: Izumo
A city in Shimane prefecture, and home to Izumo Oyashiro shrine, one
of the most sacred sites in Shinto. Okuninushi (Daikokuten) is the kami
enshrined in Izumo Oyashiro.

Page 44, panel 2: Yogiri-guruma

It literally means “night fog carriage.”

Page 55, panel 2: Ofuda

A strip of paper or small wooden tablet that acts as a spell.

Page 92, panel 1: Mount Kurama

A sacred mountain in Kyoto and the birthplace of the Reiki philosophy. In
folklore it is the home of the tengu king Sojobo.
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Naru Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hand to
Ynmc 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. 21
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 2015
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