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Jidiehg^SiCzuIu^
Story & Art by

Julietta Suzuki
,<s •' Nanami Momozono

Ibmoe
Kotetsu Onilciri

Onibi-warashi,
spirit of the
W sbrine. A

Kurama

"Nanamis newshinshi.
I^be incarnation of a.
^J|kwhibe snalce.^^

Ami Nelcota

Nanamfe
classmate.

Nanami Momozono is a high school student who was evicted from her home when
her dad skipped town.
She rescued a strange man in a park, and in thanks he offered her his home. But
when she got there, it turned out to be a ruined shrine. The man she rescued was
the tochigami Mileage, who ran away from his shrine.
s Now Nanami must fulfill the shrine duties of the kamisama. She spends her days
with Tomoe (her shinshi) and with Onikiri and Kotetsu (the onibi-warashi spirits
putheshrine).
f Nanami grants the prayers of those who come to her shrine. Less pleasantly,
£she’s also attacked by supernatural creatures that want to become the kamisama
themselves." She can’t catch a break.
aWhen■ the Mikage Shrine holds a summer festival, Nanami dances the kagura,
which somehow attracts a miracle and a swarm of otherworldly butterflies!
Volume*?
CONTENTS

Chapter 51 005
Chapter 52 057
Chapter 55 067
Chapter 5^ 07/
Chapter 55 12 7
Chapter 5^ 157
End Notes 172
NANAMI-V
I SAM \
HAS TRULY
become /
1
RESPECT- C

we HAVE
NO NESP
TO WORRY
ABOUT
MIKAOE
SHRINE

HEY
OA4I&I-
WAfcASHI
* 'Jijfr
EASy A butter-
ON LEMON ff FLIES
' i THAT CAME
YOU R- WATER. WHEN YOU
SELF. J DANCER
1 THE
\ KAOURA

'THANKS
' TO—

/ YOUR \
HUMAN
BOPy IS
SUFFERING
BECAUSE
you
PANCEP
THE
. KAOURA.

7 / youR
TOtAOB J BOVY ISN'T
STRONG
/A ENOUGH
M YBT.

REALLy
ARE WEAK
LIKE AN
INSECT
HI £IRL.
GOOV JOB
WE WITH THE
HAVEN'T +KA&URA!
SEEN
you IN A
WHILE.

HE'S
MIKAOE'S
KAMI
FRIENP.

HE'S
OTOHIKO-
OAMI,
A WINP
KAMI.
you com
HERE TO
DELIVER THE
INVITATION TO
IZUMO?

Exactly.

\Long
time
no see,
Tomoe-
1 CONIFER-
fH ENCE.
ipn
TOM
SHOULD BE THERE'S
ORATEFUL A HUMAN
SOMEONE OIRL IN
LIKE you
KYOTO
CAN
WHO'S
ATTEND
CALLED A
THE KAMU-
LIVINO
HAKARI
KAMI.

...SO
DO
YOUR SO WE
BEST. DECIDED YOU
TWO ARE
...TO OOINO TO
SEE WHO COMPETE
DESERVES
THE INVITE
TO IZUMO.

ALL
THE KAMI
ppm
IN THIS
COUNTRY
ATTEND
THE KAMU-
HAKARI.
MIKAOE
LEFT OF
HIS OWN

THERE'S
NO NEEP
TO FINP
OUT
WHERE
TOMOt-
KUN, NO
PAIR/

WANNA
&0 TO
SCHOOL
WITH
NANAMI-
CHAN

YOU'LL BE
BOREP AT
SCHOOL.

WHAT
SHOULP
WE PO,
TOMOE? ' SUT
TOMOE-
KUN IS
OOINO
WITH
. you.
MANIFESTS
ASA
BUTTER-

EACW KAMI-
sama vmns
WITHIN
SOMETHING.

WITH YONO-
MOWSAMA,
IT'S PLUM
BLOSSOMS.

WHY PIP you

snow sump-
NSII
pi.|
lUiul Jlifl
ipigi
ImrmiHHi hH
...He
WANTS
to see
M/KAGe

-3

1
WHAT'S
WITH
my '
BACK IS
KILLING
ME

HEY
MOMOZONO/
YOU SHOWED
UP ON YOUR
FIRST DAY OF
THE SECOND
YOU'VE
GOT ALL
THESE
HOT
PACK S
on you.

what
SORT OF
EXERCISE
PIP YOU
VO?

NANAMI
PANCEP A LITTLE
THE PANCE
KAOURA/
SHE
IS THE \ L00KEP
KA6UPA 1 REALLy
THAT BEAUTI-
PHYSICALLY
PEAMNPINS . PUL.

OKAy.

LIE
vom if
YOU CAN'T
youR
MOVE. SKIN IS
SORE
BECAUSE
OP THE
CAUSING
TROUBLE
I HOPE FOR
THESE TOMOE.
MUSCLE
PAINS GET
BETTER
.KAZAK O

OTOHIKO-
&m\ TELL
you /ABOUT
I TOOK THE f DIDN'T
TROUBLE OF
// THINK
TRANSFERRING
HERE SHORT¬ i YOU
TERM SINCE I WERE A
HEARD THAT A \ STUDENT
HUMAN TOCHI-
GAMI GOES
HERE.

£REW
UP INI
KYOTO

...SO I'M
NOT USED
TO THE
COUNTRY-

LOOKS
LIKE I'LL
BE ABLE
TO LEAVE
SHOULDN'T
YOU CLOSE
vom YOUR
SHRINE?

ALREAPy.

/ M 1 _-1

A ( WH-
yiiKk WHO
roMoe / io *RE=
C^| « " you?/
MVHANP \
TURNEP \
[ SNAKES! J

jhw<5
WHITE
IT'S BEAST.
4N
ILLUSION,
mwm.
HAV5 A
TH5 WH\T?
B&A4T WITH
NANAAM

4HIN4UI.
SIMPLY
YOUR
KAYAK 0. POWERS
CAN'T
8INP ME

SHOULD'VE
ENTERED
THE
SHINSHI
,
CONTRACT ;

IF I DIDN'T
MAKE YOU
MY SHINSHI,
I'LL STILL BE
OOINO TO
IZUMO.
THAT BOTH
PARTIES
ARE
WILLING TO
COMPETE

OTOHIZO!
ASSIGN¬
MENT IS TO
RAISE A
SHIKIGAMI.

YOUR EGG
WITH you
ALL THE
TIME, UNTIL
IT HATCHES
IN SEVEN

mSm
SHIKIGAMI
THAT'S My
TYPE IS THE
WINNER.

39
I try -to write
sidesars and
extra pac,es
properly -Por
readers wko
•Pollow tke
series in tke
rv>a<s,axine( e>ut I
always end up
doinG, tkin<s,s
kal-Pway. So tkis
tiiv»e I'd like -to
write aeout
-tKe iv»anG,a.

Nananoi
Mo(v>oz.ono

I narvied ker so
G,irls would like
ker, as I keard
tkat cTirls ASHiWmM/ EGG.
supposedly
prefer -tke
sounds M and
N. Nanaivti
Morv>ozono
contains lots
o.p Ms and Ns!
katviisafaa kiss
kas taue,kt iv»e POWER FROM
tkat -Percale THE OTHER
okaracters are WORLP MAPE
CORPOREAL
no <SiOod unless
SO IT CAN BE
Poo trying to ACTIVE IN THIS
draw tkervi WORLP
cutely. Ok f\ny.
HOPE A
BEAUTI¬
FUL CHILP
WILL BE PON'T
BORN. QUITE
QET IT.

X TOLP
you NOT
TO GO TO
IZUMO/

wpaBar,/.^ p|r ,w |
a !:
laiyi if tiTwIaT II
LISTEN,
LISTEN.

th
itVA *A»*4****
WHY'RE '
YOU
LAUGHING-, COMB IT
TOMOB , COMB,
?! BROKE
NANAML
TUB ON THE
50 VERy
IT'S FOROIVE LOVELY
ALL YOUR HIM. MIZUKI FIRST
FAULT PIP IT. PAy/ /.
THINGS imf
DIDN'T Ilf THEY
QUITS GO Ilf SHOULD
BOTH
ACCORD- HI
/NG TO §11 BE ANGRY
PLAN a AT ME...

...BUT
rru
WORK
OUT ALL
RIGHT. VOWT
RUN,
NANAMI.
i // it was
I BORN
' A EARLY, BUT
M I HAVEN'T
-A LOST YET.

ANP
OTOWIKO
SAIP IT'LL TIMES, IT
SUCK UP MY COUNTS
ENERGY ANP AS ONE
OROW. ABSENCE/

IP I TAKE
CARE OP IT,
IT MIOHT
BECOME
A OREAT
SHIKIOAMI.
WANT TO
HEAR

THAT
MONKEY'S
YOUR
SHIKIOAMI?

PIP YOU
BREAK
YOUR
EGG1
OH NO...
WHAT
SHALL I
lr,
PUT NOW '
THE BU5Y\
i TOCHIOAMI
POESN'T HAVE
TO WASTE
} HER TIME %

§g§ll

s'
I

■ . :
MBi
M—1 WHY'RE
you
IONORINO

TOLKINO
TO
youR-
SELF. I

PON'T
PON'T WANT TO
EITHER. BE LATE
...THAT\
I'M THE
J/WINNER

GROWN
51
I'Ll &0
RETURN
THE
BOOKS
TO THE
LIBRARY.
YOU'RE
RIOHT

...WAS SURPRISE?
AT MY OWN WORDS
FOR A MOMENT.
t&x ox s^o^do x t&x ox c*OMtf» x t;Ox ox o^oxwu x t;ox ox o^owndo x
I ONLy
CAME TO
FAIRY BORROW
TALE? A BOOK.

REAP | EOUNP
THEM? \( - -1:

yOU'RE
ALL
RICHT?

AREN'T
you
SCAREP
...WITHOUT
THE POX
SHINSHI AT

I MAY VO
TERRIBLE
THINGS TO
YOU AGAIN.

OR IS HE
GOING TO
RUSH HERE
when you
NEEP HELP?

EXACTLY WHAT
WHAT I VO YOU
MEAN?
XVS A
6PIPER
YOKAU
^^AyAKASH/
APPEARED
Ng: IN BROAP
m^PAYLIGHTIN
FRONT OF
; HUMANS.
iENvyyou.

yOUPONT
NEED TO
WORM
ABOUT
ANYTHING.
YOU ALL
RI£HT,
NANAMI? TOMOB

mm
f...always
COMES TO
HELP ME.
1 11

I COULDN'T
VO A THING.

I MUST VO
SOMETHING.

I MUST
SOMEONE
WHO HELPS
ME OUT.

S3 zfg a
B

teiroio!
whoa WROTE SO I FELL
man y of ASLEEP 1
, THEM/ , WRITING
WHITE
OHiVA!

WHAT
FAN¬
TASTIC
OFUDA.

HEY,
THE BUS ONLY YOUR
COMES ONCE BREAK¬
AN HOUR. FAST

DON'T \
HAVE
TIME TO

, USB MY x
KITSUNEBI
TO STOPy
,-THE, BUS.
{)
Ww ifIffhv

YOU'LL
NEVER
MAKE IT.

WoBBle

i STIFF
I MUSCLES
THAT

ABOUT MB
I KNOW,1
I KNOW/
JUT
\AVS

WY! ■

1 ...STILL
i INTENPINO
| \ TO WIN

^...WITH /
that r—^
MONKEY /

mmA

I WON'T
ALONE/
HELP YOU
EVEN IF
ANOTHER T
AYAKA5UI l
APPEARS. }

YOU
BACK
THERE.
SPIPER
YOKAI
COU IV BE
WANPER-
IN<5
AROUNP
again.

YOU
CAME MIGHT
PRE- ENP UP
CRYING.
PAREP.

BROUGHT
THE WHITE
OFUPA
I MAPE
YE5TER-
PAY/

WHY PC
MY TSURIKI YOU LOOK
HAS BECOME SO PIS-
MORE APPOINTEP?
POWERFUL/

NANAMI/ COULPN'T
PO ANY¬
THING
YESTERPAY
YOU JUST
IMAOINEV
SAW A
BLACK
S UAVOW

...OH
THE
CLASS¬
ROOM
CEILING-
THIS
MORNINO

...AW
BEFORE
I KNEW
IT, IT
WAS
GONE.
IP YOU
PUT IT
INSIPE
YOUR
CLOTHES

...SCARY Nanami’s
OHOSTS special
WON'T
ofuda to

V OOTNO

{ \j i I / \ *A REALLY?!

m
NAN AMY, 1 m- m
MOMO- / WOW/
you^ y \j 1 ZONO'S ^pK
\ JUST AS / \
\ STUPIP. / ' Wa A ''
THE OKB
1 KBBV
TO TALK

3BCAUSB
YOU KILLEP
THE SPIPER
YOKAI

...THE
SCHOOL IS
FULL OF
MIASMA.
KILLED
IT IN A
VERY CRUEL
WAY, AND
YOU DIDN'T
PERFORM A
PURIFICATION.

DARKNESS
HAS SPREAD
FROM ITS
BODY FLUIDS.

DARKNESS
IS THE
OPENING TO
THE OTHER
WORLD.

WE MUST
CLOSE IT

WILL THE
USELESS
TOCHIOAMI
PLEASE
KEEP
QUIET?
I'M
TALKING
TO THE
FOX
SHINSHI.
tochioami
SHOULP
PURIFY
THEIR
LANP

...BUT
THIS
ONE'S NO
COOP

you KILLER THE |

CAN'T SPIDER yOKAI
PERFORM YESTERDAY.
A PUR¬ ARE YOU
YOUR HANPS TELLINO ME
IFICATION ARE STILL
WITH TO CLEAN
SOILED WITH
THEM. BLOOD. UP THE
SCHOOL?
WHY
POES
TOMOE
HAVE TO
OBEY
YOU?

Toivioe kas -tke

saivie r\a(\oe. as TOMOE'S HOI
-tke &Oi i r\
"Tsu&aki Ori", a GO/Wt LISTED
orve-sko-t I TO YOU JUST
wro-te a lorvs, BECAUSE YOU
-tiivie aG,o. I -took
kis r\aivie kroivi KISSED HIM!
iviy -tken edi-tor’s WHATRE
YOU
rvaiVie ("tkOUG»k TALKING
-tke karyji a re ABOUT?
dikkerervtY

oven
THAT.
I warvted -to use
-tke kar\ji kor
“lookioe, a-t -tke
ftaoorY' kor
Mizuki so ke’s
lookirva a-t -tke
(VlOOO ir\ Yooo-
rv-iori, &u-t i-t
dido'-t keel Qui-te
r'kak-t, so I
ckao^ed -tke
kaoji.

kuraivia was
orWioalty oafned
Yukiya, &u-t I
tviade i-t kurarvia
-to iv-iake -tkioG,s the puty
iviore obvious. OF A
SHINSHI I PON'T
CARE... EVEN
I -took Ooikiri IF AYAKASHI
...IS ARE RUNNING
ar\d kote-tsu
SIMPLY FREE IN THE
kroivi oaivies ok
Japanese TO OBEY SCHOOL.
swords. <3,0,
HIS
MASTER.
T0C]A\&m\'6

TRY PER¬
FORMING THE
PURIFICATION!
/ PIPIT '
WITHER
BECAUSE
OF THE LOOKER %
MIASMA? FINE THIS f
MORNING L
LIBRARY IS
CLOSER
TOPAY.

LOTS
OF BUOS
SUPPENLY
SHOWEP

VgkAYAKd'JSMGHr.
THIS'LL'
BE HARP
TO CLEAN
DON’T
TREAT
ME LIKE
A FOOD,
YOUNG
GIRL.

I’VE }
LIVED
FOP A
HUNDRED
YEARS.
GAINING
POWERS/
VZVOURBV
NANAMt'S
POWERS
CANNOT H PARI4NES6
$ PERFORM A I \ has
[PURIFICATION m SPREAD.
i WITH THEU

we must!
CLOSE IT*
RIGHT \
AWAY.

IT'S
HIDING.

YOUR
HANDS ARE
I WON'T
TAKE THE
8US WITH
you
ANYMORE.
FROM
NOWON I
BBLONG
TO
KAYAKO.

TO
tCAYAKO

IT
WAS A
PREAM

NURSE'S
OFFICE?
TOMOS'S
WARMTH
AS He
hnalBaraio
My f\oas-ter is her usual
sel-P -today...

I endure Ker violen-t Behavior,

Bu-t how lone, void i-t e,o on?

I -Pound master's diary while

I was cleaning. I keep a bIog,,
But she’s pre-t-ty analog.
To spi-te her, le-t’s see wha-t
she’s wri-trten in i-t.
SINKING
INTO MY
HANDS

HAPPENED
TO you? SOAP
AND WATERS
WON'T WASH*
/TAWAY;

you'ue
COVERED
WITH
BLOOD.
I WANT TO
SET RIP OF
THE LIBRARY
8A6TARP
COMPLETELY.

WHERE'S
THE
TOCHI-
SHE'S
SLEEPING sami? /
IN THE
NURSE'S
OFFICE.
LIKE ME
TO HELP
YOU?
AH HA HA HA/ \
PE 1 A LITTLE
QUIET.), KNOWLEPSE IS
A PANSEROUS
THINS/

IS '
SHE V
CRYINO ,
NOW? /
RAWS ARB
SOILEP.

I'M PER¬ OOTTEN

FORMING WORSE.
THE PURI¬
FICATION

PON'T
TOUCH
ME.

YOU'LL K>
.you ONLy HARM MY A
NEEP TO

UNPER-
STANP?
TOMOE
MUST'VE
CARRIER
ME HERB
\ \ y__
rfrr?
! ■: RHdnfl
paaro
gw
W\

_
MV
DEPUTATION
AS EXAMINED
HAS BEEN
RUINED.

I s-top -twee-tiry,
wKen I s-tart
cnomoin
feelirvs G,uil-ty
a&ou-t -takirvs -tiivie
awa^ -Prorvi work,
&uT o-therwise, I
use i-t like a
Bloc,. So please
■follow (Vie!

I TOLD
YOU THE MY
SHIKIOAMI
MONKEY/
SUCKS
ENERGY
PROM
YOU!

IT'S SICK
BECAUSE
IT SUCKED
MALIONANT
MIASMA/
xJ ■
*4 same with
that OIRL
SLEEPING-
OVER
THERE.
/ YOUR x
SHIKIGAMI
ISN'T
GROWING
BECAUSE
YOU MADE
ALL THESE
IP YOU'RE USELESS
GONNA OPUDA.
INVOLVE HER
YOU HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO
TAKE RE¬
SPONSIBILITY
POR HER.

WHAT
WOULD'VE
HAPPENED
IP TOMOE-
CHAN HADN'T
COME BY?

...DO MY
BEST ONE
MORE T-
STOP
WRITING
YOUR
OFUVA.
YOU'RE
JUST
memo
YOUR
ENERGY
ON THEM.

NAME
SHIKIC
JUST
YOU'
WRITII*
WMI
OFUt
I PON'T
WANT
SOMEONE
REEKINO
OF 8LOOP
NEAR ME.

: ... NEVER
ACTUALLY WATCH ME
SEEN A , USINOMY
KAMI USE \ POWERS.
THEIR
POWERS.

ASSURING.
THINKS
FOR
NOTHING,
HUMAN
SCATTBRED
and mm WHERE
OUTSIDE. DIP THE/

SET RIP
...BEFORE OP THEM
THE ALL
STUDENTS
SHOW UP
TOMORROW
MORNINS.
/ IF I'M
i GOING TO
V NAME
I HIM...

PON'T \ W
WANT |Cf
ANYONE S
TOOET L
HURT, f KA

I PON'T
WANT
ANYONE
TO BE
SCAREP.
WHERE'REI
you
&om?

GO,
USE IT. | '

_ M
f N f IT
KNOWS
/ ...BECAUSE 1 WHAT TO
IT'S BEEN PO NOW
NANAMI p
OIVEN A 4
GOLPEN
PATH

...A LINE
OF LIGHT

SPOOLING

...UNVSRNBATH
wow.

THINGS

BECOMING
THERE'RE
STILL
STUPENTS
IN THE
SCHOOL.

PON'T ...BOTH My
WANT STANDING
TO BE AS A KAMI
SOILEP. ANPMy
...WILL S&&
BECOME
SOILEP.
I CAN'T GET RIP OF THE
SMELL OF BLOOP.

BVBRY ONB
OF THEM
WITH MY
KITSUNIEBI.
WERE YOU
WATCHING,
TOMOE?

MAMORU
ANP I WERE
RUNNING IN
PERFECT
SYNC!

OTOHIKO
TAUGHT
ME HOW
TO USE
My SHIKI-
v OdMI.
MAMORU
THINKS
FOR
RESCUING
ME, TOMOE.
v'-' >;s,>

SO THIS IS
PURIFICATION. I HA VEN'T
FELT THIS WAY
SINCE THE
FIRST TIME I
MET MlKAGE.
juiaM
FOURTH
VM OF
COME
ON, PON'T
I BE A WET
Arvd doryt\ BLANKET.
stvnOKe ^ \

JW.TO MAKE
T A PUSS ,
AGAIN ABOUT
/’LIKING /
/ ME ANP
/WHATEVER.
YOU'Re CUTE.
YOU LOOK
JUST LIKE
A ORADE-
I'LL SCHOOLER.
RIPE THE
PERRIS

WHAT'S A
PERRIS

INftlNAUVM
A WANTS TO
RIPE THE
PERRIS
f ...so \ WHEEL
YOU STAY WITH ME
IN your
MONKEY
. FORM.

TOMOE'S WHAT'RE
NOT you
COMINO POINO TO
MAMORU
My family didn't
Believe me at all
wHerv I told them I
tervd to c,et Head¬
aches Before a
raioy day. I thirvk I
Heard sometHine,
aBOut Blood I'M
vessels ir\ your NOT A
Head Bei r\c, CRAPLE
affected By ROBBER.
charges irv air
pressure, But I
wooder what tHe
truth is. Aod so I
oow Have a really
Bad Headache. It
must rairv
tomorrow
•for sure!

t>urir\G, the sprirvG)

I travelled to
Mae,asaki. I saw
lots oh thirds I PON'T
from Nagasaki to WANT
SaseBO. Nagasaki NANAMI TO
is amaz-irvc,! It was GO TO
a real tourist IZUMO
spot. I'(V> from
Fukuoka, But I
car\'t really
recommend it to
f riends from
...BUT
other prefectures
YOU SEEM
Because there's
REALLy
rvot much to see,
EAOER FOR
considering the
HER TO
distance you Have
GO.
to travel to c»et
there. T>azaifu is
far away. It's a
e,ood place to live
though, arvd the
food is very very
GsOOd. B>ut I carv't
tell people THIS HAS
NOTHING
Come visit! TO PO
WITH MY
WILL
UH, they worvt
come, so I'm
amazed at Mae*a-
saki! I envy the
place. Let's all <*0
to Nagasaki! Arvd
to Fukuoka too!
mBM o? your
I BUSI-
PIPN'T \ '' ' i NESS.
WANT TO you came
COMB! TO CHECK
UP ON MB.

WASTELAND
NONE \
OF YOUR r
8USI- /
NESS.

...IS YOUR
PLACE
COM-
PLETELY
Z&&HAS
OROWN,
HASN'T

OIVINO IT
MY ENERGY
ALU PAY.

HATCH IN
FOUR
PAYS.

ANP MY
SHIKIOAMI
WILL BE
MUCH MORE
POWERFUL
THAN YOUR
MONKEY.
YOUR FOX \
SHINSHI
MUST BE
waiting
OUTSIPE. / 1 PON'T I'M
HAVE &0\H&
TIME TO TO WIN
GO TO ANP
SCHOOL. GOTO
IZUFAO.

WOULP
I WANTEP
ONE BECAUSE TOMOE
I THOUGHT BE OUT¬
IT'P BE SIPE?
USEFUL, BUT
I CAN'T USE
THAT FOX.

you
WOULPN'T
COME
HERE
ALONE.

YOU IT WOULP
MUST BE BE A PAIN
HAVING- ALL TRyiNO TO
SORTS OF TAME HIM.
TROUBLES
PEALING
SHINSHI I
IS A |
CONVE- I
NIENT I
SHIELP. I
IP YOU
REALLY
LOVE HIM, IT
DOESN'T
MATTER.
I NEVER
-THOUGHT
SHOULDN'T
OET CLOSE
TO THAT
WOMAN'S
EOO ANY¬
MORE.

THERE'S
SOMETHING
BAP IN IT.
ENJOY
YOUR¬
SELF
...RIPIN£
THE
FERRIS
WHEEL?
7 IS SHE
K STILL
INCU-
BATING
IT WAS THE
BOPYI SAW
BURJSP UN PER
THBSNOW.

HE
COULDN'T
HAVE
BEEN
ALIVE.

.KIRIHITO-
SAMA
WILL
SAVE
ME.

HE'S
PROBABLY
NOT HUMAN
ANYMORE

DON'T
KNOW
WHAT
HE IS.
HAPPENEP
V
\ TOME?
\
/
I'M
FOR
SOM
REASON, I
;
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TELLINO
you ALL
Ik/
Jp|l
THOUGHT ; THIS
COULO
TELL YOU
ABOUT
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FROM IT,
KWISWMI/
THIS IS
fTHEXONLVj I PROMISED
KIRIHITO-
SAMA...
THAT I'D
&0 TO
IZUMO

WON'T
BREAK
IT.

KAYAKO'S;
BAW-AW
MEASURE
WILL VO.

KAYAXO'S
FEELINGS.
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o? you r BUY A
BUSINESS PHONE AT
UEAST

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FULL OF
THORNY
SHRUBS.

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4
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1 OVER, k
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I HAVE
TOLO YOU
EXCUSE NOT TO
US, 00^ SEE
KAyAKO- ME, AS
SAMA I AM IN
TRAINING.
TEN IW5
SINCE YOU
cmz
vom ro
THE HUMAN
WORLP
FOR YOUR
TRAINING.

EVERy VAY, WE HAVE

HORPES OF BEEN
WATCHING
PEOPLE ARE
OVER YOU,
SEEKING
BUT WE
PLEASE youR CANNOT WAIT
RETURN/ APVICE/ ANyMORE.

rK yW talk to 6RANPMA
TANAKA.
SAMA.

NO, NO.
CONSUL¬ I HAVE
TATIONS BEEN
START AT WAITING
8 AM IN FORA
THE USUAL WHOLE
LOCATION— WEEK.

I WILL
LISTEN
HER JOB.
PON'T
PISTURB
HER
NANAMI.

THEY AREN'T
FOLLOW WORRIER
UPC ABOUT
EXAMPLE, KAYAKO
BECAUSE
SHE PLAYS
HER ROLE AS
KAMISAMA
SO WELL.
OTOHIKO, V
, 5/\y SOME- ?g f HI, GIRL.
> HOW'S
THINO/ » youR
SHIKI-
\ &m
A POING?

THERE'S VENIENT.
SOME¬
THING
PP«b5
I'P LIKE
TO ASK
you. SSfciftBSE
KAZAKO
HAS
POWERS,
BUT SHE'S
ONLy A
HUMAN.
SHE'S
DIFFERENT
FROM
NANAMI,
WHO
INHERITED
THE POSI¬
TION OF A
TOOHIOAMI.

THIS TEST
WAS HELP
SIMPiy TO
/ THE EOO '
NANAMI'S WAS SUPPOSED
CLASS AS TO HATCH IN
SEVEN DATS. YET
NANAMI'S EOO
BROKE ON
THE FIRST VAY
AND ALREADy
CONTAINED A
SHIKIOAAAI.

you HAP THERE

ABSOLUTELy MUST'VE
NO INTEN¬ BEEN A SEED
TIONS OF INSIDE FROM
THE VERY
INVITINO BEOINNINO.
KAyAKO TO
THE KAMU-
HAKARI.
\WHAr\

BAP FOR
KAYAKO

...BUT THIS
test ms
NECESSARY
TO RAISE
NANAMI'S
POWERS SO
SHE COULP
ATTENP THE
KAMUHAKARI.
TOO BAP, I TO
HUMAN WRIHITO•

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KAYAKO.”
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YOKA\ TO TH5 4H15UU
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UONOER A
UIVINO
KAMI

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SHOULP nu/zm\mu
m vo? : MYPOWEM.
..who mu
zmtAt?

KAWKO-

ALREADY!

CALL A
17-yEAR-
CALLED
KAYAKO AN
ORDINARY
HUMAN

...AND
EVERYONE
TOOK
ADVANTAGE
OP KAYAKO.

I DON'T
LIKE THE WAY
ALL YOU
KAMI HAVE
HANDLED
THIS MATTER.

178
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KAMI

V MOVE
L OVER,
& MONKEY.
ss^
a
( & N KAVAKO.
' VOU'V
WAITBP
FOR TWO
AMR6H

/ ...FOR THF '

5AKF OF
TH05F WHO
Com TO
m FOR

THING'S
WR0N5
WITH THAT
YOUR 15 youR
I PON'T
HAVE THE
CAPACITY
TO ACCEPT
OTHER
FOR PEOPLE'S
THE KARMA.
FIRST
TIME

...I LIVEP
FOR
MYSELF
THESE
PAST TEN
PAYS.
r I JUST
WANT
TO BE
HAPPY.
\
V
I CAN'T
AFFORP
LISTENING
TO OTHER
PEOPLE'S
PROBLEMS.

V i
■7;.

rap
i
1 I PIPN'T
CARE FOR
OTHER
PEOPLE AT
ALL. I PIP
EVERYTHING
FOR MYSELF.

..v.
§i§»«
WWW
£VEN IF
YOU LIKE
ME, THAT
POESN'T
MAKE ME
HAPPY/
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.

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 lcami.

Tengu are a type of yokai. They are sometimes associated with excess
pride.

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

Honormcs
-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.

-sama is used with people of much higher rank.

Notes
Page 12, panel 3: Izumo
A city in Shimane Prefecture and home to Izumo Oyashiro shrine,
one of the most sacred sites in Shinto. Ookuninushi (Daikokuten)
is the kami enshrined in Izumo Oyashiro.

Page 14, panel 2: Kamuhakari

In October of the lunar calendar, all the kami in Japan gather at
Izumo Oyashiro shrine for a one-week convocation. Therefore
in the lunar calendar, October is called Kamiarizuki (month-
with-kami) in Izumo, and Kannazuhi (month-without-kami) in
other regions. Festivals are held at Izumo Oyashiro during the
Kamuhakari.

Page 68, panel 2: Ofuda

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

Page 117, panel 1: Mamoru

The kanji for Mamoru means “to protect” (IS).
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Naru Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hand 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. 6
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 2010
All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2010 by HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo.
English language translation rights arranged with
HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo.

The stories, characters and incidents mentioned

in this publication are entirely fictional.

No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted

in any form or by any means without written permission
from the copyright holders.

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