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Volume 2
CONTENTS

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Chapter f 003
Chapter S 033
Chapter ^ Od3
Chapter 10 0?3
Chapter 11 127
Chapter 12 137
End Notes 171
I have lots o-P -Pree tiivie
so I started pla/me,
on tke internet.
 ...RUMORS
ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPFNFP
TO My FAMILY
wm ALRFAPy
SPRFAP.
 ■s ;

I'LL EAT
THEM, I'LL
EAT THEM/

|!f!!!!!!!!!!i)!!!!j

THEY'RE
COIV 4NP
VERY
DELICIOUS.
-Hello.
I’rvi Julietta Suzuki.
This volui\ne Has
lots 04s space
•for writine,.
"TKere weren't
f\nany extras in ...MY
voluAoe I, so I Hope I
car write a lot
tHis tirv-ie.
SCHOOLr
The otKer da^,
I went to
Mi^akojinoa island
in Okinawa. I went
to &et (Vi)) divine,
license, But scuBa
divine, was rviore
di-P-Picult than I
thoue,ht it'd Be,
and it’s a sport
where pu need
physical strenerth.
I was aBle to e,et
rvi^ license, But I'll
Aoreset how to
dive i-P I don't e,o
ae,ain soon. Like
how to set up the
eQuipfrent and all
that. I noust 6,0 to
Okinawa ae,ain.
The sea was so \\J YOU'RE
Beautiful. Ml ALWAYS
I love Okinawa. i I SO LOUP.

I saw a sea WHAT'S

-turtle -too. OOINO
SCHOOL,
MO
MATTER
 super-popular
idol. High
school girls all
over Japan
The only love him.
information
released to the
public about him
is that he's a
fallen angel with
black wings.

HIS looksTanp his

sccsntrjcitiss ha vs
BOTH GlR£srANV GUYS
HS'S SUPSR vrooungIovsr him. .
CHARISMATIC!
 f
&om }\jJoo\ UEMME
™ 01JR j (JO TO
SCHOOL! / ^ ( SCHOOL/

#* %£]/pVrf
Lf <

' cuz we

yfeTi PON'T (JET

/(NY WOR¬
SHIPPERS
ANYWAY/
 wwy I
I PON'T
YOU TRAIN
SO YOUR I'M
TSURIKI SETS IfiuSYfeJ
^STRONSER WORKING
IN THE
cm SHRINE/
THERE
AREN'T AN1
WORSHIP¬
PERS

eut
I CAN NO
CONTROL MATTER
you. what you
sAy, you
CAN'T
CONTROL
ME.

I'LL
let you
GO TO
SCHOOL
IP YOU'RE
REALLy
THAT
EAOER.
 AH, I FEEL umoN.
SO NOSTALGIC.

—01JI n ;
I HAVEN'T BEEN
HERE FOR THREE
MONTHS.

The feeling
that people
are talking
behind my

I WHAT'S
1 ON HER
•
BECAUSE
I WAS
WORRIED

AW
IT'S ALL
BECAUSE
you MAPE
ME WEAR
THIS HEAP-
SCARP.
7 LET'S
GO BACK
TO THE
\ SHRINE.
 THE OTHER
STUDENTS
THAT'S STARE AT ME
WHY X EVER/ DAY
SNAPPED
at you.
H0mM&
 iip>
five/; .

SORT OF
SORRY
LUNCH PIP
you BRINO
rop/\y?
 yes \l
I VO.
Vi
VO YOU
HAVE ANy
AAONEy?
■' \( 1
■ *.. > ;\ -HuM

--
\ I-I'M
HAVING
4 BUM
YOU'RZ i , TODAY.
being
RUVE!
^— /
1
hBalilP ' \7^%
29
..VBCIARB
THIS TO
All OF
 NANAMI-
SAMA IS
OUR PEAR
MASTER.

I SHALL
NOT
COUPONS
...YOU
SPSAKING
OR ACTING
RUVSIY
TOWARPS
PUT THE
30,000

MONEY
YOU LOST
SEEMS
TO BE AT
ftHraMB
 NANAMI,
TAKE THESE
WITH YOU.

THE
THREE-TIER
LUNCH BOX
THAT I
WORKER SO
HARP ON

1 ...ANP
THE TOMOE
ORIGINAL
HANPMAPE
CAT-EARFP
HEAPSCARF,
COMPLETE WITH
SEASONAL
FLOWERS.

kUft,AMA's oWicial profile

Other ir-Porr\na-tior\ is rcrt

(\oade puBlic.. El\jer\ his i\nai"vac»er
doesrrt know.

l£ pu join his ohhicial 4-ar\ elu&, you'll

receive KUft-AMA's hie»h school lifestyle
rvia^axine in -the rviail every month.

36
 TOVAY!

I CAN VO \
WITHOUT IT/ ★
I'M ONLY
COINS TO
SCHOOL. /

WITHOUT
A HEAP-
SCARF IS
LIKE OOINO
TO A
BATTLEFIELP
NAKEP/

in Any
CASE, I
PO NOT
THE BUS WANT
TO MY YOUTH YOU TO
ONLY COMES CO TO
ONCE AN SCH-
wearing a
strange
headscarf.

LIKE THE 1
LITTLE
PRINCESS,

nickname
SHE HAP
changed A HARP TIME, THAT'S
BUT NOW SROKE-
Broke-nami SHE'S BEEN NAMI.
to the Little APOPTEP
Princess. By A RICH
FAMILY.
kaiviisarvia kiss KlIRAMAi
I Beeaan drawing
tkis (Viarve»a
tkinkinc* tkat I'd
like -to Make
a yokai sckool
coMedy—an aninoal
Mononoke Mao&a
wkere Rentes and
ir\u<a3Mi and wkite
shakes and nekO-

ARE
YOU
SHY?

are you
mwheked
cuz U rn so

don't know tow

tke end. Initially, I

wasn't tkinkine,
a&out karviisarvoa
or skinski, But -tke
storyBoards I
suBMi-t-ted were all
rejected, so I kad
-to s-tart over
■ProM sera-tek,
and -tke sekool
oorredy was
suddenly set
in a skrine, and
I was -Pid^etinca, BECAUSE X
tkinkin<a “please GiO VOH'T LIKE
tO SCkOOl QU'lCk."
 tools
ARB SUCH A
BOTHBR TO
PBAL WITH.

...SHOULP'VE
JUST WORN
HER HEAP-
SCARF LIKE
I TOLP
HER TO.
 SUREST
YOU &RILL
SOME
SWEETFISH
WITH SALT
TONIOHT?
TOM0E-
VOW.

...FOR
TONOt-
THE OLP
VOKO. PAYS
mtwAi-
s pm.

WAS SO
FULL OF
THRILLS.

...SEEMS
TO BE
Gcm&
SOME¬
WHERE/
 mvv
you
BOTHER
HAVING-
ME com
HERE
 W YESTERDAY
/ I DEPENDED
YOU WHEN
UNDERSTAND 1 YOU WERE
WHY YOU'D I ACCUSED OF
HATE ME. 1 STEALING.
 IF
YOU LOOK
DOWN ON
PEOPLE AND
THEN 8RAG
ABOUT IT

...you
WON'T EVER
BE ABLE TO
MAKE FRIENDS
OR GET A
GIRLFRIEND.
TARGETING
NANAMI 50
QUICKLY.
 I AM A
KARASU
TENOU FROM
MO UNIT
KURAMA.

IT WAS
THAT YOU y BEEN 16
KNOW WHO I YEARS
X REALUy SINCE I
LEFT THE
MOUNTAIN.
 HOW
ABOUT
IT,
POX?

youR
powers

WHEN X
BECOME
TOCHI-
&m\

WOULPN'T
MINP
MAKINO
you My
SHINSHI.
you'p
PREFER
SERVING
 .IT MAKES

TOCHI0AMI.
MEAT IS LOW
IN CALORIES
ANP RICH
IN IRON
ANP OTHER
MINERALS.
 MB'S A
SHINSHI?!

HOW COULV
SOMEONE LIKE
THAT8EA
SHINSHI?!
 V 6ET A
TEACHER.
\ IT'S
comm
_ THIS
ft WAY/

/rs -
TOMOB'S
KfTSUNBBI.
WANTED
TO
PROTECT i com
YOU K ON A
/RAMPAGB
X AT
SCHOOL

mm
■R^ni
M
 THEN
WE CAN'T
HAVE HIM
FOR
PINNER— UN VO
UHVO THIS TRANS¬
FORMATION,
NOW.

LISTEN,
KURAMA.
 50 ...BUT
You've THERE'RE
PLENTY OF
GOT TO OIRLS OUTSIPE
LOOK WHO PO/
63
 WE ARE
HAVING
YAKITORI
TONIGHT.

64
 NANAMI
momozono,
ACE 16.
SHE'S A
HIOH SCHOOL
STUPENT.

my has
THIS OIRL
BECOME
THE KAMI
OF THE
MIKAOE
SHRINE?

HE RAN
AW AT?!
FOR 20
yEARS?/
mmm'
WmiM
iiM

ft^aijia Narukarvii-Kirvie

She has a personali-ty

ar\d is ho-t-te/vipered.

She is vepj proud

ar\d ha-tes -to lose.

6>u-t she also ha-tes -to &e alooe

She's lookioG, for a iv>ar
who £irvJs soi\oeooe
llke Ker iovasie

67
MOMOZONO.
LIOHTNINO
STRIKES

SMRUK/WI
IS FUMIN6

LOOKS \
LIKE
SHE'S THEy"RE
COMING- OETTINO
$ HERE. CLOSER.
 13
Mmmil

'TODAY'S
BREAK¬
FAST

/ ...16 RICE
PORRIDGE
THICKENER WITH
THE YOSHINO KUDZU,
BUS WILL AND TOMOE'S
BE HERE SPECIAL.
IN TWO SESAME
MINUTES/ TOFU
 NANAMI. r—

YOU ARB
FORGETTING
YOUR
LUNCUBOX
AW

HEAP-
SCARF.

SCHOOL l
IS NOT A k
BATTLE- g
I'M \ PIELP/
OOINO
THERE TO n
STUVY! IV

I'U ALMOST
GIVEN UP ON
MY YOUTH, BUT
NOW I WANT
TO ENJOY IT
FULLY.7
I WENT HOME
 TOMOE-
VONO
comAwtv
US TO
VO so.
TODAY,
WE ONIBI-
W4RASHI
WILL PROTECT
M4NAMI-

76
 COU SIN'S
KIPS
Fonomv
ME/

WHAT'REl
you
S/MNO?

CUSS IS
GONNA
START.

DO NOT
NANAMI- WORRy
SAMA'S ABOUT US.
CLASS¬ PLEASE WORRY.
ROOM/ DEVOTE
VOURSELF
TO yOUR
STUDIES/

HUMANS
CANNOfT
SEE US.
 I'M
WORRIBV
ABOUT
you.
THOUGHT
NARUKAMI
 I'M &lAV
YOU WO
BROUGHT
ME THE
LUNCUBOX.
-Hov/o f\nar\c*a is
dravAja 0

I vorite -the.
plot.

storyBoards
IOOkirvG> at tP*

I -Pax tKe story-

Boards to my editor.

I PIPN'T EAT
BREAKFAST,
SO I WAS
ABOUT TO
TOMOE STARVE TO
IS A PEATH.
VERY
OOOP
COOK.

NEITHER
WE NOR
KAMI EAT WAS
MEALS MIKAOE
A REAL
OOURMET?

WE PO
NOT
STARVE
LIKE
HUMANS
 BECAUSE
NANAMI-
SAMA IS
HUMAN

...TOMOE-
PONO 15
STUPYIN6-
EVERY PAY
TO COOK
FOR YOU.

TOMOE
PONC
I'M \
WORRIED —\
ABOUT /
YOU. j V■—iT
7 BECAUSE
/ ...ALWAYS \ ■\ / THE FOOD
/
/ //
/4M\ 1 THINKS
ABOUT
i \ f ALWAYS
ARRIVED LIKE
IT WAS
NANAMI- DELIVERED,
1 I ASSUMED
TOMOE
 I'M NOT
IN MY
CLASSROOM

W SET UP
/ A SHIELD
J SO THERE
WILL BE
i NO INTER-
\ PERENCE.

WE ARE
THE ONLy
ONES IN

A KAMI
WHO HAS
A SHRINE
 howeve r,
YOUR HARP-
SHIPS WILL
BE OVER

NARUKAMI

...WILL
TAKE OVER
THE MIKAOE
SHRINE.
 I'M NOT
SUFFERING.

THE 0NI8I-
W4RASHI
ANP TOMOB

...AS
M/
HOME.
 so you
HAVE
ARRIVEP,
TOMOB.

WHAT ON
EARTH
ARE YOU
VOIUG?

THAT LET
&\Rl NANAMI
IS MY GO.
MASTER.
 HAVING- A
YOUKG OIRL
AS YOUR
MASTER...
YOU HAVE
FALLEN
60 LOW,
TOMOE.

1 IT'S

W
BUSINESS!

BORROWED
PAIKOKUTEN-
SANA'S
MALLET OF
0OOP LUCK
jndBaK:
 ^T«8<S
£nr\ui B>Iog,
MorvtK O, "Day Y , •Surv'vy

Toda^, a <s,irl rvanoed

NJanaivVi suddervty canoe
•to -tKe sKrirxe.

ft^eal scary.

|rvterr\e-t oa-Pe
W/oiMRei
MOT THE
jocu\&m\
ANYMORE.

They're pushed around By

Marukarvii and always have a
hard -tiftne, &u-t -they've e,iven up
Because -they Believe -their
a&ili-ties are ncrt enough -to
noee-t NarukaivVfs demands.

"The’re korrainu, &u-t -they

Believe -they're house doejS.
 YOU
ALL
RI6HT?
 WE ARE
SPIRITS
OF THE
SHRINE

MUST OBBY
THE MASTER
OF OUR
SHRINE.
 I PON'THAVB
ANY MON BY.
YOU'RB ALL
SHRUNKEN. I

WORLP.

YOU'RE
A HUMAN,
SO YOU'LL
BE ABLE
TO PINP
A PLACE
WHERE YOU
BELONG.
s^N
YOU BACK
AT YOUR
APARTMENT,
SINCE IT'S
RAINING.
 WHAT'RE
NO
YOU SAYING? THANKS.
IT'S PART OF X LIVE
A MANAGER'S NEARBY.
JOB TO SEE
HIS CLIENT
HOME.

SO
TODAY
...AND X WANT
PEEK TO VISIT
INSIDE YOUR
YOUR PLACE
MYSTER¬
IOUS
PRIVATE
LIFE—

I WASN'T
ABUS TO GST
CLOSSTO
KURAMA
 WE'RB
ALL RIGHT
4+ovo (\oar\G,a is / I OUESS A
y SUPER-
1 POPULAR
v_ IPOL HAS
NEVER BEEN
> ENROLLEP
/ THERE
THEY'RE BEFORE.
VERY
INFLEXIBLE
ABOUT
THINGS. *_ >
YOU'RE
A YOKAI

/
VO YOU
KNOW A
POCTOR
WHO CAN
TREAT
I YOKAI? /
WANT A
POCTOR
TO SEE
TOMOE
tv
i y-■
 THERE'S
NO USE IN
CALUHG A
QOCTOR.
 I SHALL
TURN YOU
BACK INTO
YOUR
ORIGINAL

-%k/FYOU
1 if BECOME
- \ MY
=5> ' SHIN SHI.

RBALLY
BITTER
THOUGH.

!iiip
 youve
AIRBAVY
USURPEP
MY 8EP

...60 YOU
m&wi
as mu
SLEEP IN
YUkHJt.
 m 6 60
\NORR\BV
■
s-V'V

HIM IF HE
WANTEP
ANYTHING
TO EAT
 ’

...ANP
MY
. ■ '
,
' : ;
HOME
WAS
TAKEN
IF X CAN AWAY.
: *:/ s *■ . - ONLY SITANP
WAIT FOR THF
STRONG
W/NP TO

..I'M NOT
ALONE.
 SORRY
TO KEEP
YOU
WAITING.

ANP
THERE'S
SOMETHING I
CAN 90 FOR
HIM...

124
 BECAUSE
\ HE LOOKS:
LIKE A
CHIU?...

. I THOUGHT
HE'PACT
LIKE ONE

HE'S STILL
TOMOE
r /NS/PE.
 PROBLEM.
SO NOW.

THAN X WAS
BEFORE. |

MW
 CLOUPS
WON'T GO

A -Pox voko voarvts -to &e a

e*rovAjr\up as Pas-t as possi&le

-He's orea-tine, a list

oP -targets -to kill voker\
he Garovos up.

128
 I WE
DO NOT
HAVE
ENOUOH
WOODEN
BUCKETS.

kotake/
KOME.'
can you
MAKE ME
SIT IN A
 SHRINE
MUST HAVE
REVERTER TO
ITS ORIGINAL
STATE

...BECAUSE
HIS POWERS
ARE NO
LONOER
PRESENT.

TOMOE

THOUGHT
HE'R OIVE
UP QUICKLY
ANR RUSH
TO M/
SIRE

MUST BE
FEELINO SO
7 HE
MUST
HELPLESS
NOW.
WANT TO
THROW
HIMSELF AT ...BUT
MY FEET FROM HE HAS
THE BOTTOM YET TO
OF HIS ARRIVE.
HEART.
 course
HOW
LETTING YOU mnynightg
STAY HERE, 60 owner
ARE you
BE ROUTE ANP GOING TO
6LEEP ON THE 6TAY HERE,
COUCH! SLEEPING
-tfovo f\oar\G,a is
dravorv @

You’Re
STILL
SUFFERING

BE MEAN
TO
rome.
 PON'T \ Al!; ir
/
7
>^
\ 1 A V

1 31
FOROET 1
OIRL'S
THAT NANAMI WHAT A '
PEFENPINO
IS HERE FOR SIOHT.
/OUR SAKE.
you.
\
/ ^'\ -\ j V

I'M
NOT
SUFFER¬
ING
KNOW.
 ,
0Mmk
HHi

I'M ANNOYBP.

I NARUKAMI-
l HIME?
HE'S &OT
1 A DIFFICULT
! K/AMI /AFTER
\ HIM.

YOU
KNOW
UfQ
KURAMA?
...BUT I'VE
ME/ARP THAT
NARUKAMI'S
ALREADY
ON HER
SIXTEENTH
PAIR OP
KOMAINU.

ill®©©©©'©

I SHALL TURN YOU BACK

INTO YOUR ORIGINAL FORM
IF YOU BECOME MY
SHINSHI.

I'VE
00T TO OET
HER TO TURN
HIM BACK IF TOMOE BECOMES
INTO HIS HER SHINSHI, SHE'LL
ORIGINAL UESTROY HIM TOO...
FORM
141
"YOU'RB USELESS.
 |§Sg

WHAT'RE
YOU OOINO
TO VO?

<9RPIN/\Ry
HUM4N
NOW, SO
YOU SUOUIV
LIVE LIKE
 FEVER'S
BACK! LET'S
&0 HOME
 ARB THE
THIRTY-
SECONO

...KOMA/NU
OF
NARUKAMI-
SAMA.
TO HAVE
T0MOE-

BE HER
SHINSHI.
 CAN SHE
BE WORRIED
WHEN SHE
MADE HIM
SICK?/

HOW
CAN TOMOE
BE HER
SHINSHI

...WHEN
SHE
ALREADY
has you
KOMAINU?

AND WE
ARE UNDER
NARUKAMI- TOMOE-
SAMA'S DONO USED
ORDERS TO BE A
WILD FOX,
BUT HE IS A
COMPETENT
SHINSHI.

IF TOMOE-
DONO COMES
WITH US, WE
CAN QUIT 8EIN0-
NARUKAMI-
SAMA'S
KOMAINU.
 ...LOST
OUR Hone...
WE' RE LIKE
FAMILY

...IT DOESN'T
MATTER
WHETHER
WE'RE
HUAMNS OR
AYAKA&HL
 HOW
CAN YOU
RESCUE

CAN'T VO
ANYTHING.
 I'LL &0\
TO THE !
SHRINE.
WE ME
THERE.

NWRUK/4MI
CAN HELP

fl|Bl r r
a TOMOE .

\ Vr

la II *
r KOMA-
INU.

V l
Shapter 12
 CAN'T QO
ANYTHING

I CAN'T VO:
ANYTHING.:
 I CAN'T
T
F*
 UNPER-
STAMP,
WHY YOU TOMOE.
CAME BACK

AYAKASHI
CANNOT
LIVE IN THE
HUMAN
WORLD.

put you
CANNOT &O
BACK TO
WHERE THE
OTHER
THE AYAKASHI ARE
SHRINE IS BECAUSE
THE ONLY THE/ HOLD
PLACE ORUDOES
WHERE AOAINST
you \ you.
BELONO.
.amays Be wny, you.
 THAT IS
WHAT A
SHINSHI
SHOULP

MOLPy
SHRINE.

TURN THIS
PLACE INTO
AN ELEOANT
SHRINE
THAT IS
WORTHY
OF ME.

ENTER THE L
SHINSHI f
CONTRACT
WITH ME
 YOU CAN'T OO
ANYTHING

COU LPN'T
VO
ANYTH—

PON'T
CRY OVER
A STUPIP
THINO LIKE
THIS.
YOU'RE
8EIN0 A
Cor\&ra-tulatior PAIN.
on Voluftne 2-
of KaivVisaivia
Kiss oorviine. ou
TKank. pu
-Puku^aivia I'M NOT
CRY1N0/
 HERE'S A
PARTINS
SIFT, SINCE
YOU'RE AN
ORPINARY
HUMAN

POSSESS A
PART OF AN
AYAKASHI'S
BOPY
 1 THEY'VE
BEEN
CRYING
BESIPE
YOU
FORA
WHILE.

TOMOE-PONO
IS AVOIDING
NARUKAMI- SOME¬
SAMA AW THING
HAS HIPPEN TERRIBLE
HIMSELF IN THE has
SHRINE. HAPPENEP.

NARUKAMI-
sama is
VERY, VERY
ANGRY
 v*"y/A\

LOOKED W\
IN THE
LOFT AND
UNDER S.V
\
/V
f
k
\
\T \

l f/N; 1 HE'S NOT

AROUND.

k
THE
FLOOR

*"
\
Ns

JiliK
'
' _ '"\

. >
...BUT WE
CANNOT
FIND HIM.
 HIPPEN IN
THE SHRINE,
/4NP WE
CANNOT
FINP HIM.

WHERE'S
TOMOE

BUT...
IF I
PESTROy
THE SHRINE,
HE MAY
COME OUT.
•' ^

THEN

...WILL
FtNP
HIM
FOR
SURF.
 THIS IS
THE LAST
room m

TO MO a...
MAY HAVE
COLLAPSEV
THOUGHT
HE'D COME
PLEASE OUT IF I
PULL CALLED HIS
/OURSELF NAME
TO- [
OETHER/ i
 ...FROM
THATH/GH
FEVER...
 JL!l
...MIKAOE-
%
1 m
l
'_

LMf' J- 1 ™15
MIRROR^

SAHA'S
POCKET
/y
I ■A
MIRROR. m jTk. 'KA
f

TOMOB'S

...BODY HEAT
FROM INSI9B
THE MIRROR.
r y SOMETHING
WRONS,
N4N4MI-
\ 5AMA?
■ssi
51
Tkank you Por readme, -tkis -Par1 & -How was i-t? I’ll
&e so kappy ip you enjoyed readine, i-t. I invi-ted ft_yoko
Fukuyama -to do one oP -tke side&ars, and ske drew
some-tkine,! Fukuyama-san, -tkank you! Ske drew suck
a ou-te NJanami. Wkile I’m wri-tine, -tkis, my mo-tker is
visi-tine,, and ske’s cookine, -tkree meals a day Por me.
Ike dinine, -ta&le is a very kappy place Because I am
ea-tine, rice wi-tk rice seasonine, every day. -Home-
cooked Pood is e,ood. (smile') I a-te Meapoli-tan spae,ke-t-
-ti Por -tke Pirs-t -time in a lone, wkile.., I? And so -tkis
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 The Otherworld
Ayakashi is an archaic term for yokai.

Daikokuten is the kami of wealth and one of the seven kami of good
fortune.

Inugami are dog spirits that can possess humans.

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

Karasu tengu are crow spirits. Tengu in general are a type of yokai.

Kitsunebi literally means “fox fire” and are the flames controlled by
fox spirits.

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 dogs.

Mononoke is the overall term for Japanese supernatural creatures and

encompasses ghosts, spirits and demons.

Nekomata are very old pet cats that turn into yokai. They are
distinguished by their two tails.

Raijin is the kami of thunder and lightning.

Shinshi are birds, beasts, insects or fish that have a special relationship
with a kami.

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

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

Mallet of Good Luck (Uchide-no-kozuchi) will grant your wish when

you swing it.

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

Yokai are demons, monsters or goblins.

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

-sama is used with people of much higher rank.

 Notes
Page 6, panel 2: First year
First year in Japanese high school corresponds to 10th grade in
American high school.

Page 27, panel 5: ¥30,000

Around $330 USD.

Page 28, panel 1: Yukichi

Yukichi Fukuzawa was the founder of Keio University and is on the
¥10,000 bill.

Page 41, sidebar: White snake

Because they are rare, white snakes are considered to be good luck.

Page 50, panel 3: 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.

Page 64, panel 2: Yakitori

Skewers of grilled chicken.

Page 70, panel 3: Yoshino kudzu

The highest quality kudzu starch. Kudzu starch is considered a
health food, good for the heart and general vitality.

Page 70, panel 3: Sesame tofu

Tofu made of sesame seed paste instead of soybeans.

Page 86, panel 3: clap clap

The standard Japanese way of worshipping is to bow twice, clap
twice, and bow once more.

Page 116, panel 4: Sasamochi

Mochi (sticky rice cakes) wrapped in sasa (bamboo leaves).

Page 122, panel 1: Kashiwamochi

Mochi (rice cakes) wrapped in kashiwa (oak leaves).

Page 189, author note: Ryoko Fukuyama

The creator of the manga Monochrome Shonenshojo.

Page 189, author note: Neapolitan spaghetti

Spaghetti served with ketchup as the sauce.
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Navu 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. 2
Shojo Beat Edition
STORY AND ART BY
Julietta Suzuki
English Translation & Adaptation/Tomo Kimura
Touch-up Art & Lettering/Joanna Estep
Cover Design/Hidemi Dunn
Interior Design /Yukiko Whitley
Editor/Pancha Diaz

KAMISAMA HAJIMEMASHITA by Julietta Suzuki

© Julietta Suzuki 2009
All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2009 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.

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