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Story & Art by

 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
; Ktne[tochigami Mikage, who ran away from his shrine.

■Nowr'Nanami must fulfill the shrine duties of the kamisama. She spends her days
; j^j^jTomo^(hCT^hinshi) and with Onikiri and Kotetsu (the onibi-warashi spirits

■ -
BNaiiam|^amsJdi?p^weS^^those who come to her shrine. Less pleasantly,
P^he^Ss^^^^^SjbvjSupematural creatures that want to become the kamisama
KthMns^^^^S^e|^m^&tclj^t>r^^^id now she’s starting to have feelings for
Tomoc that go beyond those of a k.uni for her shinshi...
 Volume A
CONTENTS

Chapter 1? OOd
Chapter 20 03?
Chapter 21 Od?
Chapter 22 O??
Chapter 23 12?
Chapter 24 13?
End Notes 1?1
I warn iv^sel-P -tKa-t i-t could
kapperx -to ftoe -toiNnorrow.
So I void work Kard -toda^.
I will noake oikuja&a .for dinner.
 A

ftpM
Mananoi sroucbkt -tKe sr\ake Koivie.
 AW YOUR
INCOMPETENCE
IS ALSO
OIVINO YOU
PROBLEMS IN
THE HUMAN
WORLP,
NANAMI.
 YOU'RE
NOT SMART
ENOUGH

...JUST
QUIT
SCHOOL.

TOMOB \
 IVE
YOU BEEN
WERE
BUSY
BUSY?

i-ru \
VO THAT
EVEN¬ WITH
TUALLY WHAT?
NOT YOUR
KAMI
PUTIES.

...SO I
BARELY
WAV TIME
MY TO STUDY
uunas WHAT'LL
ASA BE OU THE
KAMI. FINALS
 CONVINCING
WORPS,
COMING
FROM A &UY
5HE AiRBAVY
HATES'

NANAMI '
WILL HATE
YOU IF
you KEEP
FOLLOWING
HER AROUNP.

5+*E DOES K/O-lf!

 RbIm

I HAVEN'T
HAD A
CHANCE YET
TO THANK
...CUZ KURAMA FOR
THERE'RE RESCUING
ALWAYS ME
OIRLS
AROUND
 YOU AN
EXORCIST? WANTING
TO ASK

CUZ '
YOU GOT
RIPOF THAT
GHOST THE
 X CAN SEE
6H0STS,
BUT THAT
WAS THE
FIRST TIME
IVE SEEN
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT/

I hope ^ou eajoy

readiae, i-t.
la -the i\naaeia, i-t’s
sutviivertiivie.
I-t’s Julv/ or
August. The^ g,o
-to -the seaside HAVEN'T
Because i-t’s TOLU
suiv-iivier vaca-tioo. ANYONE
ABOUT
 BAKED
YOU
THESE
COOKIES.

DON'T
ACCEPT
THAT SORT
OF THIN&.
PLEASE
 WILL YOU
KEEP THIS
ON FOR A
WHILE?

FAVOR
TO ASK.
WHERE'S
KURAM/5?
 ...FOR
RESCUING
HADN'T ME TME
OTHER
THANKED DAY.
you /ET,

THANK
ME?
MEAN X
MAD E A
NEKOTA
MATCH?
OOTTO
THANK
KURAMA.

/ My
TSURIKI
WAS
PRETTY
&OOV,
DON'T you
THINK?

YOU
SHOULDN'T
MAKE
PROMISES
SO EASILY.
 s-rupy.

nnnnnnnnnnnn
 SAY THAT Ufce rrs
nothing.

ZONO?

I'M YUMI
SAKURAPA, A
FIRST-YEAR
STUPENT.
 YOU VO
ME A
ALWAYS
WALK FAVOR?
HOME WITH
MIKA&E.

PLEASE

...LET ME
WALK WITH
HIM TODAY.

IT'S
NOTHING
fef

$ * . * .

>..v
• : V / •>••• • •
-
 .

liiiM
illiilM

|il fill
1
 k?ict
OF
mures.
TOMOE.

PIP HE
WALK WITH
THAT GIRL?
 I WISH I
HAUN'T SAID
YSS IF IT
MAKES MS
FEEL THIS
WAY.
 WHEN HE
SA/9 THAT..

—I

YOU'Re
MY FIRST
AW OWY
PRIORITY.

00 YOU
UNPER-
6TAN0?
jaMMfay.
 vo you
WANT,
TENOU?

CONVER¬
SATION
ON THE
ROOF?
 I PIPN'T
sm mt-
 SHINSHI. SO My
BEHAVIOR
MIOHT
MISLEAP
HAVINO NANAMI?
TO TAKE
CARE OP
A HUMAN
FEMALE.

you
SHOULPVE

...JUST
MADE ME
TOCHI-
&m\
INSTEAD

THE ONLy
ONE IN THIS
WORLP
WHO CAN
COMMANP

IMPLyiNO
SHE'S LIKE
THE OTHER
OIRLS WHO
LOSE THEM¬
SELVES IN
LOVE?

PON'T
TREAT HER
LIKE A POOL,
TENOU.
 AREN'T
YOU OOINO
WEARS \ OUT WITH
TOGETHER | MIKAOE?

...BUT
THAT'S
IT
' SINCE \
WE'RE
ALREAPy < YOU'RE \ -
CLOSE, ALWAYS \i
IT'S HARP TOGETHER, \
TO OET SO I ■
ANyTHINO
STARTEP
ASSUMED
you ouys 1

...WHy PON'T
you TRy NOTHING'S
POINO HAPPENING
yET...
SOMETHING
PIPPERENT?
 GO
SOME¬ YOUVE
PLACE NEVER
youvE OONE ON / SOME-
NEVER A PATE? J THINO
BEEN i PIFFER'
BEFORE ENT?

...ANP
ACT
REAL
CUTE.

NOT QUITE
FOLLOWING
SOMETHING THE CONVER¬
SATION. yj

...YOU
LIKE
TOMOE
WORK TO 90
AT THE
SHRINB.
 ... WE'LL 90
SOMETHING
X HAVEN'T
BEEN TO
9IFFFRBNT!
\ ONE SINCE
V THAT FIELD-
> TRIP IN
GRADE
SCHOOL/

aquarium/

§§gs§
5555s

HISS
THERE'S
A WHALE
SHARK

WHAT'RE
you
POING?/

TAKE A
BREAK,
TOMOE, SINCE
/OU'VE FINALS ARE
NEVER SEEN OVER.
SOMETHING
LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
 MIK 0'S
PALACE IS
IN THE
SWAMP.

SO THERE
MIOHT
ACTUALLY
BE A R/UOU
PALACE IN
THE SEA
TOO.
to
 j GOING
HOME
i NOW.

wf saw
LOTS OF
FISH...

JUST A ...AND
L/TTLS yOU MUST
BIT BF N/FRy
SATISFIFD/
WHAT AN
AAAAZIN6

CAN WE
SEE THE
SHRINE
 i want
TO SAY
SOME¬
THING.

I HOPE
YOU'RE NOT
FALLING IN
LOVE WITH
WOULt?
YOU
VO?

YOU'LL BE IN
TROUBLE...

..IF4NEFALL6IN
LOVE WITH YOU.
WAIT UNTIL
YOU'Re
SANE
AS-AIN.

•:■ >T;'‘ I I LIKE 1

YOU! f
...SIMPLY GOT
CAPRI BP AWAY.
 X TOUCH
fSK ME'
vWIW'RE
Won- 1

HER
KOTOPAMA/S
REJECTING
?-> /Hf/

po you
WANT TO
Pig?/

NANAMt.
NAN AMI.
I PROMISE
I'LL NEVER
touch you
AGA\H
iSfiHii
fafeiM
 WE WERE
TALKING
ABOUT
&0\H& TO
THE BEACH
DURING THE
SUMMER
, HOUPAYS.

ICR!BP LAST
TMB, BUT I'M
FINB NOW!

70
 ( MOMO-
^§$IH
I NO
WONDER
SHE'S /
\ ZONO,
^„ / GET A-
\ \ HOLD OP
\ / youR-
mmm
LIKE
, THAT.
5
HP \S55
DECLARED yX^jf
LP/r

HER LOVE, I v '

AND THE >|
ouy TOLD
HER TO ;/ N
COOL HER

SPLFNWPLY
4 THE NEXT.

: PEEL LIKE
EATINO
TODAY?

you
BYFNj HAVEN'T
IF I WANT EATEN
V TO SORT YOUR
LUNCH AT
OUT MY you ALL.
FBFUNGS GOTTA
EAT.
' OTHER¬
WISE
yOLl'LL
COLLAPSE.
 HARPl Y \
ATS YOUR
 ...THE
ONLY
ONE
WHO'S
FLUS¬
TERED.
I Bought
Wizardry Enopire
III -for -the PSP.
I’d only played
Wizardry on the
Faiviiooivi, so I voa
surprised a-t how
iviucK the new
Wiz has evolved.
The spells are
diPPerent,
there’re lots oP
dungeons, and
you can choose
Prorv> lots oP
species and
occupations!
Aiviazinc,! It’s a
&>a(vie you can pla^
Por a lone, tirme,
so l’f\o looking
Porward to it.
76
 NANAMI-
CHAN
HOME?

NEKOTA
INVITEP
ME TO &0
WITH HER/

WHAT
VO YOU
MEAN, I
CAN'T
CO?

you
TYRANT/

77
me blub
sic/AND
me wnrre
 I HAVEN'T
DONE SWIM-
MINO IN THE
SEA SINCE
CRAPE
SCHOOL/

THOSE
TWO
HERE?/

no one
WILL HIT
ON US IP
THERE'RE
BROKE UP ouys
WITH HER AROUND/
BOYFRIEND
YESTERDAY. you
SHOULPVE
, STAYED
HOME/

mmmp
\COM!NGl WITHl

17/1
RBAVY!
 you LOOK
HOW PO LIKE A
you LIKE ORAPE-
THAT SCHOOLER.
SWIM¬
SUIT?

CUZ 1
CAN'T
SWIM.

f NO
PROBLEM,

I PIPN'T
want you
SWIMMINO
NEXT TO
ME IN A
THANKS T-SHIRT.
FOR
LENPINO
ME THIS,
 PENLY

AM I ALL
RIGHT? I YEAH!
HOPEI THEY JUST
PON'T FOLLOWED
LOOK ME HERE.
WEIRP.
■ V/ KUN HATES
; THE OCEAN.
THIS IS
PRETTY/

NWNAMI

I'M SO
&IAV
YOU'RE
FEEUINO
BETTER
YUCK Y.
 I YOU'RB '
&0 IN£
IN, I
joMoe?

NANAMI
A6KBP
m TO
WiM
.NmA6ZV
TO PINP
YOU
faMBbl-i
 I'VE BEEN
W4ITIN0
FOR YOU TO
TOMOE. [ PU\y IN THE
COLLECT
Miom excuse
Me, BUT
PROM AN I PON'T
POLP \ WANT
FRIENP. HUMANS
WATCHING
...WHAT
YOU'RE
TALKING
ABOUT.

I SHALL
MAKE THE
STUPID FOX
REMEMBER/
 THE POX
YOU \
PESTROYEP vom
THE NORTH TOfAOB
CATE AS
WELL AS
OTHER
STRUCTURES. ...KILLEP SEVEN
PRISONS,
THREE SHARKS,
FIVE RAYS, ANP
A PLATOON OP
ALMOST SEA SLUOS AT
ALL OF THE NORTH
OATS OF RYUOU
THE NORTH PALACE.
BUILPINO OF
RYUOU WAS
PESTROYEP.

' ANP FINALLY,

YOU STOLE THE
RIOHT EYE OF
RYU-OH SUKUNA,
ALSO KNOWN
AS ME, ANP
FLEP.

YOU ARB
OOINO TO
PAY FOR
ALL THIS,
WITH
INTEREST.
 IN TWO
DAYS, I'LL X
THE
HAVE AN SHELL WILL
EXTRA- > ABSORB
-LARGE YOU
PEARL! SLOWLY!

I'VE
BEEN THAT'S
TRAINING OUR
THE RYU-OH-
EVERY DETESTABLE
PAY FOR WILD FOX SAMA,
WAS NO SLU6-
526 SLU6/
YEARS, MATCH FOR
RVU-OH-
208 SAMA,
PAYS/ SLUO-SLUO.

LET'S
1 00 BACK
TO RYUOU
ANP
CELEBRATE/

SLWJ-
SLUD/

104
TOMOe.

I CANT
...BUT I ENTER TEE
STILL MADE
HIM GO IN.

i TOMOE'S
V so
v STRONG,
ABUT HE
"11 WAS
CAPTURED KNEW
(O/NAN
U/NSTANT ABOUT
TOMOZ.
/ THE SEA
SLUOS
TOOK HIM
A A WAV.

WHERE'S
The other da^ I
did an autograph
session a-t
Yokohama!
Thank ^ou -to
everyone who
showed up. $ ■&

It was rviy -first

autograph
session, so I
rv-iade rv>i stakes
si^ninc, narvie,
I couldn’t talk to
people, and I
panicked.

B>ut it was fun 1

I don’t think I’ll
ever write rv-i^
nanoe so f\nany
tiroes aciain
 THEN IP 1
I OIVE
YOUR EVE
BACK, EYES 4RE
DON'T YOU'LL LET FONTS OP
THINK TOMOE IMMORTALITY.
IT'S . LIVE?/
POSSI-
. BLE.

XT'S \
BEEN 526 1 WHOEVER
YEARS. DRINKS PROM
WHO KNOWS ONE IS SAID
WHAT'S TO OAIN
HAPPENED
TO IT. IMMENSE
POWERS.

A MERE
AYAKASHI
STOLE ONE
PROM ME
526 YEARS
AGO.

I HAD
DEFEAT
CARVED
INTO MY
YOU PLAN
TO DO
 \ \ 0 'jT L :
THIS IS THE - yy r ice
FIRST TIME " r CREAM IS

AA VI SWEET A NIP
PEUCIOUS/
x Ja) d 11

shoulp
m go
TO THE
POLICE?

VOW T BUT
WORRY. YOU'VE
ALREAPY
WEN A
BATH?

RESERVE? i
THIS INN THEY'LL
FOR THREE 1 BE BACK
cot/i>ar''h TOMORROW.
GIRLS.
I'LL
SLEEP
IN THIS
FUTON.
MOtAO-
 RYU-OH
SAIP HE'P I WANT
SPARE TO USE
TOMOE'S IT TO GO
LIFE IF I
£IVE HIS TO THE
EYE BACK PAST

•I.ANP
OET
RYU-OH'S
EYE BACK
FROM
TOMOE.

HAS
NOTHING 1
TO VO
WITH
WHAT I'M SO
TRYINO
\ TO VO. YOU LIKE
TOMOE?
TOMOE
IS
LUCKY
 HAVING A
MASTER
WHO LOVES
HIM SO
MUCH.

EMOTION

X PINP
THAT
ANNOYINO.

...IS
PROBABLY.
.WHAT. YOU
CALL ENVY.

fell

•HAVEN'T-
YOU EVER
I HATE PELT THAT
HIM. / WAY ABOUT
SOMEONE?
HOW CA N I
MAKE THIS
FEELINO 00
AWAY?

I KNOW
I'M TAKING
AVYAKTA&t
OF YOU.
 BUT IP A
KAMSAMA
VOBS IT
■" i

Pi. i
SN0WIN6

...SO I
THINK
I'M IN
THE PAST

...BUT I \
HADN'T '
THOUGHT
ABOUT
WHAT
SEASON IT
WOULD BE
 vom V
i5 you A

. I ■ MANAMI.
 ISOHIME,
A YOKAI.

SHF OFTEN
WAITS BY
THF SEA
LOOKING
FOR HUMAN
SUCKERS.

SHOULPN'T
YOU LOOK
 ...THE ONE
I'M IN LOVE WITH.
THE ONE WHO'S
STILL IN THE
HARDNESS.
flaiwJBrasa
Chapter 23
WKen I’rvi
working on My
Manuscripts, My
assis-tants com&
over and -tKine,s
are -Pun.

I need -to work,

so I don’-t Kave
rviucK -tiMe. -to
Kane* ou-t, &ut I
always Kave Pun
'talking -to iviy
assis-tan-ts. TKe
people wKo corvie
over are all nice
people, and I Peel
-tKa-t l’(\n realty
Blessed.

"TKank you so
f\nucK, everyone.
I’ivi sorry -the
schedules are
always -tie,K-t. I’ll do
rr>y &es-t so I can
do My work well.
SMELL
THE
SEA.

pip you
GO THERE
TO Buy
MEPIOINE?

BOUGHT
A GOOD
MEPICINE.

IF YOU
PRINK IT,
YOU WILL
OET BETTER
FOR SURE
evew-
twng
 WANT TO
rescue
TOtAOe

CAN'T LET
SOMEONE
WHO'S
SUFFERING

..JUST PIE
IN FRONT
OF ME.
tifS
 MIZUKI.

STAY
STILL
FOR A
TOMOE.

art
\ IT'S
-BECAUSE \.
your
V
:: O'
I

eopy o v
WENT 7
BACK TO ■ ■ ■/
THE PAST. /•;•>
HAVEN'T
CHAN6EP
IN 500
YEARS
 i want
YOU TO GST
RYU-OU'S
SYS OUT

...IF IT'S
RSALLY IN NOT
My BOVY. QUITE.

YOU'LL
Give MB
RYU-OH'S
BYB?!

WHERE
WHERE,
WHERE

...BUT I
CAN SEE
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT
wmmr
IN YOU.
 r\ RIOHT.

f so
WHAT
WILL you I
OIVE
ME IN
I
r=
Im

RETURN?/ vN

ABOUT 30
YEARS OFF
YOUR LIFE?/

TRUST HER
MANAMI-

THIRTY
YEARS?
HOW PARE
 THIRTY
YEARS OFF
MY LIFE.
 YOUNG-!

I WON'T
PIE NOW
BY HAVING
30 YEARS
TAKEN OFF
MY LIFE.
V, i 1
 You don't
have a TOMOB' KUN
PESERVEP
shinshi to WHAT HE
be your &OT.
hands and
feet.

...with your
human self

...YOU'RE
NO MATCH YOU PIPN'T
FOR ME.
NEEP TO
SHOULPER
HIS
BURPEN.

NANAMI-
♦ *

r' /
/ in ijiig
Shag ter 2M
&o-w ~c 3 2 m
CONSIDER-
INS WH4T
YOU PIP
TO MY
MASTER

...YOU
VON'T THINK
YOU'RE
GOmA GET
AWAY, VO
YOU?

MIZUkZI.
 aoain,
NANAMI-
CHAN/

mv me
WITH YOUR
INVISIBLE
CHAINS/

YOU COULD
LECH/ YOU YOU,
FORCED MlZUfcl
YOURSELF
ON MB!

YOU
NOT QUITE, KISSEP
BUT I'M ME WHILE
O-LAP you I WAS
UNPERSTANP ASLEEP?/
WHAT'S
OOINO ON.
 LOOKS
LIKE A
PACHINKO
BALL

A SHINSHI
DOESN'T
KILL IN
FRONT
aF HIS
MASTER.
 He doesn't
want; to
bloody his
hands in
front of
Nanamh

WHEN I'M
CALCU¬
LATING.

THE PEARL
OYSTER
SHELL THAT
WE PUT IN THE
BANQUET
HALL ,

TOMOB
 A WHILE,
RyU-OH

•1
HOW
PARE you

FRONT OF WRAPPER”
NANAMI r1'IN FLESH
?/ BROUGHT-v;
BACK
MEMORIES, J
ANR I FELL
ASLEEP.
 I'LL BE
ABLE TO
RESCUE
TOMOE.

TOMOE I

EVERYTHING
BUT WATER
1
CAN PASS
THROUGH THAT
GLASS, SO BE
FINALLY CAREFUL.

v.'-v
■
COtAB TO THAT
CONCLUSION?/

SHOULDN'T
BB THINK¬
ING ABOUT
ITRIGHT

...BUT I'M
STARTING
SHE'S FROM
THE DRAGON

5XCU5E
m FOR
SCARING.

...GONG
TO I
RYUGU?
EVERY
YOKAI
WOMAN
WHY IS LOOKS
A KAMI LIKE A
OF THE KAMI OF
LAW BEAUTY
"TKarykyou £or
reading!

I Kope we can
Meet a^airy ir\
Volume 5.
Ka^a-sary, .SKury,
Okazaki-san,
-tKar\k you .for
ooiviiryG, over -to
Kelp!

I.P you Kave \

oorvirviery-ts or
opiKiorys, please
seryd -tKeivi -to -tKe
address aelovo.
-n &
IKaryk you.

c/o SKojo Seat

P.O. So* 77010
■Sary Frarycisco, CA
9+101
 IT TOOK
SEVEN
PA/S TO
MAKE IT.

I PUT
MY LOVE
IN MY
WORK

...WHEN I
CANNOT
SEE HIM.

I WON'T BB
A8LE TO
MAZE
SOMETHING THE EMBRO/PERY
UKETHIS IS PONE WITH
GOLP ANP SILVER
JHZEAPS.
...EVENIF I
SPENP TEN
YEARS ON rr
THEY'RE
PAZZUNG. ,

WHATA

KIMONO
 IT FLEW
OUT OF
THE
WINDOW

IT
MUST'VE
BEEN
SWEPT
FAR Amy
BY ALL
I THINK TRAT
THAT CURRENT WATER.
WAS CAUSED
ay ryuou
VIBRATING.
 PEEL SO
ASWAMEP
OP MYSELP

I KEPT
THINKING

...ABOUT \
WHAT MY
PEAR ONE
WON'T VO :
FOR ME. /
 UH, AW
AAIZUKI'S

m
ME*
u
• *
 SEA YOU
SLUOS. ARE HERE,
SLU6-
SLU&!

WHAT \
15
&0\H&
\l you
SHOULDN'T
OK? | BE HERE,

THE FOX
RYU-OH-SAMA WE CAPTUREP
IS (SETTING’ RIP HAS SUPPENLY
OF IT IN THE CONE
WEST PALACE, BERSERK,
SLUO-SLUO/ SLUO'SLUO/
nanami?

cup
INSISTED
I SIVE YOU
BACK TO
HER.
SHE SAIP
SHE'P BRINS
BACK MY
RISHT EYE IN
EXCHANGE
FOR you.
1 ASSUMEP SHE'S THE
SHE WAS TOCHI&AMI
OF MIKAG-B
SHRINE.

'TOMOB! \
 YOU CAN
BE IN PON'T
LOVE WITH WAVE TO
SOMEBODY ACCEPT
ELBE. YOU MB.
DON'T
WAVE TO
 Ip JB
WAITING
FOR MY
FBBUNGS
ENOUGH
 HAPPENED

...TO
R/UOU?

WEREN'T
YOU VISIT¬
ING YOUR
PARENTS
 PEAUNO
WITH THE
WILP FOX
AOAIN

HAVE YOU
FOROOTTEN
THAT YOU

mim ...NEVER TO
PROMISEP
ME...

SCAR YOUR
FACE AOAIN
THERE'S AFTER HE
TOOK YOUR
A OOOP RIOHT EYE
EYU-OH'S REASON AWAY?/
WIFE?! WHY I PIP

THE
TOCHIOAMI
CAME TO
OIVE BACK
MY RIOHT
MlZUkll.

..MOW
ABOUT
we VBAL
WITH THIS
RAORl?
 HOW PARE
YOU TRY TO
PEAL WITH
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT/

THIS WAS
MAPE BY
YOUR IAVY
WITH PLENTY
OP LOVE.

...NOTOOOP
ENOUOH TO
EXCHANGE
FOR THE
TVS A
DEAL!
WORRIER
ABOUT MY
BROTHER
SHINSHI.
WENT TO
OET THE
KIMONO.

VO THE
SHRINE WORK
TOGETHER,
TOMOE-KUN/

...GO HOME
TOGETHER.
 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.

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

excess pride.

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

used.

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

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

relationship with a kami.

Tokai are demons, monsters or goblins.

Zashiki-warashi are yokai kami who dwell in the zashiki (tatami

room or drawing room) of old houses or the warehouse of a
home, and play pranks on the people who live there. It is said that
seeing a zashiki-warashi will bring good fortune, and that the
house where a zashiki-warashi lives will be blessed with wealth.
Zashiki-warashi are said to exist mainly in Iwate Prefecture and
the Toholcu area.

Honorifics
-sama is used with people of much higher rank.
 Notes
Page 5, panel 3: Nikujaga
Meat, potatoes and other vegetables simmered in soy sauce,
sugar and sake.

Page 50, panel 3: Ryugu Palace

The undersea palace of the dragon god Ryujin. In the fairy tale
Urashima Taro, Taro is taken to Ryugu Palace as a reward for
rescuing a turtle that was being bullied by kids. When Taro
returns to his village, a few hundred years have passed.

Page 100, panel 1: Ryu-oh

Literally “dragon king.”

Page 167, panel 1: Turtle cab

In the fairy tale Urashima Taro, the rescued turtle ferries Taro
to Ryugu Palace.

Page 171, panel 3: Haori

A lightweight silk jacket that is worn over a kimono. It is
traditionally a part of a man’s formal outfit.
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Nam Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hana to
Yumc 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. 4
Shojo Beat Edition
STORY AND ART BY
Julietta Suzulci
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
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First published in Japan in 2009 by HAKUSENSHA, Inc., Tokyo.
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