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 Story & Art by

‘Julietta Suzuki
Mamoru

Nana mi’s i mm
|u/
igi# j
- Nanami Momozono |

A high school student

who was turned into
a kamisama by the
k tochigami Mileage, j

The shinshi who serves

Nanami now that she’s
the new tochigami.
k Originally a wild fox A
ayakashi.
 Kurama Kotetsu

Onibi-warashi, spirits

Botanmaru

A child tengj from A tengu who’s aiming'

Mount Kurama. His to become the next
, wings are stunted. .head of the Mount^
' Kurama tengu.

Lomozono is a high school student who was evicted from her home when
ipped town.
the tochigami Mileage in a park, and he leaves his shrine and his lcami
iyers-to her.
iW/Nananii spends her days with Tonioe and Mizuki, her shinshi, and with
Onikirrand Kotetsu, the onibi-warashi spirits of the shrine. Story
has been slowly gaining powers as a kamisama by holding a festival at her sc
slirin? and attendina; the Kamuhakari, a kamisama conference in Izumo. fai
Gn^«la^,Naiiamifen5onnters Botanmaru, a child tengu, and learns about the
ssion'conflict iirtlie;tenguivillage where Kurama was bom.
present head fof the tengu and Kurama’s father, has fallen ill and Jiro
; the next leader. Nanami and Kurama travel
villaee'to’see i11hev. can1 help,.but females are forbidden to enter!
 Volume 10
CONTENTS

Chapter 007
Chapter 56 077
Chapter 7 7 06j
Chapter 58 099
Chapter 7 7 127
Chapter 60 16\
End Notes 171
O o
 / FIRST
' BROTHER
USA LEAVES,
THEN
BROTHER
DON'T i FUMI .
CRY,
cniyo-
f TENOU MARU.
' mo ARB
pnysi-
CALLy ANV IF ^
MENTALLY TMEy HE ms
FRAIL ARE FIND you A KIND
WHEN WE BAN ISHED. CRYNO, BROTHER
CROW UP, THEYLL
WE'LL BE FORCE
WEEDED you out
OUT TOO.
MERCI¬
LESSLY
 I'LL BE THINOS
WEREN'T THIS
BANISHEP
FOR SURE WAy WHEN
WHEN I'M THE THIRP
THE ' SOJOBO
THIRP EIOHT/
WAS WELL
SOJOBO
WILL
OET
BETTER 1 WORRy,
PONT
SOON.
BROTHER.

! THAT'S
WHAT THE
SISTER WHO
CAME POWN
FROM THE
SKIES SAIP

...ANP
WHEN I
THINK
UTHE
ABOUT
SISTER
HER..
WHO
SHE WAS
MAZE THE
BEAUTIFUL
\CHERRY
ANV WARM..
BLOSSOM
\TREE
BLOOM.
 ANPMZ
HEART
FEELS
WARM.

JIRO-
VOHO.

ANOTHER
TENOU
HAS
PIS AP¬
PEARED

THIS IS
BECOMING
VERY
LONELY.
 ' oow,
THAT WHAT A
WONDER¬
15 MY FUL
JIRO SHIELD/
V OHO!

COURSE
NOT.

YOU
DARE SAY
I'VE LOST
MY COM¬
POSURE?
 YOU'Re
\1do YOU
KNOW \
theone
ABOUT mo's
\ THAT, VANGeR-
> YOU
DIRTY
<
N
/ WHEN oue.
YOU TO55 IN
-1 FOX! YOUR SLEEP
THE BOTTOM I'LL WEAR ■
OF YOUR LOTS OF
KIMONO CLOTHES
OFTEN OETS SO YOU
WASN'T PUSHEP PON'T FORCE
LOOKING. L up- YOURSELF ON
ME LIKE LAST
TIME.

..MARRY IF \
I'M cioe>e \
eNOUGH 1
TO WATCH I
OVER you. /
 ! SO
vom
WORRY.

MY
MB/ART
WON'T BE
PI5TURBEP,
EVEN IP
YOUR
KIMONO
OETS
MESSEP
UP.
 / I HAP \ ' YOU
rn'ii 7 BROTHER GUYS
SNEAK IN ! SUIR0 AWAKE?
TOMORROW. PRAW A
MAP <PF THE
TRAINING
\ HALL.

THERE
WILL BE
SEVERAL
STRONG
SHIELPS
INSIPE THE
TRAINING
HALL
TOO.
 PLEASE
LET ME

- YOU \
STAY \
HERE
WITH
BROTHER
SUIRO.

X MIOHT
NOT BE
ABLE TO
PROTECT
YOU.
20
 .WH/TPRE
} you
SAVINS

f
/
A
OREAT
\ ' 3U
x have
A &OOV
PLAN THAT r-

ft
WILL FORCE
JIRO TO
An IPEA.

A INVITE US ,

22
I AGAIN
 ■3.. .PIP
WaZPfora
YOUNG GIRL
LIKE HER?

(PATH-
ROOM 'PATH-1
ROOM
mm
...SHOULDN'THAVE 8E£N
V/STURBZV AT ALL.
 /
THINK
H£ HELP
ME...
 BROTHER \
JIRO '
15 THE
TEMPORARY
1 LEADER

...BUT
HE CAN'T
IGNORE A
COMRADE
WHO HAS
BECOME
A KAMI.

f HE'LL V
HAVE TO
INVITE ME IN,
AS A OUEST
KAMI OWED
THE UTMOST
, RESPECT.

\ 7
7^ 2\ ]W,P
1 .... \

WE'LL HEAD
FOR THE
WE'LL BE KURAMA/
ARRIVING STICK THAT
AT THE OFUPA
TRAINING I insipe your
HALL / CLOTHES/
SOON

...soyou
TWO STOP
FOOLINO
AROUNP
ANP OET
SERIOUS/

yOU'RE
COULPN'T
THE ONE
HELP IT/
POOLING
SUIRO-
AROUNP
SAN

...TOLP
WHrRc
ME I
SHOULPN'T PRfcSSfcP
LOOK LIKE LIKE
A OIRL. THAT?

T’T-
ABOUT f IT'S
LAST { BECAUSE
NIOHT ] you CAME
| UP WITH
I TWS
I STUPIP
I IPEA

J IN
ANy
CASE,
TOMOE.

39
 I PIPN'T
touch you
BECAUSE
ARGH I LIKE
you.

OOT

YOU'Re
A PRETTY
AtAUSm
FELLOW.

/I THINK ' IN ANy

/ \ THAT'S CASE, VO
\J BECAUSE WE LOOK
„ 1 OF HOW LIKE THE
TPS \ KURAMA'S TOCHIOAMI
not Ipressep/ ANP HIS
My L. ENTOU¬
FAULT/ |W RAGE?

“5 7#T 1
youR t A;'
FAULT/ \ j

...REALLY
WEIRP.

WE
LOOK

41
 / ...HOW '
1 ABOUT
60MB
MORE
ATTENDANTS?

15RO-j
THER/j

/ we SHINJURO
HAVE HAS COME
NO PUNS TO VISIT
/ PC 'i FOR SUCH US.
/ NOT A GUEST
OPEN VISITING.
THE GATE.
CHASE
THEM
\ AWAY- ,
y Dhave ^
come as the
tockigami of
am '
M'kage skHne Skinju^o,
to oversee tke legitimate
succession Hte son of
of tke fourth
tke tki^d
V Soiobo.
Sojoko.
 MY
MASTER
15 SHORT-
TEMPERED.

/ well, \
HURRY I ORDI- '
IF YOU DON'T NARY
WANT EVERY¬ lTENOU?i
THING- TO OFT
BURNED TO
A CRISP.

we
MUST
WELCOME
HIM IF
HE'S A
KAMI

RAVE
RECEIVER
A IETER
FROM
. SUIRO. ,

COME
IN.
 1

-Hello!

TKank you
■Por picking,
up volutvie IO
o-P katoisatoa
kiss1.

WKer\ I start-
ed dravoine,
kanriisatv>at iviy ...WE'LL
<s,oal vuas -ten LOOK
volumes, so FOR
l‘f\o very Happy sojobo.
tHis voluiv>e
is out. I'd like
-to tHank tHe BROW
readers vuHo ME THE
Have support¬ my,
ed tKis series. BOTAN-
"THank you MARU.
so rv»uoK! ft

I Hope
you enjoy
reading it! ©

THE THREAPS
pffOETHE
SHIELDS ARE
SOMEWHERE • SPREAPALU^
IN THIS HUGE
TRAINING.-
^OVERA ___
HALL...
 I HAN/E
BROUGHT
A TRIBUTE
FROM THE
...AW SKIES
WOULP
LIKE TO
1 1
PRINK IT
WITH you,
BROTHER.

W/SA MEP/C/NAE
''SAKE FROM THE
STHUMAN WORLP
WTHAT WILL'MAKE
wmypu sick

/ SINCE
you
HAVE
...poyou \ BECOME
KNOW THE ' A KAMI
MAIPEN FROM
THE SKIES WHO
WAS BESIPE A SIP IS
THE ETERNAL ENOUGH
CHERRy TO KNOCK
BLOSSOM YOU OUT.
NOW!
TREE,
SHINJURO? , PRINK IT,
J/RO!
 y-you
PARE
CALI ' m-
me A MORU
RUNT

YOU'RE
COMPLETELY
LOST, YOU
RUNT/

THIS
TRAINING
WALL IS
YOU CAN INSIPE TWAT
SENSE HIS JIRO GUY'S
AURA ALL SHIELP.
OVER.

UNLESS
THE FOX
anp the
TENOU
PESTROY
..WE'RE JIRO'S
STUCK CONCEN¬
HERE. TRATION
 TOMO£.

'HURRY! %

THE
SAKE
PROM
THE
SKIES

WHAT'S
WR0N£,
SHIN-
JURO?

THE
BOTTLE
ISN'T
EMPTY
YET.
'Are '!
YOU
Still
VjELLj
BRO¬
THER?

...15
PRETTY
OOOP.

I 0?
COURSE.
 HUH

JIR0\
MUST
NOT BE
CONCEN¬
TRATING.

WHAT'S
you WRONG,
W£R£ SO JIRO'
LOQUA¬ SAMA?
CIOUS A
MOMENT
AGO.

r
' SUT NOW '
YOU'RE
SILENT, AS
IF YOU'RE A
DIFFERENT
PERSON.
 C WOW!
THE FILM OF
SHI FLO THAT
WAS SUR¬
THE BACK
ROUNDING
ROOM.you
WHAT'RE US...
CANNOT
ENTER you
WITHOUT UOING
PER¬ HERE?
MISSION.

SOJOBO
HAS SHUT
HIMSELF UP
INI THERE.

THE BACK
ROOM. THE
MAOH-PEN.
...IS >
COMPLETELY
GONE!
 \Y LET'S 1
Y 60
QUICKLY '
WHILE
THE
iSHIELP 15
\ OONE.

yE5, >
LET
U5 60
QUIETLY
5Q THE
OTHERS
DON'T
NOTICE
US. /

My
HUNCH
WAS
RIC-HT.

WHAT ON '
SARTH IS
JIROPONO
POINO?
 JIRO
VOW!

m at
ON eARTU
ARB YOU
VOIKO?!

YOUR
6HIEL.P5
H AVB
COM-
PIBTBLY
PI SAP-
PBARBV!

WARNER YAT0R1.
YOU.

60MB
RATS HAVE
SNUCK
IN.
 ...AW
IP I
HURT
THPM

...THPm
CONFESS
TH4T
THESE
TWO SENT
THEM.

DO N
NOT
MOVE,
TOMOE!
66
 I'LL
GO GtX
—

I'LL
BR EAK
THROUGH
me
CAGl-
 WE \
COTTA \
FICURE
OUT SOME
OTHER
WAY TO
ESCAPE.

WE MICHT
NOT BE ABLE FINPINC
TO RESCUE NANAMI IS
YOUR MY FIRST
FATHER. PRIORITY.

WE
OOTTA
CO PON'T
RESCUE MINP
THEM ABOUT
THAT x FATHER.
WEIRPO SAIP
NANAMI'S
LOCKER UP
IN THE HAVEN'T
UNRER- TALKER
CROUNR TO HIM
V PRISON. / IN YEARS
ANYWAY.
 THIS I l
is so I m
\00kV COBO? I Y
cm
QUICK,
THE
MM' HE
i TAN/ loom
FU02EN

y-yte.'M
M0M0TAN,
THE MtfMO-
TAN/
 " his
SOUL?
WHO DID
I DON'T THINK
SUCH A
HE'LL WAKE UP
THINS...
unless you
PUT HIS SOUL
BACK INTO
HIS sopy.

A BIS
BUT N BLACK
SOJOBO- FEATHER.
SAMA'S
FEATHERS
ARE SOLD/
THIS ^
FEATHER
 m
...WAS
CAPTURE? :
ANP WAS
BROUGHT
HERE...

CAmor
BELIEVE-

...TH ESE
BRATS
OUTWITTSP
ME
 i J/RO!

' FI6UREP
SHINJURO
was up to
SOMETHING

3CTAK-
f ...BUT ^
MAW! f l PIP NOT 1
THINK THERE
WAS A
TRAITOR
IN THE
TRAINING-
V HAUL. /
 you
PUNCHEP
A SMALL
TENOU.

ANpyou
WANT TO
BECOME THE
FOURTH
SOJOBO?

IF HE
POESN'T
WANT TO BE
HE'S HIT, HE NEEP
SEVEN, OKIY BECOME
STRONG.
YET HE
CANNOT
THE
EVEN WEAK
FLV. ARE AT
FAULT.
 IF HE
CANNOT
SURVIVE
UNLESS
SOMEONE
ELSE
PROTECTS
HIM

SHOULP
JUST
PIE.

WHY?
 KNOW

...THAT
you TOOK
SOJOBO'5
SOUL.

WHAPRgi
YOU \
TALKING fe’:
1 about? m;

rWHA?i
 com
com,
JIRO-
v0N0.
ENOUGH
INTERRO¬
GATIONS.

r ...LET
THE FOX
SEPUCE
you
AGAIN

LEAVE
THE REST
TOm\
...JIRO'
PONO.
 THZ
WAY HZ
RBACTZP.

THEN
WHO PIP

/ I NEVER
THOUGHT
ANP HERE X YOU'P
THOUGHT YOU FINP OUT
WERE JUST WHAT REALLY
ORPINARY HARPENEP
TENOU. TO SOJOBO.
 / THEN
i YOU
PIP
IT?/

\ i

WANTEP AN
OBEPIENT
ARMY FOR
ISOMBONB!
IF THE
LEAPER
SAY'S YES,
THE REST
FOLLOW
WITHOUT
EVEN
;:THINKINO.j

ANP
Ptcloseps KURAMA
PanpJnaiveI WAS MY
'HIERARCHIC^ IPEAL
MsoatriM ; PROPERTY.
pli s'so§m.
IQgLI^HTpUJl
 ' YOU
BAS-
TARVf

rnmsiA'M
[letter froffl
|yguR%?N.|i

f HOW
'] pip you
1; MAMA6B
I TO FOOL
SOJOBO-
SAtAA!

hi WAS TOEP
tTO (3IVE IT TO
tfOUPIREOTEY,
".WITHOUT
^'ANYONE ELSE
■ KNOWING.

you
MUST'VE
BEEN
WORRIED
ABOUT YOUR
ONLY SON.

ALL THE ^
TEN3U t
OFTHIS ^ YATORI;
MOUNTAIN
^"AREMy^
* OHILPREN."'"
 gpus n
HAVE KEPjJI
MY PITTANCE
FROMMy CHILP
3HINPUR0...

...m i <3:
TREASURE AUT0F
THEM EQUALLY.

X NEVER I CAUGHT
THOUGHT I'D HIM OFF
(JET T 4
OU RD.
Ii»!i
I lU'C TLMT
jKj.ddjHB ; mu
FAILPP
YOUR mu,
MISSION 1 PNOUOH
AW COM- 1 PROM
MITTPP MP.
SUICIPP.

TOT
IS WHAT
X SHALL
TPLL
JIRO-
PONO.
I CANT
MOVE MY
4LBGS!

YOU'LL
PIP HPRP,
OUIPTLY
 <0
Hi BECOME
STRING. I'LL
BECOME EVEN
STRONGER.

BECAUSE I'M
TALLER THAN THE
OTHERS ANP HAVE &
STURPy LEGS
ANP lots...

...My BROTHERS
SAIP THAT WHEN I
GROW UP...

...I'LL HAVE
BIGGER
WINGS THAN
ANyBtfPy.
 I'M
IMPRESSED
YOU'RE
TRAINING
ALONE AFTER
HOURS.

you won youR

FIRST PRIZE AT
yESTERDAy'S
. I AM KENDO
V PROUD TOURNAMENT.
 SOJOBO•
b SAMAr

TBNGtfdttHIS
^MOUNTAIN.

WiiHAve
KtiUGfaUP
—TOH/M—
 im
GOING TO
BECOME
KURAMA'S
tSOJOBO,

50ME-
THING'S
WRONG
WITHME
TOM

m-\
, VA\-
\tmu!

YOU
SHOIIP
WATCH HO,
WHERE JIRO-
YOU'RE SAMA!
, (XM&.
...MUST'VE HAP
OTHERS HELP
you OUT."

I,’1.'?11--
 WB ARB INSIPB
J/RO-SAMA'S
SH/BLP...

...veriTGar
RIP OF THB
AYAKASHI
YATOR//NA
FLASH.

WHAT A
■rawraiwe
WOMAtf!-

LET'S 60
LOOK FOB
SOJOBO-
SAN'S
[(swagger 58 SOUL!
 I'LL
USE THIS
WHITE
OFUPA

y MY
WHITE
OFUPA
DOESN'T
WORK
you INSIPE
JUST JIRO'S
SET UP SHIELP.
THAT
SHIELP
PERFECTLY.

...60 I
JUST NEEP
TO MAKE HIS
TERRITORY WE'RE
IN JIRO'S
MINE. SHIELP,
IN HIS
TERRITORY
 A FEMALE
IS RUNNING
AROUNP THE
TRAINING
HALL/

OUT
OF THE
WAY,
OUT
IF YOU OF THE
TOUCH
ME. WAY!
YOU'LL
FALL
INTO THE
HUMAN
WORLD*

Ir /a/ ^
: SET UP MY
SHIELPINSIPE
THE TRAINING
HALL, JtRO'S
SHIELP SHOULP
L PISAPPEAR. J

I'LL TURN
THIS ENTIRE
TRAINING HALL
INTO MY
TERRITORY!
^ More
Vaivtada-s ar\

SP^k'e.../,

?ct\ '
m
 NANAMI-
r PONO IS \
ANP \ i PASHINO
SOJOBO- I , AROUNP TO
SAAAA IS IN f Iff SET UP HER
f SERIOUS :; 1111111 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll PASH- i !, SHIELP IN THE ,
:; 1: trouble, Hill 1111 illiiii1 ll|||||||||||!|i;H | m 1V TRAINING 111
AROUNP t \ HALL. /
\ SHINJURO-
^ SAMA/ \ ’ ) . '
do(

pNANAMI'B
IPONO Am
ANP X SAW
HIM IN
HIS BEP-
ROOMI

y^TORI
CON- 1 ■sojobo3|
FESSED ITsAMAlHASlI
EVERy-
THINO.
|TURN£PjlNTO]
1 1 STONE
BECAUSE
7 HE HID \ AN AYAKASHI
SOJOBO-
S/WA'S SOUL NAME?
SOMEWHERE INI VATORI TOOK
THE TRAINING-
HALL WHERE
HIS SOUL/
NO ONE CAN
FIND IT.

SOJOBO-
XT WAS
SANA
ALL A
TRAP TO I5NT ILL
OVERTHROW
AFSTERi
THE THIRP
SOJOBO
ANP MAKE
KURAMA WlWlWtf
HIS/

/#,- o '©‘ o o o ' % % % % t*

©.\>' >5t »/ *£ c &< c g $ ’© »©' jc
sJd orlW $ $ o 4>r'?. '©;
 r' % '

WHAT'S'
THIS
LIGHT
 ' THE N
PRISON
SHIELD
' IT IS IS DIS¬
THE APPEAR¬
SHIELt? ING.
TO KEEP
OUT EVIL.

NANAMI

...HAS
JUST
FINISHED
SETTING
UP HER
SHIELP.

<>
 THERE'S
A POOR!

V this \
! 15 THE \
POOR TO THE '
UNPEROROUNP
THAT HA6
BEEN SEALFP
FOR 5EVEN-
, TEEN /EAR6. I

THIS 1
IS THE ONLY 1
ANP PLACE IN THE
YATORI TRAINING WALL
KNEW m TENOU
ABOUT VO NOT
IT. APPROACH.
 euri
CAN'T LET
J/ROCO
ALONE
i WE'RE
&0\H&
vom
AWFULLY
REE P

, THERE \
WAS AN 1
ACC IPENT
iSEVENTEEN
l YEARS
r ...AW 1 \ AGO
ATENOU
WAS
SERIOUSLY
. INJUREP. ,

BE THIS IS
CAREFUL THE NEST
IP YOU PO OP THE
NOT WISH THUNPER
TO PIE. BEAST.
f THE 1
THUN- 1
PER |
BEAST
LIVES
HERE? i

^ / SOJOBO'S \
^ 1 SOU l IS
■|k. vom
> vinS ' V y> ' m THERE. /

DO
NOT GET
CLOSE
TO THE
HOLE.
 m
lOOKEPl/KEM
A PIEFERENT|
PERSON*JUST:
then:.mk
He MIGHT
cZU$h
l020'SS0UL!
YOU'RE
RIGHT,
BUT

...BUT
THIS
TIME HE
KEPT HIS
BACK
TOME,
WHEN I
WAS THEi
ONE WHO j
snuckM
IN HEPE%
 WHAT AN
AMAZING
TBIGU WAS LIGHTNING
^BOLT,
seriously
injured.
-> /JP 7/^7"
STRIKES MB,
I'LL BE GONE IN
A FLASH.../

ALL
RIGHT.

I'M
GOING
POWN
TOO.
SUIR0.
 ...WHEN I
THOUGHT
zmowo
MIGHT PIE...
 THE
THUNPER
BEAST?/

... I WON'T
thin/err
1 WAS SO
s' CLOSE.

TPIPN’T
notice rr
AT ALL.

m
NOT
TUF REAP/
YET!
smivi
 I HOPE
THE WHITE
0FUP4 you
WROTE
■v- OF. ■ REALLY
■WCOURSE III WORKS,
ilWILL/ THE 1
I: SUBSTITUTE!
TEN0U/
Itochi^mi

»
OFUP4 INSIPE
-MY* CLOTHES
IS STILL
WAUV.

mm
smiv BE
WHERE THE
WHITE 0FUPA
GOl 6! ,
mom
Wwm
Fshin-
jJURO-
5 AMA.
.ATTACKED!

[ 15
SOME¬
THING
WRONG?

/ NO¬
THING.

POESN^T MATTER
IffANYMORE...

...rLL RETURNi
TO THE HUMAN
WORLP. W. BECAUSE WHENU
{THIS ISSETTLEP^
 THINKS
TO YOU

...BECOME
A FOOL
AS WELL

: ' v v\
 KURAMA'S
SHEITEREP
THUNPER
BEAST

r ...IS LIKE A
KITTEN IN THE
PACE OF My
KITSUNEBI.
 THIS
KITTEN
HAS NO
MANNERS.

CURL UP
OUIETLV
IN YOUR
BOX.
 yon 1
I all }
RI6HT,
NWNIAMI?
WHAT \
SHOULP \
I PO? \
YOU'RE
.SERIOUSLY
WAKS
\ HURT / UP,
JIRO/

I'M
SORRY.

IT'S
MY
FAULT
141
 50 ^
YOU YATORI
TAKE IT TO wm THE
SOJOBO, THUNIPER
BEAST
SHINJURO SWALLOW

OF '
COURSE
WE
WOULPN'T
BE ABLE
TO FINP IT

I'VE...
LOST MY
WINOS ANPi
mcAmorm
[leap^thisI
|mountainI .YOU'RE J1
rANyMOREJ |THE(ONLVi
fCANNOTj [ONElllEFjj
[FACE .THE]
fcTHIRPjl
[S0J0B03

q
 VON'T
CRY.

I WANT TO
see you
SMILE...

...BUT I
CAN NOT:SEE:
^ANYMORE
 FROM
NOWON.

...I SHALL
WALK IN THE
PARKNESS ALL
ALONE.
 WAH,
JIRO-
5MhA!

JIRO-
SAMA
HAS
7 HOW SEEM
PUT \ MUCH HURT!
IT'S My LONOER
vFAULT , arb you
CONN A
, CRy?
you
DON'T '
NEED TO
WORRy.
HE WON'T
WB DIB. ,
OAVB HIM
MOMOTAN.
HE'LL
RECOVER
IN A FEW
VAYS.
 ...IF / HOW '
jiro cm can X EVER
NEVER FLY MAKE IT
AOAIN , UP TO HIM I

fcw/^\
WINGS.

WINGS
WBRB / EVEN \
SO IP THAT
HAPPENS

/ UP
WON'T
REORET

HE WAS
ABLE TO
RESCUE
you,
AFTER
ALL.
 SHINSHI-
VOKO.
NANAMI-
VOKO.

* SHINSHI- N
VONO, WHAT HEARP
HAS HAP¬
PENED? VOU
JIRO GOT
LOOK VERY HURT
, UNHAPPy

...SO I
CAME TO
SEE HOW
HE'S
DOINO.

SUIRO-
SAN.
sy
THE WAy,
WHERE'S
SHIN-
JURO?
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vM be back
V Miwvi
to normaf...
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I like r\nane,a.
I love drawine,
and readme, i-t.

145 I could draw the

rviane,a I love just
the wa^ I want etemaf cherry
•to, I rvVmht &e
called -to heaven
Prorvo happiness.
I want to
hfossom wiff
Be called to
heaven soon
(In a e,ood way')

I’M weak-willed,
But I'fVi continu¬
ing, to write
in rv»y diary.

Writine, seerrs to
Kelp noe keep iv>y
Keart in Balance,
and I don’t -find it
Bothersorre. The
two secret sC?') are

I don’t have to
write every day.

I don’t have to
write down
every single
thine, that
happens.

It’s rrade rre

realise that I tend
to shoulder thine,s
iviuch rviore than
I thoue,ht (siviile')
I’ll live in a rviore
oarePree way
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 you
MUST
RETURN
IT'S TO THE
IN FULL HUMAN
BLOOM WORLP
NOW. SOON.

HOW
ABOUT
WE ALL
00 SEE
IT?

...UNTIL
JIRO
WAKES
UP.

PO YOU N AH, X
REMEMBER
THE ETERNAL
KNOW.
CHERRY
BLOSSOM
TREE ON
THE HILL?
w ...COVERING*
themountain\

PARN.

THE TREES ANPM

MGRASS AREN'T?*
\growing:because\
m* Xo^them.
 CONfe,
JIRO.
WHAT'R£
yOU VOING
HERB?

Wims%
"foolep
/ /BY AN SOJOBO!
■AYAKASbU.

I CAN NOT
REMAIN HERE
ANYMORE...
 SUIRO
HE'S VERY \
SCATTER¬
TOO
BRAINED
BUT HE
POES NOT
PANIC. THAT'S
WHAT'S
AMAZINO
ABOUT
V him. //

...BUT HE
OFTEN
OVER-
TURNEP HE'S
MY OUIET AND
BONSAI. LOOKS AS
IF HE NEVER
MAKES
MISTAKES
 \THE CLOU9S
WHAT WERE
ISO THICK. . .

THE
CLOUVS
ARE
GONE...
 ' 50ME'\
rm&
WR0N6,
TOCHI-

m&m
JIROi
RI^HT
NOW.
Hey
suys

J JIRO T
I SAM IS
CONSCIOUS
i AGAIN.

BROTHER
5UIRO 15
TAKINO-
CARS OS,
HIM. ,
 you
IRvIveP
HANKS
TO THAT

you
MUST
THANK
THAT
6IRL
 SHINJURO N
WILL HOLP
A CHERRY
BLOSSOM
VIEWING- PART/
TONIOHT TO
CELEBRATE
YOUR
v RECOVERY. /

'CHERRY!
8105-
\50M5 1

YOU'LL
COMB
WITH MB,
WON'T
you?
 ...THAT
JIROSAIVHB
UM9 m...

1 you \
RETURNER
WITHOUT
TALKING
TO HIM.
167
 IF YOU BUT...
VOW T
WANT TO
RETURN,
YOU CAN
STAY
HERE.

■ WHAT '
AM I OONNA
PO HERE
\ ALONE

^•wa^'
porta^0^ ■

' you '

5HOULP
THANK
HIM. .

HE'S A
TENOU. BUT
&THEN6THERE1
•AREN'T/MANy*
rouysiwHO'p]
FALL5lNkLOVEj
IWITH rA^OIRUJ
BUKE»yOU»

HE SEEMS
TO HIM,
FAITHFUL,
AAAyBE,
you LOOK UNLIKE A FOX, yEAH
LIKE A ANP I THINK
MAIPEN HE'P TAKE
FROM THE v GOOV CARE
SKIES. \ OF ME...
 THESE ARE
THE TREATS
JIRO HAP f WE'RE
ORPEREP CELE¬
FOR HIS BRATING
SUCCESSION BROTHER
RITE AS THE JIRO'S
FOURTH
SOJOBO.
RECOVER/.

/ THE V
rite was N
SUPPOSEP
TO BE HELP
TODAY, SO
WE HAVE
PLENTY OF
\ FOOD.

EVER/
ONE
FINISH
THEM
OFF.

/ LET US
CELEBRATE
JIRO'S
RECOVERy
ANP THE
CHEERS
MOUNTAIN
COMING TO
LIFE AGAIN.
 < OH, ! you
my
THE TALK TO Stomach
TOQHI- EVERyONE hurts.
ANP
QAMI. FULFILL CAN'T I
\ yOUR ; leave?
\ PUT/. /

eor/\N- -
MRU/

/ JIRO V * , WOW,
HAP \ d THIS IS
ORPEREP \#
THEM V a
A REAL
FOR HIS ? BAN¬
SUCCESSION © QUET.
1 RITE ;

COME,
SIT A FEMALE.
POWN.

THREE- 1
GOLPREP
PUMP-
i LINPS/ j
 yon
5IT NEXT
TO ME.
 THANKS
FOR
RESCUING
ME THE
OTHER
DAY.

i was
ABLE TO THAT'S
RECOVER My
THANKS LINE.
TO YOU R
MEPICINE.

p )J_\_—■ /

m i Hi '
IMACININC

THE
TEN6U

MAYBE I
'SHOULPN'. Td
, AROUNP
ME ARE
ALL
LEAVING
^HAYE 3
COME?

EVERY" 1
1 ONE'S
WARY OF
YOU, SINCE
YOU'RE
L FEMALE. I
 YOU'RE I'M HIGH
FINE. ‘ UP! SO
HIGH UP!

OPBN
YOUR
BYBS. TOMOB
 WAH!
is ’ K
/ 7^* Mas
\ \ t r$f\ l&mM

poyou
LIKE THE
VILLAGE
/ THIS
KURAMA? I IS
BEAUTI-
I FUL

THE
AIR 15
PURE I FEEL
LIKE I'M
BURIEP IN
FLOWERS.
 IF
YOU'Re
WORRIBV
ABOUT
NANAMI,
SHALL I
TAKF YOU
UP?

•- v»
I'M NOT \
WORRIFP \
ABOUT 1
NANAMI /:
AT ALL /

178
 SHOULP
YOU
LEAVE
T HOSE
BROTHER mo
JIRO'S ALONE?
IN LOVE
WITH
NANAMI

HE DOESN'T
NANAMI HAVE THE
&UTS TO
WILL CALL
FORCE
ME IF SHE HIMSELF
NEEPS ON HER.
HELP.

HUMAN
LIFE IS
SHORT

...SO SHE
SHOULP
LIVE
/ ...I \ 1
/ IF SHE
WANTS
AS SHE
WISHES.
WON'T i TO STAY
STOP HERE
HER.
v - I
182
S'
...so
that \
Thank you for WHEN I
reading this far!
CLOSE
MY
People who've
Been reading -this
EYES
series, people
who've picked up
this series .for
■the .first -time,
I'll Be happy i-P you
enjoyed reading
volume IO. And
I'll Be really, really
happy i-P you read
volume II as voell.

145 you have any

comments, please
le-t (Vie know. ©

Julietta Suzuki

c/o Shojo Seat

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Well well! I pray

that we'll Be aBle
to meet ae,ain!

Juli
 WELL.

3BFORE V
I KNEW IT, \
NANAMI-
P0N0 HAP
GOTTEN
COMPLETELY
v PRUNK k X AM
REALLY
SORRY.

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A 5AKE 16 6HE
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TO P-°'L ^°// / TOtAOt.

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I LOVE
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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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

-sama is used with people of much higher rank.

 Notes
Page 38, panel 1: Ofuda
A strip of paper or a small wooden tablet that acts as a spell.

Page 58, panel 5: Maoh-den

Literally means “demon lord residence.”

Page 98, panel 2: Statue of Nanami

This is a spoof on the famous statue of the dog Hachiko at
Shibuya station. Hachiko is renowned for waiting for his master
at the station every day, even after his master passed away.
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Naru Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hana to
ITume 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. 10
Shojo Beat Edition
STORY AND ART BY
Julietta Suzulci
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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