Story & Art by

Julietta Suzuki
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Volume 2)
CONTENTS

Chapter 1^2. 004

Chapter 153 037

Chapter 134 O

Chapter 133 077

Chapter 13<? 131

Chapter 137 idl

End Notes \$1
 Nanami
Momozono
A bigh school student
who was turned into
a kamisama by the

Mamoru
Nanami’s shikigami.
He can create a
spiritual barrier to
keep out evil.

Mi'zuki
; Nanami’s second
sbinsbi. The
incarnation of a
white snake. Used
to be the shinshi of
Yonomori shrine.

Kirihito
A human whose
body was taken ov<
by the great y oka i
Akura-oh, who
committed every ev
he possiblu could.

■powers to her.
|§ N <)w/ N anami spends her days with Tomoe and Mizuki, her shinshi, and with Onikiri
lyat^Kotetsifrthe onibi-warashi spirits of the shrine.
IfNananii'has been slowly gaining powers as kamisama by holding a festival at her shrine,
jfattending a big kami conference, and all sorts of other adventures.
■Nanami’s'and iTomoe’s feelings for each other are finally out in the open and they have

pTomoe^^nSoifewatSKof evolution” to become human so he can live his life with

BNanami,s:but he^ transtoSwd into^a fox instead.
y Meanwliilff Kirilii t^mubYatSri are heading for the Mountain of Flames, where
KVkura^Hi^bM^i?inte^SR^Surand company head to the Land of the Dead to
fptop has very little time left to live...!

f
ri
t:
 LOOKS
LIKE A
HU/VWN
\ CHILD...

.\

ii r

...BUT SHE \
DOESN'T
w{
/ \ /
/

REMEMBER /f V;
AN/THINO. / \
 lOOK6>
LIKE A
LIVING
SPIRIT
HOVERINO
BETWEEN
LIFE ANP
PEATH.

MOTHER LET'S
MUST BE get you
WAITING. HOME.

LET'S "
RETURN TO
THE LAND
OF THE
LIVING- NOW
THAT THE
GATE IS
 IT
MUST Be
SOMETHING
REALLY
IMPORTANT.
WHAT'S
YOUR I'M
NAME? NANAMI.

YOU
MI£HT
mv WHAT
YOU LOST
ALONG- THE
 GO ANY¬
A WHERE
WHERE \\
THE HELL \ PANOER-
ARE you ) \ ous.
GOING? \

MOUNTAIN OF

MUST BE
HFAPINO
THERE TO
OFT HIS BOPY
BACK...

...ANl?
THEN GO
HOME.
 2 mikace-
SAMA
s MUST
HAVE A
PLAN...
...TO
PEAL WITH
AKURA-

WATFR
OF EVO¬
LUTION.

IS THAT
ENOUGH TO
MAKE HIM
HARMLESS?
THEN
AKURA-OH
WILL NO
LONGER BE
IMMORTAL...

THEN I'LL
HEAP FOR
OKINAWA WITH
OTOHIKO-
OAMI... ...ANP WILL
/ ...TO BECOME A
OET THE HARMLESS
WATER OF MORTAL
EVOLUTION. WITH A FINITE
LIFESPAN.
 KIRI WTO
INTEMPS
TO CLIMB
IT...

...SO
THERE
MUST BE
 AKURA
OH.

...Give I'LL MAK£

NAN AM! 'S
UP £ BACK. YOU...
 come,
com.

WHAT you 1
ARE NOW IS I
THE REM¬
NANTS OF
how you
FELT...

...WHEN
you WERE
LONELy.

YOU'RE
AOHOST
WHO
yE/\RN5
FOR
OTHERS.
 X SHALL
RAISE
YOU R
AWARE¬
-Hello I NESS A
NOTCH.
n-,ank you
-Por picking up
-this volurvie o-P
!ca(V)\sar^a Kiss!!
I Hope you enjoy
volume 2-3,
voHicK continues
-tKe Akura-oK
arc!

Please enjoy
your reading!

>N
...WHAT
you /
WERE..:

Wjm
 HOW CAN
SOMEONE LIKE
you HAVE
AN/THINO TO
TELL ME?
 yowii
NEVER
UNDERSTAND
my
SOLITUDE.
 AYAKASRl
WOKE YOU
\ UP...

YOU'RE MY
PRIORITY
AT
NOW RE'S PRESENT.
US\N& THE
REMNANTS
01P YOUR
EMOTIONS.
 PON'T
KNOW
WHAT
...TO HAVE WAV-
SOMEONE PE N£0.
LOOK AT
ME...

...ANL7 I ONLY
TOUCH WISHED
ME... SOMEONE
WANTEP
ME.
 / FEEL
SO
LONELY.
26
 THERE'S
NO NEEP
TO HURRY.
THIS BOPY
IS MAKING
MB ILL.

...WHEN I
RETURN TO
MY OWN
bopy?

2
1/1
ARE you
THINKINO
ABOUT THE
HUMAN
KAMI?

OR
ABOUT
\Ja
THE A*

m
 yes, op
COURSE.
YOU'RE A
PROUD,
INDEPENDENT
YOKAI.
 BROTHER.
YOU'RE
THE ONLY
ONE...
...WHO
CAN BE
WITH ME.
WHY?
 I'LL
JUST...

...FACS
FORWARP
ANPKFFP
MOVING...
 ...BECAUSE
THE REAL
ME...

...IS
RIGHT
OVER
THERE.
 Chapter
This is
amaaazing!
 ARB YOU
SCARBV Op
HEIGHTS?

WHV'D YOU
BRING THAT
SHE'LL
ONLY GET COWARD?
IN OUR
 r\
1 II / TOMOE'S \
BEING-
\ MEAN... /

Li / ...BUT HE'S \
WORRIED
about you. 1

f:lin

NANAMI. MEANS
TOMOE
LIKES
you.

DON'T
LIE TO
 THAT BULB
WILL NEVER
BLOOM...

...EVEN IF
YOU CARRY
IT AROUND.

APPEARANCE CUZ
MAY PEOPLE
CHANGE... DON'T
CHANGE.

...BUT I
WON'T STOP
PO/NG WHAT I
USER TO VO.

YOH
CAN
CHANGE.
 I KNOW \
ABOUT
CHANGE,
BUT I
HMPH. CAN'T RE¬
PIP you
MEMBER REMEMBER
ANYTHING SOME¬
IS THAT : ELSE THING,
\ VET... / AKO?/
KNOWLEDGE
GONNA
HELP THE
CRYBABY?

ACTING
ENOUGH

EVEN we
KAMI CANNOT
APPROACH
THE FOOT OF
THE MOUNTAIN
BECAUSE OF
THE INTENSE
FLAMES.

THE WAR
KAMI SHOULP
BE WAITING THE
NEARBY. MOUN¬
TAIN OF
FLAMES.
 £V£N
TEARING
THEM TO
5HREP5
WON'T BE
ElMOUO H/

LOOK FOR
AKUR4-OH
with you.

til wow,
r IT'S HOT
4 HERE...
 KIRIHITO
WANTS TO
THERE'S RETRIEVE
NOTHING AKURA-OH'S
WE CAN VO BOW, WHICH
ONCE THEY IS IN THE
MOUNTAIN
ENTER THE
01F FLAMES.
MOUNTAIN OF
FLAMES...

THEy
FLAN TO CLIMB
THE MOUNTAIN
By HA VINO
OKUNINUSHI
BEFOREHAND. ACCOMPANy

I'LL CUT
THEM DOWN
WITH THIS
SWORD AS
SOON AS
WE DO/
 STUPID
FOX.

WE'RE
STILL
FAR
AWAY...
/ ...FROM THE
SET UP A MOUNTAIN
POWERFUL OF FLAMES.
SHIELP YOU THINK
ALONG THE YOU CAN FIND
MOUNTAIN'S THEM FROM
PERIMETER. HERE?

THEY WON'T
BE ABLE TO
APPROACH
THE MOUNTAIN
UNLESS THEY
BREAK THE
BARRIER.

YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO
FIND THEM
WHEN THEY
BREAK THE
BARRIER.

THEY'LL BE
DEALT A
CRUSHING-
 WHAT'S.

..WITH
THIS
MV?
 A
THIS IS
STROU&
SHIELP.

...KNOW
AZURA'OH?

SHIELP
NO
WORRIES.

■mem
KNOW
WHEN WE
PESTROy

..BUT WE
CANNOT
 YOURSELF
i TOOETH-
 ) SEE A
/ LkrHT'

CRYSTAL
MIRROR/

KIRIHfTO.
ootvies
&ed 3Ad
voanw
 I WANT
to see
HIM RIGHT
NOW.

ALL
RI£HT.
 I WANT
TO SEE
HIM.

PON'T
KNOW.

DON'T GET
CLOSE TO
THE MAN
HE SHOWS NAMED
...ASIGET
NO MERCY KIRIHITO. CLOSER TO
TOWARD THAT CHILQ...
HUMANS.
TOMOB
KNOWS
AKURA-\
OH
8ETTER \
THAN
ANY¬
BODY
 why vo
YOU NEEP
TO ORIBVB
OVER A
SHIKIOAMI?

HE WAS
SIMPLY

if you
...AFTER CANNOT
you'RF FOROIVE
RESUR-
RECTEP AS
 ■ :

i I
 THE
WAR
KAMI/

...ANP
SMALL.

I'M SO
WORR/BP.

IFBBL
WARM...

miHITO.
 WOULP
PO...

I 'M NOT
AFRA/P OF
.ANYTHING
ANYTHING...
 MY ONLY
WISH IS TO
HAVE AKURA-
OH-SAMA
COMPLETELY
RESURRECTED.
PROMISE,
I PROMISE
I'LL COME

I WOULD PO
ANYTHING
 NJ4NAMI-
SAN. YOU
SHOULDN'T
OVB REXTENP
YOUR
HUMAN
BOPY.
WE’LL SETTLE
EVERYTHING
HERE.
I'M YATO&L
I SERVE
AKURA-0H-
EVERYONE
FEARER MY
POWERS.
 ISN'T THAT
PARANOIA
THE SOURCE
OP YOUR UN¬
HAPPINESS?

WILL PEEL
SATISPIEP IP
YOU LOVE
SOMEONE.

.THAT YOU
PEEL SO
ALONE.

THEN
YOU'LL
NEVER PEEL
LONELY.
BECAUSE
NO ONE
LOVES
AWBE '
you...
you FEEL
LONELy

ALL THE
WOMEN IN
THE WORLP
COULP
LOVE ME.

yETIF
THERE IS
NO ONE
LIVINO IN
My HEART
j HAPPY.
MA

X’lA
) 40
HAPPY.
 I CAN
FORGET
ABOUT THE
PAST WHEN
I GET
MY BOW
BACK.
 IS THAT
WOMAN

^ pamn.
VO THOSE
I ARMS RE-
J GENERATE
\ ENPLESSLy

U6HTNIN6 K.
CAN'T HIT \ Zl
 WHY VO
I KEEP
GETTING
INTERRUPTS

WHY VOES
EVERYONE

CRUSHING
MY VREAMS!
 CARES
WHAT
HAPPENS
TO HER?

RETURN
TO THE
LAND
OF THE
LIVING...

...IF YOU
VON'T
WANT TO SHE'S
JUST A HUMANS
HUMAN SHOULDN'T
FEMALE. BE HERE.

• mk / WHEN \
I WINTER / YOU &OT \
TO RUSH 1 LOST

/
TO YOU AW ON THAT
HOLD YOUR ■ MOUNTAIN
FREEZING
BODY. 1
...MY
HEART
ALL X BROKE
WANTED BECAUSE I
WAS TO COULDN'T
BRINO RUN TO
YOU BACK YOU R
HOME. SIDE.
 YOU
LOOKED
LONELY.

YOU
LOOKED LIKE
YOU WERE
STILL ALONE
ON THAT
MOUNTAIN...

...WITH
UNHEALEP
W0UNPS.

SO THIS
TIME...

THIS TIME
I SWORE I
WOULP FINP
 MOMMY'S
HERE FOR
YOU, NO
MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS.

YOU'RE
NOT ALONE
ANYMORE.
4HOUUT7
y&Ay
AU75Ayy.
I started -to pay
rrore attention
-to what I ea-t
aPter I was under
the weather.

HOW CAN
TH14 WO WAN
UNP^TANV
YOU?

I use my eyes a lot

More nowadays,
so I’ve &ee,un to
take Blueeerry
supplements in
addition to usine,
eye drops. I hope
it’ll help.

I’M also bavins,

x’u,
proBleMs with My
VUU, TH14
jaw, so I need
WOMAN
More calcium! A4 MANY
T\W54 A4
N5C54-
l 4A2Y...

So I eat
calcium-PortiPied ...FOfc
waPers. AKUfcA'OH-
4AWA54
Warm milk is also 4AW-S.
a must.
n O

And seaweed
seasoned with
vinegar.

YATORI.
 AKUUA-
OH-
[ SAM
 FROM
...LOOKS UKB HBRB, THB
A WALL OF MOUNTAIN...
FLAMBS THAT
RBACHBS UP
TOTHBSky.

AIO WAY
I CAN GO
AFTER
THEM
IF THEY
 ABOUT
TO
EXPIRE

KIRIHITO-
SAmA'S
shmgami
my BODY IS
Very light

WHY IS
KIRIHITO-

TOMOB. OKAY.

ISTOMOS
WITH HOLD
: ON TO
KIRIHITO? MB!
 ...WHO'D
PROTECT
A HUMAN
WITH YOUR
...ISN'T
I GaO-t (Viy second
driver’s license,
since I let rv>y old
license expire &y
iv»i stake. When I
attended driver’s
school a^ain and
studied things,
I realized I’d
•Por&otten a lot
and there were
plenty o-f "Oh,
that’s how you do
it?" ivioivients.
So May&e
studying a^ain was
a &,ood thins,.

1 enjoy driving!
1 love it when 1
drive in Tokyo at
nic,ht Because
there are so
•Pew cars. ©
£*oims, to the
-Afana to Yu/vie
editorial depart¬
ment is easy too.

[KIKUICHI
 . ABLE TO
UNPERSTANP,
A LOT OF
THINOS... v-

WOULPN'T
HAVE IP I'P
5TAYEP A
YOKAI. /

> BUT \
yEAH. ^ wny? you \
/ COMPLAINEP
THAT A HUMAN
BOPy WAS
you USEP INCON- J
TO BE SO VENIENT. /
STRONO. N. y

BUT
X TOOK
APVANTAOE
OF LOTS OF X PIP
...TO THINOS... WANT My
MAKE UP OWN BOPy
FOR My BACK.
INCON¬
VENIENT
 / CAUTIOUS
ABOUT WHAT
I COULP TAKE
\ APVANTAOE
\ OF... ,

...ANP X TOOK
M/ TIME, SO
EVENTUALLY
I COULP PO
THINOS I
COULPN'T PO
AT FIRST.

ANP
BEFORE
I KNEW
IT...

...SO MANY
THINOS HAP
BECOME
PRECIOUS
TO ME.

ANP I
WOULP'VE
NEVER HAP
THEM IF THINOS
WEREN'T SO
INCONVENIENT.

AKURA-OH...
 YOU WERE
ABLE TO
LOVE
HUMANS

MOM, My
shikioami

THERE ARE .ANYMORE.

LOTS OP
PRECIOUS
THINOS
LIVINO
INSIPE MY
 HE SAID
HE DIDN'T GAVE IT
NEED IT BACK...
ANYMORE.
 WBWBRB
ALWAYS
TOGBTHBR.

I THOUGHT
i maw
>ey£RYTHING
YABOUTgHIM...
Chapter 13.6

FLOWER
BLOOMER
FROM
izanamts
BULB.

IT'S
PROOF THAT
/OU HAVE
ACCEPTER
HUMANS IN
YOUR
HEART.
WISH.

ALWAYS
EMPTY, EVEN
WHEN X
SHARE? MY
FATE WITH
OTHERS...

YET
AKURA-OH IS
HAPPY EVEN
THOUGH HE
SACRIFICE?
HIS OWN
(corvtir\ued

I wen-t orv BECAUSE

VokoKarvia I MIRROR
you, you
NARCISSIST/

, CKir\a-tovor\.

LEAVE ME
ALONE.

TLarjcs, Moiwja-
140
 KIRIHITO
voho me
IMPURE.
THERE
WERE
HUMAN
ELEMENTS
IN HIM. ,

HE WASN'T
M/ PURE
ANP PERFECT
AKURA-C>H-
 HOW
/'{ DARE
you

HOW IIXI, 1/ y
DARE Vy\ 7
YOU / W /
KILL A / / .
KIRI- f.71—
HITO
?! (77 7^ - --
—

YOU CAN'T
RESURRECT
AKURA-OH
NOW.

YOUR
SCHEME
HAS BEEN
FOILEP/

WHAT AN
EYESORE
YOU ARE
you
DON'T
MY PLAN
DOES NOT QUITE
REQUIRE UNDER¬
KIRIHITO- STAND.
 I WANT TO
BB CLOSBR
TO HIM THAN
ANYBODY.

I WANT TO
BB WITH HIM
FORBVBR!
 ...
60 YOU
WEREN'T
WINS TO
RESURRECT
AKURA-OH.

YOU WERE
WINS TO
TAKE OVER
HIS BOPy?/
 n

Hid
n9 1
 I'LL KILL
YOU
BOTH...

s
/ ... SINCE
\ - TOMOE- t
r| PONO IS

W-yJi
1 \
:
1
|
\
\
ONLY A
FOX NOW.
m

4 / ^ 0 v>^|
 WHETHER
YOU'RE A
HUMAN OR
A YOKAI

...YOUR
HEART
IS MORE
PRECIOUS
THAN YOUR

YOU TRULY
WANT
SOMEONE

...YOU WANT
THEIR HEART,
NOT THEIR
BODY. /
 BVFN IF
YOU OBTAIN
AKURA-OH'S
BOVY...

..WITHOUT
KIRIHITO'S
WKUR/\?0H'5J
|STR£N6THf

ilMMORT/ALj
uSMb
 VO YOU
KNOW

YOU'Re
JUST A
HUMAN/

KIRJHfTO WAS
AkURA-OH'S'
TRUE NATURE.

...IN
FRONT OF
KIIOIICHI
ANP
TOMOF!
 NANAMI.

TURN
ME BACK
INTO AU
AYAKASW.

3B\H& A
SHINSHI
lEKiil
ENOUGH.

X NEEP TO
OBLITERATE
THIS MAN.
 OTHER X WANT
KAMI TO KILL
WILL BE you...
ARRIVING

TOO BAR
FOR you,
BUT I'M
OOINO TO THE
MOUNTAIN OF
 NANAMI.

TURN
m BACK
INTO AN
/V/AKASHI
NOW.

CAWT GO
INTO THE
FLAMES
AS A
HE INTENPS SHINSHI/
TO MAKE
AKURA-OH'S
BOVY HIS
 COMMAU 0
WH4T YOU TO
\ 00 X 00, BECOME
| TOMOE— AU
AYAKASVW
:

iKIt
 f WATER 1
of evo- }
A SINOLE LUTION IS A
PROP IS CONCENTRATION
OF THE
BORN AND
POWERS OF
FALLS INTO
l THE SEA. i
THIS BASIN

...ONCE
EVER/
HUNDRED
/EARS.

X DO NOT
HAVE ANY
WATER
LEFT.

THAT THE TENOU

SMALL BOTTLE TOOK ALL
CONTAINED THE WATER
SEVERAL MILLION THAT WAS
/EARS WORTH OF HERE.
THE WATER OF
EVOLUTION.
I missed FORCER
to com
HERE FOR
NOTHIN#?/

you
REALLY...
DON'T
HAVE ANY
OF THAT
WATER you were
LEFT? coming.

I WANT
TO TAKE IIOOK
HOME AT beautiful?
LEAST A
DROP OF SORRY,
IT. UNARI. I
CAN'T SEE
ANYTHIN#
CUZ I'M
DEVA¬
STATED
 ...BUT I
CAN ONLY
COMFORT
YOU...

I CAN
TELL BY
TELL ME LOOKING
WHAT YOU'RE AT YOU
...THAT
BR<3<3PIN<J
OVER... SOMETHING
TERRIBLE
HAS
MIZUKI. HAPPENED
 POWER.
, It)

/ /...ANO
THOUGHTS.

.ARE
SPREADING
THROUGH MY
BOPY.
 yougonnd
do...

...dfter
Hey, hey. you find
WHEN I tnybody
LEAVE THE Whdt’reyou
LANP O? gonne do?
THE PEAU

...I'LL
BE BORN
AGAIN
 THERE'S
NO
WAY

...COUIV
HAVE FOUNP
AKURA-
OH-SAMA'S
BOVY...

...BO I
HAP YOU
SEARCH
FOR IT.
 TOMOE-
VOW...

...AW
RESCUE you
PROM THIS
MOUNTAIN OP
PLAMES.
 WHERE
VO YOU
WANNA
BE FRIEV
NEXT?

YOU'RE
60
POWER'
FUL.

YET YOU
WISH TO
BECOME
HUMAN?

NONE
OF
YOUR
Busi¬
ness. I BORE A
WOUE INI YOUR
CHEST LIKE
I PIP TO
AKUR4-0H?
 ■POSSESS
EVERYTHING.

IF I HAD
EITHER
>F THOSE
THINGS
 if you
DON'T
WANT
THEM

I TOUD
AKURA-OH-
SAMA THE
WHERE¬
ABOUTS Of
VUXIJI'S
IN-UAWS.

I TOUD HIM
THE WHERE¬
ABOUTS OF
THE VIUUAGE
SHE AND
THE FOX-
DONO HAD
FUED TO.
.UNITE?
NOW.
 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.

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

Tokai are demons, monsters or goblins.

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.

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

-sama is used with people of much higher rank.

Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Naru Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hana to
Tume 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. 25
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
All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2015 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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