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Japanese manga series and its adaptations

Kamisama Kiss
Comprehend fine art for volume one of the Japanese edition featuring Tomoe and Nanami
神様はじめました ( Kamisama Hajimemashita )
Genre	Romantic comedy,[1] supernatural[2]
Manga
Written by	Julietta Suzuki
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	Viz Media
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	Feb 20, 2008 – May xx, 2016
Volumes	25
Anime television series
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Produced past	Ikumi Hayashi Hideyuki Nanba (Television) Shinsaku Hatta (TV) Gorō Shinjuku (Television receiver) Ryōichi Ishihara (TV) Ryō Tomoda (TV) Mai Kurachi (OVA)
Written past	Akitaro Daichi Michiko Yokote (#12–13)
Music by	Toshio Masuda
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Licensed by	AUS Madman Amusement NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	AU ABC Me SEA Animax Asia US Funimation Channel
Original run	October one, 2012 – December 24, 2012
Episodes	13 + OVA (List of episodes)
Anime television serial
Kamisama Buss◎
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Produced by	Kenji Yamaguchi Ryōichi Ishihara Ikumi Hayashi Masakatsu Ōmuro Mai Kurachi
Written by	Akitaro Daichi
Music past	Toshio Masuda
Studio	TMS Entertainment V1 Studio
Licensed past	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation Britain MVM Films
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia[3] US Funimation Channel
Original run	January five, 2015 – March thirty, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Kamisama Buss: Kako-hen
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Produced past	Ikumi Hayashi Mai Kurachi
Written by	Akitaro Daichi
Music past	Toshio Masuda
Studio	TMS Entertainment V1 Studio
Released	August xx, 2015 – August 19, 2016
Runtime	xxx minutes
Episodes	iv (Listing of episodes)
Original animation DVD
Kamisama Kiss: Kamisama, Shiawase ni Naru
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Produced by	Ikumi Hayashi Mai Kurachi
Written past	Akitaro Daichi
Music past	Toshio Masuda
Studio	TMS Entertainment V1 Studio
Released	December 20, 2016
Runtime	13 minutes
Episodes	1 (List of episodes)

Kamisama Buss (Japanese: 神様はじめました, Hepburn: Kamisama Hajimemashita , lit. "I Became a God", "God Began" or "Debut as a Deity") is a Japanese manga serial written and illustrated by Julietta Suzuki and serialized by Hakusensha in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume. The serial is licensed for regional release in Northward America by Viz Media as part of their Shojo Beat imprint. An anime adaptation has been produced by TMS Amusement and directed by Akitaro Daichi and began airing in October 2012. Information technology has been streamed by Funimation Entertainment in North America. A second flavor was appear and premiered during January 2015.^{[iv] [5]}

Plot [edit]

Nanami Momozono dreams of living an boilerplate schoolhouse life just like any other loftier school girl does. Instead, she must cope with the fact that her father, who is a constant gambler, has accumulated a agglomeration of gambling debts in her name. As she tin can't afford to pay the rent, she gets kicked out of her flat by the debt collectors and is at present homeless. Despite this unfortunate turn of events, she even so maintains a kind heart.

While sitting on a park bench collecting her thoughts, Nanami meets a foreign man hanging from a tree considering he is being chased by a dog. After saving him from the dog, she learns that the human being's name is Mikage. Upon learning about Nanami's current state of affairs, in a perfect example of how expert deeds are rewarded, he gives her his home as a token of his gratitude. She accepts the offer because she is homeless. When Nanami arrives at Mikage's home, she is shocked to see that it is not a normal home but a shrine for worship. Afterward being greeted by Onikiri and Kotetsu, who are the keepers of the shrine, she meets Tomoe, Mikage's familiar, and she learns that Mikage used to be the World Deity of the shrine and has bestowed upon her his mark on her forehead and so that she may exist the new deity. At kickoff, Nanami is reluctant, but as she lives with Tomoe, Onikiri, and Kotetsu she begins to understand and works hard in her new position as the Earth Deity. As the story progresses Nanami finds herself falling in love with Tomoe, but he rejects her because the dear between a human and a yokai is taboo. Despite saying that, Tomoe finds himself falling in love with her likewise.

Characters [edit]

Main characters [edit]

Nanami Momozono ( 桃園奈々生 , Momozono Nanami )

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)

A teenage high school daughter whose father ran out on her considering of his gambling debts, and she was oftentimes mocked for her poverty by her classmates. She becomes the local land god later on Mikage transfers his position over to her. Nanami begins with very niggling spiritual ability, but she works hard at balancing her godly duties with her schoolwork and eventually becomes relatively expert at her duties; becoming an expert at using her just godly weapon, white talismans, with which she can do many things every bit long as they do not exceed her in strength. She too uses a Shikigami called Mamoru. His base form is that of a small monkey that can fit in the palm of her hand, simply he can take the shape of a young boy. With him, she is able to create barriers against evil that tin exercise various things, ranging from purification to the banishing of evil yokai.

She'southward prone to taking activeness without thinking almost what to do, merely focusing on her beliefs which results in her improvising and profoundly relying on Tomoe to get her through any obstacles, though she tends to try and avoid the latter for anything beyond elementary tasks. Her simple mindset proves unique among the gods and yokai and offers them a unlike perspective, which helps many of them with their problems and even helps change them for the better.

At the finish of the manga that, after a 10 year fourth dimension skip, she is married to Tomoe, who is at present a human. Mamoru is still with her, but he is a normal monkey since she is no longer a god. She is shown to have worked equally a kindergarten teacher during the acting, but is retiring due to the advocacy of her pregnancy. She gives birth to a baby male child. She and Tomoe are and so shown to revisit Mikage shrine later on having fulfilled/completed the journey of becoming an adult.

Tomoe ( 巴衛 )

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)

A fox yokai who serves equally the familiar of the land god Mikage. When Nanami becomes the new land god, she makes a contract with Tomoe to turn him into her familiar, much to his displeasure. He is very hostile and condescending to Nanami at the beginning of the series, but this changes equally the series progresses, every bit he watches her conduct her new godly duties with enthusiasm and perseverance. When going as a human, he takes Mikage equally his last proper noun.

He has a very contemptuous and ofttimes mocking demeanor, partly because he is distrustful of others, but he tin can be very mannerly when the occasion demands it. He is extremely devoted to Nanami, despite his initial hostility; While he often treats like a child and mocks her, his intendance is shown through his various acts of kindness for her and refusing to kill anyone in front of her. He is also extremely powerful, and is apparently able to disable other familiars, yokai, even many deities without much effort. However, his power is restricted past Nanami'southward words, which means that if she orders him to do something with a sure amount of force, he must comply. He tin can transform himself and others with enchanted leaves, simply his existent power lies in the use of his Fox-Burn, which can hunt downward any foe relentlessly and even manipulate other flames. Tomoe worries a great deal nearly Nanami and is very aware of how fragile she is as a human, threatening anyone who harms or speaks ill of her. He initially has a very condescending view of humans in general, Nanami existence the only exception, and despite his desire to think different as the series progresses, he struggles to assert the new ideals, until he sees Akura-Oh modify and Nanami comforts him by telling them that anybody changes.

He somewhen comes to realize his own feelings for her which effect in an old expiry curse which was placed on him being reawakened, simply he is saved past Nanami who travels through time to save him and in doing so, help them both detect various truths about his by that neither of them knew such as the fact that the man Tomoe loved in the past was not Yukiji, but rather Nanami accidentally pretending to be her. This reaffirms their feelings to each other and they go engaged later this.

Tomoe makes the decision to become human after he sees a shrine maiden whom he had seen virtually 100 years before equally a child, in the present every bit an old, blind adult female who can but reminiscent well-nigh their brief meeting. He'due south stunned by the shortness of homo life and the irksome perception of time for Yokai. Having no want to part with Nanami after she dies, he decide to become human being in gild to ensure they are ever together. This results in a blunder where he turned into a fox, but he is eventually restored to his Yokai state.

It is later shown at the end of the manga, that a 10-year time menstruum has lapsed, and that he is married to Nanami. He becomes human afterwards their union ceremony happens by going to Okuninushi, who in doing so, is carrying out Kuromaro'south terminal request. He is shown working at a company which he enjoys working at, simply retires having decided to return to the Shrine since Nanami is having their kid. Nanami gives nativity to a baby boy. It is subsequently shown that they return to Mikage shrine after Nanami has completed her journey to become a full adult.

Mikage ( ミカゲ )

Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Joel McDonald (English language)

A mysterious man who was one time the state god of the shrine, and who left twenty years agone for unspecified reasons. He met a newly homeless Nanami and bestowed the state god mark on her, maxim that she was improve suited to be the god than him. He has light hair and glasses and wears a trench coat and hat. He can appear as a butterfly. Throughout the manga he is portrayed every bit someone shrouded in mystery on what his true motives really are, but information technology is hinted that his plan has been to prove Tomoe that humans and yokai can fall in love and that Nanami may be the ane who can reach Tomoe.

His plan was set up in motion when he met Nanami who was travelling through fourth dimension while trying to save Tomoe from a expletive. After she had discovered the fashion to finish the curse, she attempted to return merely accidentally wound up landing 20 years also early. There she met the Mikage of the by and told him of the events of the future, letting him know what to practise and what actions to take, thereby setting the events of the story into movement.

Kurama ( 鞍馬 )

Voiced past: Daisuke Kishio (Japanese); Sean O'Connor (English)

A wildly popular idol with the gimmick of being a "fallen angel" with goth makeup and a bad boy attitude. He is really, a crow tengu from the Kurama mountain, who initially wished to get the land god by eating Nanami'due south heart. Later on existence thwarted by Tomoe and subsequently saved by Nanami, he gives up on this scheme and regards her equally a friend, even allowing her to stay at his apartment when she temporarily loses her godhood. He has a lingering dislike for Tomoe, and the two are prone to insulting each other whenever they meet. He left Mount Kurama seventeen years ago after being treated cruelly by other tengu due to his inability to fly despite beingness the direct child of the Third Sojobo, and has been living in the human earth since so. He is too shown to have a more than human-like attitude compared to Tomoe and Mizuki, understanding the small-scale details required to alloy into human society. He also has feelings for Nanami and ever tries to flirt with her, simply he seems to have accepted her relationship with Tomoe and moved on. He begins to develop feelings for Nanami'due south friend, Ami, when he'south confronted by her intense feelings towards him, but he's non certain if they count as love. His real name is Shinjūrō ( 真寿郎 ).

At the cease of the series, he decides to movement back to Mount Kurama in guild to help determine the Fourth Sojobo, which would also entail helping to railroad train them. He resigns as an idol and when Ami confesses her love for him, he tries to dissuade her, only promises to eventually come dorsum and run across her, if she's still not moved on.

Mizuki ( 瑞希 )

Voiced past: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Micah Solusod (English)

A lonely snake familiar of the abandoned and submerged Yonomori shrine. When Nanami saves his life from her cruel classmates past releasing him out a window, he falls in honey with her. He abducts her shortly afterward, intending to marry her. In spite of this, Nanami takes pity on him and promises to visit after Tomoe rescues her. He hates Tomoe, axiomatic to his constant mocking and bantering. He even goes as far every bit to manipulate Nanami diverse times through the act of "helping" to effort and deter her feelings towards Tomoe, though she is unaware. He later becomes Nanami's familiar to relieve her from a sea demon after she inadvertently sacrifices herself to save Tomoe. He has the ability to make wonderful sake, just across that he has few talents. He also says that he can exist himself whenever he is with Nanami. He is extremely devoted to Nanami.

His original god, Yonomori, was a god created past people out of necessity in their fourth dimension of need. As such, she was unlike nigh other gods and required constant belief to maintain her beingness. When the hamlet near her shrine was submerged for a reservoir, she lost this belief and returned to nature; Her only regret was that Mizuki would be alone.

After Nanami and Tomoe are married, he stays at the Mikage shrine, presumably becoming Mikage's familiar. He is there when Nanami and Tomoe render to the shrine with their son and rushes to see them.

Onikiri ( 鬼切 ) and Kotetsu ( 虎徹 )

Voiced by: Natsuyo Atarashi (first season), Naoko Matsui (2nd flavour) (Onikiri) and Chika Ōkubo (Kotetsu) (Japanese); Jad Saxton (Onikiri) and Josh Grelle (Kotetsu) (English)

The two baldheaded, childlike yokai attendants at Nanami's shrine who wear masks. Just similar Tomoe, they are able to shapeshift. They are extremely addicted of Nanami, Tomoe, Mizuki and Mikage. Information technology is implied that there is an unpleasant sight underneath their masks.

Yokai [edit]

Kirakaburi (煌かぶり, Kirakaburi, lit. "beautiful killer")

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese)

Yokai who serves under Akura-ou. He has a love for killing and decapitating and and so placing the heads he had cut off on flowers. He's a sadistic person who has absolutely no mercy and kills, believing it was beautiful to cut a caput off and pair it up with a flower. He however respects Akura-Ou and obliges to his wishes. He also hates things that he considers ugly, such as the furball he had to pair upward with. He stated that Tomoe was beautiful but common cold. He can be cautious and knows his limits as shown when he did not try to attack the stronger gods in Izumo he was not confident in defeating. Notwithstanding, those he recognizes are below him he insults, this mental attitude making underestimating furball a fatal fault.

He had gone to Izumo and cut off the heads of some gods and presenting information technology to Akura-Ou. However, Tomoe appeared to be disgusted by his taste. Tomoe was displeased to find all the heads belonged to weak female person gods, and the god who tried to kill him was non there. He was also tasked to capture Yukiji/Nanami, given the freedom to practice what so e'er to her long every bit he does not bear upon her head. Attacking her, he killed some of his guards only accidentally lets Nanami go abroad, tricked past her one of her white talismans. He soon catches upwards to Nanami but then is severely wounded by Tomoe. Unable to move, he is devoured by Furball out of spite.

Himemiko of the Swamp ( 沼皇女 , Numano Himemiko , lit. "Swamp Princess")

Voiced past: Yui Horie (Japanese); Monica Rial (English language)

A catfish princess of the Tatara Swamp who lives in a palace with her many fish attendants. Ten years ago, she vicious in honey with a young boy named Kotarō Urashima when she saw him crying at the swamp considering he was lost. She asks Nanami to help her reconnect with the male child once over again. This is washed by disguising her a human and helping them meet and fall in love. As repayment, when Nanami visits her palace, she allows her to wear i of her luxurious kimono so she will await her best in front of Tomoe. When Kotarō finds out she is a Yokai, he is initially disillusioned by information technology, but later on realizes he loves her and apologizes much to anybody's please.

At the end of the series, she is pregnant with Kotarō'southward child, which but possible because she was partially human in her disguise. While many of her female person attendants approve of the kid and her relationship with Kotarō, her more than traditional attendants take consequence with the partially human nature of the child and only permit her to keep it, if she cuts off all contact with humans, fifty-fifty preventing her from saying a proper farewell to Kotarō. Nanami helps them meet upward by inviting them to her wedding, and they decide to runaway together so that no i tin push them autonomously.

Dragon Rex ( 龍王・宿儺 , Ryūō Sukuna )

Voiced past: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English)

Dragon Lord of the sea, who has been waiting to seek revenge confronting Tomoe for 526 years for ripping out his correct center and attacking the north gate of Ryūgū Castle. He found Tomoe after he saved Ami from drowning in the sea. The Dragon Lord's optics are known as the Longevity Elixir and are said to requite cracking ability to whoever drinks them. Though ambitious and temperamental, he is afraid of his wife'due south anger. He is forced to give up his grudge against Tomoe after his wife befriends Nanami. He is very shocked to larn that Nanami and Tomoe were engaged.

Kamehime ( 亀姫 , lit. "Turtle Princess")

Voiced past: Akemi Okamura (Japanese); Anastasia Muñoz (English language)

The wife of the Dragon Rex. She disapproves of her husband's fights with Tomoe, partially because she knows he cannot beat Tomoe and simply risks pain himself more. She meets with Nanami by chance and becomes friends with her, further dampening her husbands attempts at combat with Tomoe.

Akura-Ou ( 悪羅王 , Akura-Ō )

Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese); Brandon Potter (English)

Akura-Ou, was an infamous yokai. He worked with Tomoe, wreaking havoc to the world. His body was a mutation, as he could recover from whatever injury no matter how astringent. This resulted in a twisted mind-set that prevented him from understanding the fleeting nature of the globe and the pain when things are cleaved beyond repair. Tomoe worked with him, acting equally the brains of their plans until he fell in love with the human, Yukiji. Tomoe attempted to distance himself and Yukiji from Akura-Oh, who constantly expressed the desire to break Tomoe's "toys". He was eventually led to Yukiji by Yatori and he killed her. Tomoe responded past "killing" him, which resulted in his torso and spirit being separated. Subsequently this, he was sent to Yomi-no-Kuni and lived there for a long time until the soul of a young, recently deceased, boy named Kirihito Mori came to him and asked him to send an apology to his parents because they had fought but before his decease. Akura-Ou accepted out of boredom and curiosity and hence took up the boy's body, waking in a hospital room and being hugged by "his" mother. Afterwards some fourth dimension, Akura-Ou regained some of his followers despite beingness in Kirihito'southward torso. Ii of which were ii cat-masked shikigami. He soon decided he wanted to become his original body back from Yomi-no-Kuni. Kayako fell in love with him sometime after and he used her to endeavour to get into the God's Meridian. When she failed, he left her, finding her no longer useful.

He showtime met Nanami while she was beingness chased by the fallen gods. They were angry at her for being a human being yet dared to accept the invitation to the God's Superlative. Akura-Ou then insulted them as being a lower status than her causing one fallen god to hit him, giving him a serious injury. This angered Nanami, who so used Mamoru to repel the gods. She attempted to tend to Akura-Ou's wounds, only he refused her help and attempted to kiss her, making Nanami panic and flee. He then went to Yomotsu Hirasaka and opened the Kyo Gan Monday in an attempt to get his body dorsum. All the same, Nanami and Otohiko came to guard the gates since the original guard was currently at the God'due south Summit, disrupting Akura-Ou's plans. Tekkimaru, one of his yokai followers, immediately held Akura-Ou hostage in defense so that Otohiko would not assail them due to Akura-Ou being man, though they did not know of him being Akura-Ou. Tekkimaru then jumped into Yomi-no-Kuni believing it volition requite him an immortal body, bringing Akura-Ou together with him. Immediately, Tekkimaru rotted due to not existence a god. Akura-Ou'southward man body began to rot equally well. In fear for his rubber, Nanami jumped in after him.

He woke upward before Nanami within the Yomi-no-Kuni. He got a lock of her hair and wrapped it around his wrist to protect him from rotting. Soon they were fetched past the servants of the god of Yomi-no-Kuni named Izanami. Nanami asked Izanami to ship them dorsum, she replied that only Nanami could become and that Akura-Ou could not due to his body already being dead. Subsequently which, Akura-Ou was snatched upwardly by a giant hand and disappeared i of the cells. He had flashbacks in the darkness and wondered if everything that had happened was only a dream.

He was presently rescued by Nanami but could non sympathize why she did so. He hugged her fiercely, marveling at her warmth. She pulls away, saying she belongs to Tomoe, to which he is intrigued by. She led him to the entrance but it was blocked by Ikusagami, the war god. Withal, they were presently rescued by Tomoe and brought dorsum to the world to a higher place. In that location, he attacks him, but so looks at Nanami and decides to practise it another time.

When he is suffering as the man body he is using cannot sustain him for long, Nanami gives upward a part of her life strength to assist him, only he takes much more reducing her life span. It is here when Nanami sees Akura-Ou in him and realizes the truth. He leaves her alive barely just because she might be useful later but it is assume he has slight feelings for her. This idea is reinforced when she says that she and Tomoe belong to each other, and he wonders why those words "pierce" him.

Yatori

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese); Christopher Guerrero (English)

One time a lamentable, weak yokai named Furball, Yatori served under Akura-Oh in the olden times. He slowly gained strength by eating those who stood in his, or Akura-Oh's way. He took on a human advent by possessing i of Yukiji'southward servants, Sukeroku. He was fiercely loyal to Akura-Oh and when Akura-Oh returned, Yatori sought him out in lodge to continue serving him.

Jirō ( 二郎 )

Voiced past: Wataru Hatano (Japanese); Andrew T. Chandler (English)

Jirō is currently the fourth chief of Kurama Mount. The tengu leading all other tengu due to his unsurpassed strength and speed. When the third chief, brutal sick to an unknown, incurable sickness, Jirō stepped up and took his place. On the first few parts, Jirō was known every bit a cruel leader. He was merciless and banished many other tengu when they showed any sign of weakness. An example was how he had treated Kurama when he had been younger.

Afterwards he met Nanami under the Thousand Year Quondam Sakura Tree he seemed to develop a crush on her though he refused to admit it. He got distracted thinking of her, hence letting the wards he placed around his temple weaken. According to his servant, Yatori, this was due to chaos inside his own center. After discovering Yatori's expose, when Nanami was being attacked by the Raijiuyu, he sacrificed himself to salve her and confessed his honey to her in what he idea were his last words.

Unari ( ウナリ )

Unari is the leader of sea yokai in the ocean around Okinawa. Her mother was a mermaid, but her begetter was part of the dragon-clan, which resulted in her having horns and office of confront existence covered in scales. These features made Unari'south mother see her equally ugly and and then she was given a robe of feathers to cover her confront. Akura-Oh attempted to steal this robe, as it is impervious to fire and would have been necessary to recollect his body, but Nanami managed to have it back from him, in exchange for giving him part of her life span.

While her robe was stolen, she was in a terrible rage and kidnapped Ami, believing her to be an accomplice of the thief. Mizuki and Kurama went to calm her down, which resulted in them seeing her face. While Kurama was shocked, Mizuki did non see her as ugly and even stated that she was very beautiful. They were briefly engaged before Unari realized that Mizuki loved Nanami, and decided to let him leave with her. Nonetheless, Mizuki promised to come up back one a year on the same day, just to spend time with her. She gives him her robe of feathers as a departing gift, showing that she no longer needs information technology at present that she has plant someone to love.

Deities [edit]

Otohiko ( 乙比古 )

Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)

A feminine male current of air god. He initially disapproves of Nanami every bit the land god simply acknowledges her afterward she successfully dispels the miasma that he had released on the shrine.

Narukami ( 鳴神 )

Voiced past: Hyo-sei (Japanese); Lydia Mackay (English)

A bratty, selfish sky god who has an unrequited crush on Tomoe. She steals Nanami's marking, shrinks Tomoe into a toddler, and takes command of the shrine for a curt flow. She is very demanding and patently goes through attendants at an unheard-of rate and seems to take sadistic delight in abusing her familiars.

Ookuninushi ( 大国主 , Ōkuninushi )

Voiced past: Showtaro Morikubo (Japanese); Tyson Rinehart (English)

The God of Wealth who owns a large shrine in Izumo. He is in accuse of the Divine Associates held every year for deities.

Takehaya Ikuzagami ( イクザガミ 竹早 , Ikuzagami Takehaya )

Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese); Scott Freeman (English)

The War god who is reluctant to acknowledge Nanami, a human to be a State God.

Koume ( 小梅 ) and Kotake ( こたけ )

(Koume) Voiced by: Naoko Sugiura (Japanese); Leah Clark (English language)

(Kotake) Voiced by: Eri Goda (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)

2 of the 32 Canis familiaris-Lions of Narukami and are her most loyal servants. The sides of their hair resemble that of canis familiaris ears.

Other characters [edit]

Ami Nekota ( 猫田 あみ , Nekota Ami )

Voiced by: Satomi Satō (Japanese); Alexis Tipton (English)

The beginning friend Nanami e'er made at schoolhouse. Originally, she constitute Nanami to be weird, but she likewise took a liking to Nanami. After Nanami, or rather Tomoe bearded equally her, rescued her from a demon, she began to hang effectually Nanami more and officially became a friend after she helped her talk to Kurama. She made a hope with Kurama to non tell anyone about any of the foreign occurrences that happen with Nanami, though it was Tomoe in disguise. Ami believes Nanami is a miko, or shrine maiden. Overall, Ami is a naive merely bubbly and gentle girl, and a very reliable friend. She and Kei afterward find out that Nanami is a god and all the others are yokai but they accept it quite well. Ami besides has a huge crush on Kurama, who has slowly started to render those feelings, but they are not yet in a human relationship.

Kei Ueshima ( 上島 ケイ , Ueshima Kei )

Voiced past: Kaori Shimizu (Japanese); Kristi Kang (English)

Kei is Ami's best friend. After Ami befriends Nanami, she besides begins to run into Nanami as a friend. Among the trio, she is the most mature, but also the nearly hot tempered. She is intuitive and picked up on the fact Nanami liked Tomoe. Kei gave advice to Nanami on how she could get his attention. She is rarely ever seen without her cellphone, on which she constantly sends text letters at a rapid footstep, of which most of the time she does not even carp to glance at the screen.

Yukiji ( 雪路 )

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (anime), Fumiko Orikasa (Kako-hen) (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)

A beautiful woman with long brown hair that Tomoe had a human relationship with in the past (though in reality information technology is Nanami, who time travels through Yukiji'southward trunk on i occasion, and stands in as Yukiji while time traveling in her own body on another, who Tomoe falls in dear with). She barely escaped a yokai attack on her hamlet, of which Tomoe in particular attacked her body when Nanami was in it, causing her a deep hatred for yokai. She is also the ancestor of Nanami, who really helped her when marrying into another family. She subsequently saw Nanami with Tomoe and eventually used their similarities in appearance to ask Tomoe for assist when attacked by Akura-Ou. However, Tomoe does not run into the optics of Yukiji during the fourth dimension that he spends with her, because Yukiji feared that he would know that she was not Nanami after looking into her optics. She used his protection in order to save the next generation of her and her husband's bloodline. At one time she became extremely sick, so Tomoe went and carved out the Dragon King's center to cure her. Since then, the middle resides within the host until they have a child, hence everyone who is Nanami's direct ancestor is a woman. As long as they middle resides within them, they are protected from any sickness and equally such all of them are blessed with dazzler. All the same, the moment they take a child, which is always a daughter, the eye passes to the child and they become susceptible to affliction.

Kotarou Urashima ( 裏嶋 小太郎 , Urashima Kotarou )

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese); Chris Burnett (English)

A young human boy and Himemiko's love involvement. Himemiko requested Nanami to help her to notice a way to meet him once again. Kotarou was shy around Himemiko when he first met her simply, later getting to know her, grew fond of her and somewhen roughshod in love with her. Later discovering Himemiko was a yokai, Kotarou rejected her for lying to him about her true identity. Afterwards clearing his thoughts and some persuasion from the Dragon King, he interrupted Himemiko's spousal relationship to Nishiki, and Himemiko's true grade emerges while they are escaping. Kotarou shows an tickled expression (and nigh lost his breath, as they were underwater) earlier telling Himemiko that he accepts her no matter what her advent was.

Kumimi Momozono ( 桃園 クミミ , Momozono Kumimi )

Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese); Jennifer Light-green (English)

Nanami's female parent. Kumimi had died from an unknown disease and left her simply daughter Nanami to be responsible for the firm-hold, plus her husband (which is Nanami'southward begetter) of keeping him in check.

Isobe ( 磯 )

Voiced past: Shuuta Morishima (Japanese); Corey Cleary-Stoner (English language)

A classmate of Nanami's from schoolhouse who enjoys picking on her.

Natsuko Umibe ( ウミベイ 奈津子 , Umibe Natsuko )

Voiced by: Aimi Terakawa (Japanese); Teri Rogers (English)

A classmate of Nanami'due south from school.

Inaho ( 稲穂姫 )

Voiced by: Yurin (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)

A female goddess who is often seen sleeping, equally the Fumigae Gods complained that she should have not slept throughout the year if she had known that she would slumber her way through the Izumo gods coming together.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

Written and illustrated past Julietta Suzuki, Kamisama Kiss has been serialized in the semi-monthly shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume since February 20, 2008. The nerveless chapters were later republished in tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha with the first volume released on September 19, 2008.^{[half dozen]} North American publisher Viz Media licensed the English language language distributions rights at the 2009 New York Anime Festival.^[7] The series concluded on May 20, 2016.^[8]

Volume listing [edit]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English language release engagement	English language ISBN
1	September xix, 2008[ix]	978-iv-59-218506-ii	December vii, 2010[10]	978-1-42153-638-five
This volume covers chapters ane-6.
2	January 1, 2009[eleven]	978-four-59-218507-nine	March 1, 2011[12]	978-ane-42153-639-2
This volume covers capacity 7-12
3	May 5, 2009[13]	978-iv-59-218508-6	June 7, 2011[14]	978-one-42153-640-eight
This volume covers capacity xiii-18
4	September eighteen, 2009[15]	978-4-59-218509-three	August 2, 2011[16]	978-1-42153-658-3
This volume covers chapters 19-24
5	January 19, 2010[17]	978-4-59-218510-nine	October 4, 2011[18]	978-ane-42153-823-5
This volume covers capacity 25-thirty
6	May 19, 2010[xix]	978-four-59-219216-nine	Dec vi, 2011[xx]	978-ane-42153-886-0
This volume covers capacity 31-36
seven	September 16, 2010[21]	978-iv-59-219217-6	February 7, 2012[22]	978-ane-42154-025-ii
This book covers chapters 37-42
eight	December 17, 2010[23]	978-4-59-219218-iii	April 3, 2012[24]	978-1-42154-082-5
This volume covers chapters 43-48
9	May 19, 2011[25]	978-4-59-219219-0	June five, 2012[26]	978-ane-42154-198-iii
This volume covers capacity 49-54
10	September 20, 2011[27]	978-4-59-219220-half dozen	August 7, 2012[28]	978-ane-42154-269-0
This book covers chapters 55-60
eleven	January 20, 2012[29]	978-4-59-219291-half dozen	November half dozen, 2012[30]	978-1-42154-924-8
This volume covers chapters 61-66
12	April xx, 2012[31]	978-4-59-219292-three	February 5, 2013[32]	978-1-42155-082-4
This volume covers chapters 67-72
xiii	September twenty, 2012[33]	978-4-592-19293-0	August half dozen, 2013[34]	978-one-42155-266-8
This volume covers chapters 73-79 + seventy.5
14	October 19, 2012[35]	978-four-592-19294-7	February iv, 2014[36]	978-1-42155-586-7
This volume covers capacity 80-85
xv	Feb xx, 2013[37]	978-4-592-19295-4	June iii, 2014[38]	978-ane-42156-308-4
This volume covers chapters 86-89 + 89.v
xvi	Baronial xx, 2013[39]	978-4-592-19296-1	October 7, 2014[40]	978-i-42156-764-8
This volume covers capacity 90-95
17	January 20, 2014[41]	978-4-592-19297-8	March 3, 2015[42]	978-one-42157-725-eight
This volume covers chapters 96-101
eighteen	May twenty, 2014[43]	978-4-592-19298-5	June ii, 2015[44]	978-1-42157-970-ii
This volume covers chapters 102-107
nineteen	September 19, 2014[45]	978-4-592-19299-ii	October six, 2015[46]	978-one-42158-033-3
This volume covers capacity 108-113
20	December nineteen, 2014[47]	978-4-592-19300-5	Feb 2, 2016[48]	978-i-42158-261-0
This book covers chapters 114-119
21	April 20, 2015[49]	978-four-592-21501-one	June 7, 2016[fifty]	978-1-42158-522-2
This volume covers chapters 120-125
22	August xx, 2015[51]	978-4-592-21502-8	Oct 4, 2016[52]	978-1-42158-712-7
— This volume contains capacity 126-131
23	Dec 18, 2015[53]	978-4-592-21503-5	February 7, 2017[54]	978-i-42159-047-9
— This volume contains capacity 132-137
24	April twenty, 2016[55]	978-four-592-21504-2	June six, 2017	978-1-42159-221-3
— This volume contains capacity 138-143
25	August 19, 2016[56]	978-4-592-21505-9	Oct iii, 2017	978-1421593821
— This volume contains chapters 144-149

Anime [edit]

An anime television series adaptation of Kamisama Buss was produced by TMS Amusement and directed by Akitaro Daichi. Information technology ran from October 1, 2012, to December 24, 2012, on Goggle box Tokyo.^[57] The anime has been licensed for streaming past Funimation Amusement.^[58] The series ended at around the 30th affiliate of the manga volume. The opening theme is "Kamisama Hajimemashita" ( 神様はじめました , lit. "Nice to Meet You, God") and the ending theme "Kamisama Onegai" ( 神様お願 , lit. "Delight, God"), both performed by Hanae. There are two OVA episodes, which first aired on August 26, 2013, bundled with the 16th book of the manga. One of the included episodes is based on the story from the 15th book, while the other contains an all-new original story. The 17th result of Hakusensha'south Hana to Yume mag appear in August 2014 that the manga series inspired a second anime season, which began airing on January 5, 2015. The opening theme is "Kamisama no Kamisama" ( 神様の神様 , lit. "God of God") and the catastrophe theme "Ototoi Oide" ( おとといおいで , lit. "Come Another Day"), both once again performed by Hanae. A four-part original animation DVD (OAD) known as "Kako-hen" ( 過去篇 , lit. "Past Arc") began ambulation on Baronial 20, 2015, and is based on the "past arc" of the series, spanning from the 14th through 17th volumes of the manga serial. The story follows Nanami as she goes back in time to find a cure for Tomoe's curse which he had placed on himself so he could get homo and live out his life with Yukiji. A new OAD, previously announced as Kamisama, Kekkon Zenya, released as Kamisama, Shiawase ni Naru was bundled with the Kamisama Hajimemashita 25.5 official fanbook on Dec 20, 2016.^{[59] [lx]}

Musical [edit]

A stage musical accommodation titled Kamisama Hajimemashita: The Musical ran from March 21 to March 29, 2015 in Japan.^[61] The musical stars Saki Terashima [ja] equally Nanami, Ren Yagami [ja] as Tomoe, Keisuke Minami as Kurama, and Shōta Takazaki [ja] as Mizuki.^[61] Boosted cast members include Mao Katō [ja] as Onikiri, Keita Tokushiro and Hiroki Takaoka [ja] double-bandage as Kotetsu, and Juria Kawakami equally Narukami.^[62] Akira Ishida made a cameo reprising his function as Mikage in vocalism.^[63] The musical had a re-run in 2016, with Yūta Higuchi [ja] re-bandage as Mizuki, LinQ fellow member Yūmi Takaki [ja] re-cast as Kotetsu, and Makoto Okunaka re-bandage every bit Narukami.^[64]

Reception [edit]

Jacob Chapman of Anime News Network, describes Kamisama Kiss as a fifty/50 cross betwixt Inuyasha and Fruits Basket.^[65] The manga had 5 one thousand thousand copies in print as of March 2016.^[66]

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External links [edit]

• Kamisama Buss at Viz Media
• Kamisama Osculation (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Official Web Site at TV Tokyo (Japanese)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamisama_Kiss

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