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By Leroy Douresseaux
May 25, 2012 - 15:29
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| Kamisama Kiss Volume 9 cover image is courtesy of Anime Castle Books. |
Rated “T” for “Teen”
Her father left town to avoid his debts, which left Nanami Momozono abandoned and homeless. Nanami saved a strange man, so he offered her his home. However, Nanami later discovered that the man had tricked her into taking a job as the kami (local god) of the Mikage Shrine. To make matters worse, her shinshi (or familiar), is Tomoe, a fox yokai who keeps Nanami from enjoying her youth. Her second shinshi is Kurashinjuro “Shinjuro” Kurama, a tengu who isn’t much better.
As Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 9 opens, the weeklong Kamuhakari, the kami conference at Izumo, closes, and Nanami has been accepted by the other kami – at least grudgingly. Meanwhile, her growing feelings for Tomoe cause confusion for both of them.
Next, the sudden arrival of a young tengu named Botanmaru from Mount Kurama sets Nanami, Tomoe, and Shinjuro on a journey to Kurama, the land of the tengu. There, the trio meets Shinjuro’s brother, Suiro, and also discovers that a terrible miasma has settled over Kurama. It has something to do with their father’s illness and a scheming third brother, Jiro.
THE LOWDOWN: After having a mixed reaction to the eighth volume of the Kamisama Kiss manga, I was still ready to read another volume. I got the chance when I received a copy of Vol. 9 for review. The Kamuhakari storyline bored me as much as it did in the previous volume, and I wasn’t interested in the whole love confusion thing between Nanami and Tomoe.
The Mount Kurama storyline is more exciting. This storyline plays off the relationships and chemistry of the three leads. The royal conspiracy at the center of the story offers lots of conflict and the threat of imminent danger to the heroes. Supernatural family drama: who knew it could be so much fun?
POSSIBLE AUDIENCE: Fans of yokai-themed shojo manga will like Kamisama Kiss.
B+
Rating: B+ /10
