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Story & Art by

Julietta Suzuki
 Mamoru

' Nanami’s
shikigami.

Nanami Momozono

A high school student who

was turned into a kamisama
by the tochigami Mikage.
She likes "Tomoe.

Tomoe

The shinshi who serves

Nanami now that she’s a
tochigami. Originally a wild
fox ayakashi.
 Kurama

Ami Nelcota

Yatori Kirihito

UNanami Momozono is a high school student who was evicted from her home when
jjher dad skipped town.
■She nieets the tochigami Mikage in a park, and he leaves his shrine and his kami
powers to her.
§NowfNanami spends her days with Tomoe and Mizuki, her shinshi, and with
MOnikiri and Kotetsu, the onibi-warashi spirits of the shrine.
BNanaini'hasJteen slowly gaining powers as kamisama by holding a festival at her
ig kami conference, and all sorts of other adventures.
Evl^<^moe^allsllint^a?cmitia due to a curse cast five hundred years ago by a fallen
^kaiiii^I'T^^Si^^^i^Ka^iml^id discovers how tt
 Volume 18
CONTENTS

Chapter 102 003

Chapter 103 037

Chapter 104 068

Chapter 103 1 01

Chapter 10d 1 31

Chapter 107 1 d1

End Notes 15M

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11
,
 I'LL BE
BACK
WHEN
YOU OBT
H OMB.

ALL
RI£HT

MY HEART
FLUTTERS.3
...WHEN" — MORE
TOMOE If WMoW'Zm
XfOUCHESi
mMEMKfi

Wmmim
mpuc&esn
TmeWowW

mKA&B-
SAMA!
 HE'S
STUDYING?
WHY?
PON'T
KNOW.

I FLUNKED MAYBE
ALL FIVE BECAUSE
SUBJECTS/ HE PIPN'T
PC WELL
ON HIS
APTITUPE
TEST...

...YOU
SHOULP
STUPY
TOO...

I KNOW I
SHOULP...

...BUTI CAN'T
CONCENTRATE
AT ALL...

...CUE I'M
HAVING SO
MUCH FUN
EVERY SINGLE
PAY...
 I OUESS
HE'S
FINALLY
GOT TEN
SERIOUS.

/ HE
MUST'VE
MAPE UP
HIS MINP
TO STAY IN
THE HUMAN
WORLP AW
SEE IT LIKE
you VO...
...INSTEAV OF
JUST BEINC-
HERE FOR A
SHORT TIME.

HE'S
SIMPLy.,

...POINO
HIS BEST
TO CATCH
UP.
 .srupy
T00!

I'll
STUDY
MATH,
CUT YOUVB wny?
STUPyiNC7
SINCE I
SUCK AT
IT.

...BUTT
FBLTUKB
ISHOULP
KBBPUP
WITH HIM.

28
 ipon't
WANT
TOMOE TO
LEAVE ME
BEHINP.
 -u

BEING
ABLE TO
STIMULATE
EACH OTHER
INA
RELATIONSHIP
IS IMPORTANT
...CU2MY fe TOME...
BOYFRIENDS
INFLUENCE
HOW I GROW
AS A PERSON.
 I THINK I
UNPERSTANP
...WHAT A LITTLE...
KB! MEANT...

34
 \ ONE
UMBRBLLA IS
ENOUGH.

THIS ISN T FAIR AT ALL

38
 IT'S MY i
FOR OU R BATHING
SCHOOL SUIT/ Wnywayi
TRIP TO
OKINAWA
NEXT
MONTH.

; WANT TO
see you
WEARING- IT,
NANAMI-
CHAN.

REALLy
?!

m] ^B t
GOT w
COOP LEGS. ■ P55
yOU'LL LOOK
GREAT IN yOUR ■ / _ W
BATHING Mr NL/ t
WAV.

■ '
42
43
 $UT
NANAMI-
CHAN 15
MY PEAR
/FASTER
TO?.

pwfel
fNBVBRi
WBBam

[WV/iTf/J
mWANTM
B wmm
HER.
-Hello!

"n~,ar\k ^ou for

picking up volume
18 of Kannisarwa
Kiss!

I tyope you enjo^

reading i-t.

I've recently fallen

in love wi-tK
scented candles.

I realty feel
e,ood wKen
-tKe wonderful
fragrance fills
■tKe rooiw
©
 / I'VE
NEVER
OONE ON
A SINGLE
SCHOOL
TRIP...

...BECAUSE
WE HAP NO
MONEV

THIS IS THE
FIRST ANP
LAST TIME
I'LL HAVE
THE CHANCE
TO GO ON A
TRIP WITH
My CLASS¬
MATES...

...SO 1
RBALLY
WANT TO
GO...

SO PON'T
TRy TOO
HARP. I I'LL
HELP,
NANWMI.

you WON'T
ivieiviorixe
BE ABLE everytkhe,.
TO SWIM
i Ever^- ,
if you OET \ mm.. /
SICK/
mtxiu
moo TO
OKINAWA!

N\CTORV / I'M
Lglapi've
ALREADY
I STILL, \ STUDIED
HAVE A MATH, SINCE
CHANCE , I REALLY
TO WIN! \ / haveX
^TROUBLE,
V WITH IT. \
50
 MIKAOE
SAMA,
do you
RFALLy
SHF'S INTENP TO
RFALLy MAKE
POINO HER NANAMI
BEST/ CHAN STAy
BEHINP?

NANAMI-
CHAN'S
FINALS
START
TOMORROW:

I ONLY
 ■ sic
A LITTLE
WORRIER
ABOUT
TOMOE
REOAININO
HIS
MEMORIES

HE MUST BE
WATCHING ...BUT HE'S
OVER HER IN RESTRAINED
HIS OWN WAY. WHEN DEALING
WITH HER.

54
56
 I DON'T
WANT TO
MIKAOE'S SEE YOU IN
RISHT. A BATHING
XT'S TOMOS . SUIT.
YOUR
FAULT.
I'M ON /you've
MIKASE'S &OT NO
SIDE.

HS ..
WAS SO
MS AN...

...BUT
WB'LL HAVS
FUN FOR
SURS...
TOMOB
 You're
drur\k.
drunk! IVE BEEN
RESTRAINING
MYSELF
IN THE
BUT YOU SHRINE...
s PON'T
EVEN CARE
£ WHAT I'M
-THINKING.
 l ASSAULTER A
16- OIRL INI THIS
CRER SHRINE
MARE HER OR*
I HOPE YOUR CONRUCT IS
YOU'RE UNWORTHY OF A
PREPARED SHINSHI, EVEN IF
YOU ARB IN LOVE
WITH HER.

YEAH,
NANAMI-
WONDER YEAH/
CHAN. ARE
WHAT
YOU All
WOULD'VE
RIGHT?!
HAPPENED
IF I HADN'T
STOPPED
HIM?/

gwgg£g|
Wwm
SCHOOL
TRIP..
ChaplsK
 I’M FULLY
BN JOYING MY
HIGH SCHOOL
LIPS!

I'M GONNA
MAKE LOTS ANP
LOTS OF HAPPY
MEMORIES.

NOW TO
OKINAWA.
 It's my first
trip to the
southern lands!
T'mcn My first school
~f lor the first
J uxuma / T
see loild
Kted. triPeVer! /
I might /
anemone fish
too! barf! hzc?
 HAVEN'T
BEEN
THERE FOR
PBCAVBS

I'M
AMAZBV
A LUMP
OF IRON
LIKE THIS
CAN FLY!
HAS A
MAGIC
SPELL
BEEN CAST
ON IT?!

LIH, I'M
MIZUKI
YONOMORI,
A TRANSFER
STUPENT.
NICE TO
MEET YOU!

. vi1
I Kave a e^lass
display &ox on iv»y
work desk witk
Stones in it.

Wken I'rvi -tired,

I look at tke
stones to
recKar^e r\nysel.P.

Ike stones are

colorful and very
Beautiful.
 A STORM ON
OUR FIRST
PAY HERB.

\NOOW.

THE
PURPLE
/AM TARTS
LOOK
OOOP.

AN
OKINAWAN
LION
FIOURINE/
SO
CUTE/

THE/
LOOK LIKE
I'LL OBT KOMAINU
THEM FOR &UARO
THE ONIBI- 0006.
WARASRI!
 PIP YOU
HURT
/OURSELF?

83
86
 WiiwoNjcrm
WzmTmm
SVSRYOUS YABOUTtiT*&
STAY IN
THE HOTEL
UNTIL THE
WEATHER
IMPROVES/

WE'LL
APJUST
TOMORROWS
SCHEPULE AS
NECESSARY.

WOW/

f THE
STORM IS
RAOINO,
BUT
I CAN
SEE THE
v OCEAN/
THIS
THIS ROOM IS
HOTEL'S LOVBLY!
PRETTY
NICE FOR A
SCHOOL
TRIP.
GOOD.
90
 AMI
WOULDVE
PREFERRED
SINCE TO BE IN
SHE CROUP
WANTED EICHT...
TO BE IN
THE SAME
5-ROUP AS
KURAMA

' WHA/
y-yEAH/
NOW X
wny NOT REMEMBER.
SWITCH
PEACES WITH
MIZUKI WHEN SORRY!
WE CO OUT I FOROOT
IN CROUPS? ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE
SO
DON'T
CUTE... SAY
THAT

DON'T
AM! WANT
TO...
AMI.
 KURAMA IS
A TENOU,
BUT MS'S NO
PIFPERENT
FROM A HUMAN
SINCE ME LIVES
IN TME MUMAN
, WORLP.

94
 WAS I
THAT
MBAN?

WHAT
IS
THIS?
 WILL
NOT

...ALLOW
THE THIEF
TO LEAVE
THIS
ISLANP.
 WAITING.

OH?
 "Sim.\

\1 WHERE
H AMI?!

WHAT’S
WHAT GOING
HAPPENSV ON?!
TO MY
BOPY?!

)
 THIS IS A WHAT'S
MESSAOE A ZAN?
pFROMlI mermaip.
M’mzAm

gmxiiWAm CAPTUREP

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you
rouysl
STOLE
ROBE OP
FEATHERS

WHAT THE
Kyou»
STSHOULPl
HECK/ I
PON'T KNOW
[return; 13 ANyTHINO
ABOUT IT.
teauicxm

THIS STORM
WON'T PIE ,
iPOWNjUNTIlg UNARI, THE
g§§UNARl|il ZAN CHIEF,fisl
WCAPJU RESI jfAlTERRIBiyJ
iTHElTHIEF.j ^riohteninS
m WOMAN «

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STHATrfHERJ
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-J UNARMS
CAUSING
A THIS
TO STORM?/
we
&;.somVM WANT:,
muem
LIKE TO OET
%BAcmv\m ferom\
§ROBE?ANPjf fcrojpiEj
fgu/MfuNARij IpownJ
l||pOwNflfla |too*?|

MO WAY AMI
WOULD AIP A
THIEF.

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00 TALK TO
UNARI IN
PERSON.

TAKE
US TO
UNARI.
HOWEVER.

X CAN
ONLY TAKB
WOMEN
ijWITH'MEj
ONLY
RwomenM
(can (ENTER]
■unarks*
fOAte.fMENj Fjus3
tMUSTN'^ iVQUl
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108
 po you WHAT'S THIS
REALLy ABOUT A
BELIEVE HIM CAVE ONLV
NANAMI? WOMEN CAN
ENTER?

MUST
BE A
PON T, TRAP FOR
NANAMI. SURE.

YES'

I'LL
BELIEVE
HIM/

HOW >
COULD
YOU BE 60
...MUST BB SIMPLE/
TERRIFIEP
ALL ALONB
...SO I
WANT TO
OET HER
BACK
OUlCKLy.
WAIT
KOZ
me...
 I P/PN'T\
EXPECT
THERE
TO BE

/1 CAME I
< WITHOUT I
THINKING IT]
THROUGH,
SOI PIPN'T I
BR/NG
ANYTHING
. WITH ME.

m,
where
ARE
YOU?!
NANAMt?!

KYAAAH!
 WHAT
THE
NAN AML HECK
NAN AM/.
' IS
: THAT A
POLPHIN

tfUUiUNt

|THIgfs|S|
rACCOMq
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,
. . . you
eeetA.ro
mo
ARsyou,
®POSSESS^
TAISjRfrNffO
MAURA1,
 HE WAS
RALE ANP
PRESSEP
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ibjackW
ANP
THAT
MAN'S
, BLOOP

PsfSNj
►this*
rgfejHi

...MY
HANICY!

WIPEP.
 WBtNolmy
f SHE WILL V
STAY A 17 \
I' THAT MAIPEN \
I POLPHIN 1
aMHr
iUNTILTSHEl would ■fill SHCULP KNOW. 1
lift AStWHEREjHEflSll
■ I f i I ft
[remembers!WmmkNow
«S|SHEjWASjll
f THAT. WtfHhSfelPEM
/

IT'S MY
FAULT.

I'LL £ET
YOUR
ROBB OF
FEATHERS
BACK...

THAT
HANKY'S
MINE.

AMI HAS
NOTHING
TO VO
WITH
THIS.
 BRINO
M/ ROBE

"This year I've.

set up a little
Shinto shrine
at iviy hoiv>e

So I water the
cleyera japonica THEN I
every day. I need
SHALL
FREE...
-to replace therr
-twice a month,
But I don't want
to replace a e,ood
Branch, Because
some Branches
wither hast while
others stay -Presh ...THE
hor a lone, time MAIPEN

Watering theivi
every day enaBles
me to spend the
whole day beeline,
refreshed and
cood. @
 SHE'S
STAYING
BUT CALM IN
SHE'S NOT FRONT OF
TOCHH BEHAVING
GAM/? THAT SCARY
LIKE SHE THING.
USUALLY
ROES...

WHO IS
NANAM!
REALLY?

mm
.f.FROMTHe
i- NAN AMI T
THOUGHT I
HNZW? \
 WE
WERE SO
LOOKING
FORYJARV
IT'S ALL
M/ FAULT.

TOMOB
THERE ARE A ...THAT TOLL?
LOT OP THINOS KEEPING ME...
I HAVEN'T TOLP SILENT IS
YOU ABOUT... THE SAME
AS LYING.
 ...PLEASE
TRUST ME
AW WAIT
I PROMISE HERE.
i'llcom
BACK FOR
YOU!

NANAMU

O
 NANAMI o
IS ALWAYS ... STRAIGHTFORWARD.
NANAM/.

HSR
SYSS...

MB
ANXIOUS
 IF I CAN
REGAIN
MY HUMAN
FORM...
XSBEjiaii&m
Wagain(in(
WMY(HUMAN
WtfjORM+GM

Wtyoyu
Wokmzw
127
 I'P GO
RESCUE
HER IF X
...LIKE C0ULP...
MOfoOZOHO
PIP...

...THERE'S
NOTHING X
CAN VO, IS
THERE?

IF you
ouys
REALLY
AREN'T
HUMAN..,

p
HUMAN
WOMEN

...ARE 5O
TROUBLE¬
SOME.
 fiBBiai5g.eair®j&
KIRIHITO-
SAMA'S
ILLNESS
HAS BEEN
GROWING
WORSE...

...AS THE
STORM
HAS
GROWN
STRONGER.

KIRIHITO
SAMA.
 WHAT'S
THE MATTER,
KIRIHITO-
S AMA?/

Wins ,
[RIN^IN^j
I ■in My |i
FEARS”!
141
I do SQua-ts
even da^ -to -train
ivv^ le<s,s and lower
sack since I spend
a lonGa -ti(v»e
working a-t
iv-i^ desk

I s-tarted a-t 30
sQua-ts -Pour
(ViontKs a^o, su-t
now I'rvn a&le -to do
UD sQua-ts. @ ■xS
I can now di(Vi&
s-tairs easily
I hope I'll &e a&le
-to continue
doinfe -tkeivi.

I wasn’-t a&le
-to see cKern
&lossoiv»s (v»ud->
-this ^ear.
IVi looking,
forward -to
nexrt ^ear!
 40
pimt...

AML..
 It thought!
MVBB/ABim
*to;R£TURn1
tfOjTHATM
*BATHTUB^
no my
WWHBNl
THAT'P
HAPPEN. mlfeFjA
un'ari&x
cA/im

I'M I'LL
SINKING! I 0\
 TOMOB!

WHO IS
THAT?

THANKS
PLEASE...
KITSUNBBI.
 THIS .
PRAOON .
V- KAMI'S
/ KIRIHITO-X ROBE l OP
SAMA NEEPS\ FEATHERS
THIS TO CLIMB, —REPELS
.THE MOUNTAIN FLAMES.
CANNOT OF'F LAMESMN
JUST &THE LANP OF
OIVE IT k THEjPEAP.JT
to you.
p\
158
 I'LL EVEN I'LL JPO
BETRAY HIM IF ANYTHING TO
I MUST. SAVE HIM.
 MY
K/TSUNEB/ MSameXi
WENT
OUT.

OR P/P
SOMEONE
PUT IT
/ OUT?!

' TOMOE-
MIOHT BE KUN,
4BLE TO WHERE'RE
FINP OUT YOU I
WHERE &0\H&? I
NANAMI IS.

NANAMI?
, ' J
BUT.
AVOWS
Wyes;areM
WAdmysm
mmssm

THEIR BYES
REFLECT KIKUICHI.
THEIR TRUE
INTENTIONS.

TRUST
YOU...
...SO
TAKB
MS TO
KIRIHITO.
Thank you -for
reading -this -Par!

14s you have any

comments and
-thoughts a&out
volume 18, do
let me hear
-Prom you!

The address is...

Julietta Suzuki
c/o Shojo Beat
VIZ- Media, ILC
P.O. &ok TOO
San Francisco
CA 9*4-101

I'll Be waitine,. ©

Now then.

I hope we'll Be
aBle to meet
ae,ain in the
ne*t volume <^>
 KIRIHIT0-
VOUO.

I SECURER
SOME
EMER&ZHCY
RATIONS FROM
I HAVE ALL
SORTS OF
A HUMAN'S
FOOP SINCE HOUSE.
THEY'P STOREP
PLENTY.

mf r- I
1* 1 ■ J
cannot
WHAT- PREPARE
EVER MEALS...
you
A. WANT. A .

RON'T
WANT
ANY.
 VO
NOT LET
m vom.
KIRIHITO-
PONO.

168
 ru
NBVBR
RETURN

...TO
THAT
VARKNBSS
AGAIN!
KIKUICHI.

KIRIHITO'S
i , IN THERE?
 WzF^rpMoel
meMot&BeWGm WBRBj/fBRBf
WtsjMiEZM

SORRY,
4 5'4
H TOMOB.
6
H\y\N }f
OVZK if
5
THS* . \%

YOU
X'UU %;
CAPTUW
YOU ANT7
5
; T A*
i YOU TO
I F15C54. .

I'LL TBLL YOU

THBY'RB\ BVBRYTHING
YOICAI! \ WHBNI
RBTURNf.
 I THINK
HIS NAME IS
 THEN
come
OVER
HERE.

? I'M NOT
SCAREP OF
SOMEONE
WHO'S WHAT'S
ABOUT THE
TO PIE. MATTER.

SO
WHAT
PO I
PO-

...FROM
THIS
PISTANCB.
 I CAN'T
AFFORP
TO LOSS
ANY
MORE...
KIRIHITO.

WANT
MORE.

THIS
ISN'T
ENOUOH,

e\me
MORE.
 KIRIHITO.

KIRIHITO.

I'M
HUN6R/.
&; '-'1
 nice
TO MEET yowuE
you. WOW/ AKURA-
I'M OH.
LUCffl!

I'M
mm.

AK.URA-
OH.
 WE'RE
LEAV¬
ES INS.
AND
SET
READ/.

THE
HUMAN
KAMI'S LIFE
ENERSZ
HEALED
/OU/

PIP
SHE
PIE?
 WTSUNBBI! ='

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/ ...m \
you
8A6TARPS
 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.

Komainu are a pair of guardian statues placed at the gate of a

shrine, usually carved of stone. Depending on the shrine, they can
be lions, foxes, or cows.

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

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.

Yokai are demons, monsters or goblins.

Hononfics
-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.

 Notes
Page 15, panel 4: Valentine Page 76, panel 2: Naha city
chocolates The prefectural capital of Okinawa
In Japan on Valentine’s Day, and the center of Okinawan
women buy chocolates for the men politics, economy and culture.
in their lives. Men return the favor
on White Day. Page 80, panel 3: Okinawan lion
Called shisa in Japanese, these
Page 16, panel 3: Christmas, statues are meant to keep out evil
festival for lovers and are usually placed in pairs
Christmas is considered a at entrances, on roofs and on
romantic date night in Japan. gateposts.

Page 16, panel 4: Okinawa Page 106, panel 6: Zan

Okinawa is the southernmost Okinawan mermaid yokai.
island in the Japanese chain and Dugongs, a marine mammal, are
has a tropical climate similar to also called zan.
Hawaii.
Page 107, panel 2: Robe of
Page 33, panel 2: Hamburger steak feathers
Japanese hamburgers are closer Myths about a robe of feathers
to Salisbury steak or meatloaf exist all over Japan and are similar
than the hamburgers Americans to the Swan Maiden fairy tale,
are used to. The ground meat is where a robe of swan feathers
mixed with breadcrumbs, egg and enables the maiden to fly.
sauteed onions and served on a
plate rather than a bun. Sometimes Page 119, author note: Shinto
the hamburger is topped with a home shrine, Cleyera japonica
fried egg. Home shrines are small shrines set
up inside homes and offices. It is
Page 76, panel 2: Shuri castle customary to worship before your
The palace capitol of the Ryukyu home shrine every morning and
kingdom (15th to 19th century) evening.
and now a popular tourist spot.
The castle has been reconstructed Clyera japonica are believed to be
after being almost destroyed in the holy trees that separate the human
Battle of Okinawa in 1945. world from sacred territory.
Fresh branches are placed in front
Page 76, panel 2: Taco rice of home shrines and should be
A local Okinawan food in which replaced before they wilt.
taco ingredients are served over
Julietta Suzuki’s debut manga Hoshi
ni Naru Hi (The Day One Becomes a
Star) appeared in the 2004 Hand to
Ynmc 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. IS
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 2014
All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2014 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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