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8	''Kamisama Kiss'' (''Kamisama Hajimemashita'') is a {{Shoujo}} manga series created by Julietta Suzuki, which ran in ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' from 2008 to 2016. It begins when teenage Nanami Momozono's [[ParentalAbandonment father skips town]] [[TheGamblingAddict to escape his gambling debts]] and leaves her to face his angry creditors. Nanami is evicted from her home and ends up on a nearby park bench with no money and no family to turn to. She saves a strange man (Mikage) from a dog, and after hearing her story, the man offers Nanami his house as a thank you for saving him. Since she has nowhere else to go, she decides to check it out.
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10	Following a map the man gives her, Nanami finds a rundown shrine instead of a house. Upon hearing ghostly voices, she quickly decides the shrine is haunted and tries to run, but is cornered by a pair of friendly shrine spirits and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tomoe]], a bad-tempered [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]] familiar. She discovers that Tomoe had been expecting his master, Mikage, who left twenty years ago for a trip into town and never returned. Tomoe is less than pleased to find that far from returning himself, Mikage has bestowed the kamisama kiss, or god kiss, on Nanami and gifted her the shrine, making her the local land god in his stead, and by extension, Tomoe's new mistress. HilarityEnsues.
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12	Creator/TMSEntertainment produced an anime adaption with Akitaro Daichi, of ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' fame, as the director. Junko Yamanaka, the art director from ''Manga/CaseClosed,'' handled the character designs and it featured the voice talents of Shinnosuke Tachibana, Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto and Suzuko Mimori. The first episode aired on October 1, 2012. A two episode OVA was released on August 20, 2013. Funimation began streaming the English dub on December 30, 2013. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-01/kamisama-kiss-kamisama-hajimemashita-manga-gets-2nd-anime-season/.77194 On August 01, 2014 it was announced the series would be getting a second season.]]
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14	'''Please move any character tropes to the proper [[Characters/KamisamaKiss character page]].'''
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17	!!This series contains examples of:
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19	* AbhorrentAdmirer: How Tomoe sees the carp princesses--and the gaggle of female admirers he picks up at Nanami's school.
20	** Then there is Akura-Ou's lackey, Kirakaburi. If he considers you beautiful odds are good that your life expectancy just went down a bit.
21	* AccidentalMarriage: Nanami almost ends up getting married to [[spoiler: Mizuki]]. Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Mizuki]] almost ends up getting killed by Tomoe.
22	* AccidentalPervert: Tomoe, partially as a result of HumansThroughAlienEyes and partially because he has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace.
23	* AdaptationDistillation: The anime. Compare the first episode to chapters 1 to 3 of the manga...
24	* AdaptationExpansion: That being said, the anime does elaborate on a few things especially where Otohiko is concerned. To begin with the manga merely implies that he and Mikage are good friends, the anime shows that they are. Also Otohiko shows up earlier in the anime than he did in the manga and [[spoiler: is shown to have been behind Narukami's appearance and the trouble that occurred on the trip to the beach.]]
25	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Tomoe is a prime example.
26	* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Tomoe becoming a nicer dance instructor and confessing his feelings to Nanami. Turns out that the whole dream was Otohiko's SecretTestOfCharacter for Nanami]].
27	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Tomoe has made it blisteringly clear on several occasions that his only priority is Nanami. In the beginning this is simply because of the [[NothingPersonal familiar contract]] between them, but later his protective instincts begin to blossom for an [[DefrostingTheIceQueen entirely different reason]].
28	* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: This is a shojo manga after all.
29	* AmbiguouslyGay: Otohiko. He definitely looks and acts the part. To top it off he has a biohazard suit decked out in flowers and his familiars are show-dogs with a heart shaped collars.
30	* AndIMustScream: Let's just say that the last few centuries for Akura-Ou have not been pleasant.
31	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Almost immediately after meeting Nanami, Mizuki has his heart set on marrying her, and soon kidnaps her with the intention of carry this out.
32	* AngerBornOfWorry: Tomoe does this constantly, for both comedic and dramatic impact (and often both).
33	* AnimalMotifs / AnimalStereotypes: Oh, about half the cast. To be more specific we have:
34	** Tomoe: Fox, which is obvious [[AsianFoxSpirit given what he is]].
35	** Mizuki: Snake
36	** Kurama: Crow / Raven
37	** Himemiko: Catfish
38	* ArtEvolution: Nanami has a more rounded look in later chapters.
39	** FridgeBrilliance--she's getting regular meals.
40	* AsianFoxSpirit: Tomoe is a ''kitsune'', and even for a fox, his powers appear to be unusually formidable. He's said to be able to control a sea of fire and is nigh invulnerable to injury. Ikusagami had to borrow a special sword in order to face him in the past.
41	* AssholeVictim: Akura-Ou kills some robbers waylaying [[spoiler: Nanami]]. And it is implied he did it because she had canned peaches he liked and not to rescue her.
42	* AttemptedRape: Tomoe's antagonism toward Mizuki makes a lot of sense when one remembers what happened early on. Nanami is much more forgiving.
43	** Nanami's decision to take Mizuki to Izumo distresses Tomoe, partly because of jealousy and partly because he wonders how she can be so carefree around a guy who tried to assault her.
44	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Tomoe and Nanami, naturally.
45	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Years later, Tomoe (who becomes a human) and Nanami bear a baby boy]].
46	* BadBoss: Narukami is pretty rough on her familiars. How rough you ask? Her current two are her ''forty-second'' pair!
47	* BattleButler: Tomoe's duties as a familiar include shopping for, preparing and serving Nanami's meals (in which he passive-aggressively inserts shitaki mushrooms, the food she hates most in the world, at every opportunity), dressing her, doing the laundry and keeping the shrine and grounds meticulously clean. Oh, and performing a supernatural smackdown on anyone who looks at her the wrong way.
48	* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Tomoe visits a demonic marketplace to get supplies for the shrine. Nanami follows him of course, barefoot and in her pajamas, much to his mortification/aggravation.
49	* BeachEpisode: Chapter 21 and 22.
50	* BeastAndBeauty: Tomoe's a demon with a terrifying amount of power and Nanami is the teenage girl that keeps him in check.
51	* BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler: Tomoe tries to become human so he can marry Yukiji. The transformation fails, triggering a curse that will eventually kill him. The fallen god's spell is so powerful that even Mikage can't undo it.]]
52	* BeleagueredAssistant: Tomoe ''has to'' assist Nanami in her plans due to his familiar contract. And those plans tend to almost never work, so he has to either save her skin or untangle whatever crazy mess she created.
53	* BelligerentSexualTension: Almost perfect description of Tomoe and Nanami's relationship. They constantly fight over the least significant things, torment each other and are spiteful to each other, but at the same time, they can't live without the other and would go to Hell - sometimes literally - for each other.
54	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Tomoe saves Nanami just in the nick of time both from Mizuki and Izanami's servants]].
55	** [[spoiler: He later saves her twice in the past. Once from Akura-Ou's lackeys and once from some human bandits.]]
56	* TheBigDamnKiss: After Nanami restores him to his adult-sized form, [[spoiler: Tomoe surprises her with a big smooch, ostensibly to re-up the familiar contract. Of course it is, Tomoe. No, really. We understand.]]
57	** [[spoiler: And then again in chapter 100, this time with more feeling to it.]]
58	** [[spoiler: First season of anime ends up this way, with Tomoe [[CanNotSpitItOut as always finding an excuse for a kiss]], even if it's blatantly clear it's just an excuse. At first it looks as if was just a still of Tomoe finally passionately kissing Nanami... until good 15 seconds later she reciprocates]]. Cue credits.
59	* BishieSparkle: Panels featuring Ookininushi are generally ''awash'' in sparkles.
60	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Narukami invokes this when she first meets Nanami and pretends that she wants to do her a favor by taking her position as a landgod and also [[spoiler: Kirihito]].
61	* BlatantLies: Nanami thinks Tomoe is doing this while they're on a date at the amusement park. Subverted because, thanks to Mikage, [[spoiler: Tomoe really ''doesn't'' remember his old girlfriend, Yukiji.]]
62	* BlowYouAway: Otohiko is the wind god, so him having wind powers only follows.
63	* BodyguardCrush: [[spoiler: Tomoe towards Nanami]], eventually.
64	* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the second episode of the anime after her MotorMouth AllJustADream speech in which she summarizes the previous episode and remarks that it was just a stupid dream, she sees Kotetsu and Onikiri kneeling at the foot of her bed. Realizing ThatWasNotADream she turns and looks directly at the audience with a WTF? expression on her face.
65	* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: The events leading to Tomoe lying wounded on the side of the river.]]
66	* BridalCarry: Tomoe to Nanami after he [[spoiler: saves her from Mizuki]] and when she falls from a ladder.
67	** This also happened when they first contracted.
68	* BrokenMasquerade: Nanami's class seems to be headed this way in regards to her situation and what the guys really are in the last few chapters. Ami pretty much knows Nanami isn't ordinary and now one of her other classmates got a real good look at Tomoe's real LittleBitBeastly form (and an earful from both him and Mizuki). [[spoiler: Kurama is terrified of this happening and there is a photographer following him around while a lot of supernatural stuff is starting to happen on the island field trip. We believe that is called foreshadowing.]]
69	* BrokenPedestal: Nanami doesn't take it too well when she finds out what Kurama's really like.
70	* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Take a guess.
71	* BrutalHonesty: Tomoe. It's not that he doesn't understand tact or subtly, he is fully capable of using them during formal settings. It just that he chooses to be a straight to the point asshole most of the time.
72	* BullyingADragon: Some of the other familiars at the God's Conference are very insulting and disrespectful to Tomoe but considering he just gave [[spoiler: Ikusagami]], ''a friggin War God,'' a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown this is probably not a smart move on their part.
73	* BuyThemOff: Nanami tries to do this with [[spoiler: Sukuna, by getting back his eye for him. She asks him to let Tomoe go in exchange and abandon his revenge on him]].
74	* CannibalismSuperpower: When Kurama finds out that Nanami is the Land God he immediately thinks he can usurp her power by ''eating her heart!'' Unfortunately for him, Tomoe intervenes and teaches Kurama that this is a [[ForcedTransformation real]], real bad idea by trying to feed ''him'' to Nanami.
75	* CannotSpitItOut: A recurring gag in the series is something happening that causes Nanami to ask Tomoe if he likes her or loves her ([[EveryoneCanSeeIt and it's pretty obvious he does]]) only for Tomoe to deny it or invent some excuse for his actions.
76	** [[spoiler: He finally manages to spit it out in Chapter 100.]]
77	* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Tomoe and Nanami's situation rapidly becomes this.
78	* CannotTalkToWomen: Suirou, to the point where he talks to Tomoe when adressing Nanami. She eventually has enough and calls him on this.
79	* CaretakerReversal: When Narukami [[spoiler: turns Tomoe into a child with the Luck Mallet]] Nanami ends up caring for him, much to his chagrin. Usually it's the other way around.
80	* TheCasanova: Okuninushi seems to be this.
81	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Nearly every male in the series is on a sliding scale of attractive, from cute boy lolita to full-on {{Bishounen}}.
82	* CheerfulChild: Mamoru in his human form and the Tengu children.
83	* ChekhovsGun: Remember that hairpin Tomoe bought Nanami right before she dragged him off to the amusement park, the one she made a big deal when she found it? It starts becoming much more important during the Time Travel arc.
84	* CherryBlossoms: The setting of the first meeting between [[spoiler: Jirou and Nanami]] and also [[spoiler: their goodbye. In the latest time travel arc, Tomoe offers to build Nanami a palace in a grove of blossoming cherry trees if she will stay with him.]]
85	* ChickMagnet: When Kurama attends Nanami's school just about every single female student starts fighting over who gets to sit near him. Then Tomoe starts escorting Nanami to school...
86	** CluelessChickMagnet: Tomoe is almost completely oblivious to the fact that most teenage girls find him attractive. He also fails to notice the signs that Nanami is starting to fall in love with him and refuses to believe it when Kurama points it out to him.
87	* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler: Tomoe and Akura-ou.]]
88	* CockFight: Let's see we have Tomoe and Mizuki, Tomoe and Kurama, Tomoe and.... are we noticing a pattern here?
89	* ComedicSociopathy: We have Tomoe's use of ForcedTransformation and about half of Akura-Ou's actions.
90	* ComfortingComforter: Tomoe does this many times for Nanami even before [[spoiler: he falls in love with her]].
91	* CoolSword: The wild fox Tomoe carries a pretty sweet katana, and Ikusagami borrows a special sword when [[spoiler: he goes to serve the god-warrant on Tomoe.]]
92	* CoverBlowingSuperPower: Tomoe warns Himemiko that this will happen to her human form if she ever uses black magic.
93	* CrazyJealousGuy: Tomoe. See GreenEyedEpiphany[=/=]GreenEyedMonster down below.
94	** Mizuki is also pretty jealous over Nanami's affections. However, while Tomoe is extremely upfront with his jealousy Mizuki wages a much more subtle war by frequently attempting to manipulate Nanami into liking him more and trying to make Tomoe look bad.
95	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tomoe tries to give Kurama one. Being transformed into a game animal, cooked alive and fed to a teenage girl would not be a pleasant way to go.
96	* CryIntoChest: Common between Nanami and Tomoe, most notably after she [[spoiler: first meets Jirou]].
97	* CuteLittleFangs: Tomoe, especially in the anime. However, when he's pissed they are much more noticeable and nowhere near cute.
98	* CuteMonsterGirl: Himemiko, at least when she's in human form.
99	* TheCutie: Ami
100	* DamselInDistress: Unfortunately, Nanami's status as a land god doesn't really grant her any special defensive powers, so she tends to get kidnapped quite often. Tomoe is well aware of this and often urges her to take more precautions against it, but usually to no avail.
101	* DeadpanSnarker: Tomoe.
102	** ServileSnarker: Tomoe is after all both a servant AND snarky.
103	* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Tomoe made a deal with a Fallen God to become human in order to live out the rest of his life with the woman he loved, the catch being that the moment she dies ''he'' has to die too.]]
104	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nearly everyone Nanami befriends started out as her enemy.
105	* [[DefrostingTheIceQueen Defrosting the Ice King]]: Nanami to Tomoe.
106	* DemotedToExtra: While never truly important, Ami and Kei become almost non-existient as the series goes. Kei is completely absent from the second season of the anime, while Ami's main appearance is in the opening.
107	* DistressedDude: Tomoe when [[spoiler: Narukami turns him into a child with the Luck Mallet]]. Subverted when Sukuna kidnaps him because [[spoiler: it's revealed that he let himself be captured because he didn't want to kill in front of Nanami]]. Tomoe turning Kurama into an ostrich and chasing him down the school halls is another example and of course, when they both [[spoiler: are locked in a cage by Jirou]].
108	** [[spoiler: Lampshaded in the incident with the cage. Tomoe is convinced that Nanami is looking for him. She isn't.]]
109	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: Kirakaburi comes to regret constantly bullying a certain little furball in chp. 94.]]
110	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: In the Mexican Spanish dub, Melissa Gedeón (the VA of Himemiko) sings the opening and ending themes.
111	* TheDreaded: Akura-Ou and his partner [[spoiler: Tomoe]]. Back when they were together they cut a path of destruction across Japan that terrified humans, gods and other [[{{Youkai}} yokai]].
112	* DreadfulMusician: Mizuki cannot play a flute. At all - whenever trying, he only produces wheeeeze sound.
113	* DrillSergeantNasty: Tomoe when he teaches Nanami the Kagura. Eventually, [[spoiler: his attitude does a 180, but it turns out that it was AllJustADream, which served as a SecretTestOfCharacter]]. However, Tomoe is still nothing compared to [[TheSocialDarwinist Jirou]].
114	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Suriou. The tengu children lampshade it when they remark that he is prettier than Nanami.
115	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Both [[spoiler: Mizuki]] and [[spoiler: Tomoe]] kiss [[spoiler: Nanami]] while [[spoiler: she]]'s unconscious. For the same [[AMagicContractComesWithAKiss reason]] on top of it.
116	* EasilyForgiven: Nanami quickly forgives and befriends Mizuki after he kidnaps her with the intention of forcing her into marriage. Also Tomoe doesn't hold a grudge against Nanami for essentially enslaving him by kissing him without his consent, as he soon dedicates himself to being her loyal and protective familiar.
117	* EmbarrassedByAChild: Nanami all revved up to search for a certain person (episode 3 of anime first season), drags Tomoe out into the city behind her, making it their first outing together. Well into bustling streets, cue a kid loudly asking his mom about "that person" having ears on top his head.
118	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Kirihito doesn't hesitate to smash the mirror serving as an entrance to Yomi-no-kuni, which is spewing poison, when he hears his mother's voice.]]
119	** Later on, [[spoiler:Kirihito (or, rather, Akura-Ou) returns from a night out on the town--which included ''murdering some street thugs''--to find his mother waiting up for him and fretting. When he coldly tells her that his whereabouts and activities are none of her business, she slaps him, while crying that parents are ''supposed'' to worry about their child and that even if he's in some kind of trouble or distress, she will always help him and stand by him. He then ''apologizes to her'', and promises to contact her the next time he goes out or is delayed.]]
120	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Tomoe tells Akura-Ou that he dislikes senseless massacres when he witnesses Akura-Ou randomly kill women in a brothel.]]
121	* FaceFault: Tomoe does this in response to Nanami actions, episode 2 of the anime being a prime first example.
122	* FacePalm: She also frequently causes him to do this.
123	* FallingIntoHisArms: What usually happens between [[spoiler: Nanami]] and[[spoiler: Tomoe]] once [[spoiler: he]] makes a BigDamnHeroes entrance.
124	* FalseStart: Nanami and Tomoe, so very much.
125	* {{Familiar}}: Tomoe and later Mizuki, both to Nanami.
126	* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler: Yukiji]], when she first encounters Nanami, hates youkai with a passion. In fact, her response to hearing [[spoiler: the village militia is hunting down a wounded Tomoe]] is to throw a little party.
127	* FarOutForeignersFavoriteFood: Nanami takes a bunch of canned peaches with her back into the past [[spoiler: and Akura-Ou becomes addicted to them.]]
128	* FerrisWheelDateMoment: In chapter 38. Tomoe is participating only because he was [[LiteralGenie told to]] and finds the whole concept of an amusement park with its attractions confusing.
129	* FishEyes: Himemiko keeps those even in her otherwise perfectly normal human disguise.
130	* FishOutOfWater: Mizuki in the human world, along with a few other youkai. Nanami twice; first when being introduced to godhood and then with her [[FishOutOfTemporalWater time travel escapades]].
131	* FlightOfRomance: Briefly, between [[spoiler: Nanami and Jirou]].
132	* ForcedKiss: Nanami does this to Tomoe, thus making him her {{Familiar}}.
133	** Done to Nanami by [[spoiler:Kirihito, to drain some of her land-god life energy to keep his deteriorating body going]].
134	* ForcedTransformation:
135	** One of Tomoe's favorite attacks is to transform an opponent into a game animal of some kind and than use his fox-fire to cook it alive. One especially memorable scene has him turning Kurama into an ostrich. The next thing we see is one of Nanami's classmates informing her that there is an ostrich being chased by a fireball down the hall.
136	** He earlier did the same thing (except the ForcedTransformation is a fish this time) to one of Himemiko's attendants after he insults and threatens Nanami.
137	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Both the Dragon King's Eye being in Nanami's body and her resemblance to Yukiji hint at the fact that Nanami is related to Yukiji.]]
138	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Izanami, ruler of [[TheUnderworld Yomi-no-kuni]], takes the form of [[TheRival Kayako]] before Nanami since her own form rotted away long ago.
139	* FreeFallRomance: Tomoe [[spoiler: accidentally drops Nanami from the top of a skyscraper, then immediately jumps too, to save her. Subverted because she had just confessed she liked him and he told her he would never return her feelings, then hefts her up for a walk along the railing to "cool her head". Ouch. She tearfully reproaches him and he's shocked to realize that maybe he ''does'' care about her, just a little. For [[DefrostingTheIceQueen Tomoe]] this is a shock. Hence the dropping.]]
140	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Nanami is trying to explain to Tomoe why Mizuki is now one of her familiars, if you look in the background Sukuna is being beat up by his wife. Kinda makes you wonder why he thought he could take Tomoe on.
141	* FuroScene: Tomoe in chapter 42.
142	* TheGamblingAddict: Nanami's father. The whole plot kick-starts when he skips town, leaving Nanami behind with his debts.
143	* GenderBender: Tomoe has posed as Nanami a couple of times. Once to cover for her at school because she is sick in bed and another time because she was attending the God Summit. [[ShapeshiftingSeducer One time though....]]
144	* GenderBlenderName: Both Tomoe and Mizuki are male but have female names. The status of Tomoe's name gets lampshaded in the first episode:
145	--> '''Mikage:''' Tomoe is bound to jump-kick me the moment I show my face. [[note]]This is not an exaggeration.[[/note]]
146	--> '''Nanami (thinking to herself):''' Tomoe, is that his wife?
147	** And after they meet:
148	-->'''Nanami (thinking to herself, again):''' Wait!?! Tomoe is a guy? He's gorgeous!
149	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler: Nanami towards Kayako when the later almost succumbs to her EnemyWithout.]]
150	* GilliganCut: A classmate asks Isobe if he bullies Nanami because he likes her. Isobe denies this, but then Tomoe enters in Nanami's form, oozing that special allure that only kitsune seem to have. Isobe is floored by her sudden attractiveness.
151	* GotOverRapeInstantly: After Mizuki tries to rape Nanami, she instantly lets it slide, invites Muzuki into her home to be her companion, and never brings up the matter again.
152	* GreenEyedEpiphany[=/=]GreenEyedMonster: Tomoe tends to be very condescending and rude to Nanami. But should any other man so much as talk to her he flips his lid. A prime example happens in an ice cream parlor where Isobe is mocking her poverty and belittling her. Cue a little panel labeled 'Tomoe Vision' full of hearts and Nanami and Isobe flirting with each other, followed by a picture of Tomoe practically seething. Also, during the beach arc, Mizuki takes full advantage of Tomoe's reluctance to go into the ocean...
153	* HappinessInSlavery: Mizuki to [[spoiler: Nanami. Tomoe also eventually becomes this, though he would never admit it]].
154	* HeelRealization: While carrying out the HoneyTrap below [[spoiler:Jirou's]] actions causes Tomoe to admit what an asshole he's been to Nanami.
155	-->"Hey, be a man and just admit it if you love her. Looking at you is like looking in a mirror, and it's seriously irritating."
156	* HellishPupils: Tomoe has violet cat-like eyes. Mizuki has green snake-like eyes. A few other demons we see also have them.
157	* HoneyTrap: When the original plan [[spoiler: to get Jirou really drunk so that his wards are weakened]] fails, Tomoe [[spoiler: turns into Nanami and starts seducing him. Since Jirou is attracted to Nanami and very much in denial about it, it works magnificently]].
158	* HoldingHands: Nanami and Tomoe do this at the end of chapter 16.
159	** Nanami forces Tomoe and Mizuki to do this until they can learn to get along in chapter 25 with often hilarious, sometimes heartwarming results.
160	** She later ''threatens'' Tomoe with this as an alternative to things he's unwilling to do.
161	* HornedHumanoid: Akura-Ou original body is mostly human, if not for a pair of horns (and pointy ears).
162	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Tomoe is sarcastic, rude and highly critical of just about anything Nanami does. But should anyone else insult her and/or criticize her he is quick to come to her defense.
163	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Tomoe is head taller than Nanami.
164	** And then there is Jirou almost literally towering over Nanami.
165	* HumansThroughAlienEyes: It is usually played for laughs but Tomoe honestly doesn't seem to understand human emotions a lot of times. In fact, Kurama flat out tells him this and more specifically that "He doesn't get girls Nanami's age." Mizuki is pretty much in the same boat, at least when it comes to modern human world.
166	* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler: Tomoe against Ikusagami]].
167	* [[spoiler: IdenticalGrandson: From the start we saw that Nanami looked a lot like Yukiji. Eventually we learn the reason for that resemblance is because Nanami is Yukiji's direct descendant. In Tomoe's memories the resemblance is particularly strong, because Nanami ended up posing as Yukiji.]]
168	* IdolSinger: Kurama's current day job.
169	* IKissYourHand: [[spoiler: Tomoe does this for Nanami when she suffers from stage fright]].
170	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Tomoe frequently thrills the in-world female population and real-world fangirls with his collection of elaborate kimonos and fans, even getting flattering comments about them at times. Nanami also occasionally breaks out her traditional Japanese clothing for festivals and special events. And Kurama is always punk-rocker chic.
171	* IndirectKiss: Tomoe inadvertently does this by drinking from Nanami's sake cup, not realizing how intimate the gesture is.
172	* InterspeciesRomance: Tomoe and Nanami is the main focus, but there are various others, most notably Himemiko and Kotarou. However, this is considered a taboo in-universe.
173	* InstantFanclub: Kurama gets one the moment that he starts attending Nanami's school. [[spoiler: So does Tomoe]].
174	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A variation of this. When it looks like [[spoiler: Tomoe doesn't want to renew his familiar contract, Nanami]] is ready to let [[spoiler: him]] go.
175	* JerkAss: Tomoe immediately springs to mind, being brash, rude and downright hostile most of the time, often for slightest or no reason at all.
176	** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite all of this, he still deeply cares for Nanami and keeping her happy, even if never admitting it and keeping his ServileSnarker shtick.
177	* JerkassHasAPoint: Tomoe is an asshole towards Nanami most of the time, but a lot of the advice he gives her is pretty sound. Too bad she doesn't listen too good, or at all.
178	* {{Joshikousei}}: Nanami and Ami.
179	* KidWithTheLeash: Tomoe is a powerful and ruthless demon, but thanks to the familiar contract if Nanami gives him an order he must obey it. He chafes at this restriction regularly, while she just as often forgets about his LiteralGenie restrains.
180	* KnightOfCerebus: The series is very much light-hearted and idealistic but whenever Akura-Ou shows up things get much more serious and people start dying bloody and violent deaths.
181	* LadykillerInLove: Kurama and eventually [[spoiler: Tomoe]].
182	* LapPillow: The old Tanuki-woman Mizutame does this for [[spoiler: Tomoe after he drinks himself into a stupor. He allowed her to escape from Akura-Ou in the past]].
183	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Justified since it is revealed that [[spoiler: Mikage made Tomoe forget his relationship with Yukiji]].
184	* LazyBum: Mizuki, according to Tomoe. This is somewhat hypocritical as Tomoe is not exactly adverse to taking it easy himself when given an opportunity; the first episode had him abandon the shrine and head to the RedLightDistrict rather than deal with Nanami.
185	* LeanAndMean: Ikusagami, Akura-Ou and [[spoiler: Kirihito]] are respectively a war god, a demon king and [[spoiler: a boy currently possessed by Akura-Ou]]. What they share in common is excessive pride, being pricks to people around them and being almost bean-pole thin.
186	* LegFocus: Nanami's school uniforms and even her street clothes show off the maximum amount of stems. The catfish princess qualifies too, in her human form.
187	* LemonyNarrator: The anime has one during recaps, performed by Kotetsu and Onikiri.
188	* LiteralGenie: One of the sources of humour. Nanami often forgets about her contract with Tomoe. So he ends up doing tasks she just mentions off-hand and without really meaning it due to his familiar's obligations, much to her confusion when he's done.
189	* LittleBitBeastly: Tomoe, Kurama and a few others.
190	* LivingShadow: Kuromaro is depicted as this in both the flashbacks and in brief glimpses Nanami sees of him [[spoiler: to begin with. When she finally meets him face to face he is revealed to be just as pretty as the rest of the male main cast.]]
191	* LocationThemeNaming: Three guesses as to which mountain Kurama was born on.
192	* TheLoinsSleepTonight: While Nanami is off to the god summit with Mizuki, Tomoe seizes the opportunity to visit the yokai version of a RedLightDistrict. Despite his popularity with the Tanuki-girls, once there he finds his heart isn't in it and simply drinks until he falls asleep.
193	* LoveAtFirstSight: [[spoiler: Tomoe tells Yukiji, actually Nanami disguised as Yukiji, that he fell in love with her the moment he first laid eyes on her back when Akura-Ou razed her village. It's subverted though since he's confusing Nanami with Yukiji, it was Nanami possessing Yukiji's body when she and Tomoe first met and Yukiji hates yokai with a passion and was very much in love with her human husband.]]
194	* LoveGoddess: Mikage was a god of matchmaking, so presumably Nanami is as well.
195	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Tomoe in his wild fox persona.
196	* LoveHurts: Nanami after [[spoiler: Tomoe rejects her]].
197	* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Jirou]] thanks to [[spoiler: Nanami]].
198	** [[spoiler: Turns out Nanami, not Yukiji, did it to Tomoe in the past.]]
199	* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: One gets introduced with the time travel arc; Tomoe, Nanami and Yukiji.]]
200	** However it turns out it's actually a [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle bit more complicated than that.]]
201	* MagicContractRomance: Tomoe and Nanami, of course.
202	* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Tomoe express this fear at the end of chapter 16, although it is of the non-sexual variety. Later, [[spoiler: Mikage tells Nanami that he sent her to Tomoe precisely because he hoped that she might be able to help Tomoe overcome it]].
203	* MarsNeedsWomen: Tomoe constantly berates Nanami for her human weaknesses, but of course he ends up falling for her anyway. Nanami also becomes the lustful target of a few other yokai, most notably Mizuki.
204	* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Tomoe, though later on he [[spoiler: accuses Nanami of this]].
205	* TheMatchmaker: Mikage's divine specialty is matchmaking and Nanami's attempts to do this make up the plot for several story arcs.
206	* MayflyDecemberRomance: The reason why [[spoiler: love between humans and yokai is forbidden. Made worse by the fact that when yokai do fall in love, they love very strongly and even long after their partner died]].
207	* MirrorCharacter: Despite their different personalities and backgrounds Tomoe and Nanami share more than a few similarities. They both have lost a loved one that they deeply cared about; both were abandoned by someone they trusted; both have pretty bad tempers; both speak their mind no matter what the situation calls for; and finally, both have a rebellious streak in them and don't behave like society expects them to. Also, both Tomoe and Nanami are looked down upon for their rank. Nanami is looked down upon for being a mere human trying to live up to land god status, and Tomoe is (somewhat more understandably) looked down upon for his jaded past as a wild-fox-yokai-turned-divine-familiar.
208	* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler: Tomoe mistook Nanami for Yukiji in the past mainly because Nanami doesn't know the meaning of the phrase "do not interfere."]]
209	* MistressAndServantBoy: Nanami and Tomoe, although he is much older and more powerful than her, she can bend him to her will thanks to the familiar contract.
210	* MonsterRoommate: Nanami is an ordinary human teenager who ends moving in with a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]] and a pair of shrine spirits.
211	* MoralityPet: Nanami, to virtually everyone who initially meant her harm. Examples include: [[spoiler: Tomoe, Jirou, Kurama, the Dragon King and Mizuki. Even Akura-ou's present incarnation appears to be softening towards her.]]
212	* MrViceGuy: What does Tomoe do after first meeting Nanami and getting pissed with her? He heads to the demonic RedLightDistrict. Judging from the way the geishas treat him he goes there quite often. [[HilarityEnsues Then Nanami follows him.]]
213	** Tomoe can also be seen smoking from a pipe on occasion, including on school grounds. He's pretty loose with the booze, too, at one time going through eight bottles of sake on his own. In one instance, he takes a cup of sake from Nanami because she's underage and drinks it himself. He's utterly clueless as to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace why everyone is so shocked.]]
214	* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: Tomoe and Mizuki wind up revealing their true natures to one of Nanami's classmates. They also tell her about Kurama; he immediately denies that he is anything but an ordinary human in a way that is not really convincing at all. It doesn't look like she bought it either.
215	* MysticalWhiteHair: Both Tomoe and Mizuki have white hair despite their youthful appearance and it is clue to the fact neither one of them is human.
216	* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler: Tomoe, in the distant past, to Nanami, after rescuing her from Kirakaburi.]]
217	* NobleDemon: Tomoe used to be this, when he [[spoiler: was still following Akura-Ou/the Evil King]].
218	* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Tomoe and Mizuki. Mizuki, while a little on the naive side when it comes to human culture, is generally polite and treats other people with respect. Tomoe is confrontational asshole that likes booze and trips to the RedLightDistrict.
219	* NonActionGuy: Mizuki seems to be stronger than a human, but so far he hasn't shown any real fighting skill and is so clueless and naive he generally acts like a goofy, lovable baby most of the time. And since a tengu's powers are derived from the mountain he was born on and Kurama as spent the last 17 years living among humans, he is very close to this, too.
220	* NoSell: [[spoiler: Kayako Hiragi]] tries to force Tomoe to become her familiar by forcibly kissing him, but since he is already bound to Nanami, he just wipes his mouth and proceeds to mock her. His later, uncharacteristically open-hearted explanation to Nanami induced a near-audible squee of delight from fangirls and a FacePalm moment for him.
221	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Tomoe often is like this in regards to Nanami, much to her embarrassment. However, [[spoiler: once he learns that she loves him, he stops for a while]], only to fall back into the habit again. When he finally [[spoiler: starts noticing that he returns her feelings after all]], he goes back to being hesitant about behaving in this manner.
222	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Nanami directly invokes this after Narukami takes over the shrine, saying that she and Tomoe are like family because they have been thrown from the same house.
223	* NoWomansLand: Women are forbidden to enter Kurama Mountain. In case you couldn't guess what happens from the entries above Nanami enters it anyway.
224	* OhCrap:
225	** Nanami gets a moment of utter terror when Tomoe sees mistakes her for Mikage and charges at her.
226	** Tomoe's response to being made Nanami's familiar? Screaming ''Crap!'' at the top of his lungs.
227	** Kurama has this reaction when Tomoe reveals just how powerful he is after Kurama announces his intention to usurp Nanami's position as the Land God.
228	** [[spoiler: Mizuki]] when Tomoe interrupts the ShotgunWedding.
229	** [[spoiler: Tomoe after being wounded by Ikusagami in the past.]]
230	* OneHeadTaller: Tomoe and Nanami, Mizuki and Nanami, Kurama and Nanami...are we sensing a pattern here?
231	* OppositesAttract: Nanami and Tomoe romance circles around how much different they are in just about every possible aspect, yet they find each other attractive. At least when they aren't [[BelligerentSexualTension busy fighting]].
232	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Nanami is a dirt-poor example.
233	* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: It involves dream-like trance and puts [[TemporalSickness massive strain]] on the time traveller, until their body eventually freezes in paralysis and they are send back to present.
234	* PaperTalisman: Nanami's main weapon. However, she cannot cause effects with them that exceed her own power and it's implied few times their efficiency is directly related with [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve her own confidence in their power]].
235	* ParentalAbandonment: Nanami. Her father skips town only a few minutes ahead of the debt collectors and he doesn't seem to care what happens to her as a result. Also, her mother died when she was young.
236	* PhysicalGod: Mikage and Nanami. Later Nanami gets called to a God Summit and we get to meet a few more of them. Then later in the story we get to meet Fallen Gods, beings who retain their godlike power but are more demonic in nature.
237	* PrettyBoy: It is a [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo series]] after all. Both Tomoe, and especially Kurama, are so pretty it hurts, getting swarmed by every teenage girl that isn't Nanami whenever they appear in public. Up to to the point Kumara build a successful music career as a teen idol on his pretty face alone.
238	** Mizuki isn't exactly ugly either, but he rarely interacts with mortals.
239	** On the villains' side you have Kirihito, who despite his doom and gloom, still attracts (unwanted) female interest.
240	* PrettyButterflies: Mikage is associated with butterflies and can even turn into one.
241	* PiggybackCute: Tomoe begrudgingly does this for Nanami in chapter 60 after she gets drunk.
242	* PlayingWithFire: Tomoe's favorite magical weapon is his fox-fire and given his willingness to use it in any-and-all circumstances, and his sadistic glee when doing so, is almost enough to label him a pyromaniac.
243	* PluckyGirl: Nanami, probably her biggest defining character trait. She likes making people happy and nothing ever seems to get her down. Considering her childhood, it borders on {{Pollyanna}}.
244	* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler: Mikage]] did this to [[spoiler: Tomoe]] when he became a [[spoiler: familiar]], but it is later lifted with [[spoiler: the Luck Mallet to beat Ikusagami]]. Also, Kurama's powers in the human world are very weak, because a tengu's powers are derived from the mountain they were born on.
245	* RagsToRiches: Yukiji used to be an ordinary farm girl until she was adopted into a well-off family following a traumatic incident. Nanami counts too, though it is more of a case of Rags to Godhood. In fact, RagsToRiches is used as a cover story by Nanami to explain the fact that she actually has money now and why Tomoe follows her everywhere.
246	* Really700YearsOld: Tomoe looks to be in his late teens, early twenties, despite the fact he is over five centuries old at least. Mizuki also counts, so does Mikage (looks like a middle-aged man despite haven been around for a few centuries).
247	** In short, if they aren't human, they are this.
248	* RearrangeTheSong: The ending theme for episode 10 is remixed and sung by Kurama. Justified as the last scene of the episode is him singing at a KaraokeBox.
249	* RedLightDistrict: Tomoe frequently goes there in the early parts of the story.
250	* RedOniBlueOni: Nanami is red; passionate, energetic, frequently acts on impulse, very extroverted. Tomoe is blue; very proud along with being much more calm, intellectual and tends to ''think'' before acting.
251	* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: [[spoiler: Nanami does this for Kirihito.]]
252	** [[spoiler: Tomoe does this for Nanami, risking imprisonment by the gods of Izumo in the process.]]
253	* RestrainingBolt: How the familiar contract works when Nanami orders Tomoe to stop doing something, especially killing people.
254	* [[RetiredMonster Semi-Retired Monster]]: Tomoe was pretty much the exact opposite of a saint before Mikage recruited him to be his familiar. And he still isn't exactly a nice guy centuries later.
255	* TheRival: Kayako Hiiragi is also a teenage girl blessed with a god's powers and is determined to surpass Nanami.
256	* RivalsTeamup: Kayako and Nanami, Tomoe and Mizuki, Tomoe and Kurama, etc... Rest assured if a character is a rival to the two protagonists sooner or later they will team up.
257	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Tomoe, whenever someone hurts or kidnaps Nanami. And depending on situation, it is often done for purely comedic purposes.
258	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Tomoe is more intelligent, pragmatic, realistic and laid-back than Nanami. He is also more powerful than her but thanks to the familiar contract she literally drags him along on multiple ocassions, like going to the amusement park.
259	* SecretTestOfCharacter: It turns out, that [[spoiler: Tomoe declaring his love for Nanami and wanting to elope with her was all just a dream created by Otohiko, which was supposed to test if she was suitable to be a landgod.]]
260	* SensitiveGuyandManlyMan: Mizuki and Tomoe. Although Tomoe has been shown to be both.
261	* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Jirou, ohhh boy, are you in trouble.
262	* {{Shapeshifter}}
263	** ShapeshiftingSeducer: Tomoe is more than capable of doing this and has actually done it once that we know of. Remember, the guy is a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]].
264	*** Oddly enough, while disguising himself as Nanami, Tomoe has a habit of increasing her bust size. When confronted about this by Kurama, Tomoe claims that his version is accurate and that Nanami is "fleshier than she looks". Make of that what you will.
265	* SheCleansUpNicely: Tomoe's reaction to Nanami after Himemiko lends her one of her kimonos.
266	* ShockAndAwe: Narukami's power eventually grow in this direction.
267	* ShoujoDemographic: Of the "[[InterspeciesRomance girl meets a cute yokai and they fall for each other]]" subgenre, significantly playing up the comedic ''and'' cute aspects of their romance.
268	* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler: Mizuki]] tries to do this to Nanami. Considering what Tomoe's likely reaction was going to be, this is probably not the smartest thing he has ever done.
269	** Himemiko is subjected to this too.
270	* ShoutOut: The English book Tomoe is reading in class is ''A Study in Scarlet'' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; otherwise known as the first Franchise/SherlockHolmes story.
271	* ShrinesAndTemples: Nanami lives in one and later [[spoiler: she visits Okuninushi's shrine to attend the god summit]].
272	* SingleSexOffspring: Nanami's family only gives birth to girls, and only a single girl each generation due to a curse/blessing that started from Yukiji that can only end when [[spoiler: a girl of their line and Tomoe fall in love again]]. This makes the finale even more significant when it shows the child Nanami has is a boy, indicating that the curse's conditions have been fulfilled.
273	* SingleTargetSexuality: Toyed around with. [[spoiler: Nanami is the only woman Tomoe has ever really loved but he ended up confusing Nanami and Yukiji five hundred years ago; largely because Nanami was masquerading as Yukiji half the the damn time in the past.]]
274	* SkilledButNaive: Mizuki has quite a few magical tricks up his sleeve but as Tomoe puts it, he grew up in a glass house and has no idea about how the world really works.
275	* SlasherSmile: Akura-Ou has a rather impressive one. Tomoe does it too on occasion and not just for ComedicSociopathy.
276	* SnakesAreSexy: If you have any doubts take a look at Mizuki.
277	* TheSocialDarwinist: Jirou and his obsession with "staying strong".
278	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Manga/InuYasha''. Both series' plots, along both series' male and female leads have a lot in common.
279	* SpoilerOpening: The show's intro rather prominently features Kurama, Mizuki, Otohiko and Sukuna before any of them show up. Also all of them had very antagonistic first meetings with Nanami but the opening shows them in friendly group shot which kind of spoils the fact that none of them remain enemies for more than one episode or so. The ending credits also spoil the fact that Kurama isn't a human teen popstar but is actually a Tengu, that Mizuki can shapeshift into a white snake and what Tomoe looked like before he joined up with Mikage.
280	* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: Nanami is the one who rescued a wounded Tomoe from the riverbank five hundred years ago, not Yukiji. In fact, Nanami is the reason Tomoe starts to fall in love with Yukiji in the first place since she makes the local kid promise to tell Tomoe it was Yukiji who saved him and Tomoe confuses Nanami with Yukiji.]]
281	** [[spoiler: She also runs into a past version of Mikage and tells him about her experiences with Tomoe, setting that portion of the plot in motion too.]]
282	** For bonus points [[spoiler: If Nanami hadn't interfered not only during the main arc, but in her attempt to get Sukuna's eye back ''she wouldn't have been born in the first place''.]]
283	* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: Tomoe, to Nanami/Yukiji in the past, though he refuses to admit that his feelings are romantic.]]
284	* StarcrossedLovers: Tomoe's view on human/yokai relationships.
285	* StealthMentor: [[spoiler: Otohiko to Nanami, during the contest with Kayako]].
286	* StraightEdgeEvil: Jirou, who denounces any vices. But it's also related to his [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny main weakness]].
287	* SuperToughness: Yokai and Kami can take more damage than humans can, a fact that Tomoe brings up on multiple occasions.
288	* SupportingHarem: [[spoiler: Mizuki, Kurama and Jirou.]] Nanami's own little ménage à trois.
289	** [[spoiler:Kurama]] is eventually moving out of the harem.
290	* TemporalSickness: The longer someone stays in the past thanks to Mizuki's artifact the more of a toll it takes upon their body. Naturally, Nanami pushes this to the limit.
291	* TheTease: Tomoe is not wholly unaware of his attractiveness and can be quite pragmatic about employing both his looks and his charms when it suits him.[[spoiler: To prove a point, he acts like this towards Nanami in chapter 47. She is not pleased, to say the least]].
292	* ThatWasNotADream: The first couple of episodes have a RunningGag where Nanami goes to sleep in the shrine, wakes up and monologues about how she dreamed the supernatural events that just happened. Then she sees Kotetsu and Onikiri kneeling at the foot of her bed.
293	* TimeTravel: Mizuki has a magical artifact that can send people back in time.
294	* TimeTravelRomance: [[spoiler: Played with. Nanami travels back in time to save Tomoe from a curse and ends up causing Past-Tomoe to fall for Yukiji, ultimately [[StableTimeLoop leading to the very curse she was trying to prevent]], but fortunately also creating a loophole against it.]]
295	* TogetherInDeath: Yukiji is reunited with her beloved husband, who was killed in a youkai attack, when she dies giving birth to their daughter.
296	* TookALevelInBadass: Nanami in the first few chapters mainly has to rely on Tomoe to save her when she gets into trouble, but eventually manages to solve her own problems and fight her own battles.
297	* TookALevelInKindness: Tomoe. Twice, in fact, since his past self was an arrogant asshole of such grand proportions the modern JerkAss version looks nice and friendly by comparison.
298	-->'''Tomeo:''' (rubbing his hand on [[PhysicalGod Mikage's]] kimono) A human touched me earlier.
299	-->'''Mikage:''' (DumbStruck) I'm not a hand towel, you know.
300	* TroubledButCute: Tomoe is a {{Bishounen}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a DarkAndTroubledPast.
301	* TrueLoveIsBoring: Defied and parodied, if not outright ''mocked'' in the first OVA. [[spoiler: The set up has Nanami convinced Tomoe not only doesn't love her, but he has an ongoing relationship with a geisha. Turns out he was just getting pears for the tart Nanami asked for the other day (and forget) and the whole thing was caused by getting wrong ideas based on overhearing a homonym]].
302	* {{Tsundere}}: Tomoe is a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold ass]] towards both towards Nanami and Mikage 90% of the time but there are several moments were he shows that he really does care for them and that he can be kind when he wants to.
303	** Nanami is the exact opposite. Normally she is very sweet and caring, but piss her off and the claws ''will'' come out.
304	* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Past Tomoe has fallen for Yukiji, but in actuality he has fallen for Nanami disguised as Yukiji. Nanami loves Tomoe, but hasn't gotten around to telling him that he had fallen in love with her disguised as Yukiji. Meanwhile, Yukiji hates Yokai with a passion and would probably try to kill Tomoe if he appeared before her.]]
305	* TheUnderworld: Yomi-no-kuni
306	* UndyingLoyalty: Tomoe. [[spoiler: He dooms himself to literally die of a broken heart after entering into a contract with a fallen god for the sake of his love for a human girl, whereby becoming human himself so that he can die when she dies. It all goes wrong of course, as he does not become human but is dying anyway when Mikage finds him wandering in the woods]]. Mizuki displays this too, especially after [[spoiler: Mikage returns to the shrine to say good-bye to a dying Tomoe. Mizuki refuses to acknowledge anyone but Nanami as the land god, but begs Mikage to save Tomoe's life despite the fact that the two normally fight like cats and dogs]].
307	* UnusualEars: Tomoe has fox ears. A lot of gods and demons also seem to have elven-looking ears, and the Dragon King sports a fin-like pair.
308	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Averted. It's a big event when [[ItMakesSenseInContext an ostrich is being chased by a ball of fire in the school. ]]
309	** Gets averted again when Tomoe follows Nanami into town to look for the kid that Himemiko has a crush on...without bothering to disguise his LittleBitBeastly true form. Just about everybody on the streets stops and stares at him.
310	* UrbanFantasy: The story takes place in modern day Japan, with gods, demons, spirits and fantastical creatures roaming around and all the baggage it brings.
311	* VainSorceress: Narukami is a goddess but otherwise she fits this perfectly. Kayako is a lot like this, too.
312	* VillainousBreakdown: Kayako has a good one after [[spoiler: Kirihito kicks her to the curb.]]
313	** Furball has one when, after killing and eating several people to gain strength, Akura-Ou tells him that he still isn't impressed with him and to go away.
314	* VillainousBSOD: Akura-Ou goes into shock and then into depression when [[spoiler: Tomoe tells him that he wants to become human and live with a human woman for the rest of his life.]]
315	* VitriolicBestBuds: Pretty accurate description of Tomoe's relationships with and Mizuki and Kurama. Tomoe has a habit of winding up as VitriolicBestBuds with everybody, assuming they don't kill him.
316	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Tomoe is capable of disguising himself as an ordinary human and even shapeshifting into [[GenderBender ''Nanami''.]]
317	** Mamoru, Nanami's monkey shikigami, can become a cute little boy at will.
318	** Mizuki can turn into a snake.
319	* WarGod: Ikusagami
320	* TheWorseningCurseMark: [[spoiler: After he regains his memories of his lost love, Tomoe collapses and these start appearing all over his body.]]
321	* WeakButSkilled: Nanami eventually becomes this.
322	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[spoiler: Tomoe seems to have had quite a bit of trouble with the concept in the past.]]
323	* WingedHumanoid: Kurama, Jirou, pretty much every other Tengu. Kurama even uses it as part of his IdolSinger schtick, were he pretends to be a fallen angel from Heaven.
324	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Tomoe in his early days as a super powerful, super badass wild fox yokai. Okay, maybe for him it was white hair, dark gray heart...
325	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler: Tomoe gives a speech of this type to Nanami before she dances the Kagura]].
326	* {{Youkai}}: Numerous examples in the series.
327	* YouAreNotAlone: Mikage gently reminds Nanami of this when her friends rally to support her efforts in recent chapters.
328	* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Akura-Ou inherits the retinue of the Mountain King after he kills said king.
329	* YouSexyBeast: The premise of the main romance.
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