Basic Trope: In traditional sense, a girl who tends a (Shinto) shrine and appeases the deities it houses.
- Straight: Himiko, the girl who tends Asamiya, the local Shinto shrine in the neighborhood.
- Exaggerated: The Asamiya is a head shrine dedicated to Amaterasu-ookami, it has thousands of believers, and Himiko is regarded as the head miko and as a living goddess.
- Downplayed:
- The Asamiya is a hokoranote dedicated to Kannon, and Himiko is simply one of the caretakers of the shrine.
- The Asamiya is a minor shrine in a style of Sumiyoshi-zukuri
, with Himiko being the "part-time miko" caretaker.
- Justified: Himiko's family has been tending the Asamiya since the antiquity.
- Inverted:
- Himiko is a kannushi.
- Himiko is a nun.
- Subverted:
- Himiko isn't really a Miko, she's just a Cosplay Otaku Girl.
- Alternatively, "Himiko" turns out to be a very effeminate guy...
- Double Subverted:
- But when she's at home, she's actually a Miko.
- ... who then changes gender and keeps tending the shrine.
- Parodied: Himiko is a Cute Clumsy Girl and she didn't pay attention to her training, so instead of performing a ritual properly, she just does go like "Tori-kami, Tori-kami!" in a begging way.
- Zig Zagged:
- Himiko isn't really a Miko, she's just a Cosplay Otaku Girl. But when she's at home, she's actually a Miko. Except that the "shrine" is a tourist attraction. But then, she is often Not Herself...
- Setting wise, the show isn’t even set in Japan, the producers are just finding the closest thing to compare to Hailey’s relationship with the local Ancient Being.
- Averted: Despite having Shrines and Temples, not a single Miko is in sight. *sigh*
- Enforced: The work panders to Otaku who has Miko fetish.
- Lampshaded: "Magical Shrine Maiden Himiko! With the power of the gods, I shall cleanse thy impurities!"
- Invoked: Bob, visiting a Shinto shrine to find authentic Shrine Maiden "like in those Moe animes".
- Exploited: Himiko has a boring life, and she decides to be a miko and gets training, and she becomes a miko.
- Defied: The chief priest of Asamiya forbids women from tending the shrine.
- Discussed:Bob: Hey, Himiko. How's your job of being a miko?Himiko: Oh, it's great. I get money from selling onuris.Bob: Interesting.
- Deconstructed: Himiko doesn't like being a Shrine Maiden. It's outdated, and most people see her as a weird oracle of some sort.
- Reconstructed: The gods are highly responsive to prayers, so Himiko keeps the job.
- Played For Laughs: Himiko's friend, Ruri, a Cosplay Otaku Girl, tries being a Miko for a week.
- Unintentional Troping: The clash between the old and the new is depicted when Himiko walk the streets of Tokyo in Miko attire.
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