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* {{Bishonen}}: Zheng Yu when in his "young man" form. Kimiko even lampshades it.
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* BareYourMidriff: Fern wears a cut-off tank top that exposes her navel.
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The comic stars a small girl named [[CheerfulChild Kimiko Yoshimori]] moving to the nearby forestland of [[TheLostWoods Morimori]] after her parents' decision to move to the country. Kimiko decides to take advantage of her new surroundings by exploring the forest, her favorite paper lantern to light her way.
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The comic stars a small girl named [[CheerfulChild Kimiko Yoshimori]] moving to the nearby forestland of [[TheLostWoods Morimori]] Morimori after her parents' decision to move to the country. Kimiko decides to take advantage of her new surroundings by exploring the forest, her favorite paper lantern to light her way.
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* TheLostWoods: Morimori.
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* NiceHat: Lily's umbrella top.
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Meanwhile, in the forest lives a two-tailed {{Kitsune}} woman named Kaede Ichikawa, who is rather wary of humans and uses her beauty to mess with them for kicks. However, she ends up meeting Kimiko during her expedition, and ends up playing a game of cat and mouse. Despite their early rivalry, Kaede and Kimiko become friends, and soon start getting into adventures with the local forest guardian [[CoolOldGuy Zheng Yu]] (the titular water dragon) and [[{{Jerkass}} Lily]] (a mean-spirited karakasa).
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Meanwhile, in the forest lives a two-tailed {{Kitsune}} kitsune woman named Kaede Ichikawa, who is rather wary of humans and uses her beauty to mess with them for kicks. However, she ends up meeting Kimiko during her expedition, and ends up playing a game of cat and mouse. Despite their early rivalry, Kaede and Kimiko become friends, and soon start getting into adventures with the local forest guardian [[CoolOldGuy Zheng Yu]] (the titular water dragon) and [[{{Jerkass}} Lily]] (a mean-spirited karakasa).
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* {{Kitsune}}: Kaede is one that has 2 tails, [[spoiler:while Ireiyatsu has 9.]]
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* AdultFear: While Kimiko's parents rarely appear in the comic, the idea of their reaction towards [[spoiler:their daughter being possessed by an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]]]] is pretty frightening.
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* OneHundredEight: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu's]] name translates to this, emphasizing his role as an evil spirit.
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* Mystical108: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu's]] name translates to this, emphasizing his role as an evil spirit.
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* HairDecorations: Kimiko wears white hair tubes on her sidetails.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Fern’s Hanasaku Sword, though it was blessed by Kun Shen and can cut through anything. Momiji’s uchigatana can do the same, however.
* AerithAndBob: Among the cast, we have Kimiko, Kaede, Amazora, Momiji...and Lily. Though this could also be to emphasize her “low-tier youkai” status.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''omiji '''M'''aekawa.
* AllLovingHero: Kimiko. Even ''Ireiyatsu'' has a fragment of her sympathy.
* AllTheOtherReindeer: Lily was singled out by the other forest youkai for only being "a silly hopping umbrella", causing her to become jaded and bitter over bigger, more powerful youkai.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Higanbana, a sex-crazed yuki-onna.
* AllLovingHero: Kimiko. Even ''Ireiyatsu'' has a fragment of her sympathy.
* AllTheOtherReindeer: Lily was singled out by the other forest youkai for only being "a silly hopping umbrella", causing her to become jaded and bitter over bigger, more powerful youkai.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Higanbana, a sex-crazed yuki-onna.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu being sealed in a lantern for all eternity.]]
* AnIcePerson: Higanbana can manipulate snow and ice as a yuki-onna.
* AnimalMotifs: Nezumi is heavily associated with mice, with her odango-style buns resembling mouse ears.
* {{Animesque}}: Even more so than its sister series, ''[[DarthWiki/GenjitsutouhiSeries Genjitsutouhi]]''. ''Nine Tales'' is styled after a Japanese folk tale and uses several ninja anime tropes in it's later stories.
* ArcNumber: The number 9. In the original story, there were nine chapters ("nine tales"), nine different supernatural incidents, [[spoiler:and Ireiyatsu is a nine-tailed fox.]]
* AnIcePerson: Higanbana can manipulate snow and ice as a yuki-onna.
* AnimalMotifs: Nezumi is heavily associated with mice, with her odango-style buns resembling mouse ears.
* {{Animesque}}: Even more so than its sister series, ''[[DarthWiki/GenjitsutouhiSeries Genjitsutouhi]]''. ''Nine Tales'' is styled after a Japanese folk tale and uses several ninja anime tropes in it's later stories.
* ArcNumber: The number 9. In the original story, there were nine chapters ("nine tales"), nine different supernatural incidents, [[spoiler:and Ireiyatsu is a nine-tailed fox.]]
** [[spoiler:In the later stories, Momiji's feelings for Fern enter [[{{Yandere}} Yandere]] territory and he tries to burn the forest down as well as murder Kimiko and Lily.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Fern wears a cut-off tank top that exposes her navel.
* BeneathTheEarth: The Obsidian Mine in ''Kankurezato''.
* {{BFS}}: Momiji's uchigatana.
* BigBad: Ireiyatsu, for the main story.
* BigGood: Zheng Yu.
* BareYourMidriff: Fern wears a cut-off tank top that exposes her navel.
* BeneathTheEarth: The Obsidian Mine in ''Kankurezato''.
* {{BFS}}: Momiji's uchigatana.
* BigBad: Ireiyatsu, for the main story.
* BigGood: Zheng Yu.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Lily, Kaerin, and Kaede become hostile when [[spoiler:Yuureireru's]] spell causes the moon to turn youkai crazy.
* ButtMonkey: Lily.
* CherryBlossoms: The Cherry Blossom Front, a large grove of cherry trees that bloom eternally.
* ButtMonkey: Lily.
* CherryBlossoms: The Cherry Blossom Front, a large grove of cherry trees that bloom eternally.
* CreepyCemetery: The abandoned cemetery near Fern's temple, where Kimiko is spirited away in ''Anreishitsumei'' and [[spoiler:Yuureireru]] puts a spell on the moon in ''Juugoya''.
* DissonantSerenity: Momiji is always calm and smiley, though it’s probably because he’s almost always high. [[spoiler:It makes it that much scarier when he completely breaks down in the climax of his character arc.]]
* TheDitz: Lily to varying degrees.
* EdoPunk
* EldritchAbomination: Ireiyatsu.
* TheDitz: Lily to varying degrees.
* EdoPunk
* EldritchAbomination: Ireiyatsu.
* FieryRedhead: Fern.
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* HairDecorations: Kimiko wears white holders on her sidetails.
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* GigglingVillain: Kirisaku is fond of giggling pleasantly [[spoiler:even as she attempts to eat Kimiko alive.]]
* HairDecorations: Kimiko wears whiteholders hair tubes on her sidetails.sidetails.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each story has the Nine Tales title followed by three things that pertain to the plot.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Momiji eventually attempts to murder Fern for rejecting his feelings.]]
* HairDecorations: Kimiko wears white
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each story has the Nine Tales title followed by three things that pertain to the plot.
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Momiji eventually attempts to murder Fern for rejecting his feelings.]]
* {{Keet}}: Kabanoki.
* KidHero: Kimiko, the protagonist, is only about 9 years old.
* KidHero: Kimiko, the protagonist, is only about 9 years old.
* LadyOfWar: Fern.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu is pure greed and evil, but he takes the form of a huge, almost angelic white and gold kumiho.]]
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu is pure greed and evil, but he takes the form of a huge, almost angelic white and gold kumiho.]]
* {{Lunacy}}: Kimiko and Fern theorized the full moon was what was causing the youkai to go mad in Juugoya, [[spoiler:but it was actually Yuureireru’s spell causing a different reaction in youkai than in ghosts.]]
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: In ''Juugoya''. [[spoiler:Yuureireru’s plan involved extending the night indefinitely over her home to empower the ghosts she controls, but it reached too far and caused youkai to become AxCrazy. Not that she cared, mind you.]]
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: In ''Juugoya''. [[spoiler:Yuureireru’s plan involved extending the night indefinitely over her home to empower the ghosts she controls, but it reached too far and caused youkai to become AxCrazy. Not that she cared, mind you.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Magmarok in ''Kankurezato''. Releasing her to the surface could potentially cause a world-ending supervolcano-nuke because Magmarok loves destruction so much.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: Momiji.
* PurityPersonified: Kimiko.
* ReformedBully: Lily has started to become this after ''Amearare''.
* PurityPersonified: Kimiko.
* ReformedBully: Lily has started to become this after ''Amearare''.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Lily and the Ghost'' for Lily.
* AffablyEvil: The Red Lantern Girl, who is more obnoxious and annoying than actually evil.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Kaede.
* ButtMonkey: Lily, who undergoes a lot of beatings throughout the story. But on the other hand, [[{{Jerkass}}she kind of deserves it.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Kimiko in the Snow'', [[DarthWiki/GenjitsutouhiSeries Quentin]] appears to take Higanbana back home.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Kimiko is the blue to Lily's red, and the red to Kaede's blue.
* ShoutOut:
** Lily screams that the jiangshi attacking them are [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse clods.]]
** Higanbana's introduction resembles the Grudge.
** Kimiko enters a Thriller-like sequence when dancing with the jiangshi.
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** Kimiko's surname has "forest" in it.
** Kaede and
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Lily and the Ghost'' for Lily.
* AffablyEvil: The Red Lantern Girl, who is more obnoxious and annoying than actually evil.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Kaede.
* ButtMonkey: Lily, who undergoes a lot of beatings throughout the story. But on the other hand, [[{{Jerkass}}she kind of deserves it.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Kimiko in the Snow'', [[DarthWiki/GenjitsutouhiSeries Quentin]] appears to take Higanbana back home.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Kimiko is the blue to Lily's red, and the red to Kaede's blue.
* ShoutOut:
** Lily
** Fern is a given, but her real name, Ayame, means "iris flower".
** Kabanoki translates to "cypress".
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Lily in the
** Higanbana's introduction resembles the Grudge.
** Kimiko enters a Thriller-like sequence when dancing with the jiangshi.
* {{Yandere}}: Momiji for Fern.
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A continuation of the comic is planned, known as ''Nine Tales: The Umbrella, the Monster, and the Miko.''
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* ''Nine Tales Sakurazensen: The Sword, the Wind, and the Cherry Tree''
* ''Nine Tales Satoukaede: The River, the Sunset and the Maple Tree''
* ''Nine Tales Anreishitsumei: The Lantern, the Spirit and the Star''
* ''Nine Tales Kankurezato: The Glimmer, the Fire and the Cave''
* ''Nine Tales Amearare: The Umbrella, the
* ''Nine Tales Juugoya: The Moon, the Spell, and the Graveyard''
* ''Nine Tales Taiyousugi: The Bamboo, the Miko and the Taiko Drum''
* ''Nine Tales Chinatsu: The Garden, the Flowers and the Earth Dragon''
* ''Nine Tales Akaneteishi: The Blood, the Orb and the Black Fox''
More stories following the characters are being planned.
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* {{108}}: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu's]] name translates to this, emphasizing his role as an evil spirit.
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* {{108}}: OneHundredEight: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu's]] name translates to this, emphasizing his role as an evil spirit.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot A good chunk of the events in this story never would have happened]] if everyone actually listened to each other.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot A good chunk of the events in this story never would have happened]] happened if everyone actually listened to each other.
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!Tropes related to ''The Umbrella, the Monster, and the Miko'':Miko'':
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Lily and the Ghost'' for Lily.
* AffablyEvil: The Red Lantern Girl, who is more obnoxious and annoying than actually evil.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Kaede.
* ButtMonkey: Lily, who undergoes a lot of beatings throughout the story. But on the other hand, [[{{Jerkass}}she kind of deserves it.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Kimiko in the Snow'', [[DarthWiki/GenjitsutouhiSeries Quentin]] appears to take Higanbana back home.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Kimiko is the blue to Lily's red, and the red to Kaede's blue.
* ShoutOut:
**Lily screams that the jiangshi attacking them are [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse clods.]]
**Higanbana's introduction resembles the Grudge.
**Kimiko enters a Thriller-like sequence when dancing with the jiangshi.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Lily and the Ghost'' for Lily.
* AffablyEvil: The Red Lantern Girl, who is more obnoxious and annoying than actually evil.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Kaede.
* ButtMonkey: Lily, who undergoes a lot of beatings throughout the story. But on the other hand, [[{{Jerkass}}she kind of deserves it.]]
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Kimiko in the Snow'', [[DarthWiki/GenjitsutouhiSeries Quentin]] appears to take Higanbana back home.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Kimiko is the blue to Lily's red, and the red to Kaede's blue.
* ShoutOut:
**Lily screams that the jiangshi attacking them are [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse clods.]]
**Higanbana's introduction resembles the Grudge.
**Kimiko enters a Thriller-like sequence when dancing with the jiangshi.
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* GentleGiant: Zheng Yu is a gigantic, fearsome water-controlling Chinese dragon. He also happens to be the nicest person in all of Morimori next to Kimiko.
* HairDecorations: Kimiko wears white holders on her sidetails.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lily.
* {{Karakasa}}: Lily is a karakasa with a human body, and wears the top part of the umbrella as a hat (it still has a blank eye and long tongue, though, which dangles off the side). However, later it's demonstrated that the top part can cover her entire body and revert her back to umbrella form.
* {{Kitsune}}: Kaede is one that has 2 tails, [[spoiler:while Ireiyatsu has 9.]]
* TheLostWoods: Morimori.
* NiceHat: Lily's umbrella top.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot A good chunk of the events in this story never would have happened]] if everyone actually listened to each other.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The dragons have them.
**In a more frightening example, [[spoiler:Irieyatsu has them, and Kimiko gains them when he possesses her.]]
* HairDecorations: Kimiko wears white holders on her sidetails.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lily.
* {{Karakasa}}: Lily is a karakasa with a human body, and wears the top part of the umbrella as a hat (it still has a blank eye and long tongue, though, which dangles off the side). However, later it's demonstrated that the top part can cover her entire body and revert her back to umbrella form.
* {{Kitsune}}: Kaede is one that has 2 tails, [[spoiler:while Ireiyatsu has 9.]]
* TheLostWoods: Morimori.
* NiceHat: Lily's umbrella top.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot A good chunk of the events in this story never would have happened]] if everyone actually listened to each other.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The dragons have them.
**In a more frightening example, [[spoiler:Irieyatsu has them, and Kimiko gains them when he possesses her.]]
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* {{108}}: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu's]] name translates to this, emphasizing his role as an evil spirit.
* ActionGirl: Kaede and Fern.
* {{Adorkable}}: Kimiko.
**Zheng Yu, especially while in [[CoolOldGuy old man form]].
* AdultFear: While Kimiko's parents rarely appear in the comic, the idea of their reaction towards [[spoiler:their daughter being possessed by an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]]]] is pretty frightening.
* TheAgeless: Kaede and Lily stay at their physical ages of 20 and 14 respectively, being youkai.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Kaede.
* ArcSymbol: [[SealedEvilInACan The lantern.]]
* [[spoiler:ArtifactOfDoom: The lantern.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu, and by extention Kimiko while she's possessed.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Zheng Yu when in his "young man" form. Kimiko even lampshades it.
* CovertPervert: Kaede, and surprisingly, Leng Jing.
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: Kimiko becomes Irieyatsu's vessel more than a few times throughout the story.]]
* FairyTale: The story is written to resemble a Japanese folk tale.
* FantasticNaturePreserve: Morimori.
* GenkiGirl: Kimiko.
* ActionGirl: Kaede and Fern.
* {{Adorkable}}: Kimiko.
**Zheng Yu, especially while in [[CoolOldGuy old man form]].
* AdultFear: While Kimiko's parents rarely appear in the comic, the idea of their reaction towards [[spoiler:their daughter being possessed by an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]]]] is pretty frightening.
* TheAgeless: Kaede and Lily stay at their physical ages of 20 and 14 respectively, being youkai.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Kaede.
* ArcSymbol: [[SealedEvilInACan The lantern.]]
* [[spoiler:ArtifactOfDoom: The lantern.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Ireiyatsu, and by extention Kimiko while she's possessed.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Zheng Yu when in his "young man" form. Kimiko even lampshades it.
* CovertPervert: Kaede, and surprisingly, Leng Jing.
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: Kimiko becomes Irieyatsu's vessel more than a few times throughout the story.]]
* FairyTale: The story is written to resemble a Japanese folk tale.
* FantasticNaturePreserve: Morimori.
* GenkiGirl: Kimiko.
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Meanwhile, in the forest lives a two-tailed {{Kitsune}} woman named Kaede Ichikawa, who is rather wary of humans and uses her beauty to mess with them for kicks. However, she ends up meeting Kimiko during her expedition, and ends up playing a game of cat and mouse. Despite their early rivalry, Kaede and Kimiko become friends, and soon start getting into adventures with the local forest guardian Zheng Yu (the titular water dragon) and Lily (a mean-spirited karakasa).
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Meanwhile, in the forest lives a two-tailed {{Kitsune}} woman named Kaede Ichikawa, who is rather wary of humans and uses her beauty to mess with them for kicks. However, she ends up meeting Kimiko during her expedition, and ends up playing a game of cat and mouse. Despite their early rivalry, Kaede and Kimiko become friends, and soon start getting into adventures with the local forest guardian [[CoolOldGuy Zheng Yu Yu]] (the titular water dragon) and Lily [[{{Jerkass}} Lily]] (a mean-spirited karakasa).
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A continuation of the comic is planned, known as ''Nine Tales: The Umbrella, the Monster, and the Miko.''
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A continuation of the comic is planned, known as ''Nine Tales: The Umbrella, the Monster, and the Miko.''''
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''Nine Tales: The Lantern, the Fox, and the Water Dragon'' is a (eventual) webcomic by Mochagatari, aka [[Tropers/APatchworkScholar A Patchwork Scholar.]]
The comic stars a small girl named [[CheerfulChild Kimiko Yoshimori]] moving to the nearby forestland of [[TheLostWoods Morimori]] after her parents' decision to move to the country. Kimiko decides to take advantage of her new surroundings by exploring the forest, her favorite paper lantern to light her way.
Meanwhile, in the forest lives a two-tailed {{Kitsune}} woman named Kaede Ichikawa, who is rather wary of humans and uses her beauty to mess with them for kicks. However, she ends up meeting Kimiko during her expedition, and ends up playing a game of cat and mouse. Despite their early rivalry, Kaede and Kimiko become friends, and soon start getting into adventures with the local forest guardian Zheng Yu (the titular water dragon) and Lily (a mean-spirited karakasa).
Naturally, it doesn't last, and strange supernatural happenings begin all over Morimori. Most alarmingly, they all point to Kimiko. Kimiko then goes on to learn the history of Morimori and her heritage, and that maybe there's something in her that has yet to be awakened.
A continuation of the comic is planned, known as ''Nine Tales: The Umbrella, the Monster, and the Miko.''
The comic stars a small girl named [[CheerfulChild Kimiko Yoshimori]] moving to the nearby forestland of [[TheLostWoods Morimori]] after her parents' decision to move to the country. Kimiko decides to take advantage of her new surroundings by exploring the forest, her favorite paper lantern to light her way.
Meanwhile, in the forest lives a two-tailed {{Kitsune}} woman named Kaede Ichikawa, who is rather wary of humans and uses her beauty to mess with them for kicks. However, she ends up meeting Kimiko during her expedition, and ends up playing a game of cat and mouse. Despite their early rivalry, Kaede and Kimiko become friends, and soon start getting into adventures with the local forest guardian Zheng Yu (the titular water dragon) and Lily (a mean-spirited karakasa).
Naturally, it doesn't last, and strange supernatural happenings begin all over Morimori. Most alarmingly, they all point to Kimiko. Kimiko then goes on to learn the history of Morimori and her heritage, and that maybe there's something in her that has yet to be awakened.
A continuation of the comic is planned, known as ''Nine Tales: The Umbrella, the Monster, and the Miko.''
