Rating (Out of 5): ~3
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: March 2019
Volumes: 5+
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Faced with the choice
of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi
decides to create a third option for herself!
Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather’s ability to see spirits—and his massive debt to them! Now she’s been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill. Her options: marry the head of the inn her grandfather trashed, or get eaten by ayakashi. But Aoi isn’t the type to let spirits push her around, and she’s determined to redeem her grandfather’s IOU on her own terms!
Aoi’s having no luck finding a job at the Tejin-ya inn, but a chance encounter with the tengu Matsuba might give her another option! Her home cooking and kind manner impress the crow demon, and when he finds out why she’s in Kakuriyo, he offers to welcome her into his family as a daughter-in-law to pay off her debt! Can the still unemployed Aoi afford to turn down such a generous offer?
Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather’s ability to see spirits—and his massive debt to them! Now she’s been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill. Her options: marry the head of the inn her grandfather trashed, or get eaten by ayakashi. But Aoi isn’t the type to let spirits push her around, and she’s determined to redeem her grandfather’s IOU on her own terms!
Aoi’s having no luck finding a job at the Tejin-ya inn, but a chance encounter with the tengu Matsuba might give her another option! Her home cooking and kind manner impress the crow demon, and when he finds out why she’s in Kakuriyo, he offers to welcome her into his family as a daughter-in-law to pay off her debt! Can the still unemployed Aoi afford to turn down such a generous offer?
Review:
Aoi's standing at the inn is still very shaky at this point. She's
temporarily staying at the empty building connected to it, of a
recently closed restaurant that didn't work out. Aoi's good at
cooking, but it's questionable whether they need another restaurant.
She refuses to marry the ogre who owns the inn, but she's having a
hard time finding a place to work off the debt.
In this volume, she makes friends with an influential tengu, though
not on purpose. It helps her, at least a little. And when another
girl at the inn attempts to sabotage her, she forms a possible
agreement or even friendship with her, when she tries to help her.
There was an extra story at the end of the volume, and it was sweet.
A nice look at Aoi before all this, her sweet interactions with
yokai, and a peek at her relationship with her grandfather.
I didn't mind the first volume, but I understood some of the comments
during this second one. As the volume kept going, it definitely felt more
one-dimensional to me. The reactions and characters were feeling less
complex, and the relationships and developments weren't really
hitting me. I want to like this a lot more than I currently do, so I
hope it gets better.
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