Rating (Out of 5): ~3
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: September 2019
Volumes: 6+
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 demons. 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 has hopes that her time in Kakuriyo will mean more than just toiling to repay her grandfather’s debts. She has a personal mission to find the yokai who kept her from starving when her mother abandoned her. Yet all she has to go on is the memory of a simple white-faced mask. She gets an important clue when a well-fed guest in a similar mask tells her it’s a common souvenir from the southern lands. But how can Aoi investigate further when a lone human in Kakuriyo is sure to become a snack for the first spirit to pass by?
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 demons. 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 has hopes that her time in Kakuriyo will mean more than just toiling to repay her grandfather’s debts. She has a personal mission to find the yokai who kept her from starving when her mother abandoned her. Yet all she has to go on is the memory of a simple white-faced mask. She gets an important clue when a well-fed guest in a similar mask tells her it’s a common souvenir from the southern lands. But how can Aoi investigate further when a lone human in Kakuriyo is sure to become a snack for the first spirit to pass by?
Review:
This series throws me off a lot. For a second it'll feel like we're
getting some progress with the Odanna, and then it'll completely
forget about him for the rest of the volume. Honestly, for a shojo
series with a pretty big romantic main plot point, there's basically
no romance in this series. So little interaction even between the two
main leads, even.
During this volume, mostly Aoi is trying to get some good publicity
for the restaurant, and slowly getting hints toward the mystery
masked yokai that helped her when she was younger.
I just don't really feel much for this series. It's okay, it's not
really memorable. There is basically no romance elements, and even
the main character is kind of boring.
Meh, still.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!
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