Monday, April 24, 2017

A to Z Challenge 2017 -- Tomoe, Takigawa Houshou #atozchallenge

Who wouldn't want a beautiful fox demon as your servant? A handsome and powerful fox that caters to your every whim.  In Kamisama Kiss, Tomoe was once a wild fox that became a familiar to Mikage, the Land God.

But that is not where the story begins. It begins with a homeless girl receiving the powers from Mikage (mee-kah-jay) and the chaos that ensues from a mortal becoming a land God.  Tomoe (toe-moe-ay) hates the thought of a human at the shrine but Nanami (nah-nah-mee) takes no bull and forced him back into servitude with a kiss.

The rest of the series has a bit of a reverse haremish group of gorgeous and handsome demons with a back story of hundreds of years and a complex timeline I will not even try to explain. There are misadventures with gods, sea creatures, tengu, and other various immortal beings.

Tomoe has the ability to come off as hateful and cold, arrogant, prideful, and elegant, but he has his moments of childish jealousy and other moments where you can see the hurt, vulnerability, and soft heart he hides away from prying eyes.

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Takigawa Houshou is the guitar-wielding monk of Ghost Hunt. He left his temple home to be a bassist in a band before going back to become a full time monk.  He uses his spiritual powers as a side gig to help people.

Characterwise, he is laid back but can be serious when needed.

We first meet him as he was hired by Mai's school to exorcise the spirits along with Naru, Lin, Ayako, Masako, Father John Brown. He becomes one of the regulars of SPR (Shibuya Pyschic Research.

As a monk, he is strong and can lead the group when Naru is incapacitated. 

8 comments:

  1. Kamisama Kiss sounds fun! I do love anime that are based on Japanese folklore and mythology.

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    1. it's a great show. the manga is epic. it's a time-twisting complex tale that sorta gives you whiplash when everything comes to a head. i still haven't read the latest volume because i have to prepare for it.

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  2. "A beautiful fox demon?" Sounds intriguing.

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    1. he is beautiful. in my top five of favorites.

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  3. Fox demons and guitar-playing monks. Now there's a combination! It's like random word soup. But I love the fox ears. Reminds me of an app my daughter has that puts different animal features on a live image of her face.

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    1. i know snapchat does that and other things.

      it really is word soup. anime is a vast sea of different genres.

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  4. A guitar playing monk. I like it. And Kamisama Kiss sounds pretty epic.

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    1. bou-san is an awesome character. he is rather powerful too. you get to see it in one of the final story arcs of the series.

      Kamisama kiss is epic. i hope they produce the whole manga series in anime. i would love to see it entirely in anime form. they've only animatd up to volume 11. the newest volume is 24 on preorder in america.

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