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Review of Noragami 3 by Adachitoka

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Synopsis:
FIGHTING THE BLIGHT After the near disaster with Bishamon, Yato takes Yukine and retreats. Hiyori finds Yato in bad shape as his blight reaches a critical level. Yukine continues to torture his master with his bad behavior, causing the blight to worsen and even threaten the god’s life. Hiyori tries to desperately find someone to help Yato. Can any of Yato’s few friends save him? Does the stray god even have friends?

Review:
This is where we begin to see how even though Yato claims not to care about people, he desperately is trying to save those he can. He understands how Yukine likely is feeling, even though he hasn’t communicated it, and instead takes endless blight until he no longer can function. It was very interesting seeing Hiyori do her best to try to convince people to save Yato. In many ways, Hiyori feeling bad for Yukine is part of why Yukine was allowed to behave in such a way for so long; she both humanized him but didn’t take into account the bad parts of humanity that teens often slip into.

Star rating: ✯✯✯✯✯

Review of Noragami 2 by Adachitoka

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Synopsis:
FORTUNE BE WITH YOU A run-in with Yato the stray god has turned Hiyori Iki, an ordinary, pro-wrestling-loving middle school girl, into an existence that is neither human nor ayakashi! It’s up to Yato’s “divine intervention” to turn Hiyori back to normal, but can Hiyori rely on the spontaneous and wayward Yato to do his job properly? What’s more, the almighty warrior god Bishamonten has sworn revenge on Yato!

Review:
Hiyori is an awesome character and you cannot help but love her! While she’s stuck in a precarious state, Yato does agree to help her. We begin to see (what was clearly already apparently) many ways in which Yato has made himself unmarketable. The ayakashi become more apparent as a problem for both Yato and Hiyori in this book, because she must protect herself/her tail! Bishamon is intimidating, in part because of what she wears–though I do not think that gives license for Yato to call her names.

Star rating: ✯✯✯✯✯

Review of Noragami 1 by Adachitoka

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Synopsis:
DIVINE INTERVENTION FOR SALE Yato is a homeless god. He doesn’t even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he’s set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he’ll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams. Of course, he can’t afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school. 

Review:
It’s a great start to a great series, getting to know Yato and see the type of person he is. He wants a temple, but he is willing to do anything to help people. While he tries to maintain a tough exterior, it’s clear he actually wants to help people and have people appreciate and remember him. While he may appear in inconvenient places, he is endearing.

Most Mangas are quick, easy reads. I honestly forgot how much fun reading comic/picture stories like this could be before I read the Clash book from the review before this. I had been considering reading this series for awhile, and once I started, I couldn’t stop. Once I finished all the books we had already purchased (after my husband and I watched the first season on Netflix around the time of our wedding, we had bought several of these) my husband had been kind enough to order almost all the rest for me! I have finished up to the 9th book, and the rest are in omnibus form.

Star rating: ✯✯✯✯✯