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: ✯✯✯✯✯