Manga Review – Kamisama Kiss Vol 1 by Julietta Suzuki (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy/Manga/Shojo
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Release Date: December 7, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1421536385
Stand Alone or Series: 1st volume in the Kamisama Kiss manga series
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 4/5 stars

“Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she’s just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwillingly taken over his job as a local deity!

Nanami has all kinds of new responsibilities she doesn’t understand, dangers she’s unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who’s… actually pretty hot. What’s a new-fledged godling to do?”

There are 25 volumes in the Kamisama Kiss series. This is a shojo manga series. I was a bit worried I wouldn’t like this…that it would be too girly and fluffy for me. However, I ended up really liking it a lot.

Nanami finds herself homeless when her dad takes off fleeing his debt collectors. She ends up helping a young man escape a dog and in return he offers her his house as lodging; he doesn’t use it and is looking for someone to take care of it. However, when Nanami arrives she finds out that the house is a temple and that she is its new keeper. She also finds out that there are certain Yokai there already who are supposed to help her keep up the temple. One of them happens to be a very cranky fox man, who is also very sexy.

This was a well drawn manga that was easy to follow and humorous. I loved that Yokai are in here and that Nanami gets to journey in between worlds. This was a very well balanced story that I really enjoyed.

Overall I liked this a lot and plan on continuing the series. I liked the story and the characters and really thought this was a lot of fun to read.