I’m living for this Yukine power up! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 This whole arc was so good. The story of how Yato became Bishamon’s mortal enemy was really sad and Kazuma has proven his best boy status once again.
A wonderful volume which brings the entire current arc to a close. Lots of vicious battling and all the truths finally come out. I really didn't expect things to play out the way they did and I'm feeling all sad for one particular reason. This overshadows, for me, the happiness over how things wrapped up for the others. But I'm left wondering if we haven't seen the end of certain characters yet :-) Anyway, the volume ends with the beginning of a new school year starting and what looks like a fresh story to start in the next volume. Can't wait for the next book!
"Soy un cobarde pero aun así quería seguir a tu lado. La verdad es que fui un ingenuo que era feliz con tus palabras, pero te he vuelto a hacer llorar. No soy una santísima regalía, solo soy simple basura. Esto es todo lo que pude hacer para guiarte. Lo siento, Viina. Me disculpo por los recuerdos dolorosos que te causé."
Hasta ahora, ha sido mi volumen favorito de la serie y pues se explora a profundidad la relación entre shinkis y dioses, especialmente Bisha y Kazuma. Además de que Yukine evoluciona y se convierte en una santísima regalía al jurar lealtad a Yato.
Debido a todo el desorden que se ocasionó tras el exilio de Kazuma, Kugaha se aprovecha de ello y las otras shinkis a cargo de Bisha sufren la amenaza no sólo de Yato, sino también un montón de ayakashis que se han infiltrado en su hogar.
Con cada alma perdida, Bisha sufre las consecuencias y su cordura va dejándola poco a poco. Lo único que la mantiene en pie es su venganza contra Yato, y es que por fin conocemos qué fue lo que ocurrió en el pasado entre ambos dioses. Lo cierto es que los dos tienen sus puntos y por eso mismo es más difícil ponerse de un lado.
Afortunadamente, Kazuma regresa al lado de Bisha, detiene el ataque contra Yato al mostrarle que Hiyori sigue con vida, y de alguna manera, mengua el dolor aullador que su diosa siente al perder a tantos de los suyos.
Considero que este volumen es sumamente importante por toda la información que se nos dio, pero también porque nos muestra lo amable que siempre ha sido Bishamonten y cómo sus shinkis, pese a ser todas diferentes unas de otras, son una gran familia que ve por su bienestar. En pocas palabras, se cuidan los unos a los otros.
Por cierto, amo muchísimo el vínculo entre Bisha y Kazuma y sí, me encantaría verlos juntos como pareja. Creo que ese tipo de vínculos rara vez ocurre y sin importar las adversidades, siempre logran salir adelante.
¿Qué les puedo decir? Noragami se ha convertido en uno de mis shonen favoritos y cada volumen me sorprende todavía más. Estoy sumamente agradecida de que Tania me lo haya recomendado y que estemos leyéndolo juntas~.
El plan de Kugaha de secuestrar a Hiyori para enfrentrar a Yato con Bishamon ha salido a la perfeccion y ahora los dos dioses se encuentran en una batalla a muerte donde Yukine es partido a la mitad al proteger a Yato. Bishamon al ver esto cree que al fin ha llegado el momento de derrocar a Yato pero justo en el último minuto Yukine reaparece como una santísima regalía, es decir que es un arma divina que ha evolucionado al demostrar sacrificio por su amo. La evolución de Yukine lo cambia todo y la balanza se inclina hacia Yato mientras que Bishamon va perdiendo fuerza a cada minuto pues Kugaha ha comenzado a matar a las otras armas divinas de Bishamon con la ayuda de una bestia, pero Kazuma y Hiyori por fin han podido huir y planean detener la batalla de los dioses antes de que Yato mate a Bishamon.
Valeee... antes de comenzar con este tomo tengo que confesar que cuando en el anime vi que cortaban a Yukine de verdad que fue un tremendo golpe para mi y no pude volver a ser feliz hasta la siguiente semana xD En fin, que este tomo me ha gustado por dos razones, primero que nada porque al fin sale a la luz toda la historia de las antiguas reliquias de Bishamon y al fin Kazuma acepta su responsabilidad. Además, a través de un pequeño flashback conoceremos a Kazuma cuando era un novato en las armas de Bishamon, esto me ha resultado de verdad interesante pues Kazuma desde el principio de ha mostrado sereno y confiado en todo lo que hace pero gracias a este pequeño recuerdo vemos todo el camino que tuvo que recorrer para ser la mano derecha de Bishamon.
La segunda razón es Yato (vaya novedad, ¿eh?), y es que en este tomo lo veremos dispuesto a sacrificarse una vez más por los demás, en concreto hablo que estaba dispuesto a volver a matar a las reliquias de Bishamon para salvarla pese a todo lo que ha tenido que vivir por culpa de la diosa. Yo conozco parte de la historia por el anime pero en él nunca terminaron de contar bien la historia de Yato, sólo se nos dijo que antaño era un terrible dios de la calamidad que no tenía sentimientos, entonces tengo mucha curiosidad por saber que le pasó o porque cambió tanto. ¿O será que siempre hubo sentimientos en él escondidos? De verdad espero que en los próximos tomos podramos saber más de esto.
This is the conclusion of the current story arc and I don't think I could have asked for much more. We get the resolution we needed to move the story on, but there is also growth. There is still plenty of room for this world to expand and for new issues to pop up and keep things interesting. There were some twists and some moments that I think I anticipated, but was glad did actually show up. Fully recommend this series so far and appreciate the world being created here.
I wish Bishamon good luck... When I read this book, It wrings my heart. In this book, I can understand what happened in the past. Kazuma is a good partner of Bishamon. He regret his past, but I think it was good judgement...
While I definitely didn’t want to see Yukine die in the last volume, it felt incredibly contrived for him to come back to life immediately as a “blessed vessel” and also be powerful enough to fight away all the more experienced Shinki. It felt a bit like the old problem with superhero comics wherein each death feels devoid of real dramatic weight because you know they can be so easily undone.
Something else I am wondering about: this volume emphasized he whole “God’s can do anything they want, and what they do is by definition right.” I am wondering if they are going to keep up that mantra given that it is so clear that the gods don’t always do the right thing, for themselves or for their wards. They make so many mistakes in this manga, it seems insulting to say they always do the right thing.
One other thing: Kaguha didn’t sting Bishamon? Really? Because he always thought he was in the right? Well, does that mean no matter how evil you are, as long as you are convinced that what you are doing is good, you don’t sting your guardian god in this world? So Yukine only stung Yato because he felt guilty for stealing and for lusting after Hiyori?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Could this series stop beating me with the feels stick for FIVE FUCKING SECONDS?! PLEASE?!?!
Seriously, this was such an emotionally raw volume that had me tearing up towards the end. Bishamon's struggles were realistic, painful, and incredibly human. And while I still hate Kugaha and think he's a fucking obnoxious villain, his motivations and his thoughts on Bishamon were pretty sound. Bishamon has a reputation to uphold because of her name, and he felt she wasn't because she was too busy playing house with her family of shinki. That being said, Bishamon went through an unfathomably traumatic event regarding her past clan, so it makes sense that she would behave the way she did. But I loved how Yato said that what a god does is never wrong because honestly he's right. Bishamon wasn't wrong in pursuing Yato because he did kill her entire past clan save Kazuma, but she also wasn't entirely wrong in how she was taking care of her shinki. Yes, it wasn't the healthiest thing, but it wasn't life or death.
Okay, review's over, gotta go cry for a little while...
Hiyori is a big factor in determining Yato's and Yukine's decision. Or perhaps their goals in life. All Yato wants is a substantial amount of followers and Hiyori is the first. She is actually the only constant in his life right now. So despite the fact that God of Intellect (studies?) kept pestering Yato to cut ties, he won't. Yato's in lurveeeeee.
Bishamon still hasn't resolved her issue despite it being thrown into her face. Both her friends and enemies believed that she has too many shinkis to take care of. True, defective shinkis are such a pain. Perhaps killing her would be better. Taking care of baby war god would be a hassle but we have Hiyori and Yato for that. That'd be adorable.
This one is probably my favorite so far... This manga series keep getting better and better. It crazy how it can switch from being ultra serious to totally hilarious (like the over the top picnic scene) in a couples of pages. Yato is a serious badass in this one. He is having enough of everybody crap! I am glad the conflict with Yato vs. Veena is mostly settle down. I really enjoy the part where Hiyori is piss at him and completely ignored him. They are acting like two kids. Everyone starting to become a big family, yeah !
Pretty good conclusion to the Bishamon arc. Kind of surprised by where the story went. Some of the stuff that I expected to remain status quo changed drastically.
An improvement over last volume. Got some good emotional bits, and some brutal endings to characters but at the same time the big problems still occur such as huge amount of exposition and over abundance of world building but not naturally. Split on this series, this volume is a 3 out of 5.
Ah the feels.... I am glad Kazuma is okay. I love him very much. And I am happy about Bishamon and her shinki family. But Yato... why you did it.. What will happen next? I am curious. PS: The art is fnatastic!
Yet another great volume. I don’t know what to say, that I already have said before about this beautiful masterpiece. The story is really going somewhere good.
Encore un tome magnifique, j’ai adoré cet arc avec Bishamon et ses shinki, sa relation avec Kazuma nous brise complètement le coeur. J’ai fini le tome avec les yeux mouillés <\3