百千家的妖怪王子 12

百千さん家のあやかし王子 [Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji] #12

by Aya Shouoto, 硝音あや, 羅尉揚 (Translator)

從百千家深處出現的黑鵺──
並不是前任鵺「天彌」，
而是式神「神樂」
以自身悔恨與執著製造出的軀殼，
換句話說只是傀儡。
這時，真正的主人天彌突然出現在神樂面前。
過去支配過百千家的鵺和他的式神，
他們兩人之間究竟發生過什麼事？
另外收錄〈葵＆隼的盛夏之箱庭篇〉。
接下來，終於進入新章節！

Genres: Manga, Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Supernatural, Shojo

164 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 2017

About the author

Aya Shōoto is a Japanese mangaka.

She publishes under two names in Japanese, that spell the same but are written with different characters.
- 硝音あや: for shōjo manga
- しょうおとあや: for BL manga

Associated Names:
Aya Shōoto
Aya Showoto
Kashi

Reviews

[Dani ❤️ Perspective of a Writer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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On her 16th birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits the ancestral estate she’s never seen. Momochi House exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have already taken over her role!

Saying goodbye to a villain is rather poignant in The Demon Prince of Momochi House because it always signals changes between Himari and Aoi. Don't get me wrong I enjoy changes as their relationship is threatened and deepens. This time... GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Yes... that is me screaming!! The tension mounted as I tried to understand where we were going from the previous Nue... and then suddenly BAM! Aoi drops a bomb and I'm wondering what the heck?! How is Himari going to react, she's 16 freaking years old!? And then Kasha, what the hell?! To say this is tense is an understatement... I give the tension 10 out of 5 stars!

The plot was good, I enjoyed the way things resolved with the previous Nue... And I was totally taken in my Hayato's sudden appearance and Aoi being where he can't go... And I liked that Hayato stepped in and wouldn't allow Aoi to make all the decisions. But I didn't understand what the heck this had to do with anything... The transition was abrupt between the different events. It felt rushed. Still I'm blow away by where the story is heading! I am always interested when Kasha comes to play and he really is jerking our chains this time...

The threat implicit in the events of volume 12 is a very real one that I'm happy the mangaka resisted for the most part until now! It makes her relationship with Aoi build to a breaking point and potentially spins Himari's reaction in a totally different direction! I do wonder though what the Nue thinks... We didn't really get his reaction which I would have liked. The mangaka has done a really great job showing us that he isn't as sanguine as he'd like us to think. I anticipate us getting a view into what the Nue thinks in the next volume though!

The art is gorgeous. I love how the mangaka plays with light and darkness... her use of space and closeups of faces! The mangaka could totally rely on her art (yes, she is that talented!) and not bother with such a developed and compelling story and it would still be enjoyable... but she goes the extra mile to give us both!! I think this really comes to play as we see the previous Nue leave Momochi House in the most gorgeous way possible...

I can't get enough of The Demon Prince of Momochi House with the Nue and the living house! Aoi and Himari are humans I TOTALLY ship and NEED to see happy... but until we get to the end I'll enjoy the journey as they explore ways to break his bond and free his soul... I only hope Himari makes it to the end...

As a writer volumes where we end a story arc are pretty fascinating to me. We certainly get a resolution to that story arc and deal with the fall out of everyone's growth due to the experience. Sometimes there is a pretty chapter where the residents of Momochi House gather together and share a neat experience (I love those!), at other times we get a short arc with a side character (like here!) and sometimes we get tossed into the deep end with the next arc (previous volume!)... Whichever it is Aya Shouoto keeps us guessing and I LOVE her for that!

As the 12th volume of a manga my rating is affected by the previous volumes! See my review of volume one... and my review of volume two... and my review of volume three... and my review of volume four... and my review of volume five... and my review of volume six... and my review of volume seven... and my review of volume eight... and my review of volume nine... and my review of volume ten... and my review of volume eleven...

⋆ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Authenticity
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tension
⋆ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plot
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Art

Thanks to Edelweiss and VIZ Media for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. It has not influenced my opinions.

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[Victoria ✮⋆˙ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plot twist!!! Omg!!

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

You may want to have volume 13 handy before reading this...

[Alice4170 🌙 · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 ⭐️
WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ENDING??!!??!!??

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the mininature garden arc and seeing some of Aoi’s darker side. The ending was wild and I immediately checked out volume 13 from the Libby app.

[Shae · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW!!! WHAT A CLIFFHANGER!!! I AM SHOOK!!!
This series continues to progress in a very positive way for me. I am really enjoying what they are doing with Aoi's character. The progression with Aoi and the Nue is a beautiful tug of war that I love watching unfold. I am very much looking forward to what will happen coming up.
We are really starting to come into a lot more knowledge about Momochi House as well, and I am HERE FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[**Sognatrice di libri** · Rating 5 out of 5]

Come sempre non mi delude e non mi annoia mai questa storia.

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

AHHH!!! I’m happy I have vol 13 because OMFG that ending!

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series so much. The illustrations are so beautiful and the characters are awesome. But jeez, this cliffhanger might kill me!!

[Katie❄️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gosh that was a surprise at the end.... I can't imagine how this will turn out. Kasha is something else.

[Khari · Rating 3 out of 5]

話はぐちゃぐちゃになったんだから感想はあまりないね。

葵と式神の皆さんの関係は深い感動ですね。。。ぐらい。

[Mirian · Rating 4 out of 5]

El arc termina en el primer capítulo, en los siguientes dos tenemos algo sobre un sueño de Hayato, y el cuarto WTF KASHA YOU CAN STOP ?! Amo cuando pinta lo oscuro.

[Rebekah Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Himari Momochi and Aoi Nanamori work together to figure out the concern of Hayata Hidaki reason for falling asleep into a dream like state for a week. Himari got an item from Yukari and is now insisting that Aoi go and help Hidaki. Aoi finds a cursed image and finds out that it connects to the girl jumping off the roof and they figure out what to do to save themselves and the girl. The girl woke up from a ten year coma as though it was just a dream. It was a miracle they got stuck and saved her.

Aoi and Hidaki woke up from the whole mess and went back to their normal lives. Aoi and Himari went back to a nice and peaceful life. Himari needed a shikigami for some reason and Aoi had a simple way for her to be able to take care of it all. Two rings that help her become a shikigami beginner. They put it on the left and right hand and it was only meant for the left hand and they messed up and their hands conjoined for hours. They were fine with it because their hands finally came apart and Himari went to go to the bathroom before going to bed and on her way there Kasha shot her and said, "Try dying once."

What's going to happen next?! The suspense is killing me!!!

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

The volumes are getting more and more intense. I wonder and hope there is some way to get Aoi out.

[Illy · Rating 3 out of 5]

AAAAAAGHHHHHH I NEED THE NEXT VOLUME HOLY SHIT. SO MUCH CUTENESS AND PLOT TWIST IN ONE. I CANT HANDLE IT.

[Momo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is just so good when it has spooky mystery arcs.

[𓊈Eຮte͢͢͢r𓊉 And Her 𓊈฿øøks𓊉 · Rating 3 out of 5]

In questo dodicesimo volume continuiamo la storia della presenza oscura che, in questo periodo, sta infestando casa Momochi. Altri non si tratta di un involucro colmo del risentimento e rimpianto dello spirito servitore Kagura del precedente Nue, il quale per salvare e sistemare la situazione una volta per tutte si ripresenta e chiarisce con Kagura le ragioni del suo apparente abbandono. Seguiamo quindi la loro breve storia e la fine di essa. I successivi due capitoli risultano essere disconnessi dalla narrazione che abbiamo seguito finora, perché centrati su un particolare episodio riguardante il personaggio di Hidaka che improvvisamente si ritrova intrappolato in loop temporale dal quale non riesce ad uscire; soltanto con l’aiuto di Aoi la situazione si stabilizzerà. Nel frattempo però le cose non vanno affatto bene a casa Momochi, dove Himari, invece, continua a cercare disperatamente un modo per liberare Aoi dal suo imminente destino in quanto attuale Nue. Per quanto Aoi cerchi di consolarla anche lui è ben cosciente del fatto che diventa sempre più legato al mondo degli spiriti e di conseguenza sempre più lontano dalla sua Himari; mai amore fu più difficile da accettare. Himari dal canto suo non è il tipo di persona che si arrende anche se ben cosciente del fatto che l’unico ostacolo che un essere umano non può superare è la ben temuta morte. Ho dato ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Thursday,nightmare · Rating 4 out of 5]

ก็อปปี้วางอีก 3 เล่ม ไม่มีอะไรพิเศษมากมาย เนื้อเรื่องต่อกันค่ะ

เริ่มมั่วซั่วและเครียดละ รู้สึกว่าอ่านมาจนขนาดนี้ ก็ยังไม่ได้มีอะไรเปลี่ยนนอกจากเนื้อเรื่องเริ่มเครียดขึ้น เริ่มมีความเป็นความตายของนางเอกมาเกี่ยวข้อง แล้วก็โคตรจะเกย์ ไม่น่าล่ะ หลังจากจบซีรีส์นี้อาจารย์ก็ไปวาดแนว YAOI ก็นะ ทำให้จบๆ ไป 55555 น่าจะถนัดกว่ารักช-ญ

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น่าติดตามแค่เนื้อเรื่องเลย อยากรู้ว่าฮิมาริจะช่วยอาโออิได้ไหม ส่วนความรักของสองคนนี้ไม่อินจริง ภาพสวยแต่งง บทไม่ปะติดปะต่อ งงไปแล้ว 30% แต่ก็ไม่ได้แย่มาก นักแปลคือแบก กับลายเส้นที่วาดผู้ชายออกมาให้สวย แต่มันเกย์ไปหมดด โว้ยย ไม่เว้นแม้แต่ตอนเข้าฝันฮารุโตะ (?) ไม่มีครั้งไหนที่ฮิมาริถูกชมว่าสวย น่ารัก แต่อาโออิไปโผล่ในฝันเพื่อนชายสมัยเด็กแค่ตอนเดียว โดนชมว่า“ผู้ชายหน้าสวย” งงบ่? จะว่าไปก็ชอบตอนลูปนี้เหมือนกันนะ เป็นสปินออฟเล็กๆ ให้ตัวละครในบ้านได้พักผ่อน และให้อาโออิมาแอร์ไทม์มากขึ้น แล้วก็ได้คอนเน็คกับเพื่อนสมัยเด็กที่จำตัวเองไม่ได้แล้วด้วย

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I couldn't remember what happened in the previous volume (this series is a bit forgettable for me), but it didn't much matter as the arc ended in the first chapter of this volume.

The next couple of chapters tell a great horror story with Aoi's childhood friend, Hayato. I think I'd enjoy Momochi House more if the story got out into the "real" world more, but since Aoi's stuck at the house, I guess it makes sense that most of the story takes place at Momochi House.

Then, at the end of this volume we see Kasha. Kasha's perhaps my favorite character in this series, so this next arc might be a good one.

All in all, this was a strong installment of this series, but it's still not much of a draw for me.

[chelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Auflösung vom Plot aus dem vorigen Band fand ich persönlich wunderschön.
Ich habe geweint und sehr lang auf das Fluss-Panel geschaut, einfach bittersüß.
Danach war der Band etwas chaotisch zusammengewürfelt, auch wenn die Storylines mir an sich sehr gut gefallen haben.
Es war so:
Geschichte vom alten Nue
Boom Endlos-Traum in der Schule
Oh vorbei
Hier eine lustige Situation mit einem Ring
Oh vorbei
Ah nein doch nicht, das ist schon der Teaser für den nächsten Band!
Trotzdem: Wie immer hübsch anzusehen und eine Menge toller Ideen. Es hat sich sehr schnell gelesen und macht immer noch Lust auf mehr.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cliff hanger, it went from 0 to 100 very quickly, which of course has me hooked and want to read the next one immediately. After getting into this series and discovering more about the characters, and falling even more in love with their relationship and personalities, I remain hooked on this story. I would say to anyone reading this review, stick with the series; it may be cheesy but the plot is very original, and it is addicting.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

As the previous Nue story closes, we get a reunion of sorts between Aoi and Hayato. I love a good recursion tale (read Mitsurou Kubo’s Again!! for a great series in that vein), and I like the cursed angle this short tale takes. The cliffhanger in this one is a real heart stopper—literally. Just when Aoi and Himari just seemed to be moving forward.

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each of these arcs seem to wrap up so fast. I liked the story of Aoi trapped in a ground-hog day situation and I really loved the Himari/Aoi episode. And that ending was truly a CLIFFHANGER. I was like WHAT?! when Kasha appeared.

One thing about this series is how amazing the art communicates the emotions that each character are feeling at the moment. Himari's expression was the most wrenching moment and Aoi's reaction. Thank god it gets better in the next volume!

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bittersweet conclusion to the drama of the old Nue and his shikigami.
Also, through some weird magic coincidence, Aoi gets to hang out with Hayato again. Then they jump to their deaths. (Kidding...sorta).

And this volume ends on a very big WTF moment. Dammit Kasha, I wasn't expecting murder.

This series has 16 volumes.

[Kaitlynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did a massive re-read/catch up with this entire series. Beautiful artwork and the story was just as good as I remember it (and it kept me up until 2 in the morning so that's always a good thing...)

You can check out the rest of my review plus others! over at Randomly Kait

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a weird in-between arc that seemed super short. I wasn't entirely sure where it fit in.

Honestly, I wanted to rate this volume 3 stars but the last few pages have a killer plot twist that made me pick up the next volume instantly.

[haven ⋄ f (hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cool! It delves into the creepy aspect that this story has had since the beginning. Most of this volume felt like side stories. They were decently done, just had no major impact on the overall story.

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oppp the bad guy is back. Its still really interesting but I don't think all the sub stories strings are brought together super well. Is this gonna have a HEA or is it gonna be emotional damage like Fushigi yugi, which I wouldn't hate if done right.

[Valsh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seriously? What kind of ending is this? I'm in shock right now - and disappointed, i'm soooo disappointed!

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good volume.