Characters
Minor Characters
Many of these characters appear in one or two chapters throughout the series and do not reappear again, however a few are recurring characters with smaller roles. Even though these characters most often are not recurring, they do play an important role in the storylines in which they appear.
Yui (結)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 1: Nanoka
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Yui is Nanoka's junior high school classmate from the modern era. She has her hair pulled back into a ponytail. After Nanoka transitions to high school Yui continues alongside her. |
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Tenko (貂子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 3: The Other Side of the Gate
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Tenko is a waitress at the local restaurant, "Milk Hall" that Mao frequents. She gives him tips on strange happenings in the neighborhood. Tenko is also secretly an ayakashi. |
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Sayoko (小夜子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 3: The Other Side of the Gate
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Sayoko works in the house of the Viscount who is suspected of murdering many of the recently discovered decapitated victims. Sayoko considers herself Tenko's protegee and confides her worries to her. |
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Spider Woman (蜘蛛女)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 3: The Other Side of the Gate
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It seems as if the Viscount is the murderer but in truth he is being directed by his wife who is a spider demon in disguise. She is using the decapitated heads to lay her eggs in. |
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Viscount (子爵)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 3: The Other Side of the Gate
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The mysterious bandaged man is the primary suspect in a number of murders. Initially his hidden face leaves Mao believing he could be Byoki, but instead he is a bundle of spiders in a corpse. |
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Shoko (鐘呼)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 7: The Sinkhole
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Since her childhood Shoko has had limited precognitive powers. As time passed her powers dwindled, but the cult her father built around her skills continued to draw in money from followers. Regardless of the credibility of her skills she predicts the Great Kanto Earthquake. |
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Sogen (宗玄)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 8: Power Over Life And Death
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Sogen is the second-in-command of Shoko's cult. In truth he is the girl's father who is a former practioner of Mikkyo Buddhism. He has experimented with curses put turns to more hands-on attempts at murder to ensure his daughter's prognostications come true. The kanji in his name means "mysterious religion". |
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Yoriko Yamamoto (山本依子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 8: Power Over Life And Death
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The daughter of a dojo owner, she is lured to join Shoko's cult when her father dies mysteriously. Mao and Nanoka help to rescue her from their clutches after she nearly signs their property over to the cult. |
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Mr. Yamamoto (山本)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 8: Power Over Life And Death
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The owner of a dojo that does not believe the powers of of Shoko's cult. When he tries to warn everyone Shoko predicts he will die and Sogen murders him to fulfill the prophecy. |
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Nun/Flea Ayakashi (修道女/ノミの妖)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 13: The Keystone
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A group of flea ayakashi disguise themselves as nuns who have set up a church atop the guardian stone that Byoki has been sleeping beneath for centuries. They are able to gorge themselves on Mao's blood- something most demons are unable to do because they have subsisted on Byoki's blood that bubbles up from the ground. |
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Genbu (玄武)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 16: Maw of Water
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Genbu is a massive shikigami that Mao summons to aid him when he needs the help of a water-based creature in battle. When not in use the giant turtle is held inside a wooden effigy. |
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Nanoka's Parents (菜花の両親)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 17: Memories of that Day
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Nanoka's mother and father were killed in a car accident eight years ago. The accident that robbed them of their lives threw her back in time to the 1920s where she absorbed Byoki's blood and attained a curse like Mao's. |
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Onmyodo Master (師匠)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 19: Byoki
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Ruthless and mysterious, the masked master of Mao's onmyodo temple is also the father of Sana. He intended to use Mao as a sacrafice and sells his skills at cursing others to the highest bidder. Behind his mask are grotesque monstrous features. |
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Tanehiko Ibaraki (茨木種彦)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 26: Sword of Ill Omen
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Born into a wealthy family, Tanehiko is a rapist and serial killer who loves to torture women. He hires Kamon as his manservent and is ultimately killed by having his heart ripped out of his mouth. |
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Haimaru (灰丸)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 27: Haimaru
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Before being transformed into the powerful demon Byoki, Haimaru was a pet cat belonging to Sana. He was mistrustful of humans with the exception of his mistress and Mao. |
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Mokuzu (藻久不)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 32: The Shikigami's Master
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Mokuzu was a simple groundskeeper at the temple where the onmyodo studied. He lusted for power and begged anyone he met to teach him their skills. Only Shiranui relented and kept the man alive for centuries as an underling. It was Mokuzu that threw Haimaru into the kodoku pit that transformed the cat into Byoki. Mokuzu's name is written with the kanji for "seaweed", "old story" and "bad/negative". |
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Beniko (紅子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 35: Taizanfukun
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Beniko is Kamon's shikigami. She serves as his assistant in much the same way Otoya works with Mao. |
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Miyako (美哉子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 35: Taizanfukun
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The daughter of a wealthy family, she had her life extended by Shiranui. Kamon uses her as he picks up the trail of Shiranui who is in hiding. |
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Mizuchi (蛟)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 35: Taizanfukun
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This masked young man is a shikigami created by Shiranui. He wields the spear that impaled Byoki and is able to use water based onmyoji powers like his creator. He serves as the go-between for Shiranui and Renji as well. The kanji in his name is a reference to a dragon-like creature. |
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Shigeru (しげる)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 36: Visitor in the Rain
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Shigeru is an impoverished dead child who's mother was tricked into luring Mao to her home in order for Shiranui's shikigami to attack him and destroy his poison jar. |
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Masago (真砂)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 39: Masago
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A gifted water onmyoji, Masago often worked with Shiranui. While her gifts were acknowleded Shiranui was overlooked and mistreated. Her name means "sand" which is appropriate as she was first seen on a beach. |
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Kitasan Shibasato (柴里喜多三)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 43: The Giver
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A doctor tasked with caring for Yoshifusa after he flees his home when strangers move in. Despite Dr. Shibasato being retired he looked after Yoshifusa in his youth. |
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Yoshifusa Arimiya (有宮芳房)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 43: The Giver
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A sickly young man who's has strange visitors arrive at his home after the Great Kanto Earthquake, he flees and falls into the care of Dr. Shibasato. His last name, Arimiya, (有宮) means "to have a palace". |
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Milk Hall Owner (ミルクホールの店主)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 47: The End of Sana
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The Milk Hall owner runs the cafe where Tenko works and Mao visits frequently. |
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Kairyu (海流)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 50: Shiranui's Legs
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This sea dragon is Shiranui's shikigami, much like Genbu is to Mao and Suzaku is to the Otori clan. After Shiranui's legs were amputated he took his new legs from Kairyu, however it ensures that Shiranui has to remain in the water. |
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Sengokudayu (千獄太夫)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Discarded Boys' Home
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Sengokudayu is an onmyodo master of lesser stature. He runs the orphanage where Mao and Daigo were raised. If a student shows promise after years of study under him they have the chance to move to the Ko estate to continue their training. The "dayu" portion may be part of his title rather than his name as it means "lord steward" (太夫/dayu). |
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Daigo (大五)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Discarded Boys' Home
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One of the most gifted earth onmyodo, Daigo grew up in the same orphanage as Mao prior to going to the temple to study. Sana secretly loved him despite her having to marry Mao who was the chosen successor of the school. |
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Domon (土門)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Discarded Boys' Home
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Domon was a medical student who tried to save his dying wife when Natsuno appeared and taught him some basic earthen medicinal techniques. His poor understanding of the onmyoji eventually lead to the death of his patients. His name means "earth gate". |
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Yae (八重)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Discarded Boys' Home
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Yae worked at a bar to help pay her husband's way through medical school. One night a jealous customer nearly decapitated her. Natsuno arrived and mended her injury but as years went on the onmyoji kept her artificially alive and she became doll-like. Her name means "multi-layered". |
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Shobo (正坊)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 60: Earth Medicine
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Shobo breaks his leg while playing and his mother takes him to see Domon. Domon is able to repair the break, but Mao discovers the poorly executed technique is starting to turn the boy's body into earth. |
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Ichima Kagami (加神一馬)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Street Demon
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The elder brother of the Kagami family, Ichima also works as a policeman. Ichima had the duty of taking possession of the demon that is passed down through the family through the generations. The creature allegedly brought prosperity to the Kagamis however Ichima cannot keep the creature under control. |
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Grandmother Kagami (加神のおばあさま)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Street Demon
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The scion of the Kagami family, she tells Soma that he must murder his sickly brother with a katana and inherit the demon who has taken up residence inside of Ichima. For her trouble Ichima kills decapitates her. |
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Mitsuma & Shizuma Kagami (加神三馬 & 加神四馬)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Street Demon
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The two younger siblings of Ichima and Soma. Both of them are too young to realize what is happening within their family. Hakubi brings both boys to live with Soma at the Goko Clan's hideout where he begins training them to inherit the beast should Soma fail to live up to his expectations. |
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The Beast (獣)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Street Demon
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The ayakashi that Soma the Beast has been passed down through the family for generations. Their grandmother tells them that the creature should bring prosperity to the Kagamis however Ichima is unable to control it and it takes over his body. |
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Old Medicine Man (祈祷師)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 78: The Night-Walking Patient
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This elderly medicine seller was murdered by the blinded man. Natsuno and Mao summon his spirit from the dead and learn that he was taught earth techniques and instructed to send out curses in hopes of luring all the earth users back together at an appointed time. |
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Blind Man (座頭)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 78: The Night-Walking Patient
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The blind man murdered the old medicine man and was cursed at the moment of the old man's death. The old man threw earth into his eyes, forcing him to be compelled to sneak out and devour grave soil and spit curses into the sky in order to fulfill the old man's task of bringing together all the remaining earth users. |
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Heiza (平佐)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 81: Pact
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Heiza is one of the underlings in the group of leech ayakashi that masquerade as a traveling theatrical troupe. He and his fellow actors murder citizens of small, remote villages. |
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Troupe Leader (座長)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 82: Traveling Performers
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Natsuno believes that the leader of the Kisagari Yukinojo theater troupe may have the right arm that she is hunting for. Despite its human appearance this is actually a leech ayakashi. |
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Oni Mite (鬼ダニ)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 83: Right Hand
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This creature is hiding itself in the right hand of the troupe leader, a parasite feeding off of other parasites. |
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Shoko Katsuragi (桂木祥子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 84: Curse Play
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Shoko attends the same school as Kagari and Eriko. She is cursed by Kagari and forced to sleep for five days straight while having to endure constant nightmares of her own death. When her friends try to confront Kagari about what was done to Shoko they too are cursed. |
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Eriko (衿子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 84: Curse Play
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Eriko and Shoko are considered "S", a 1920s slang term for particularly close female friends. When Shoko is cursed Eriko tries to help but winds up ensnared by Kagari who tries to lay claim to Eriko before tiring of her quickly. |
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Kanae (叶枝)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 98: The First Victim
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Kanae was gifted the cursed sword Hanei by her father. The sword possessed her and caused her to murder a number of people in the neighborhood, starting with the burglers who broke into her home and killed her new husband and household staff. Kanae's name is written with two kanji, the first for "answer" and the second is the counter for long thin objects such as swords. |
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Mine (ミネ)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 98: The First Victim
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Kanae's maid during her convalescence, Mine is protective of her young charge. She worries that Mao is a con artist looking to take advantage of Kanae during her bereveament. |
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Kanae's Father (叶枝の父)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 99: The Protective Sword
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A ghost that lingers around his daughter, Mao is able to communicate with the spirit to learn that he passed the cursed sword onto his daughter in order to prevent the curse from attaching itself to him. |
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Meimeido (冥命堂)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 101: Meimeido
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A reptilian ayakashi swordsmith with metallic flesh, he is responsible for helping to reforge the cursed Hanei blade into Nanoka's Akanemaru. As her skills improve in using it, Meimeido continues to tend to the sword. |
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Renji's Mother (蓮次の母)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 108: Philanthropic Couple
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Renji's mother is an alleged philanthorpist who has adopted a number of orphaned children and given them a home. Privately however she is cruel, abusive and prostitutes the children that she takes in, selling them to the highest bidder. |
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Renji's Father (蓮次の父)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 108: Philanthropic Couple
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Renji's father is part of the philanthropic charade of using the children he and his wife have taken in to steal money for the their own use. Despite his smiling face he is as cruel as his wife and has no fondness for the children, biological or adopted, under his care. |
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Tsuyu (露)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 109: Yueqin
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Tsuyu is Renji's sister. She was trained to play the yueqin as a way was to enhance her asking price when she was sold to clients. She is eventually sold to an abusive drunk in order to prevent Renji from being sold into a similar situation. She is ultimately beaten to death after Renji tries to intervene to save her. Her name is written with the kanji for "dew" or "tears". |
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One-Armed Ayakashi (隻手の妖)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 113: Bag's Hand
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This ayakashi has removed his arm and placed it into an expensive piece of luggage to encourage vagrants, thiefs and other lower-class individuals to steal it from him. When they do they are yanked inside the bag and taken to the pharmacy to be used as ingredients. Because they are fringe individuals no one reports their disappearance. His true identity is a snake ayakashi. |
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Salamander Ayakashi (山椒魚の妖)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 114: The Western-style Pharmacy
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The salamander is the storekeeper of the pharmacy where the one-armed man ayakashi brings his captured humans to be used. When threatened by Natsuno and Nanoka he reveals his gaping mouth and tries to suck them into his maw. |
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Sasuga (流石)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 123: Praying for Rain
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Sasuga is a young water-user that dresses in the garments of a shugendo mountain man. With his conch shell he is able to create floating bubbles of water to drown people on dry land. |
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Onitake (鬼竹)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 124: The Hijacker
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Onitake is a yakuza who builds polluting factories in small rural towns. Having ruined Mitazono Village a decade ago he later sets his sights on Mikumari Village. When Mei's father confronted him his men murdered the man and Onitake ordered the other witnesses buried alive. |
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Corrupt Water God (祟り紙)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 128: The Wrath of the Deserted House
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A foreign family built a western-style home on the site of a well that was not properly removed. Consequently the water god who lived within the well became corrupted with miasma and attacked anyone that lived in the home. |
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Tatsuhiro (辰弘)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 133: The Cursed Shop Sisters
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After the death of his eldest brother Tatsuhiro attempts to have his second-eldest brother cursed to death so that he can become the head of the household. He hires Ayame Hosho to do the job but Mao is able to reverse the curse. |
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Tatsuhiro's Sister-in-Law (辰弘の義姉さん)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 133: The Cursed Shop Sisters
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It is Tatsuhiro's sister-in-law that is wary of her husband being cursed. She heard a rumor that Tatsuhiro had visited someone about cursing her husband and despite his claims that cursing is not real she wisely hires Mao to aid her husband. |
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Tatsuhiro's Older Brother (辰弘の兄)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 133: The Cursed Shop Sisters
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After the eldest brother died, this man inherited the position as head of the family. Little did he know that his younger brother, Tatsuhiro, had designs on the title for himself. With only daughters to his name, if this man dies, Tatsuhiro will inherit control of the family. |
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Ayame Hosho (宝生綾女)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 133: The Cursed Shop Sisters
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Ayame is the elder sister of Kagari. Mao realizes her technique is superior to her little sister, but Kagari is jealous of her sister receiving commissions to cast curses. Ayame seems indifferent to trying to prove herself and sees no reason to pursue Mao when he reverses the curse she cast with her silver-furred fox. |
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Mr. Hosho (宝生さん)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 133: The Cursed Shop Sisters
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Mr. Hosho is the head of the metal-user curse casting family. His daughters are Ayame, the eldest, and Kagari, the youngest. The family and known curse users and sell their services to anyone seeking to curse another. |
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Sundries Salesman (小間物)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 137: The Mask of Judgement
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This humble salesman gets lost in the forest and stumbles upon the perverse trial of Soncho as he is burned to death. The salesman flees and is nearly killed himself thanks to the village headman wearing the Mask of Judgement. |
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Shokichi (正吉)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 137: The Mask of Judgement
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Shokichi is a popular villager who was accused to stealing rice by the village headman. The accusation was without merit but a sham trial using the Mask of Judgement saw him burned to death and his three children orphaned. |
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Village Headman (村長)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 137: The Mask of Judgement
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The village headman lives in a remote, mountain village and murders Shokichi due to his jealousy of the man. He then attempts to use the Mask of Judgement to kill his Shokichi's son and the fish salesman who witnesses the earlier murder. The headman found a cursed mask which due to his particularly wicked nature he is able to use despite his lack of proper training. |
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Son of Shokichi (正吉の息子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 137: The Mask of Judgement
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The son of Shokichi attempts to avenge his father. He hopes to destroy the Mask of Judgement and avenge his father's death. After he is caught he is put on trial in a similar fashion to how his father was executed. |
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Shokichi's Other Children (正吉の他の子供)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 137: The Mask of Judgement
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Sonkichi's two youngest children are found hiding on the edge of the village after their brother is subdued and placed on trial. After they contact Mao and Nanoka, they are able to get their soon-to-be-executed brother some aid and save him from the village headman and his Mask of Judgement. |
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Midori (翠)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 144: The Medicine Dispenser
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Midori is the daughter of a wealthy family. Her family had hoped that Kamon would accept their marriage arrangement, however Midori died before he could answer their proposal. Kamon soon learned she was reanimated via a soul seed. |
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The Medicine Dispenser (配剤し)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 144: The Medicine Dispenser
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The Medicine Dispenser is a man dressed in religious garb that has gained access to soul seeds. He has used this to reanimate Midori, a woman that was in love with Kamon. |
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Shizuko (静子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 147: Cat Monster
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Shizuko attempts to elope with Shiro in the middle of the night as angry villagers pursue them. The villagers are attacked by Byoki and Daigo and Shiro is seemingly caught up in the melee. Believing him to be dead, Shizuko attempts to commit suicide by jumping from a waterfall but is saved by Mao. Shizuko is a common name and the spelling is not unusual, the kanji means "quiet child". |
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Shiro (四郎)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 147: Cat Monster
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Shiro attempts to elope with Shizuko before he is attacked by angry villagers. He is caught up in the brawl between the villagers and Daigo and Byoki. The kanji in his name means "fourth son". |
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Hazuki Otori (鳳羽月)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 151: Missing Person
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Hazuki is a nine year old who was stolen from her mother during the chaos of the Great Kanto Earthquake. A year has passed and she has been told by her kidnapper that her parents died. She has the ability to set fires with her mind and is forced to cause distractions so her abductor can break into houses while people focus on putting out the fires. Her name is written with the kanji for "feather" and "moon". Hazuki's last name, "Otori" (鳳) is written with the kanji meaning "firebird" in Chinese (fenghuang). |
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Uncle (おじさん)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 151: Missing Person
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During the Great Kanto Earthquake this man saw Hazuki's mother place her outside their burning home as she tried to put out the fire. He swooped in and carried Hazuki away, promising that her mother would follow a short time later. Instead he told her that her parents died and that he was now her caretaker. He uses her powers to create distractions so that he can burgle homes. |
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Princess (姫)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 152: Hazuki
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This elderly woman is in charge of the Otori clan which is the historical clan that Hyakka once belonged to. She arranges for the kidnapping of Hazuki in order to bring her into the clan with plans to groom her as her future replacement. She has lead the Otori clan for fifty years. |
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Hikuidori (--)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 153: The Otori Clan's Prayer Hall
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A firebird that is under the control of the Otori clan thanks to the power of the Suzaka Stone, one of their most precious artifacts. |
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Previous Generation's Princess (先代の姫)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 155: The Suzaku Stone
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Serving as princess for the Otori clan sometime in the 1870s, this generation's princess was known for her kind deeds, the elderly princess of the 1920s was her assistant and replaced her when this woman died of an apparent illness at a young age. |
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Kaiko (かい子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 162: Gift of the Soul
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When Natsuno's kimono is damaged Mao asks Kaiko the silkworm ayakashi to mend it for her. The joke is that Kaiko's name (かい子) is also what she is, a silkworm (蚕/kaiko). |
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Servant (奉公)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 166: The Chest of Metamorphosis
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This woman seeks out Mao when her master has acquired a cursed chest that is slowly changing him into a monster. |
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Master of the House (旦那)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 166: The Chest of Metamorphosis
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This wealthy man is an antiques collector who buys a cursed chest that once belonged to the Goko clan. With the box in his possession he slowly turns into a demonic creature driven to kill anyone around him. |
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Dorm Mother (寮母)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 169: Endless Tragedy
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This unassuming woman is possessed by the chest of transformation which causes her to murder girls that live in the building. |
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Superintendent (院長)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 169: Endless Tragedy
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The superintendent of the dormitory is also possessed by the cursed chest and comes into conflict with Hyakka, Kamon, Sasuga and Renji. |
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Ryukotsu Villager (竜骨村の人)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 176: Kagari's Choice
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This man escaped from Ryokotsu Village 50 years ago and hires Sasuga to destroy the village as revenge for the sacrifice of his sister. |
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Ryukotsu Villager's Sister (竜骨村の人の妹)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 176: Kagari's Choice
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This woman was chosen as a human sacrifice sometime in the the 1870s by the people of Ryukotsu Village. Her death haunts her brother for the rest of his life. |
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Sachiko (幸子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Village of Human Sacrifice
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In the 1920s Ryukotsu Village is once again conducting human sacrifices and Sachiko has been chosen. Sasuga steps in and decides to rescue her to prevent her death. |
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Sachiko's Father (幸子の父)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Village of Human Sacrifice
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Sachiko decides to offer herself as a sacrfice on the promise that the people of Ryukotsu Village would take care of her father. Because her father is missing a leg and cannot work, she did not feel she could run away from the village and leave him behind. |
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Kannabee (鉋兵衛)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 184: Blue Eyes
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Kannabee appears to be a shikigami, an inanimate object that has gained sentience. Mao hires him to rebuild Natsuno's damaged traveling case. |
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Nuemaru (鵺丸)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 185: Nuemaru Mound
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Nuemaru was a bandit that attacked a village likely sometime in the early to mid 1800s. According to local legend he repented and became a priest before eventually deciding to become a living Buddha by undergoing an arduous fasting and burial process to mummify his still-living body. The first kanji in his name refers to a Japanese chimera, a mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail. |
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Priest (坊主)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 186: Sokushinbutsu
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Nuemaru was a bandit that attacked a village likely sometime in the early to mid 1800s. According to local legend he repented and became a priest before eventually deciding to become a living Buddha by undergoing an arduous fasting and burial process to mummify his still-living body. The first kanji in his name refers to a Japanese chimera, a mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail. |
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Gondo (権藤)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 195: Byoki and Yurako
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Gondo is a loan shark who takes advantage of people who cannot afford to pay back the loans he gives them. He refuses to pay his own bills, having constantly changed doctors when he was slowly dying. Yurako and Byoki visit him and use the Taizanfukun spell to extend his life. |
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Gondo's Butler (権藤の家従)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 195: Byoki and Yurako
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Gondo's butler sees to his dying master who has lived a cruel life. When Gondo is too weak to interact with his doctor, Mao, it is his butler who speaks for him. |
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Miwako (美和子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 198: Dark Shadow
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Miwako visits Ayame in hopes of gaining a needle capable of making Kandori fall out of love with her friend Sumi. However the curse seems to fail initially, only for Mao and the others to realize it has grown much too powerful. Her name is a common Japanese name, it is written with kanji meaning "beautiful harmony child". |
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Sumiko (澄子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 198: Dark Shadow
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Sumi is in love with Kandori, a man her friend Miwako thinks is a bad fit for her friend. Unknown to Sumi, Miwako hires Ayame to curse a needle that should make Kandori fall out of love with her friend, however the results of the supposedly minor curse are more severe than anyone could have guessed. Her name is written with the kanji for "clarity". |
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Kandori (寒鳥)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 198: Dark Shadow
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Kandori is a suitor pursing Sumi, however her friend Miwako believes he is a cad and hires Ayame to place a minor curse on him so he will fall out of love with her friend Sumi. However the curse somehow becomes terribly powerful. His name is written with the kanji for "midwinter bird". |
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Mushizo (虫蔵)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 201: The Bewitching Flute
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Mushizo stole his master's flute and then imprisoned him in a bamboo cage. Using the bewitching flute, he commanded children to beat and torture his former master. |
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Prisoner (捕虜)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 201: The Bewitching Flute
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This rough-looking man took in Mushizo and was the original owner of the bewitching flute, a lost relic of the Goko clan. Mushizo betrayed him and locked him in a cage. |
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Baron Kawazu (河津男爵)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 204: The Living Doll
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Baron Kawazu was gifted a living doll from an alleged doll maker that sought him out. Some days later after showing off the doll at a party something crushed the man's chest and took the doll with them. |
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Tsuyako (津也子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 204: The Living Doll
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A doll animated with using the metal scarecrow spell stolen from the Goko Clan, this doll is sold to unwitting victims who have been targeted for assassinations. |
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Dollmaker (人形師)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 205: Dollmaker
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The dollmaker claims to be a member of the Goko Clan in order to claim higher fees from his clients. As a result, he was asked if he could arrange assassinations and began using his doll, Tsuyako, to murder people. |
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Otama (お玉)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 210: Made an Example of Him
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Otama is a young maid who is sent on an errand to buy a cagefull of rats. She runs into Nanoka who helps carry the heavy load out of curiosity for why Otoma's employer would want such a strange item. |
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Mistress (奥様)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 210: Made an Example of Him
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After delievering the cage of rats, Nanoka observes from a distance and watches as the lady of the house takes out one of the rodents and swallows it whole. |
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Shaman (祈祷師)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 214: The Oni's Arm
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Having been summoned to exorcise a disembodied oni's arm that was housed in a local temple, this shaman soon becomes possessed by the appendage which begins to merge with him. |
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Young Lady (お嬢様)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 217: Nightmare
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Cursed by Byoki to have dreams that are shared with an ayakashi that has been murdering people, she is used as a pawn to facilitate a meeting between Natsuno and Yurako. |
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Sosuke Tazuru (田蔓惣助)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 226: The Goko Clan's Boat
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Sosuke escapes from his family's compound to seek the help of the Goko Clan in resolving the return of his uncle who has begun to viciously attack his family after murdering Sosuke's father. Sosuke's last name, Tazuru (田蔓), means "rice field" and "creeping vine" a reference to the seed of haku involved with the family. |
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Sosuke's Father (惣助のお父さん)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 226: The Goko Clan's Boat
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Sosuke's father had sought out the help of the Goko Clan to extend his brother's life. Years later his brother returns after having disappeared and seemingly murders his brother. His last name, Tazuru (田蔓), means "rice field" and "creeping vine" a reference to the seed of haku involved with the family. |
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Sosuke's Uncle (惣助の伯父貴)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 226: The Goko Clan's Boat
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Sosuke's uncle's illness was kept at bay by a seed of haku. Eventually his uncle disappeared and returned years later only to brutally murder Sosuke's father and severely abuse the rest of his family. His last name, Tazuru (田蔓), means "rice field" and "creeping vine" a reference to the seed of haku involved with the family. |
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Earth Ointment Girl (土の塗り薬の女)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 230: Molder of Faces
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This young woman acquired an earthen ointment from the molder of faces to remove a mole, however the medicine proved harmful and started to crack her face. |
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Earth Ointment Girl's Mother (土の塗り薬の女の母)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 230: Molder of Faces
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The girl's mother contacts Mao to have him see if he can help her daughter after the medicine has a terrible side-effect. |
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Mineko (ミネ子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 230: Molder of Faces
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Mineko is a prostitute who meets the molder of faces who is able to make her into a great beauty, however soon the ointment fails and Mineko dies. |
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Molder of Faces (造顔師)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 231: Face Ointment
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Mineko is a prostitute who meets the molder of faces who is able to make her into a great beauty, however soon the ointment fails and Mineko dies. |
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Company President (社長)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 246: The Whereabouts of the Spear
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The company president has been targeted for assassination over a land deal. Soma was tasked by the Goko Clan to kill the man, but had only managed bungled attempts that killed his bodyguards. When he tries again, Hyakka and Nanoka arrive to stop him. |
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Cursed Woman (呪われた女性)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 248: Needle and Beast
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Kagari and Soma work together, cursing this woman at a dormitory to lure Nanoka into a trap. The woman has become beastly and spits needles at Ayame and Nanoka when they try to exorcise her. |
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Thief (泥棒)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 252: Iron Rat
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While breaking into a home, the thief interupts a man attempting to use the Iron Rat as he casts a curse. The rat then possesses him and causes him to murder and attack a number of people before he is exorcised by Mao. |
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Iron Rat (鉄鼠)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 252: Iron Rat
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This creature was spawned during Soma's recovery after he was gravely injured by Nanoka. Hakubi took the shard of metal that fell from Soma's body and turned it into the powerful cursing creature which is capable of possessing others. |
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Reiko Uwayama (宇和山礼子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 264: House of Abandonment
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Reiko is the daughter of Lord Uwayama. She was sickly growing up and was not expected to live very long. She asked that her father help her to finance the "House of Abandonment" where elderly people who can no longer be cared for are left. |
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Lord Uwayama (宇和さま)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 264: House of Abandonment
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Lord Uwayama has hired Renji and Mei to help him find his daughter, Reiko. He has long had dealings with the Goko Clan, but now his blindness has caused him to become concerned that the woman that calls herself "Reiko" is not really his daughter. |
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False Reiko (偽礼子)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 264: House of Abandonment
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This woman works at the House of Abandonment and calls herself Reiko, despite his blindness Lord Uwayama knows this is not his daughter. |
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Parasite Moth (宿リ蛾)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 264: House of Abandonment
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A nurse at the House of Abandonment, this woman wear's Reiko's face as she treats the elderly patients who were left at the facility. In truth, she is a parasite moth that has taken on Reiko's appearance. |
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Haru's Brother (ハルの弟)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 264: House of Abandonment
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Reiko is the daughter of Lord Uwayama. She was sickly growing up and was not expected to live very long. She asked that her father help her to finance the "House of Abandonment" where elderly people who can no longer be cared for are left. |
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Haru (ハル)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 266: Parasite Moth
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Haru is a nurse working at the Hous of Abandonment, her brother was worried when he stopped hearing from her, and Mao and Nanoka go to investigate. Ultimately she is found safe, though many of her colleagues were killed by the ayakashi moths. |
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Kamikiri (髪切)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 275: Raven Haired
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Kamikiri is an ayakashi obcessed with cutting women's hair. However, when another creature begins to kidnap women after lusting after their hair, Kamikiri is blamed and has to ask Nanoka and Mao for help to clear his name. |
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Raven-Haired Evil Spirit (黒髪の悪霊)
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Manga Debut: Chapter 275: Raven Haired
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This ghostly bandit from the Sengoku era was executed and nearly beheaded, however her hair tangled with her killer's sword, leaving her with the dying impression that her hair is uncuttable. When her grave is disturbed, her ghost returns to steal all the black hair she can find. |
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