Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Vol. 1

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Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Vol. 1 by Onigunsou

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is an interesting take on a well-used trope, exorcists and spirits, in this case called tsukumogami. Hyoma has good reasons to hate the spirits to the point his grandfather fears what Hyoma might become so he sends his grandson to Botan, a young woman who lives with multiple highly protective tsukumogami.

This goes as well as one could expect. Botan struggles to break through Hyoma's prejudices before he's hurt by them or by her tsukumogami or by others who would seek to hurt them both (which is what Hyoma expects of all spirits. He sees them as purely destructive forces).

Botan learns Hyoma isn't moved merely out of hatred. He has a deep desire to protect and her own tsukumogami want to nurture that as Hyoma isn't exactly wrong. A lot of spirits are dangerous.

The art in this is very nice and I'm curious as to where it's going.



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