Kannagi (かんなぎ)

Got ya!!

Woah, you're a big one!

Creepy.

Wait till Tsugumi get a load of this.

Episode 1

The Shrine Girl

It's finished!

I've put my all on this all night long and...

It's done.

I'll call it the Tree Spirit Sculpture!

Good!

Oh no, I'm gonna be late!

It's heavy!

Looks like I can't carry it on foot.

What was that again, that Daitetsu said?

I think I'm beginning to understand.

To craft what you see from trees is like...

What the?

What is this... This well sculpted form...

I've materialized to...?

What could this mean?

A vessel able to contain me...

It's inconceivable.

Oh, are you in shock?

Poor you. Just take it easy until you calm down.

Don't be afraid, there's nothing to fear!

It's good.

Even if it's cheap stuff.

Excuse me, but...

There are a lot of things that I would like to ask...

Shouldn't it be me doing the asking?

But, you can ask first.

I'm a very considerate person. So ask now.

Well...

I'm sort of psychically sensitive to spirit things.

But it's a first for me to actually see one clearly.

Are you a manifestation?

I mean...

Are you a tree spirit?

It's unbelievable that it's come to this...

Are you thinking of me as some sort of mountain demon? Tell me!

I can't believe your idea of a God has been reduced to something so low.

Fine.

It's time to educate you.

Firstly, do you know what a Guardian Tree is for?

It's a sacred tree?

Not just a sacred tree, as you put it, but the tree of a God.

A vessel for a God.

A God which descended from the heavens.

That God is the guardian of this Land.

A guardian from which all livings things came forth.

And that deity, is none other than me.

The mother of this world.

Can a God seriously just appear like that?

Now it's my turn to ask questions.

What's this vessel I'm in?

Vessel?

What I materialized from.

There was this human shape thing?

Like this.

Oh, that was a wooden sculpture I made.

It feels so familiar.

I don't know...

It must be because it was made out of the sacred tree?

Are you telling the truth?!

You'll receive divine punishment if you're lying!

You mean you didn't know?

It has been cut down for some time now...

The place is undergoing a major Land conversion.

I heard the tree's going to be moved to another nearby shrine.

A friend gave me that piece of wood,

and I carved it for a district exhibition.

I used to play here when I was a kid.

I was shocked too...

Say, haven't we met, in this place. During that time...

You deserve divine punishment!

How awful! You criminal!

How could you cut down a sacred tree and make into some wood thing!

Mutilation Killing

A... a heinous mutilation!

How... How horrible!

Now is not the time to be singing melodramatics!

I can't believe this was happening while I was asleep!

Isn't the local council supposed to stop this sort of thing?!

Asleep?

But don't you remember? You and I, a long time ago...

I have no such recollections!

Do you have any idea on what will happen, with the Guardian Tree gone?

This Land, where people come to pay respects to their God, will lose its guardian.

What will become of my land, my beloved home?

Disorder will take over, and disasters will become widespread...

Somebody has to restore the balance...

How pitiful!

How can I possibly do anything in this puny form?

A bug...

At your feet.

Now you see, you heathen?

This is an impurity!

Things that were kept checked by the sacred tree are starting to roam free!

There's no point in looking concerned.

Do you honestly think you can do anything?

No human could even touch it! And if you try, you'll get tainted - but not as badly as me.

Disgusting.

How the hell!!

Do you want something to eat?

I have nothing to offer you though.

I'll go out and get something.

As a deity...

I have no defenses against the impurities that plague this Land...

And worse, to lose face, being saved by a heathen.

Even if you are a God...

Didn't I kill that insect?

With a flick.

It only returned to the Earth.

It will come back as a new impurity soon enough.

Except for those who've undergone training,

normal people can't touch impurities.

Who are you, really?

I have a strong psychic sense for all things supernatural, maybe that's reason?

I don't get it.

There are still so many things that I don't understand.

Let me ponder for a while. Don't converse with me.

I don't like it too quiet; can I turn on the TV?

TV?

Yeah...

I like to watch!

No, wait...

This is it, right?

Hey, hold on!

Just let me have it!

Which one should I press?

Here.

Magical Girl Lolikko Cutie!

Evil Doers, beware!

So this is the TV I've heard about?

The images are moving.

What makes it do that?

You can watch it if you like.

In the name of love and justice!

Eat this!

Magical Funny Stone!

Find it interesting?

This is amazing.

I'm starting to feel that this is the answer.

Do you have writing papers?

Writing? You mean calligraphy?

Revenge is at hand.

Found it!

Just give me a break!

Swords and fire have no effect on impurities.

That being said, I'll get tainted if I touch them with my bare hands.

Woah, a spidery outbreak. How creepy.

Spidery and creepy?

Nice one!

Exorcism is needed to banish the impurities.

I'll use the purifying power of a God against them.

But I can't summon enough power with this body alone.

As such, I'll have to depend on an external substitute.

In short, an exorcist item!

Hey, wait...

A pretty young girl, a God of the Land and a guardian spirit!

I won't forgive the impurities!

The streamers on my exorcist item, gather the purifying powers of the Gods!

A powerful weapon to crush the enemy!

What the heck are you doing?

Go and catch them.

Alright.

Stay still.

Okay.

They vanished.

This! This is it!

All that's left is to purge the impurities in the name of love and justice!

My name is Nagi.

I haven't told you my name yet.

The same name as the tree. Easy to remember, right?

I'm...

Jin. Jin Mikuriya.

Jin, huh?

Jin!

What are you doing?

I'm starving. Let's go home.

Go home?

Where?

I asked for a snapper.

That's also a snapper.

A real snapper is too expensive.

You'll get struck down if you get stingy with your offerings.

Considering that in the past I was offered fresh snapper all the time.

Offerings made fresh?

That's a good one!

What's with her?

Well, I'll settle for this then for now.

I want a real snapper next time, got it?

What... is... this?

This is also delicious!