Kamikaze (Manga)

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Kamikaze ( Japanese 神 ・ 風 , Kami Kaze ) is a completed manga series by the Japanese illustrator Satoshi Shiki . Action, humor, eroticism and Japanese mysticism come together in this detailed fantasy series.

Publications

Kamikaze was published in Japan from 1997 to 2003 in individual chapters in the manga magazine Afternoon of the Kodansha publishing house. These individual chapters have also been summarized in seven edited volumes.

The series was published entirely in German from 2001 to 2004 by Planet Manga .

The series was also published in the USA and France , among others .

action

The plot revolves around the so-called clan of renegades who exist hidden in society. The clan is divided into four families: those of fire, water, earth and wind. The people of the clan have the ability to deal with the four elements according to their clan. Originally the clans fought against 88 demons , which they defeated and sealed a long time ago. Nowadays they each protect a magical gate, behind which part of the monstrous, dangerous 88 demons was sealed. The gates can only be opened when the guardian of the gate sheds his blood on them.

Kamuro Ishigami is the Lord of the Earth. It is his responsibility from birth to protect Misao , the woman of the water. For this he was entrusted with the sacred sword kamikaze . However, Kamuro only knows that Misao can be found in Tokyo and goes on a search. But not only he is looking for Misao, others want to find her too.

The reason for this are the two different histories of the clan. Lord Higa and Lord Kaede , lord of the kin of fire and wife of the kin of wind, firmly believe that it is for them to awaken the 88 demons again. For this reason, the woman of the water is to be kidnapped. She should shed her blood over the gate of the water to free her part of the 88 demons.

The clan of the earth does not believe in this historiography and wants to prevent the awakening. Misao, who doesn't remember the clan, now has to choose who to follow. Seeing Kamuro as a protector in the rain, she joins him.

Nevertheless, Ai-Guma, who pretends to be Misao's classmate, and other subordinates manage to kidnap Lord Higas Misao. And even Kamuro cannot resist the superiority of the two other clans and has to watch helplessly as the gate of the earth is opened through his blood and some of the demons escape. The demons attack everyone immediately. Higa and Kaede did not expect that and their subordinates Kikunosuke and Rikimaru are confused, but continue to follow their lord. Only when Kayano, the lord of the clan of heaven, appears, all other demons are set free and chaos breaks out on earth, all clans fight together against the demons to keep the world.

The story not only focuses on the main strand of the narrative, but also recalls scraps of memory and the past of a few other people.

people

The kin of the earth

  • Kamuro Ishigami - Lord of the Earth, is looking for Misao and wants to protect her. He wants to prevent the resurrection of the 88 demons.
  • Deidara - Kamuro's grandfather and previous master of the earth. He has to die so that Kamuro can get stronger.

The clan of water

  • Misao Mikogami - is an orphan who found accommodation with a nun. She does not remember that she is the Woman of the Water from the Apostate Clan. She wants to save everyone, that's why she finally accepts her task.
  • Sae - is Misao's grandmother and the old woman of the water. Before she dies, she can still help Misao.

The kin of fire

  • Lord Higa (Yuh Higa) - is the lord of fire. Due to false memories that Kayano gave him, he wants to wake up the 88 demons and has Misao kidnapped.
  • Kikunosuke - was originally a normal person and did not belong to the renegade clan. After killing his adoptive parents, he was taken in by Lord Higa.
  • Rikimaru - is a subordinate of Lord Higas. He is very strong and has a young daughter.
  • Rihei - is a subordinate of Lord Higas, who is cyborg-like equipped with an artificial arm.

The kin of the wind

  • Lord Kaede - is the woman of the wind. She kills Sae to wake up the demons. She has a child with Lord Higa.
  • Ai-Guma - pretends to be Misao's school friend, but belongs to Lord Kaede. She was something like Misao's girlfriend.
  • Beni-Guma - is a girl who is abandoned by Lord Higa and then transfers to Misao.
  • Kaen-Guma - serves both Lord Kaede and Lord Higa.

The kin of heaven

  • Kayano - Lord of the Clan of Heaven. He was born only to destroy. He has no other purpose in life.
  • Bishagatsuku - is the daughter of the Lord of Heaven, which she does not know for a long time. She was actually Keiko Mase, a newspaper journalist and close friend of Misao.

Other

  • Aida - belongs to the outcast clan. These are mixed race between the people and the clan members. He has the second kamikaze sword and also wants to protect Misao.
  • Zen - is the child of Kaede and Higa. He was born as Kayano's counterpart. If Kayano dies, Zen must also die.