With the danger in Okinawa now passed, Keita, Kuro, and Akane return to Tokyo. Though Kuro and he were ultimately victorious in Okinawa, Keita worries that his own weakness is holding back the team and begins training even harder to face the battles that lie ahead. Unfortunately, more than danger is looming on the horizon. A roaming mototsumitama wanders into town, causing as much of a fuss as Kuro did when she first arrived in Keita's life!

Black God, Vol. 9 (Volume 9) (Black God, 9)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Lim, Dall-Young

Manga

Yen Press

Accosted by an agent of the Shishigami clan, Keita and Kuro have no choice but to fight. The duo seems to be holding its own against the mototsumitama Aragi, but it's too early to celebrate. Just as Kuro manages to take Aragi down, his contractee shows up, eager to wrap things up as quickly as possible. Keita crumbles as Aragi's contractee unleashes her thousand, the Gravi Doom, and with their synch broken, Kuro is left alone to face the unrelenting Aragi. Never has Kuro felt so powerless in battle. Even if she emerges from the fight alive, will her confidence remain intact?

Black God, Vol. 10 (Volume 10) (Black God, 10)

Mikami may have slipped through the Kaionji Group's fingers once, but they aren't about to let her escape again! Before she can make her getaway, Saishu of the Shishigami clan takes out Mikami's beloved Ferrari, forcing her to face him in battle. Enraged, Mikami readily leaps into the fight, but without a contractee even the fierce mototsumitama is no match for Saishu's skillful attacks. Excel watches in tears as her only precious friend is bloodied and beaten...which rouses memories of another person she once held very dear...

Black God, Vol. 11 (Volume 11) (Black God, 11)

In spite of weeks of training with Keita, Kuro crumbles at the reappearance of the mototsumitama Aragi. But just as Kuro is prepared to submit to death, someone calls out to her from deep within her...In the midst of her terror, Kuro feels the presence of Keita's grandfather and Kakuma, who died protecting their home in Okinawa, as well as her mother, who saved Kuro in her final hour. Their actions helped fortify Kuro in the past, but will their words give her the strength she needs to draw upon the full extent of her power and defeat her most feared enemy?

Black God, Vol. 12 (Black God, 12)

Keita and Kuro learn more about Ghost, the masked man who serves as the face of the Shishigami clan to those mototsumitama living in Tokyo. When Arie Souyou describes how Ghost convinced her father to agree to an alliance with the Shishigami before mudering him before her eyes, Kuro and Keita decide to pursue Ghost in the hope that he will lead them to the elusive mastermind behind the upheaval in Tokyo - Reishin Shishigami. However, tracking down Ghost will require the assistance of the other Tokyo clans, and they may be less than willing to help Kuro, as she herself is a member of the dreaded Shishigami!

Black God, Vol. 13 (Black God, 13)

With Mana on board, Keita is outnumbered five girls to one guy in the modest Tokyo apartment. Although Mana has been welcomed in as part of the "family," her disdain for humans and mototsumitama who ally with them is more than evident. A glimpse into the past reveals the cause: Mana's beloved older sister abandoned her right to clan leadership - and her little sister - to raise a family with the human she had fallen in love with. Can Mana set aside her resentment to help Kuro and Keita find and defeat the elusive Ghost?

Black God, Vol. 14 (Black God, 14)

Though Mana is somewhat able to counteract the effects of the Tribal Ends' tranquilizer, victory against Kaien seems impossible in her weakened state. But Mana would rather admit defeat fighting on her own than accept the help offered by Kuro, Keita, and Arie. Will the strict laws of her clan prevent Mana from seeing all that the coexistence equilibrium encompasses - both human and mototsumitama - and the possibility of camaraderie between them? Will a newly forged bond between mototsumitama and human be what ultimately saves them all?!

Black God, Vol. 15 (Black God, 15)

Despite Kuro and Mana's best efforts, the two high mototsumitama are no match for Shion, one of Reishin Shishigami's top generals. Amused by Mana's arrogance, Shion reveals that the proud purebloods are actually an impure breed descended from the original mototsumitama, who gave up the purity of their race in order to survive. Without the powerful battle genes of her ancestors, Kuro cannot hope to defeat Shion, let alone Reishin. Filled with rage, Kuro launches a ferocious attack unlike anything the others have ever seen. Has Kuro unlocked some hidden power of her own, or will this sudden surge of bloodlust take her out of commission for good?!

Black God, Vol. 16 (Black God, 16) (Volume 16)

At the dawn of history, the ancestors of modern-day mototsumitama-the genuine ones-were charged with preserving the balance of nature in accordance with the will of tera. But when a genuine one named Thousand lends her power to a particular tribe and aids them in becoming the dominant species on the planet, her comrades feel compelled to step in and restore the natural order. Though her tribe is forced to scatter, the children of Thousand, blessed with their mother's power, continue to fight for their right to live, free of interference from the genuine ones. But even with the tribe's extraordinary abilities, can any creature match the raw power of tera's chosen stewards?!

Black God, Vol. 17 (Volume 17) (Black God, 17)

Kuro and Keita's glimpse into the past has left them with more questions than answers. Their path clouded with uncertainty, the partners seek another audience with Ghost to gain a better understanding of what they have seen and what lies ahead. If it is indeed true that humans and mototsumitama exist outside the will of tera, then perhaps Reishin Shishigami's end goal is starting to make its own kind of sense...But does the will of tera truly demand such a high price from humanity?

Black God, Vol. 18 (Black God, 18)

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