Noragami (Бездомный Бог) 

Noragami volume 1 by Kodansha featuring Yato (left) and Hiyori Iki (right)

is a fantasy manga series by Adachitoka that began serialization in Kodansha\'s Monthly Shōnen Magazine in January 2011\'s issue. It has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes as of February 2014. An anime television series adaptation by Bones aired in Japan between January 5 and March 23, 2014.

Hiyori Iki was a regular middle school student until she was hit by a bus while trying to save the life of a jersey-wearing person named Yato. This incident causes her to transform into a half-phantom. Soon after she learns that Yato is a god, her life is never the same.

Yato is a war god who attempts to build his own shrine. In the past he was known as a god of calamity (

. He wears a jersey and a fluffy scarf and refers to himself as "Yato God" (Yatogami). His current regalia (

quit, and he becomes unarmed until he met Hiyori and Yukine. He calls himself a "delivery god" (

and often posts or writes his own cell number on several common places in case someone needs his help. He usually charges 5 yen—what Japanese people usually give when praying at a shrine; and he is willing to do anything for 5 yen. He is also good at both academics and sports. As he \'stopped\' being a God of Calamity due to disliking being violent, he is often being forgotten by humans. This makes him fear being forgotten, which is why he treasures the existence of Hiyori Iki. Since accepting Hiyori\'s job to return her to normal, Hiyori becomes more increasingly involved in Yato\'s and Yukines activities, and even saves both of them from Yukine\'s actions, actions that caused blight upon Yato. Over time, Yato becomes more concerned about Hiyori and her well being, but worries more about being forgotten by her to the point he stalks her constantly and gets jealous over her interactions with other people. upon Hiyori refusing to cut her bond with Yato, despite it being her best chance to return to normal, promising that she would never forget him and even building a small shrine for him, Yato promises himself that he will become an existence that can make Hiyori happy.

She is an ordinary middle school girl in her senior year, and a high school freshman starting from chapter 25 of the manga. After saving Yato, she somehow becomes stuck between the human world and the afterlife, causing her soul to suddenly become freed from her body. She comes from a wealthy family; her father is a doctor and owns a hospital, and she has an older brother who is far older than her. She idolizes the wrestling star Tono, even copying his moves as a means of self-defense. She is a kind girl, often going out of her way to help others in need. She is always nice to Yukine despite his bad behavior, and helps Yato whenever she can. The "tail" on her back is not actually a tail but a connection between her soul and her body. If it gets severed, she will die. Since her request to Yato to turn her back to normal, Hiyori has becomes more involved in Yato\'s activities and events in the \'far side\'. During this time, she develops a strong attachment to Yato, being able to recognize him by scent and even feeling embarrassed by how much she likes it. Despite it being her best chance to return to normal, Hiyori refuses to have her bond to Yato cut because she wants to spend more time with him. She even promises to never forget about Yato, and builds him a small shrine. Even when she gradually forgets about Yato\'s existence due to her school life, she continues to feel empty and that she is missing the one she wants to spend her time with. Although over joyed upon remembering about Yato, she feels guilt about forgetting about him even a little bit. In the anime, she lost her memories of Yato and Yukine after attacked by Nora and her summons at the new year eve. She later was able to recover all her memories by recognizing Yato\'s smell.

He is Yato\'s current shinki. His name as shinki is "Sekki" (

, whose shape is a katana. He died at a young age, making him miss normal life as a middle schooler. He acts like his age, and was once stealing money from people with the excuse that it\'s okay since he\'s dead. Every time he steals or sins in any other way, Yato suffers injuries. Even though Yato is his master, Yukine doesn\'t really show Yato respect as much as how he actually respects him. After being saved by Hiyori, he becomes more obedient to her and Yato. He died when he was a second year at middle school. He has a little crush on Hiyori.

He is the infamous god of academics. He has several shinki, all of them women (including Yato\'s former shinki); and has his own shrine, much to Yato\'s envy. He would sometimes assume human form to intervene if, for example, Yato goes out of control playing around.

, posing as Ebisu. She may be energetic and gentle; but she can be fierce and stands up to even Bishamonten if needed.

She is the strongest God of Combat. She has many shinki due to her being unable to abandon spirits attacked by Ayakashi, and eventually forming a group with her as leader, causing her trouble as she sometimes cannot tend to all of them properly, especially when one of them gets sick or is in pain. She has a strong hate for Yato, as he killed her shinki in the past.

Rabō is an enigmatic character and appears only in the anime. He is often seen conversing with Nora and has been known to be able to control Phantoms. He is also known as a God of Calamity, similar to Yato, and having working together with him, and seeing him being what he\'s now making him wanted to bring back the old Yato. He is known to kill humans, shinki, other gods and phantoms, not caring what the job is, as long as he was wished to do it.

A shinki is a divine weapon possessed by gods. They are formerly humans that died for a reason against their will (e.g. not through suicide). Every shinki can change their shape into a unique weapon when their gods called their shinki name. Usually, each god has a naming scheme to serve as proof that the god wants a specific type of shinki, and also as an affirmation of a familial a bond (as in Bishamonten\'s case). A certain shape of shinki will change after they risked their name to protect their gods to a better shape one, which is later called "Hafuri Vessel" (

She is Yato\'s former shinki, and currently one of Tenjin\'s shinki. Despite her harsh attitude toward Yato she does appear to hold a considerable amount of respect and concern for him, an example of this is when she volunteers to be a part of the ablution required to save Yato\'s life despite the risks involved. When she was still Yato\'s shinki, she was given the name Tomone (

He is one of Bishamonten\'s shinki and her most trusted person. His name as shinki is "Chōki" (

, whose shape as a shinki is now a flower-shaped earring, and is capable of tracking enemies and also to guide other shinki in combat.

Daikoku is Kofuku\'s somewhat overprotective shinki. His name as shinki is "Kokki" (

She is Yato\'s former shinki. "Nora," meaning "stray," is how the gods call any shinki who has many masters and many names. Because of this they have a bad reputation and are the target of prejudice by the gods, but nevertheless use them for tasks that they don\'t want their own shinki to be used. This particular Nora was named Hiiro (

, and she still offers herself to be used by him, though he always resists. She causes a lot of trouble, going so far as to destroy Yukine\'s faith in himself (nearly killing Yato in the process). In the anime, she first tries to kill Hiyori with her phantoms and, when that fails, erases Hiyori\'s memory of Yukine and Yato. It is noted that, had she been summoned in the ablution ceremony, she would have killed Yukine.

Noragami started as a manga series, authored by Adachitoka and published by Kodansha. The series premiered in Monthly Shōnen Magazine\'s January 2011 issue, released on December 6, 2010,

and has been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes since July 15, 2011.

The ninth and tenth volumes were released simultaneously with limited editions, the former bundled with a drama CD

The eleventh volume is scheduled for July 17, 2014, and its limited edition will be bundled with a second anime episode on DVD.

Extra chapters of the series have been published in the spin-off publication, Monthly Shōnen Magazine + since 2011 and as of November 15, 2013, they have been compiled into one volume under the title Noragami Shūishū (

The series has been licensed for an English language North American release by Kodansha Comics USA as Noragami: Stray God, and will release the first volume on September 2, 2014.

The Noragami television series adaptation is produced by Bones, directed by Kotaro Tamura with scripts by Deko Akao and character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto.

Prior to the series\' television premiere, its first episode was screened at 2013\'s Anime Festival Asia on November 10, 2013.

The anime began airing in Japan on January 5, 2014, on Tokyo MX and later on MBS, BS11 and TVA. Funimation has licensed the anime for streaming in North America.

Its final, twelfth episode aired on Tokyo MX on March 23, 2014. Besides the television series, an additional episode was released on DVD bundled with the limited edition of the 10th volume of the manga on February 17, 2014, and a second one will follow with the 11th volume on July 17, 2014.

with composition and lyrics by Shuntarō and arrangement and performed by Hello Sleepwalkers. The ending theme song is "Heart Realize" (

with composition, arrangement and lyrics by Supercell and performed by Tia.

"A Housecat, a Stray God, and a Tail" "Ieneko to Noragami to Shippo" (家猫と野良神と尻尾) 

A god named Yato answers a five-yen prayer to defeat a phantom that has appeared above a school using his Regalia, Tomone. Shortly after the battle, however, Tomone decides she is fed up with Yato and requests to have his contract with him terminated. Now without a Regalia, Yato takes up a new request to find a missing cat named Milord. Whilst he is doing that, a girl named Hiyori Iki spots him walking into the path of an oncoming bus and dives into to save him. She pushes him out of the road but is hit by the bus herself, and afterwards finds her spirit separated from her body, although she is able to return to it safely. Whilst recovering in hospital, Hiyori hears strange voices before having another encounter with Yato, who formerly introduces himself as a god. Some time later, Yato finds Milord but is attacked by the phantom. After Hiyori helps Yato escape, she learns that the incident from before has resulted in her becoming a half-phantom lying between the worlds of the living and the dead, causing her spirit, which has a cat\'s tail, to sometimes leave her body. After learning of the situation, Hiyori gives Yato five yen as a fee in order to help her get back to normal. 

As Hiyori ends up drifting out of her body more often than not, she takes advantage of her new agile form. Despite being reminded by Hiyori about the job she paid him for, Yato insists that he can\'t do anything until he gets a new Regalia. Assuming a Regalia could be made from any phantom, Hiyori goes in search of one, only for it to turn out to be a really hostile one. Hiyori attempts to fight the phantom herself but is stopped by Yato, who is injured in the process. After retreating to treat his \'blight\' wound, which can spread if left untreated, Yato explains that Hiyori\'s tail is what connects her to her physical form, and if it is cut, she will die. The phantom returns, and Yato spots an uncorrupted spirit and claims it as his new Regalia, which takes the form of a white katana, allowing Yato to defeat the phantom. Yato afterwards decides to name his Regalia Yukine, which transforms into the form a teenage human boy. 

As Yukine tries to adjust to his role as Yato\'s Regalia, he is scolded by Yato over allegedly having dirty thoughts about Hiyori, explaining that they share the same mind and body. Later, the three are summoned by the God of Learning, Lord Tenjin, who has taken on Tomone, now named Mayu, as one of his new Regalia. Tenjin commissions Yato to take care of some phantoms that have appeared near a railway track. Whilst fighting the phantoms, the three encounter a \'storm\', which Yato and Yukine manage to destroy before it compels a schoolboy to walk into the path of a train. 

Yato takes Hiyori and Yukine to meet a fellow god named Kofuku, and her Regalia, Daikoku. In the middle of their talk, Yato is summoned by a suicidal office worker named Usuke Urasawa, whom he accidentally knocks off the top of a building in the process. On the way down, Usuke explains how his luck and fortune went downhill in pursuit of love for a girl, who turns out to be Kofuku, revealed to be a Binbougami (God of Poverty) who causes bad luck and misfortune to those around her. Yato manages to use Yukine to sever Usuke\'s ties and memories to Kofuku, before ensuring he lands safely. After Yato collects his payment, Kofuku tells Hiyori that Yato had once killed before. Later, as Yato tells Hiyori to go to Kofuku and Daikoku should anything happen to him, Yukine encounters a strange woman, who is revealed to be Nora--Yato\'s former Regalia. 

After Yato teaches Yukine how to make a borderline, which regalia can use against phantoms, Hiyori decides to have Yukine live in her house, feeling Yato can\'t look after him properly. After some reluctance, Yato agrees to let Yukine stay with her. Yato ends up sneaking himself too, keeping Yukine in check before he gets any ideas about Hiyori. The next day, Yukine runs away after Hiyori stops him from stealing a skateboard, with Yato later explaining to her that any impure thoughts Yukine has results in pain for himself. Whilst running away, Yukine encounters a little girl, which he later learns to be the spirit of a girl who died in a traffic accident. However, the girl ends up getting possessed by a phantom and becomes consumed by it, forcing Yato to use Yukine to defeat her against his will . 

Yukine, depressed about being used by Yato to kill the girl spirit instead of saving her, steals the skateboard he had his eye on before. When Yato stops him, Hiyori appears, deciding to cover for Yukine by claiming she bought it for him. Just then, a god named Bishamon, holding a personal grudge against him, appears and attacks Yato. Hiyori calls Kofuku and Daikoku to help, tracking Yato\'s location using her sense of smell. However, Kofuku\'s attempt to stop the battle ends up making things worse by causing a huge hole with raging storms appear. Bishamon tries to take advantage of the situation, dealing some damage to Yato, but is urged by one of her regalia, Kazuma, to retreat to protect her other regalia. 

Hiyori\'s presence as a spirit is discovered by Kazuma, who chooses to keep this a secret from Bishamon, before telling Hiyori that if nothing is done about Yukine, Yato will die. Later that night, as Yato is helping out at a convenience store, Yukine is caught trying to steal some charity money. Just then, another phantom appears, and despite Nora\'s presence causing Yukine unease, Yato assures him that he is his regalia and manages to defeat the phantom with him. 

Yato and Yukine are called to Hiyori\'s school at the request of a bullied student, with Yato giving him a certain something to use. Whilst at the school, Yukine laments that he never had the chance to go to high school himself and make friends with others. The student is driven by a phantom to confront the bully using a knife Yato had given him, but he manages to hold himself back and disperse the phantom with his own will. Yukine, however, gives into his frustration and starts breaking the school\'s windows, causing Yato\'s blight to spread further. As Hiyori discovers this, she risks herself to try and bring him to Kofuku and Daikoku, getting blighted herself in the process. Kofuku and Daikoku shut them out with a borderline. 

Daikoku and Kofuku only allow Hiyori to come through the borderline so she can cleanse her blight, stating that Yato will die unless Yukine receives punishment by ablution. Although Daikoku manages to enlist the help of Mayu, he struggles to find a third Regalia to help perform the ablution. Rejecting the thought of calling on Nora, as she might kill Yukine, Hiyori goes to Bishamon\'s shrine to request Kazuma\'s help. As the three Regalias get together, they discover Yukine\'s back is covered with phantoms and begin their ablution, in which Yukine must endure pain until he confesses to his sins, or otherwise transform into a phantom himself. Yukine admits his crimes and expresses his jealousy of the living and his envy of what they have. As Yukine\'s condition worsens, Hiyori and Yato calls out to him, reminding him that they are his friends, and the name Yato gave him is that of a person\'s. Hearing this, Yukine apologises for all the bad things he had done, allowing the ablution to be successfully carried out. With both Yato and Yukine back to normal, they both feel thankful towards Hiyori for saving their lives. Meanwhile, Nora has awakened a god named Rabo, who has a grudge against Yato. 

As Yukine takes up a part time job at Daikoku\'s food stand to help repay what he stole, he and Hiyori hear from Miyu about how Tenjin banished one of his regalias for stinging him with blight. Meanwhile, Tenjin informs Yato, who finally contemplates fulfilling Hiyori\'s request, that he may be able to fix her problem if he cuts his ties with her. On New Year\'s Day, as Yato and Yukine fight a group of phantoms, Hiyori, who was on a shrine visit with her friends, is lured out by Nora, who sends her own phantoms to chase after her. As Hiyori is saved as the phantoms are dissolved by dawn\'s sunlight, Nora informs her about Rabo and his desire to kill Yato, telling her to stop existing. After Yato and Yukine manage to defeat all the phantoms, they catch up to Hiyori, only to find she has no memory of who Yato is. 

As Yato and Yukine try to figure out how to restore Hiyori\'s memories, they are confronted by Nora, who reveals she had stolen Hiyori\'s memory of Yato and has become Furuhime, regalia of Rabo, who attacks Yato in an attempt to awaken some repressed memories. As Yato finds himself unable to beat Rabo and Furuhime, the two take their leave, with Furuhime stating she will return Hiyori\'s memory if Yato can defeat Rabo. It is revealed that Rabo is a calamity god, a god who answers malicious wishes to kill people, phantoms, and gods, who once worked alongside Yato, who was also a calamity god himself. As Yato becomes conflicted over whether restoring Hiyori\'s memory is the right thing to do, Yukine shows Hiyori a picture book detailing the times they have spent together. Meanwhile, Furuhime reveals that Hiyori\'s memory is further waning, shown when she loses her memory of Yukine, and will leave her as an empty vessel if nothing is done. Despite knowing the risks involved, Yato and Yukine resolve to restore Hiyori\'s memory. 

Yato and Yukine warp over to Rabo\'s shrine, mistakenly dragging Hiyori along with them. Yato immediately engages Rabo and Furuhime, only to be easily fended off and taken prisoner by a spell of Rabo\'s which enshrouds the victim in a sphere of water. Hiyori manages to pull Yato out, allowing the fight to resume. Unsatisfied with Yato\'s performance, Rabo decides to destroy the jewel-like sphere containing Hiyori\'s stolen memories, causing her to fall unconscious. Angered by this, Yato appears to awaken to his former self as a god of calamity, and easily kicks Rabo into the stone cliff surrounding the site. Having seen that Yato had returned to his old self, Rabo absorbs the storm which had been raging from above, thus merging with its phantoms. An exchange between the two causes boulders to loosen, one of which heads directly for Hiyori. Yato saves her just in time, and holds her tightly to his body in a protective gesture. Hiyori\'s memories are awakened by his scent, and she returns to consciousness. Realizing he has to get rid of Hiyori, Rabo takes hold of her, but is finished off by Yato and Yukine with a move used for cleansing phantoms. As the three make their way back home, Hiyori tells Yato and Yukine that she never wants to sever her ties with them. 

Hiyori\'s first day at high school becomes a nightmare for her when Yato possesses her body, after she unintentionally slips out of it after falling asleep. He uses Hiyori\'s body to his advantage by doing all sorts of embarrassing and over-the-top things to spread word of his services to the other students, with Kofuku joining in on the fun. Yukine tries to get Tenjin and Mayu to help put a stop to Yato\'s antics, but they too end up getting distracted. As Hiyori struggles to make Yato return her body, she and Yukine spot a perverted student, who sneaked a camera into the girl\'s changing rooms, and discover he has been possessed by a phantom. When the student attempts to jump out of the window upon being discovered, Yato manages to rescue him and subdue the phantom, but ends up breaking his (Hiyori\'s) shoulder in the process. As such, Yato is caught and given an appropriate punishment whilst Hiyori begins her next day of school with a bizarre reputation. 

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