“Weak exorcist Kazami secretly partners with SSS youkai Paira to gain power and help her become human.”
Bone Collection
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Synopsis
Weak exorcist Kazami secretly partners with SSS youkai Paira to gain power and help her become human.
Although the Jinnai clan are well-renowned exorcists, the youngest son Kazami is nothing but an embarrassment to the family. Unable to wield basic spells or combat youkai adequately, Kazami is seen as a talentless exorcist. Despite possessing the powerful "Youkai Spell," a skill that temporarily utilizes any youkai's power, he has been banned by the exorcist society from using it as fraternization between the two races is strictly prohibited. One night, Kazami fatefully encounters Paira, a strange yet cute girl from the youkai realm. In an attempt to protect her from another youkai, Kazami is faced with little choice and uses the forbidden spell to borrow her power. With overwhelming strength, he dispatches the foe with ease and learns that Paira is actually an SSS-class youkai known as "Gashadokuro." Having grown tired with the youkai world, Paira has always wished to become human, something that may be possible with Kazami's ability. Thus, she makes a deal with him: if he uses the "Youkai Spell" to help turn her human, she will marry him. Going along with the arrangement, Kazami can finally become a powerful exorcist who can protect people; but in turn, he must keep his uneasy relationship with Paira a secret from the prying eyes of the exorcists.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
What 6 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.08 · split reception
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.5
↑ 0.00
Running avg · Aug 2020 → Sep 2023
- 8 “Today I'm breaking my review hiatus to talk about a series no one gives a shit about: Boner Collection. One of the only readable series running in the dying Shonen Jump magazine, it was the rare...”
- 7 “tl;dr: A manga that’s awful in most regards but hilariously nonsensical in being so and thus worth the short amount of time it’d take to read. Bone Collection is rated really low, and while I...”
- 5 “SO Bone Collection, Honestly the types of tropes in here make it pretty bland to say the least I mean I feel this could of been better improved upon with a better editor, the art itself is...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 08m approx
- Published Apr 2020 – Aug 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53450 catalog