“Tsugio, who despises shima-shima beings, inexplicably attracts them while his family protects and serves them.”
Shima-shima
しましま
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Tsugio, who despises shima-shima beings, inexplicably attracts them while his family protects and serves them.
In a town where beings known as "shima-shima" live alongside humans... While protecting the Shima-shima gods who dwell on Shima-shima mountain, the members of the Oobaya make a livelihood by selling instruments for the Shima-shima. However, the younger Oobaya son, Tsugio, hates the Shima-shima. So why do they seem so attracted to him...? (Source: Back cover of volume)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Nov 2005 – Nov 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7362 catalog