“Homeless god Yato, aided by spirit Yukine, helps soul-loose girl Hiyori while seeking shrine and worshippers.”
Noragami: Stray God
ノラガミ
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Synopsis
Homeless god Yato, aided by spirit Yukine, helps soul-loose girl Hiyori while seeking shrine and worshippers.
As a relatively unknown minor deity without any worshippers, Delivery God Yato takes on odd jobs for only five yen, with the goal of amassing a fortune large enough to buy himself a shrine. But in addition to obscurity, he has another problem: his Shinki, or weapon partner, has decided to resign, tired of being with a homeless god. Left with no weapon, Yato takes on more jobs, hoping to find a new partner soon. While out putting up fliers for a missing cat, Yato sees said cat and chases after him, right into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Hiyori Iki, a nearby girl, rushes to push Yato out of the way and ends up hurting herself. After waking up in the hospital, she discovers the incident has knocked her soul loose from her body. Realizing his actions caused this, Yato promises to help return Hiyori to normal—for five yen of course. But in order to return her to normal, he requires a new Shinki, which he finds in the rebellious spirit Yukine. Noragami tells the story of a girl walking the line between two worlds and a stray deity's quest for a place to call his own.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
What 20 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 1.09 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 2.25
Running avg · Oct 2013 → Jun 2024
- 9 “I am really enjoying this manga at the moment along with the anime adaption. However the anime is not following the path of the manga. I really like the relationship between Hiyori and Yato. In the...”
- 8 “Noragami has a melancholy, lonely feel to it, but that’s because the beauty of Noragami (aka “Stray God”) is in its theme of human connection. It points out the importance of connection for life,...”
- 10 “This is one of the best ongoing manga series, it has a great story that involved Gods and spirits. The story may have some funny moments but when the story becomes really serious, it will put you...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 109 × 27 ch × vol
- Total read 14h 32m approx
- Published Dec 2010 – Jan 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15358 catalog