A couple years ago I posted an address from Kodansha Comics that I found on Twitter for sending fan mail, but it turns out the specific one for Noragami has been in the back of the Japanese volumes all along and I just never bothered to read the corporate text page, lol. It's almost the same as the one I gave before, but the PO Box is different.
Gekkan Shonen Magazine Editorial Department
"Noragami" KC Division
2-12-21, Otoha
Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 112-8001
JAPAN
or:
〒112-8001
東京都 文京区音羽2-12-21
月刊少年マガジン編集部「ノラガミ」KC係
JAPAN
There is also a notice on the page stating to be aware that your letter may get passed to the authors along with your name and contact information.
So for people asking how to send Adachitoka fan mail and well-wishes, here you go.
I wanted to post about this because it seems to be half and half of people who seem to get this and not. I was on the half of "not" until I re-read chapters 108 and 109 last night to work on a fanfic.
But Yato cut ties with Hiyori in order for her to survive; the one thing he's been avoiding the most the entire series. The thing that would almost certainly ensure his death, especially at the current time. He fully meant "I'll give you all that I am".
Yato was ready to die in order to make sure Hiyori lived.
by the twitter fiasco (seemingly anyway) he survived.
but Hiyori clearly knows she's missing something/someone and realizes a lot of things in her memories just don't make sense. And despite their ties being cut, she remembers by his scent. [yet another similarity between the rabo arc and the finale of the manga--there's quite a few, actually]
This could be because of their tied emas, simply because Hiyori is an extraordinary person, or just the pure strength of their bonds. We likely won't get an answer.
I'll start off by saying no matter what, this is my favorite manga/anime series. It'll always be near and dear to my heart. And thank you again to @fast-moon who has put so much time in effort into this series so that we would be able to read it in English ASAP.
But here are my honest thoughts, below the cut
There are far too many open ends. As a writer and a fan, I get that it's good to leave things pretty open ended and give fans a chance to explore possibilities. But there was too much here.
Something that struck me during my read of the translation (as I read the raws about an hour beforehand) was the absence of Nana. Arahabaki and Shiho are at the hanami, why not her? Especially since she's got a bond with Bishamon as well.
Is Nora just a free agent, doing whatever she wants? We see that Yukine still has his Hagusa name, so clearly she would still have Mizuchi. And we know Yato can't re-name her. Does she spend time with Yato and Yukine at Kofuku's house? Is she Yato's secret agent in watching over Hiyori? lol
Kazuma is the only one (aside from Nana) who survived the God's Greatest Secret without being named with the koto no ha. How is he dealing with it? Is he also having nightmares like Yukine?
Yato being 'saved' by going viral is a bit dumb especially because the posts are like "wow this guy is doing like a 10 year old meme lame" etc so it didn't seem like it should have blown up much anyway? and he also says no one actually remembers 'him'/uses his name just Teke-Teke so how does that... actually help Yato? Granted he didn't die and he has a smartphone now but I feel like he would... actually have to really be acknowledged to get money and have a shrine other than Hiyori's shrine (which btw what happened to THE DAMN SHRINE??? its on the cover but the chapter??? absent)
"I'll give you all of me" and dramatic crying/kiss but then Yato just seems so... detached. granted I KNOW it's because of the near shore/far shore and he doesn't want to endanger her again and just looks over her and it's a trope that's been in a million fanfics including mine but it just feels so off and bluh to NOT GET ANY RESOLUTION OTHER THAN HIYORI JUST RECOGNIZING HIM and then a line in the journal about how he tried to play it off.
I can't even think of everything tbh there's just a lot I want answered that wasn't...
I would say the best part of this chapter was the stuff about Fujisaki. It finally answered that he was 'born' with Father present inside of him and they kind of switched back and forth. Although again that leaves the question of how much was Fujisaki and how much was Father in terms of hitting on Hiyori/how much did Fujisaki know about Father's antics. I also love that Yato still hates him anyway even without Father LOL
lastly father was this giant cataclysmic force in Yato's life for literally over a thousand years and he's finally free. and we really get no reaction in regards to that. And that is especially disappointing when it's a major theme of the manga as a whole, you know?
idk that's my piece for now. I'm sure I'll have more to say in the coming days/weeks/months/etc but I hope and pray there's maybe any sort of small addition to the tankobon release.
it did mention "please look forward to adachitoka's next work" but I think that was just like a publishing nicety. I think noragami's ending was rushed due to their ongoing health problem and/or pressure from the publishers and I honestly don't see them coming out with a new series any time soon.
Preview of my piece for the @noragamitarotzine featuring my son who has never done anything wrong in his life. Pre-orders are open but not for long! Please check it out!!
So, I dun goofed on my interpretation of pages 14 and 15, and assumed Yato's "I can't" only applied to his statement about living in a world where Hiyori doesn't exist. But it actually applies to his entire statement afterwards, too. That even though he lost someone close to him, he can't destroy the world like his father would have, because it's the world she wanted to protect, and is now her grave.
I've updated the translation and added new links in the original post. Sorry about that.
Is Hiyori's body still alive? Is this even possible?
What if:
- Hiyori no longer has her memories and sees her lifeless body? Surely the ggs would come into play here?
- But what if she still had her memories and told Yato about it? Could her soul return to the body? But how?
- What if she remained Yato's shinki but could return to her body? Then her soul would no longer be a halfayakashi, but a shinki? So she could be with Yato and live until her body dies.
I really can't see Yato suffering anymore!!!
I would love to have an ending that makes him absolutely happy, but not without Hiyori 🥹
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