Chapter 96

Call My Name (をんで, Namae wo yonde) is the 96th chapter of the manga series Noragami by Adachitoka. The first part was released on September 6, 2021 and the second part was released on October 6, 2021.

Short Summary
Yuka talks with Hiyori after she wakes up from her collapse. Father and Hagusa escape Yato and Kazune, but they're quickly intercepted by four shrouded gods of combat.

Chapter 96-1
Now that Hiyori has woken up from her collapse, Yuka gives her a change of clothes and goes to prepare her something to eat. While she's doing so, she explains that the Stray had told her that they'd come there with only the clothes on their backs and had been sleeping outside. She asks if they had run away from home, and says that they should go to the police and call their parents.

When she sees how distressed Hiyori looks, Yuka becomes sympathetic, saying that she's also had times where she couldn't go home. She tells Hiyori about an instance where her father had kicked her and her brother, Haru, out of the house because Haru had forgotten their father's birthday. Hiyori says that that's something that should've been resolved with a conversation. Yuka looks relieved that Hiyori's family is unlike her own, and concludes that she and the Stray had run away just to deliver her Haru's letter. She wonders why they were going that far, and seems to ponder whether Haru is still alive– but she interrupts herself with nervous laughter and changes the subject.

Clearly upset, Yuka closes herself in her bedroom and stares at Haruki's letter. In it, Haruki had asked why she's writing back to him and says that he's going to come see her.

In a flashback, Haruki sat on his knees in front of Naomichi, with the letters that Haruki had written torn up and scattered on the floor. Naomichi claimed that he'd always known that Haruki wanted to leave. It is implied by sound effects that Naomichi began to beat Haruki, though this occurs out of view.

In the present timeline, an exhausted Yato and Kazuma chase after Father and Yukine, although they're already out of their view. Kazuma encourages Yato to call Yukine's name, explaining that he would always respond to Bishamon's call even if they were upset with one another. However, remembering how Yukine had demanded to be released, Yato is too reluctant to try calling him.

Meanwhile, Father sympathizes with Hagusa about the feelings of despair he'd felt through the abuse he'd suffered from both the Near Shore and the Far Shore. He encourages Hagusa to spread the Goodness Net, which he does promptly. But in the distance, Father spots four gods of combat, each shrouded in Divine Cloaks.

Chapter 96-2
The four shrouded envoys of Heaven mistakenly assume that Hagusa is Chiki, and their identities are revealed to be Yatagarasu, Kagutsuchi, Shinatsuhiko, and Ōkuninushi. Ookuninushi transforms into a giant spider, smacking Father to the ground and causing an earthquake when they both land.

At Yuka's house, Hiyori watches a news report about earthquakes, fire, and strong winds in the northern region of Japan. The Stray is informed of Father's situation by his masked crow phantoms. She kills one of them using a borderline, clearly upset that Father continues to try manipulating and using her even after he cast her aside for so long.

Shinatsuhiko and Kagutsuchi are concerned that they're causing too much damage to the Near Shore. A crow, presumably Yatagarasu, arrives and tells them to confirm that the Sorcerer is dead by bringing back his head. Amaterasu had told them not use their shinki, but Shinatsuhiko deems it necessary because they want to avoid hurting innocent human bystanders by continuing to use their powers, saying that Heaven's judgement should fall only on those deserving of it.

On the ground, Ookuninushi has reverted to his human-like form. He seems to be upset by how he's caused earthquakes. A long time in the past, he had to be quelled by the Heavens because he had been causing too many earthquakes. Over the years, he and the humans who worshiped him forgot his tumultuous nature, and he focused on creating bonds rather than violence.

Father, injured on the ground behind Ookuninushi, calls for Chiki. She has tears in her eyes, and Hiyori tries to grab her hand to make her stay, but she still goes to him.

Shinatsuhiko and Kagutsuchi try to tell Ookuninushi that they're going to finish Father off with their shinki, but they find him unconscious on the ground, bleeding from the head. Father, now shrouded in a dark cloak, appears behind Shinatsuhiko, about to strike him using Chiki.