The Yomi Arc is the 3rd canon arc of the ノラガミ Noragami series by Adachitoka. It spans chapters 25 to 39 of the manga and episodes 7 to 13 of Noragami Aragoto. It also includes OVA 1.
Summary[]
Yato ventures into Yomi with the Stray to retrieve Ebisu. However, things grow more complicated when Heaven catches wind of Ebisu's manipulation of ayakashi.
Extended Summary[]
Bishamon is interrogated at a Divine Council about the events of the previous arc, since the battle between her and Yato caused a great disturbance in Takama-ga-hara (which subsequently causes disturbances in Nakatsukuni. Meanwhile, Yato possesses Hiyori during her high school debut.[1]
Ebisu making an offer for Yukine.
Ebisu offers to purchase Yukine from Yato, and Yukine learns more about the role of a guidepost. Yato and Yukine take care of odd jobs, including an ayakashi that likes money. Hiyori presents Yato with a shrine she made for him.[2]
After pestering Heaven's public office to recognize the shrine that Hiyori made him, Yato becomes officially recognized as a god by Heaven. Ebisu is shown naming an ayakashi. Yukine asks Kazuma to teach him shinki techniques. Yato and The Stray complete a job for Father.[3]
Hiyori asks around for Yato, who hasn't returned from the Stray and Father yet. She later meets Kouto Fujisaki. Bishamon and Ōkuninushi visit Ebisu after his collapse. Yato tries and fails to escape from Father and the Stray, but is given one more job:[4] to retrieve Ebisu from Yomi. Together, Yato and the Stray venture into Yomi. Meanwhile, on the Near Shore, Hiyori agrees to a triple date with her two friends and three upperclassmen. In Takama-ga-hara, another Divine Counil is called, where Takemikazuchi reveals the believed identity of the Crafter.[5]
Yato and the Stray find Ebisu, and he explains to Yato why he is here in search of the Word. Hiyori goes on her triple date with Fujisaki at Capyper Land, while the remaining Seven Gods of Fortune are confined by Heaven's shinki.[6]
Yukine reunites with Hiyori, causing her to remember him and Yato. In Yomi, Ebisu questions how and why Yato is still alive as such a minor god. Meanwhile, High Sentinel Ōshi begins the Kagome game to interrogate the Mi-clan shinki. Ebisu and Yato are suddenly transported directly to Izanami by her Yomotsu-shikome.[7]
Izanami has Yato and Ebisu fight to determine who will stay with her in exchange for the Word. Kazuma, Yukine, and Daikoku ask Tsuyu for help in locating their masters. Ebisu manages to steal the Word from Izanami.[8]
Izanami's true form.
Ebisu and Yato attempt to flee from Yomi. Takami confesses Ebisu's whereabouts to Heaven, and the Seven Gods of Fortune escape Heaven's imprisonment. Hiyori and Yukine secretly travel to Yomi's entrance, and encounter Kugaha.[9]
Yato and Ebisu find that Yomi's exit is sealed. Yukine faces off against Kugaha, and they're rescued by Tenjin, who names Kugaha. Yato has Ebisu open a vent using his masked ayakashi, but only Ebisu is able to escape.[10]
Ebisu and Bishamon face off against Heaven's subjugation forces, particularly Takemikazuchi and Kiun. Ebisu is ultimately killed by an explosion, and his final request is for Bishamon to rescue Yato from Yomi.[11]
Kofuku opens a vent for Bishamon and her shinki to enter Yomi. Yato and the Stray reminisce about Father, then are re-captured by Izanami just before Bishamon arrives to help. On the surface, Amaterasu appears.[12]
After Hiyori called Yato's true name.
Bishamon fights a losing battle against Izanami. Amaterasu tells Kofuku about Soul Summoning, and Hiyori uses it to retrieve Bishamon. The Stray tells Yato about Soul Summoning, and he learns it was used to help Father escaped the Stray after he stole the Word. Hiyori realizes Yato's true name, and he's able to escape. Father later retrieves the Stray the same way.[13]
Yato wakes up at Bishamon's estate, and is distraught to meet the newly reincarnated Ebisu. He takes Ebisu to the Olive House as his predecessor had wished for. Yato revokes the Stray's name.[14]
Kunimi and Ebisu explain his predecessor's intentions to Bishamon and Ōkuninushi. Kazuma interrogates Kugaha. Yato tells Yukine and Hiyori about Father, and commits to Yukine as his guidepost.[15]
Story Impact[]
- Izanami and her Words are introduced. The brushes offer a more efficient way of controlling ayakashi.
- Soul Summoning is introduced.
- Bishamonten and Yato, called by Hiyori, are able to escape Yomi through this means.
- The Stray tells Yato that Father was able to escape Yomi with the first Word when he heard a sound calling for his name.
- Izanami states that Father saw her as a girl with a pockmarked face.
Character Debuts[]
- Ebisu
- Iwami
- Ōkuninushi
- Takemikazuchi
- Benzaiten
- Hotei
- Fukurokuju
- Jurojin
- Kunimi
- Tatsumi
- Utami
- Seki
- Abe
- Ōshi
- Takami
- Izanami
- Olive House Lady
- Hiyori's brother (mentioned)
- Kiun (vessel form only)
- Shiiho (vessel form only)
- Amaterasu
- Pockmarked woman (mentioned, as Izanami)
Abilities & Terms Introduced[]
- Divine Council: A meeting of gods to discuss matters of Heaven.
- The Word: The Word allows its user to summon and control ayakashi like puppets by giving them a name.
- Yomotsu-shikome: Izanami's attendants in Yomi.
- Soul Summoning: A technique used by humans to summon an individual in Yomi to the living realm.
- Ōnamuchi: Ōkuninushi is able to transform into a giant spider.
- Rourou: An interrogation spell used by shinki to force an individual to speak the truth.
Battles & Events[]
- Bishamon's Divine Council
- Ebisu's Divine Council
- Yato vs. Ebisu
- Yato & Ebisu vs. Izanami
- The Kagome game
- Bishamonten vs. Takemikazuchi
- Bishamonten vs. Izanami
- Yukine vs. Kugaha
Trivia[]
- The explosion that kills Ebisu also kills a little girl who is standing by him.[11] However, it is unclear whether this girl is a shinki, a bomb planted by Heaven, or a human who is caught in the crossfire.
References
- ↑ Chapter 25: When Sleeping Gods are Provoked (Vol 7)
- ↑ Chapter 26: How to Worship a God (Vol 7)
- ↑ Chapter 27: Do and Due (Vol 7)
- ↑ Chapter 28: God of Calamity (Vol 8)
- ↑ Chapter 29: The Affairs of Three Realms (Vol 8)
- ↑ Chapter 30: The Sound of Thread Snapping (Vol 8)
- ↑ Chapter 31: Like Parent, Like Child (Vol 8)
- ↑ Chapter 32: She Who Invites (Vol 9)
- ↑ Chapter 33: Wielder of an Iron Will (Vol 9)
- ↑ Chapter 34: Such Were Their Desires (Vol 9)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 35: Death (Vol 9)
- ↑ Chapter 36: Binding Curse (Vol 10)
- ↑ Chapter 37: The Sound of You Calling My Name (Vol 10)
- ↑ Chapter 38: Because I Promised (Vol 10)
- ↑ Chapter 29: Until Now and From Now On (Vol 10)