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Amatsuki (あまつき
?) is an ongoing manga series by Shinobu Takayama, serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum. A 13 episode anime adaption produced by Studio Deen premiered
on April 4, 2008.
Plot
Tokidoki is a Japanese high school student who, when he fails
his history class, is sent to a high-tech history museum that
virtually recreates the Edo period to do make-up work. However, what
was supposed to be a simple school project becomes much more
complicated when he's attacked by two supernatural beings known as
"the nue" and "the yakou" and loses
the vision in his left eye. After he's saved from the nue by a girl named Kuchiha, he
realizes that he's no longer wearing the simulation goggles, and is
trapped in the virtual Edo. Meanwhile in the real world, Sensai
Corporation, the virtual reality company who made the virtual
museum Tokidoki is trapped in, is seen throughout the story.
Main
characters
- Tokidoki Rikugō (六合鴇時, Rikugō
Tokidoki
?) Voiced by: Jun
Fukuyama
An easygoing high school student who adapts easily to new
surroundings. As a child, he was sent to boarding school by his
parents, and they barely kept in touch with him. He was
consequently taken care of by Suoh Kuwata, a law breaker type, and
a young woman, Chitose; Suoh died afterwards, but he was a very
important person to Tokidoki. Tokidoki's childhood friend is
Momiji. He keeps in touch with a policeman involved with Sendai
Corp., named Hashita.Tokidoki is not good at history, and as a
result, goes on a field trip to a virtual reality Edo period. While
in this world, he loses the vision in his left eye to the nue and yakou and finds himself trapped
in this simulation of the Edo period. Called the "hakutaku," "hakushi no mono" (白紙の者, lit. "the
one of blank page") by some in the virtual Edo, as his fate isn't foretold by Heaven's Net.
The demons that want to protect the world want to make him the new
"Teiten" or God of Amatsuki, since he is just as powerful as the
current one. After being rescued by Kuchiha, for whom be worries in
the beginning of the series (because she lets others hate and
isolate her), he adapts quickly to his surroundings, but is living
life as if it were a dream. He is under the care of Lord Shamon, a
priest who cares after Kuchiha and his friend from the real world,
Kon. Toki soon befriends more characters, including Heihachi, and
he even goes on to attract the attention of the women in the town
(he later befriends the demons that are hated by humans).After
becoming aquainted with the virtual universe, he finds himself
having to choose between siding with the demons, who will revere
him as a god, or with the humans, including the Omnyouji Bureau,
who want to get rid of the demons. He is stuck in the gray area,
not wanting to choose one side, but both. He is warned about how
dangerous this is, and has been asked to choose a definite side. In
the recent chapters, we find out he has fallen in love with
Kuchiha.
- Kon Shinonome (篠ノ女紺, Shinonome
Kon
?) Voiced by: Koji
Yusa
- A member of Tokidoki's high school who is cool-headed and
logical, but has a reputation for getting into fights. He was also
attacked by the Nue and Yakou, which
left him without the sensation in his right arm, and became trapped
in Edo as well. He arrived two years before Tokidoki, and acts as
Tokidoki's mentor after his arrival. Later on in the story, Kon's
memories were altered by Heaven and he no longer remembers the
original world he came from, or Tokidoki.
- Kuchiha (朽葉
?) Voiced by: Romi
Paku
- A swordswoman who has a Dog God (inugami) living inside her, and as a result, is
despised by humans. She saved Tokidoki from the nue. At first, she hates optimistic and naive
people like Tokidoki, but she warms up to him throughout the course
of the series. She usually wears her hair in a long ponytail, and
has a big appetite. She and Kon are friends who love to hate each
other. When she was a child, her grandfather named her Kuchiha,
which means "faded flowers", in hopes that she would be the last of
the family. After her grandfather's death, she became unable to
tend to herself, and lived alone in the shack where she once lived
with her grandfather. It is here that she is discovered by Kanzou,
a boy with marked fangs over his teeth. Kuchiha lost the ability to
speak, but Kanzou understood her and tended to her needs. One day,
he set off to find a place where she would belong, and told her to
wait where she was. However, she walked away from where she was
supposed to wait, getting lost, and losing Kanzou, who was no
longer able to find her. Years later, Kanzou finds her again,
explaining that their destinies are bound together, for she is the
dog god, and he is the destined servant of the dog god, Shirachigo(
[[1]] ). Kuchiha,
believing that Kanzou abandoned her, refuses to go along with him
at first, but she concedes, leaving Toki with these words: "I'm not
like you." Recently in the series, she saves Tokidoki from the
vortex by fighting the monster and cutting her hair after it got a
grip of her. Rikugou jumps in after her, confessing his love and
getting bitten in the neck. Kuchiha is stuck in the vortex, with a
concerned Tokidoki and Kanzou. Her age is unknown.
Other
characters
- Shamon (沙門
?) Voiced by: George
Nakata
- In public, he's a temple priest, but in private, he's a demon
hunter. He is Kuchiha's foster father.
- Heihachi (平八
?) Voiced by: Kenji
Nojima
- A friend of Tokidoki and Kon. He later becomes friends with
Tsuyukusa. He gets teased by Kon for having strange and large eyes.
He's severely injured by Imayou, but is healed and brought to
health by Tsuyukusa. Later, he helps convince Tsuyukusa to break
free from his mad frenzy.
- Ginshu (銀朱
?) Voiced by: Kenichi
Suzumura
- One of the four Holy Ones and the High Priestess of the
Sakigami shrine. Originally believed to have been cursed by the
demon Byakuroku, it was later revealed that her spirit was in fact
placed within Byakuroku's body, as an attempt by Bonten to preserve
them both (after a battle that would have cost both their lives).
Ginshu is actually male, but is referred to as a Princess anyway.
It is revealed that Ginshu is actually not the real High Priestess,
but a decoy to protect the real High Priestess, Shinshu. She
possesses "poison blood" to demons, so when they try to eat her
they die.
- Shinshu (真朱
?) Voiced by: Yuki
Matsuoka
- Ginshu's younger sister. She can never age and is forever a
child, and is actually the real High Priestess and possesses the
power of foresight through the use of dreams. She is very innocent
and cute, and is very fond of Ginshu. It is hinted that she used to
play with Tsuyukusa when he was a child (though, much to his
annoyance, as he didn't seem to happy when she appeared from the
bushes). Shinshu once had the power to alter Heaven's Net, but this
was lost as a bargain to save Ginshu after the incident with
Byakuroku.
- Tsuruume (鶴梅
?) Voiced by: Marina
Inoue
- Ginshu's attendant. She has been loyal to Ginshu since she was
a child, and heavily quarreled with Shinshu. It is revealed that
she is from a well off family, but has chosen to serve Ginshu.
- Tadajirō Sasaki (佐々木只二郎, Sasaki
Tadajirō
?) Voiced by: Tōru
Ōkawa
- A government official in charge of demon hunting. He and Shamon
are old friends.
- Kurotobi (黒鳶
?) Voiced by: Daisuke
Kirii
- A strange person on the orders of Sasaki to watch Tokidoki. He
has a pet demon, a Fire Rat. He also knows how to handle
demons.
- Bonten (梵天
?) Voiced by: Junichi
Suwabe
- A powerful demon with the ability to read fate. He is one of
the four Holy Ones. He has known Ginshu since he was a child. Their
first encounter he had tried to kill her, but found out that it was
futile (as she had said she was just a decoy for Shinshu). He was
very fond of Ginshu (it was mutual) but unlike Ginshu, he did not
like to openly admit it and often spoke to her rudely. He spent
most of the winter as a child playing with Ginshu in various games.
However, their relationship changed drastically after the priestess
of the Sakigami shrine severely injured Tsuyukusa. A bloody battle
took place, and as Ginshu and Byakuroku killed each other, a deal
was made with Heaven, so that Shinshu's power was transferred to
Bonten, and he replaced Byakuroku taking his place as Heaven's
Seat.
- Tsuyukusa (露草
?) Voiced by: Showtaro
Morikubo
- A kodama
who works with Bonten. He resents humans for the death of
Byakuroku, but seems to have little trouble befriending them.
- Utsubushi (空五倍子
?) Voiced by: Jūrōta
Kosugi
- A tengu who serves Bonten.
Utsubushi regards Bonten as his 'father' as he is in fact a
collaboration of spirits Bonten had gathered and given form
to.
- Imayō (今様
?) Voiced by: Rei
Igarashi
- A kitsune who resents
humans for the death of her master. She's corrupted by the Yakou
after killing humans. She is later saved by Tokidoki, and
afterwards reverts back to her original form.
- Byakuroku (白緑
?) Voiced by: Ken
Narita
- An old and powerful snake demon who, at the brink of death
after biting into Ginshu's 'poison blood', became the vessel for
Ginshu's spirit. He raised Bonten and Tsuyukusa.
- Susutake (煤竹
?) Voiced by: Ryuuzou
Ishino
- A member of Heaven's seat who is actually the Yakou. He is seen
with Bonten, Utsubushi, and Tsuyukusa.
- Hizame (緋褪
?)
- Part of the group that hunts demons; she wears a cloth over her
eye. She is a refined woman, and she had also made an arrangement
with Sasaki to give him the power to see demons in exchange for his
eyesight. She teases Tokidoki, thinking he likes Kuchiha.
Production
The animated television series Amatsuki is
directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and produced by
Studio Deen.
However, only 13 episodes were made and released to DVD. Because
one of the members from the staff was involved in a drug scandal,
the production was discontinued.
Music
Opening Theme
- "Casting Dice" by Yuuki Kanno
Ending Theme
- "Namae no Nai Michi (名まえのない道; A Road with No Name)" by Kaori
Hikita
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