Kannagi: If You Are a Shrine Maiden - Recommendations

• Vol: 5; Ch: 35
• 2013 - 2015

Ikuya Magasa is a freshman in high school with no dreams or particular interests, and so he just lets the days pass by. On their way home one day, his friend Kaze Amaba makes a shocking confession."Truth is, I'm a tengu." Amaba had longed to live in the world of humans, and in order to remain there, he invites Ikuya to start a band. From then on, Ikuya's normal days started to become more and more abnormal..

• Vol: 3; Ch: 15
• 2003 - 2004

Ema is obsessed with ghosts, and is even part of her school’s occult club. She’ll do anything that has to do with some crazy superstition about ghosts or spirits, and make sure that she goes out of her way to do it. Ema is known for this at school, and the series follows her pursues to find ghosts. Ema, unfortunately, cannot see the things that she loves, unlike a few of her friends…

• Vol: 12+
• 2019 - ?

Sakamichi is a die-hard otaku; he loves anime and manga, and rides his clunky bicycle over 90 kilometers to Akihabara each week for the latest toys and games. Upon entering high school, Sakamichi is thrilled to meet others that share his passion, but soon discovers that the anime club is defunct and in need of members. Meanwhile, a skilled cyclist and fellow classmate Shunsuke has his eye on the boy, having seen his incredible speed, even while riding such a heavy “mom cycle.” Now, Sakamichi must decide if he wants to stick with his would-be anime club, or join Shunsuke and other new friends for the ride of his life in the Competitive Cycling Club, where fierce races and other adventures await them!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2010 - 2012

It's his long-awaited wedding day, and the Fox Spirit of the Silver Order, Ginrei, is making his marital vows towards his long-time fiancee Menou, the Fox Princess of the Agate. Enter Handa Shin: 23, jobless, homeless, and currently taking shelter from an unexpected summer shower in Ginrei's shrine. Catching sight of the food that has been placed there as an offering, he devours it, nonchalantly remarking that he'd "agree to become the bride of the fox spirit" if it meant he would get to eat such delicious meals everyday...

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2000

Kaoru thought that high school was boring. And then he met Kaname and Yuta. Kaname and Yuta are trying to start "The Creator's Club", a club with creation of all sorts of unusual inventions as its aim. The club's formation is opposed by Kaoru's reticence to make up numbers, and the school council president's obstinate nature. With the aid of hard work, cheeriness, and sheep, Kaname, Yuta, and a somewhat bemused Kaoru set about changing her mind.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 17
• 2020 - 2022

• One Shot
• 2011

Sayo has always wanted to be a spirit messenger, and at last she's assigned to a position at a shrine. However, when she arrives she finds only ruins and a lazy priest. But Sayo won't let these obstacles deter her! She'll clean that shrine up and the priest with it!

• Vol: 2
• 2021

Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It’s an effortless performance, and, ultimately … a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst—and he’s about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2023

• Vol: 4; Ch: 21
• 2005 - 2006

When Hina hits a homerun ball and goes to get it back, she realizes she has damaged a shrine with the baseball. When she touches the object inside the shrine, the object is absorbed into her, and she becomes the shrine's god. Now she is protected by the shrine's guard dogs, Shishi and Koma. On her journey she meets other spirits, guardians, and the legendary nine-tailed fox.