The Perfect Story…for a Light Novel! What’s the Story? When Iwanaga Kotoko was little, the yokai asked her to become their ‘God of Wisdom’. She agreed and gained the ability to see and interact with all yokai, though she lost an eye and a leg in the process. Now Iwanaga, along with her ‘boyfriend’, Sakuragawa […]
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