Main Characters Akari Mamori

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Name note: Akari means ‘Light’ and Mamori means ‘Protection’ (the same root word as the omamori talismans sold at Shinto shrines).

Personality: Friendly, eager, curious, excited by unusual things, obsessed with Shintoism

Appearance: Cute and a little chubby with wide hips and thighs, purple eyes, shoulder-blade length dark purple hair, and a perpetually bright smile. B-cup. 5’2’’

Fashion Style: Plain t-shirts and skirts, or miko shrine maiden outfits that she made herself.

Abilities: Can see and hear Spirits, and since becoming Inara’s Chosen One she can glimpse the future by ‘remembering forward’.

Sexuality: Homosexual, Biromantic

Relationships: Head over heels in love with Inara, close friends with Inu, Seshi, and Hebi, trying to get closer to Usagi

Goals: Secure her future, earn Inara’s love.

Personal Mantra: “Don’t fear the unknown. Learn from it.”

Character Inspirations: Eru Chitanda from “Hyouka”, Tohru Honda from "Fruits Basket"

Inara

Species: Fox Goddess

Gender: Female

Age: >1,000

Nicknames: Mistress, The Boss, Miss Inara, Goddess

Appearance: Inhumanly beautiful, with deep gold eyes, long flowing red hair, and black-tipped fox-like ears and tails. E-cup. 5’7’’

Fashion Style: Loose kimono or sheer dressing gowns, usually in red or purple.

Personality: Elegant, persuasive, confident, welcoming, doesn’t share info about her past

Abilities: Shapeshifting, emotion-influencing aura, mood reading, memory alteration, barrier creation, foresight, conjured clothes, etc, etc.

Nine Moods/Personal Ideals, with corresponding number of tails:

Curious Dominant Submissive Fertile Caring Wild Passionate Innocent Powerful. Very dangerous. Occurs if her desires aren’t kept in balance.

Sexuality: Homosexual, Polyamorous

Relationships: Socially dominant to Usagi, bondage Sub to Hebi, needs-based partner with Inu, caring lover to Akari, unknown relationship with Seshi.

Past Identity: Inari-okami the God of Fertility, Agriculture, Sake, Prosperity, etc.

Current Domains: Love, Wilderness, Self-Improvement, and Foresight.

Goals: Improve herself, keep her power under control, live up to her nine personal ideals.

Personal Mantra: “Live and love to the fullest.”

Character Inspirations: Miko from “No Game No Life”, Holo from “Spice and Wolf”, Yozora from “The Helpful Fox Senko-san”, etc, etc.

Usagi

Species: Major Spirit (Rabbit)

Gender: Female

Age: ~220

Appearance: Short and busty, with light brown eyes, long golden-brown hair usually in a braid, big white bunny ears, and a short fluffy tail. F-cup. 4’11’’

Fashion Style: Comfy sweaters and tight leggings.

Personality: Helpful, self-sacrificing, clumsy, shy, jealous, strict vegetarian

Abilities: Animal form, human form within blessed areas, excellent cook

Sexuality: Homosexual, Submissive

Relationships: In love with and socially submissive to Inara, bondage Sub to Hebi.

Goals: Serve Inara, take care of her housemates.

Personal Mantra: “Love is worth any sacrifice.”

Character Inspirations: Rinko Yamato from “My Love Story”, Kagura Sohma from "Fruits Basket"

Hebi

Species: Major Spirit (Snake)

Gender: Female

Age: >700

Appearance: Slim and tall, with narrow eyes, human ears, very long grey hair in a ponytail or bun, and a four-foot-long grey prehensile tail. A-Cup. 5’8’’

Fashion Style: Either in formal office dress or completely nude. Rarely bothers with bras.

Personality: Curious, scheming, sly, food motivated, nicer than she seems, gets wild when drunk.

Abilities: Animal form, human form within blessed areas, flawless liar, contract magic (channeling Inara’s power)

Sexuality: Pansexual, Dominant

Relationships: Dom to Inara, Dom to Usagi

Goals: Keep the shrine running, learn and stay ahead of the curve.

Personal Mantra: “There is always a way to victory, if you’re willing to do what it takes.”

Character Inspirations: Mitsune Konno from “Love Hina”, Hanako Koyanagi from “Wotakoi”, Kuon from "Utawarerumono", Kraft Lawrence from "Spice and Wolf"

Inu

Species: Major Spirit (Dog)

Gender: Female

Age: 30

Appearance: Fit and strong, with wide orange eyes, short platinum-blonde hair, and fluffy tail and ears. C-cup. 5’6’’

Fashion Style: Athletic clothes like sweats, gym shorts, and sports bras.

Personality: Energetic, protective, loyal, hostile to strangers, fitness nut

Abilities: Animal form, human form within blessed areas, enhanced endurance

Sexuality: Demisexual (only attracted to Inara, and only when in heat)

Relationships: Friends with Akari, devoted protector of Inara and the Mori-jinsha Shrine

Past Identity: Michi, a beloved family pet

Goals: Defend the shrine, become a Superior Spirit (to be a better protector).

Personal Mantra: “I need to be stronger. For her.”

Character Inspirations: Mai Kawakami from “Myriad Colors Phantom World”, Polt from “Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls”

Seshi

Species: Named Major Spirit (Nekomata)

Gender: Female

Age: ~200

Appearance: Gorgeous and sexy, with an hourglass figure, vibrant green eyes, long glossy black hair, ears, and two tails (forked at the base). D-cup. 5’2’’

Fashion Style: Punk/rocker clothes: band t-shirts, short skirts, torn jeans. Will conjure other fashion to fit in and seduce people.

Personality: Promiscuous, flirty, cryptic, immature, lazy

Abilities: Animal form, human form, illusion, seduction, conjured clothes

Sexuality: Bisexual, Aromantic

Relationships: Friends with Akari, grudging respect for Inara, warden and friend of Nezumi and Shika

Past Identity: Neko, unnamed Major Spirit

Goals: Become a Superior Spirit (for unknown reasons), always have fun

Personal Mantra: “Just do whatever feels good.”

Character Inspirations: Kiri from “Heart-Pounding Excitement at Mononoke Girls' Academy”, Kuroka Toujou from “High School DxD”, various succubi characters

Nezumi

Species: Major Spirit (Mouse)

Gender: Female

Age: >40

Appearance: Very short, with round blue eyes, short blue-white hair in an A-line cut, huge round ears with white fur, and a long thin pink tail. B-cup. 4’6’’

Fashion Style: Puffy jackets and skirts in public, boy short panties and midriff baring tank tops indoors.

Personality: Blunt, antisocial, easily loses track of time, unbothered by showing/seeing skin, ruthless when needed

Abilities: Animal form, human form with help from charms, intuitive understanding of technology

Sexuality: Homosexual

Relationships: In a committed relationship with Shika for the last 40 years, friends with Seshi

Goals: Provide for Shika and herself, get more human technology to take apart and learn about

Personal Mantra: “I’ll figure something out, okay?”

Character Inspirations: Entrapta from “She-ra and the Princesses of Power”, Yuki Nagato from “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”

Shika

Species: Major Spirit (Deer)

Gender: Female

Age: >40

Appearance: Leggy and thin, with short cinnamon-brown hair, big brown eyes, long pointed furry ears from the side of her head, and short white tail she keeps beneath her clothes. C-cup. 5’5’’

Fashion Style: A huge variety of fashionable dresses, heels, and classy makeup.

Personality: Ditzy, outgoing, skittish, obsessed with human fashion, falls in love easily, emotionally perceptive

Abilities: Animal form, human form with help from charms, enhanced sense of smell and hearing

Sexuality: Pansexual, Polyamorous

Goals: Live peacefully and treat everyone fairly

Relationships: In a committed but open relationship with Nezumi for the last 40 years, friends with Seshi

Personal Mantra: “There are lots of kinds of love, and they’re all wonderful.”

Character Inspirations: Haruka Ozora from “Harukana Receive”, Chizuru Ichinose from “Rent-A-Girlfriend”

Minor Characters Hanako Sugihara

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Appearance: A little curvy, with shoulder length black hair pinned back with cute pins, and brown eyes. C-Cup. 5’3’’

Fashion Style: Jeans and t-shirts, sometimes anime related.

Personality: Geeky, excitable, shy, not used to offline socializing, easily discouraged

Abilities: N/A

Sexuality: Homosexual

Relationships: Akari’s former underclassman, full-time shrine maiden under Jin

Goals: Get a girlfriend, work hard at her shrine maiden job

Character Inspirations: Hanako Ikezawa from "Katawa Shoujo", Ruka Urushibara from "Steins;Gate"

Habuku Watanabe

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Appearance: Tall and lean, with short black hair gelled back, a chiseled jaw, and dark eyes. 5’9’’

Fashion Style: Button-up shirts and slacks. Tries to look classy and serious.

Personality: Self-centered, confident, outgoing, lone wolf, easy to anger, doesn’t take no for an answer

Abilities: N/A

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Relationships: Akari’s ex-boyfriend

Goals: Pick up chicks, get a good reliable career

Character Inspirations: Various overbearing men, Rintaro Okabe from "Steins;Gate" (appearance only)

Jin Kammuri

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 35

Appearance: Average build, with short black hair and kind eyes. 5’7’’

Fashion Style: Priest robes

Personality: Kind, helpful, concerned about others, adaptive

Abilities: N/A

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Relationships: Akari’s previous boss, father of Mika, divorced but on good terms with MIka’s mother

Goals: Be a good father for Mika, maintain the Nakahara Shrine

Character Inspirations: Eisuke Urushibara from "Steins;Gate"

Mika Kammuri

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Appearance: Short and thin, with wavy brown hair and wide blue eyes. 5’0’’

Fashion Style: School uniform, miko outfits, and casual skirts and t-shirts

Personality: Kind, energetic, enthusiastic in whatever she does

Abilities: N/A

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Relationships: Daughter of Jin, part-time shrine maiden under Jin

Goals: Stay close to both her parents, get good grades in school

Character Inspirations: Kanata Higa from "Harukana Receive"