Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits (かくりよの宿飯, Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi, lit. "Afterlife Inn Cooking") is a Japanese light novel series written by Midori Yūma and illustrated by Laruha. Fujimi Shobo have published eleven volumes since 2015 under their Fujimi L Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Waco Ioka has been serialized in Enterbrain's Josei manga magazine B's Log Comic since 2016. It has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation by Gonzo aired from April 2 to September 24, 2018.

Synopsis
Abandoned as a child by her mother, Aoi Tsubaki has always had the ability to see "ayakashi"—spirits from the Hidden Realm. Shirou Tsubaki, her grandfather who shared the same ability, took her under his wing and taught her how to live with the ayakashi in peace. When her grandfather abruptly passes away, the independent Aoi must continue her college career, armed with only her knowledge of cooking as a means of protection against the human-eating spirits. In hopes that the ayakashi will not turn to her or other unknowing humans as a tasty meal, she takes it upon herself to feed the hungry creatures that cross her path.

After giving a mysterious ayakashi her lunch, Aoi is transported to the Hidden Realm, where the ayakashi reveals himself to be an ogre god known as Oodanna, the "Master Innkeeper." There, she learns that she was used as collateral for her grandfather's debt of one hundred million yen and that she must pay the price for her grandfather's careless decision by marrying Oodanna. Aoi valiantly refuses and decides to settle things on her own terms: she will pay off the debt herself by opening an eatery at Oodanna's inn.

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi follows the journey of Aoi as she proceeds to change and touch the lives of the ayakashi through the one weapon she has against them—her delicious cooking.

Manga
Viz Media announced at their Anime Central 2018 panel that they had licensed the manga. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi: Ayakashi Oyado ni Yomeiri shimasu. has been published in English as Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint since January 1, 2019.

Character

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A second-year human university student is the main character of this work. She has the ability to see ghosts and is unafraid of ghosts that inherited from his deceased grandfather. She also has a very strong interest in food and enjoys cooking and eating. She even thought of putting the tengu fan that Matsuba gave her under the fish. Her grandfather, Shiro, taught her how to cook. While he treats those in need kindly, even the Ayakashi, many Ayakashi doesn't like him because his grandfather, Shiro, was causing trouble even in the underworld.

It is described by Oryo as 'Let's cook and let's youkai'. When I was young, I was neglected and left by my mother. In the thunderstorm, she was hungry and she was dying. She is saved there by an ayakashi wearing a white Noh mask. Due to her experience during this time, she is not good at thunder and hunger. I'm trying to find the ayakashi wearing her mask. After she was saved by Ayakashi, the staff of the orphanage came and she entered the facility. There she is taken in by Shiro.

She was kidnapped by Odanna to the underworld and was told to marry into debt, but she declared that she would work and pay it back. However, she can't be hired anywhere because she is Shiro's granddaughter and because she is a human being but she was the husband's fiancée. As she walks through Tenjinya, she discovers a small restaurant, where she serves Ginji her cooking, leading to her opening an evening meal.

When he was young, she ate the "fate-changing food" prepared by a certain demon who was supposed to die, so she is still alive.

Abilities
Aoi had inherited her grandfather's strong spiritual powers, including the ability to see Ayakashi 『Spiritual Eye』, which is not visible to the normal human eye. In the Apparent Realm (Utsushiyo), she had grown up being able to see Ayakashi since young and had a few past encounters and incidents with some Ayakashi. In her past memories, her appeasing to the encountered hungry evil Ayakashi with her delicious cooked food had apparently saved her life several times. Aside from using food to appease hungry evil Ayakashi, she is mainly seen occasionally giving food and feeding to smaller weaker hungry Ayakashi like the group of temari kappa by a river she passed by daily, who are vulnerable preys to bigger hungry Ayakashi. However, with the knowledge of her being a strong target for Ayakashi, she often chooses to avoid eye contact and ignore bigger hungry Ayakashi who pose as bigger threats to her safety.

Thanks to Shirō's emphasis on Aoi's cooking training 『Anecdote: Spiritual Energy Food』 since she came to live in his household, she has become an excellent cook with an ability to make spiritual energy food that Ayakashi find delicious (sweet and light flavors) and that also helps to replenish and restore Ayakashi's spiritual powers. Initially, Aoi was under the impression that her grandfather preferred the sweet and light-flavored food that Ayakashi loved. However, it was only later when she met and conversed with both Matsuba Sama and Akatsuki in the Hidden Realm (Kakuriyo) the stress reliever that her grandfather had actually preferred strong, salty flavors and found the Ayakashi's sweet and light food palate bland. Knowing Aoi would definitely be a strong target for Ayakashi with her inherited strong spiritual powers, he had most likely trained her to cook accordingly to Ayakashi's sweet and light food flavors, a form of protection against them whenever she encountered them in the future. As a result, she mentioned that cooking has become a sort of stress reliever and favorite pastime for her, and she likes cooking for Ayakashi as it solely helps her to get closer to them.

Abilities
He is known to be cold and merciless but is also loved and respected by his servants because of his kindness and large heart. Other Ayakashi refer to him as either "Ogre God" or "Master Innkeeper".

『Demonic Nature of Oni』


 * A race that represents the superpower as he as the demonic nature of an Oni/Ogre. He is an ogre who runs the Tenjin-ya inn, and one of the eight Hachiyo of the Hidden Realm. As endowed to those he were given birth as a monster/demi-human rather than to a hero or god that has fallen down to the level of a Magical Beast/Mythical Race.
 * As a race of Ogre/Oni, their high-level immense strength enables them to overpower another opponent with peak human strength and enhanced strength to become a monstrous strength.
 * Being an Ogre God and one of the eight Hachiyo, Setsu has a person's charm as well as the natural talent to command a crew/servants. He can also able to increase in performance caused by infusing one's weapons and body with Magical Energy and instantly expelling it. As one of the few ogres capable of hosting green ogre fire "Heat".

『Ogre Flame』


 * As one of the eight Hachiyo members of the Hidden Realm, Ōdanna is known as a powerful Ayakashi with control over his green ogre flame.
 * Furthermore, Ōdanna has the ability to manipulate his appearance to a certain degree but so far is unable to change his hair color. He can also change/shapeshift into a beautiful or young figure. Ōdanna has the ability to manipulate his appearance to a certain degree but so far is unable to change his hair color.
 * He is able to travel to Hidden Realm and from the apparent realm "Human World".

Production Background
Author Yuma Midori likes "marriage" works, such as reading the manga "The Ancient Magus' Bride", which is a "heterogeneous marriage story". The editor in charge of her asked her to make it "Ayakashimono", which eventually led to the birth of "Ayakashi Marriage Tan".

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in November 2017. The series is directed by Yoshiko Okuda at Gonzo, with scripts handled by Tomoko Konparu, characters designs done by Yōko Satō and music composed by Takurō Iga. It aired from April 2 to September 24, 2018, on the Tokyo MX and BS Fuji stations. It ran for two cours, with 26 episodes. The opening theme is "Tomoshibi no Manimani" (灯火のまにまに), performed by Nao Tōyama and the first ending theme is "Sai -color-" (彩 -color-), performed by Manami Numakura. The second opening theme is "Utsushiyo no Yume" (ウツシヨノユメ, A Dream of the Temporal World) by Nano, and the second ending theme is "Shiranai Kimochi" (知らない気持ち, Unknown Feelings) performed by Megumi Nakajima. Both Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed the series.

Staff
Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits is an anime television series based on the light novel series written by Midori Yūma and illustrated by Laruha. The series was announced in November 2017 and is directed by Yoshiko Okuda at Gonzo, with scripts handled by Tomoko Konparu, characters designs done by Yōko Satō and music composed by Takurō Iga.
 * Original work - Mapo Tomo
 * Original illustration - Laruha
 * Director - Yoshiko Okuda
 * Series Composition - Tomoko Konparu
 * Character Design - Yoko Sato
 * Chief animation director - Hikaru Suzuki
 * Ayakashi Design - Takuhito Kusanagi, Tadashi Otohata
 * Prop Design - Yoko Kuhara, Sotaro Shimizu
 * Art setting - Mika Nakashima
 * Art director - Norifumi Nakamura
 * Color design - Ritsuko Utagawa
 * 3D Director - Tsutomu Nagai
 * Cinematographer - Naoki Kitamura
 * 2D Design Motion - Mika Narukawa
 * Editing - Akari Saito
 * Music - Takuro Iga
 * Acoustic Director - Yuki Gofumi
 * Music Production - Flying Dog
 * Producers - Shunsuke Tsurai, Diana Liu, Masahiro Saito, Motoko Kaneiwa, Makoto Nishibe, Hiroo Saito, Shinji Omori, Masato Ito, Kumiko Tanaka
 * Animation Producer - Emiko Iimuro
 * Animation production - GONZO
 * Production - "Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi" Production Committee (GONZO, NADA HOLDINGS, DLE, Happinet, Flying Dog, TOKYO MX, Studio Mouse, BS Fuji, KADOKAWA)

It aired from April 2 to September 24, 2018, on the Tokyo MX and BS Fuji stations. The series ran for two cours, with 26 episodes in 9 DVD/Blu-ray releases.

Web Radio
Junichi Toki, who plays the role of Ginji, will broadcast a web radio program titled "Radio-Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi: I will chat at Ayakashi Oyado" every Thursday from April 5th to October 4th, 2018.

Stage
March 15, 2018 "Stage: Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi" was announced at the pre-screening of the TV animation. From September 5 to September 9, 2018, the Tokyo performance at Theater Sun Mall was held, and from September 13 to September 16, 2018, the Fukuoka performance was held at Nishitetsu Hall.

From July 17th to 21st, 2019 the second stage version "Stage: Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi Orioya Hen" was performed at the Haiyuza Theater in Tokyo.

Reception
As of October 2017, the light novel has over 340,000 copies in print.

External Link

 * Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi ─ Official Website | Fujimi L Bunko
 * Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi ─ Official first manga website (in Japanese)
 * Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi ─ Official second manga website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi" Official Website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi" at Funimation
 * TV Anime "Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi" (@kakuriyo_anime) - Twitter
 * Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi ─ Wikipedia  JP 
 * Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi ─ Wikipedia  EN 

Trivia
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