Kotogami at a Glance

 

 

 

Kotogami at a Glance

 

SINCE time immemorial, yokai existed in every town and village, every river and tree. Some fell in love with humans. Some sought to destroy them. To tame the unruly yokai spirits and quell their pandemonium, the Narrator Association was created. A Narrator’s weapon of choice was not swords or guns, but rather books known as Kotogatari used to seal the spirits within their pages. Once sealed, a history of the yokai would be recorded upon its pages to keep the spirit asleep. Only a sufficiently gifted Narrator could call upon these spirits through the narration of the yokai’s history, turning the spirit within into Kotogami.

With the power of Kotogami at their command, Narrators have brought peace to the Yamato Empire.

--An Excerpt from Kotogami at a Glance by Narrator Spirit Master Neo

 

Note: This story is set in an alternate version of Earth and Japan, and place names are intentionally misspelled to reflect this.