The same is true with Aoi but she works at fighting to win anyway. With ayakashi they like making deals, because the one they are dealing with feel like they have some power in the outcome when in reality the deal is in the ayakashi's favor. I LOVE the idea of the premise but was really excited at how the plot developed through Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits vol 1. Since most shoujo mangaka are women I feel like many are a step ahead of American writers in incorporating strong ideas about the power women have in their stories. I like that she uses the talent she has, for cooking, to do something about it. Most Asians are responsible for the debt that their parents rack up and this is the situation that Aoi is in. The idea of Aoi having to take on her father's debt is not a part of American culture, but it is very true in Asian culture. When she feels one ayakashi she doesn't realize he came for her. The distilling the Aoi's background was done quickly and throughout the volume as events came together, the art played a factor in that each frame was maximized in these explanations.Īoi can see spirits or ayakashi, and feeds them when she can. I also loved the look of Kakuriyo the place. I've read manga with ayakashi before but never with the numbers to be found in this manga and I was quite, quite excited by all the ones I met. There's nothing special to the art of Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits vol 1 but that doesn't mean that what it does show isn't done really, really well! I really enjoyed the way the different ayakashi were portrayed. But Aoi isn’t the type to let spirits push her around, and she’s determined to redeem her grandfather’s IOU on her own terms! If she can just get someone to see past her family background, Aoi is certain she can prove her worth. Her options: marry the head of the inn her grandfather trashed, or get eaten by ayakashi.

Check out more manga and graphic novel reviews Perspective of a Writer.Īoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather’s ability to see spirits-and his massive debt to them! Now she’s been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill.

Kakuriyo by Waco Ioka