KamiKatsu

KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World (神無き世界のカミサマ活動, Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudō, "What God Does in a World Without Gods") is a Japanese manga series written by Aoi Akashiro and illustrated by Sonshō Hangetsuban. It was initially serialized in Hero's Inc.'s seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's from May 2019 to October 2020, before transferring to the Comiplex website since November 2020. The series has been collected into six tankōbon volumes as of November 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Palette premiered in April 2023.

For the town, see Kamikatsu, Tokushima.
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
神無き世界のカミサマ活動
(Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudō)
GenreFantasy,[1] isekai[2]
Manga
Written byAoi Akashiro
Illustrated bySonshō Hangetsuban
Published byHero's Inc.
Magazine
  • Monthly Hero's (May 1, 2019 – October 30, 2020)
  • Comiplex (November 27, 2020 – present)
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 1, 2019 – present
Volumes6
Manga
Kaminaki Sekai no Onee-chan Katsudō
Written by
  • Aoi Akashiro
  • Shinya Murata (composition)
Illustrated byTokisada Hayami
Published byHero's Inc.
MagazineComiplex
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 25, 2022 – present
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byYuki Inaba
Written byAoi Akashiro
Music byYasunori Iwasaki
StudioStudio Palette
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS NTV, Kansai TV, Saga TV, AT-X
Original run April 6, 2023 – present
Episodes7

Characters
Yukito Urabe (卜部 征人, Urabe Yukito)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki[3] (Japanese); Austin Tindle[4] (English)
Mitama (ミタマ)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō[3] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[4] (English)
Alural (アルラル, Aruraru)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[5] (Japanese); Bryn Apprill[4] (English)
Siluril (シルリル, Shiruriru)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[5] (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel[4] (English)
Roy (ロイ, Roi)
Voiced by: Sho Fujisawa[5] (Japanese); Travis Mullenix[4] (English)
Clen (クレン, Kuren) / Loki (ロキ, Roki)
Voiced by: Megumi Ogata[5] (Japanese); Meli Grant[4] (English)
Beltran (ベルトラン, Berutoran)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[6] (male), Miyu Tomita[7] (female) (Japanese); Bradley Gareth (male), Corey Pettit (female)[4] (English)
Soichiro Urabe (卜部 聡一郎, Urabe Sōichirō)
Voiced by: Show Hayami[6] (Japanese); Christopher Guerrero[4] (English)
Ataru (アータル, Ātaru)
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Emi Lo (English)[6]
Dakini (ダキニ)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[8]
Rish (リシュ, Rishu)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[8]
Gaia (ガイア)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu[8]
Cyan (シアン, Shian)
Voiced by: Rin Kurusu[9]
Kai (カイ)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura[9]

Media

Manga

Written by Aoi Akashiro and illustrated by Sonshō Hangetsuban, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World began serialization on Hero's Inc.'s seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's on May 1, 2019.[1] The series was transferred to the Comiplex website on November 27, 2020, after Monthly Hero's ceased publication on October 30 of the same year.[10][11] As of November 2022, six tankōbon volumes have been released.[12]

A spin-off manga with composition by Shinya Murata and illustrated by Tokisada Hayami, titled Kaminaki Sekai no Onee-chan Katsudō (神無き世界のおねーちゃん活動, "What My Older Sister Does in a World Without Gods"), began serialization on the Comiplex website on November 25, 2022.[13] It has been collected in a single volume as of March 2023.[14]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 5, 2020[15]978-4-86-468701-0
2 July 4, 2020[16]978-4-86-468730-0
3 January 29, 2021[17]978-4-86-468778-2
4 September 29, 2021[18]978-4-86-468833-8
5 April 27, 2022[19]978-4-86-468880-2
6 November 29, 2022[12]978-4-86-468140-7
7 May 29, 2023978-4-86-468171-1

Kaminaki Sekai no Onee-chan Katsudō
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 March 29, 2023[14]978-4-86-468165-0

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 26, 2022.[2] It is produced by Studio Palette and directed by Yuki Inaba, with Yoshifumi Sueda serving as supervisor, Aoi Akashiro handling the scripts, Kaori Yoshikawa designing the characters, and Yasunori Iwasaki composing the music.[3][8] The series premiered on April 6, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[20] The opening theme song is "I Wish" by Rin Kurusu, while the ending theme song is "Steppin' Up Life!" by Akari Kitō.[21] Crunchyroll licensed the series, and will be streaming it along with an English dub.[22]

Episode list
No.Title [23][24]Directed by [23]Written by [23]Storyboarded by [23]Original air date [25]
1"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mikami. Please purify us. Please cleanse us. Lord Mikami. We beg for you to hear our prayer."
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Harahitamahekiyometamaheto Mitama-no-mikoto Kashikomi-kashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ ハラヒタマヘキヨメタマヘト ミタマノミコト カシコミカシコミマヲス)		Yuki InabaOhine EzakiYuki InabaApril 6, 2023 (2023-04-06)
Yukito is son of a cult leader dedicated to the god Mitama. The cult drowns Yukito hoping he will be reborn as their next leader. Yukito earnestly wishes to be reborn in a world without religion. He awakens in a new world in an isolated village and makes friends with sisters Alura and Siluril, and farmers Clen and Roy. After a few weeks they visit the Imperial city so Alura and Roy can obtain pornographic magazines. Yukito witnesses a public mass suicide and learns without religion there is no fear of death, so when the government decides citizens are no longer of use or social deviants they proudly commit suicide. Alura and the villagers are all deviants who refused suicide due to fearing death. Alura was declared deviant due to her lustful personality. Alura and Silural disappear and Yukito learns outcasts can be executed at any time. Silural has already been hanged and while attempting to rescue Alura both she and Yukito are killed. Dying again, Yukito prays to Mitama who manifest as a young girl, having been impatiently waiting for him to summon her as the next cult leader. Mitama murders the government soldiers and resurrects Yukito and Alura, excited to be the only God of a brand new world.
2"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mitama. Beautiful is—"
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Kusushikutahenarumitamanofuyuniyorite Konoutsushiyoniareidetaruminishiareba Yorozunomonotsukuritamahiki Mitama-no-mikoto Kikoshimeseto Kashikomi-kashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ クスシクタヘナルミタマノフユニヨリテ コノウツシヨニアレイデタルミニシアレバ ヨロヅノモノツクリタマヒキ ミタマノミコト キコシメセト カシコミカシコミマヲス)		Yūki MatsumotoDeko AkaoYūki MatsumotoApril 13, 2023 (2023-04-13)
Mitama also resurrects Siluril and other hanged deviants. Unable to understand what a God is Alura jealously assume Mitama is Yukito’s lover. Fearing government revenge Yukito asks Mitama about her powers and is despondent to learn that due to having no believers in this new world she has no powers left. As there is a chance the government will send an army to their village Yukito needs to somehow get 10,000 people to worship Mitama and make her a God again. Roy, having discovered he enjoys masochism, becomes Mitama’s first believer when she treats him with disgust. Mitama is disappointed that Yukito still does not really believe in her. Mitama’s attempt to demonstrate her godly knowledge falls flat when she merely lists embarrassing events from Yukito’s childhood. Yukito also fails to inspire belief in the villagers using fortune-telling and magic tricks. Alura’s pet fox, Chilchil, dies from poison so Mitami uses the single spark of magic from Roy’s belief to resurrect Chilchil, causing both Alura and Siluril to believe. With some power returned Mitama agrees to Alura’s request to resurrect the soldiers she murdered, as they were innocent men following orders. The soldiers commander, Bertrandt, is furious when Mitama resurrects him as a woman.
3"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mitama. You who rule over all the hills of Takaamahara. All our—"
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Takaamaharanotsukasanimashimashite Moromoronomagagoto Magatsuhi Tsumikegarewo Harahitamahekiyometamaheto Ohotsuchinomototsukami Mitama-no-mikoto Kikoshimeseto Kashikomi-kashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ タカアマハラノツカサニマシマシテ モロモロノマガゴト マガツヒ ツミケガレヲ ハラヒタマヘキヨメタマヘト オホツチノモトツカミ ミタマノミコト キコシメセト カシコミカシコミマヲス)		Tatsuji YamazakiOhine EzakiTatsuji YamazakiApril 20, 2023 (2023-04-20)
Bertrand attempts to return to the Imperial government but with his female body is rejected as a nameless deviant. Bertrand is forced to accept Yukito’s offer to live in the village, accepting a job as Mitama’s Holy Knight. Using questionable recruiting methods Yukito gains Mitama another 100 worshippers by offering benefits to members only, such as priority protection from monsters and access to Mitama’s healing magic. Bertrand, forced by Alura and Siluril to wear female clothes, informs Yukito the Imperial army’s power comes from Archon’s, individual warriors granted powerful abilities by the Emperor. Yukito is fascinated by Bertrand’s sword, which appears to be magical but was created by the Emperor. The Archon Atar is tasked with destroying the village yet keeps being delayed by monsters appearing from nowhere. Yukito is abruptly inspired by a memory of his father who points out that most religions become popular through martial arts training. With Clem’s approval Yukito decides to drag the deviants into the 21st century. One month later Atar arrives and encounters Bertrand, now in even more risqué outfits, and decides to kidnap him to determine how his gender was altered. Atar is shocked by the village’s drastic changes as they now possess modern technology including wind turbine generators, motorised vehicles and industrial sized farmlands.
4"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mitama. You have aaahhhhh—"
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Utsushiyowoshimeshitamahi Hajimemonakuwoharimonaku Tennoshichiyoukuyounijūhasshukuwokiyome Chinosanjūrokujinwokiyometamaheto Ametsuchino Mitama-no-mikoto Kikoshimeseto Kashikomi-kashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ ウツシヨヲシメシタマヒ ハジメモナクヲハリモナク テンノシチヨウクヨウニジュウハッシュクヲキヨメ チノサンジュウロクジンヲキヨメタマヘト アメツチノ ミタマノミコト キコシメセト カシコミカシコミマヲス)		Hitoshi MotoiOhine EzakiYoshifumi Sueda
Yuki Inaba		April 27, 2023 (2023-04-27)
It is shown Yukito had Mitama summon modern technology, the use of which he restricted to Mitama’s believers. Mitama soon had almost 2000 believers. Yukito also introduced Exclusivity, the idea that believers are superior to non-believers. Clem admitted he is not actually a deviant; he once worked in the Emperors palace but grew disillusioned with that life and voluntarily moved into the deviant’s village. Yukito wondered why the concept of Gods never arose to explain unexplainable events like natural disasters. Bertrandt explained all such events are explained by members of the Assembly who work under the Emperor, thus nothing has ever been “unexplainable”. Yukito learns Atar has captured Bertrandt. Atar determines modern technology is blasphemy against the Emperor and the Assembly. With the power of 2000 believers Mitama fights against Atar’s Archon power but Mitama runs out of power first. Confused and enraged by their defiance Atar destroys the village, only for it to reappear unharmed. Atar realises it was an illusion just as Clem reveals he is actually a woman under an illusion disguise, Loki the Archon. Having infiltrated the village as a spy she decides Yukito and Mitama are just who she needs to help assassinate the Emperor.
5"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mitama. You created all things—"
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Yorozunomono Tsukuritamahikiha Rokukonshōjōnishite Ametsuchinoyorozumonotodoutainarugayuweni Kakarutoyoashiharamizuhonokuninisumawasetamaheto Mawosukotonoyoshiwo Ohotsuchino Mitama-no-mikoto Kikoshimesetokashikomikashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ ヨロズノモノ ツクリタマヒキハ ロクコンショウジョウニシテ アメツチノヨロズモノトドウタイナルガユヱニ カカルトヨアシハラミズホノクニニスマワセタマヘト マヲスコトノヨシヲ オホツチノ ミタマノミコト キコシメセトカシコミカシコミマヲス)		Motomasa Maeda
Yuki Inaba		Deko AkaoMotomasa Maeda
Yuki Inaba		May 4, 2023 (2023-05-04)
Loki takes Atar, Yukito and Mitama to the Emperor but reveals he is an illusion and the castle a giant machine named Assembly that controls the Empire with the suicide system to ensure it always remains the same. Mitama reveals people did destroy the world in religious war; the survivors building Assembly to ensure religion was forgotten. Yukito realises he wasn’t reborn in an alternate world; Mitama just sent him thousands of years into Earth’s future after religion died out. Loki is tired of Assembly and offers to let them destroy it. Yukito doubts Loki’s motives so she reveals she discovered from Assembly how humans once had free will. She began infiltrating deviant villages to learn free will but deduced they were also under indirect Assembly control. Then Yukito appeared, bringing God with him, the pinnacle of a being capable of free will. Desiring this for herself Loki convinced another deviant village she was God and found their belief gave her God-like powers. Thus she and the Archons, except Atar, plotted to destroy Assembly and become Gods. Yukito agrees free will is preferable so Mitama destroys Assembly by sprouting a giant tree under it. Loki is surprised when Yukito, knowing the Archons would make terrible Gods, swears to help Mitama defeat them and become the one true God.
6"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mitama."
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Tokoyononahohiha Amaharaniariteha Hinomikunitsukinomikunihoshinomikuni Ohotsuchiniariteha Awohitokusawohajime Ikiarumoikinakimo Yoniaritoshiarumononokagiri Tokoyonoohokami Mitama-no-mikoto Kikoshimesetokashikomikashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ トコヨノナホヒハ アマハラニアリテハ ヒノミクニツキノミクニホシノミクニ オホツチニアリテハ アヲヒトクサヲハジメ イキアルモイキナキモ ヨニアリトシアルモノノカギリ トコヨノオホカミ ミタマノミコト キコシメセトカシコミカシコミマヲス)		Yuki Inaba
Hitoshi Motoi		Aoi AkashiroMotomasa Maeda
Yuki Inaba		May 11, 2023 (2023-05-11)
Loki leaves the powerless Atar with Yukito. Loki temporarily turns Bertrand back into a man, so she follows Loki to the Empire to hopefully become a man again permanently. Atar considers suicide until Yukito gives her hope of becoming a God herself and rebuilding Assembly. Alura assumes Yukito is a lolicon. Yukito announces Atar is now their second God; granting her half of Mitama’s power by sharing believers. Siluril discovers the Archon Dakini already has 10,000 believers, having based her religion around sex, lust and perversion, with priestesses titled Sluts. Yukito decides to infiltrate the church with Mitama, Roy and Alura as fake believers, and hijack the 10,000 believers from the inside. Riche, the Chief Slut, takes them to Dakini for initiation. Yukito panics when initiation involves being locked in a room with Alura while under a powerful lust spell. Due to training he received from his father he manages to resist until Mitama rescues them. The unused lust energy passes into Riche when she enters the room, causing her to orgasm and reveal she is actually a virgin who does not believe in Dakini. Realising Mitama is also a God she requests her help in destroying Dakini’s perverse religion.
7"We know we are not worthy. O great Lord Mitama. All living beings were born by"
Transcription: "Kakemakumokashikoki Mitamanoohomikami Mototsumikokoronomanimani Umushiide Ushihakimamori Sakihahetamaherumiisawono Ohokihisashikihirokiatsuki Ohomuutsukushimiwoka Furite Konoutsushiyoni Aramukagiriha Yorozunomototsuhitotsukamino Mitama-no-mikoto Kikoshimesetokashikomikashikomimawosu" (Japanese: カケマクモカシコキ ミタマノオホミカミ モトツミココロノマニマニ ウムシイデ ウシハキマモリ サキハヘタマヘルミイサヲノ オホキヒサシキヒロキアツキ オホムウツクシミヲカゞフリテ コノウツシヨニ アラムカギリハ ヨロズノモトツヒトツカミノ ミタマノミコト キコシメセトカシコミカシコミマヲス)		Tatsuji YamazakiOhine EzakiTatsuji YamazakiMay 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)
Loki shows Bertrand without Assembly society has begun to fail. Riche admits she was a Deviant whose love of porn made her a sex expert, so she was made Chief Slut for her erotic knowledge and fake expertise. Yukito promises to destroy the church, so she approves their fake membership. Mitama weakens as her absence causes her followers to spend more time worshipping Atar. Yukito has Riche spread modern sexual knowledge, toys and medications summoned from Japan, causing Dakini’s followers to similarly neglect worshipping the absent Dakini to worship Riche. Furious, Dakini brainwashes Roy by teaching him masturbation is acceptable, so he betrays their plot. Yukito, Riche, Mitama and Alura are accused of heresy but Riche, having being sadistically tutored in acting by Yukito, convincingly fakes utter loyalty to Dakini and begs to be punished at their trial. This gains the support of Dakini’s believers; since someone so clearly loyal to Dakini couldn’t be a heretic. Faced with a possible rebellion Dakini postpones the trial and imprisons them. Roy affirms his loyalty to Dakini and abandons them. Yukito begins planning their escape but their cell is abruptly visited by Dakini’s inhumanly strong, most loyal bodyguards, the Purgers.

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