18th Manga Division Jury Selections
Machi de uwasa no tengu no ko (Child of Tengu Rumored in the Town)
IWAMOTO Nao [Japan]
Outline
This is the fantastical story of Akihime, a tengu child born of a tengu father and a human mother, who begins to awaken to her tengu powers while leading an ordinary life as a high school girl. Living with her mother in a town, Akihime is told by Shun, a childhood friend undertaking ascetic training in the mountains, to start training to become a tengu. Enjoying her high school life, Akihime continues to refuse, but…