Nanami finds her kami skills put to the test again by Otohiko-sama, the wind kami who put her through her paces before the festival. This time, there's an annual conference of regional kami coming up, but there's only one free seat. If Nanami wants to go and prove herself before her (non-human) peers, she'll first have to beat another human kami named Kayako who's already considered a "living kami" with worshippers galore. Does Nanami stand a chance?
Ah, Kayako's got a familiar stranger in her camp...for the moment. Nanami decides to compete for the seat a.) because Kayako's an arrogant, smack-talking young lady and Nanami's pride won't let her back down and b.) she hopes to find news of Mikage, the shrine's former tochigami, for Tomoe's sake. She can tell that, despite his grouchy protestations, he misses his former master and wants to see him and ask him why he left. And c.) now she wants to go for wronged Kayako's sake, too. This is one of those series where the heroine unintentionally expands her fan club everywhere she goes--even if some of her new "friends" still act antagonistically toward her. Normally, I find that a cheezy plot gimmick, but Nanami's not some saccharine, boringly perfect princess do-gooder charming her way through life. She's temperamental, barely getting by in school, and plenty stubborn and sarcastic. But she tries her best, means well (most of the time), and genuinely wants other people to be happy (unless they tick her off, in which case she wants them to learn their lesson first). I like her.
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