Not exactly skilled at fighting anything, much less the dead, Kira enlists the aid of seven powerful death gods to help her slay Shuten-doji. And she's also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Kyoto.īut things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end. She's bullied by the popular girls in school. Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Marie Lu. Chapter 44: Books by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E.This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness.Chapter 39: Eight Weeks Later: Fujikawa Shrine.Chapter 38: Thirty-Four: Fujikawa Shrine.Chapter 37: Thirty-Three: Fujikawa Shrine.Chapter 36: Thirty-Two: Fujikawa Shrine.Chapter 35: Thirty-One: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 33: Twenty-Nine: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 32: Twenty-Eight: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 31: Twenty-Seven: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 30: Twenty-Six: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 29: Twenty-Five: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 28: Twenty-Four: Kōgakkon High School.

Chapter 27: Twenty-Three: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 26: Twenty-Two: Kōgakkan High School.

Chapter 25: Twenty-One: Fujikawa Shrine.

Chapter 23: Nineteen: Kōgakkan High School.

Chapter 18: Fourteen: Kyoto Train Station.

Chapter 15: Eleven: Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine.

Chapter 10: Six: Shinkansen Train to Tokyo.

Can Kira save humankind? Or will the demon king succeed in bringing eternal darkness upon the world?. They include Shiro, a kitsune with boy-band looks who is more flirtatious than helpful, and O-bei, a regal demon courtier with reasons of her own for getting involved.Īs the confrontation with Shuten-doji draws nearer, the fate of Japan hangs in the balance.

And she’s also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Kyoto.īut things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end. She’s bullied by the popular girls in school.

This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness.

Seven deadly shadows