Hachi Shiki

To reach the legendary mysterious realm, Hachi follows a caravan of humans on a long journey in an era where she can only rely on hand-painted maps for navigation. Eventually, the caravan loses its way in the dense forest.

Seeing the human beings circling the same area, Hachi thinks to herself: "Maybe I should pull those trees out, so that they can find the way." The humans are hiding in a cave shivering at night when they hear a loud rumbling outside. The next day, they find the forest has been flattened, yet the perpetrator is nowhere to be found.

At this moment, a warrior named Tobun on the other side of the mountain thinks he sees a giant snake slinking through the woods. He looks intently once more, but it's gone.

Hachi occasionally joins the fight as Tobunkai expanded. Although strange complaints often emerge, such as "Human bodies are too fragile", "A Nightmare of this level is just a snack", and "Ah, why can't I grow larger?", they do not prevent her from being admired by the early members of Tobunkai. "Where did the Captain find such a helper, a little girl with monster-level destructive power?" they wonder.

In response to this, the 1st generation Captain of Tobunkai smiles, remembering his meeting with Hachi for the first time, when she pretended to be a lost girl, and then proceeded to defeat a wild boar with a single punch.

Hachi acted as a mascot for the shrine. But one night, she ate all the food meant to be a sacrificial offering, revealing her true nature. So she fled and lived as a nomad.

One day, she returns to a familiar place, sips some wine, and remembers the human who gave her a pot of wine a hundred years ago...

"She was so cute." Hachi, now in human form, decides to settle down and open an izakaya, meeting passerbys, drinking wine and listening to their stories.

Yamata regards the world within her sight as her own domain, because there are no creatures able to raise any objections. So when Yamata finds that the creatures called humans surreptitiously live and multiply under her nose, she thinks, "Ah, these nonentities! I will crush you all!" But when she appears on the edge of the continent, she thinks "Hey, that thing they call fire can cook some really delicious meat!" and "Humans have made up so many stories about the moon?" She then thinks, "Okay, since you seem interesting, I will allow you to live in my domain for the time being."

"I will eat you, weak human!", "You mean the smell of wine? But, it's not for you." "...Then hand over that yummy food!" "You can take the wine." Since this interaction, Yamata has had a drinking companion.

Yamata is seriously injured in a human ambush. Humans are really hateful, cunning, and ignorant, but they also have some good points. They can make good wine and sing good songs. "Forget it, I won't eat you this time.", "Even so, you still eat humans?", "Are you human, too?" "Yes. I will dedicate myself to you, for the sake of freedom." Since then, Yamata has had a human body. She now sees the world through the eyes of another.