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Title | Volume 1
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media
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First Printing | 2015
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Title | Volume 2
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2017
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First Printing | 2015
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Title | Volume 3
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2017
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 4
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2018
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 5
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2018
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 6
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2018
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 7
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2018
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 8
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2019
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 9
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2019
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 10
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2019
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Title | Volume 11
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Illustrator | Rei Toma
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Author | Rei Toma
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Publisher | Viz Media - 2019
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First Printing | Shogakukan - 2015
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Category | Manga
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Asahi, Subaru, Water God, Tsukihiko, Kurose, Kogahiko
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Main Elements | Gods
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 Volume 1
In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she meets a water dragon god!
A young boy named Subaru comes to Asahi's aid, but despite his help, Asahi must endure a test of survival! Will she be able to make it out alive, or will she end up being sacrificed?
Volume 2
After a ritual in the village leaves her hovering on the brink of death, Asahi is rescued by the power of the water dragon god! Has he awakened to feelings of compassion, or does Asahi need to flee this treacherous world before something even worse happens to her?
Volume 3
Unable to return home, Asahi grows into a lovely young woman. As a priestess, she must spend time with the water dragon god for a ritual every year, but because of her connection to the water dragon god's power, someone kidnaps her! Will Asahi be able to escape unscathed?
Volume 4
Because the water dragon god wants to interact with Asahi more, he descends to the village in the guise of a human. Asahi's friend Subaru has mixed feelings about this but joins them on a journey to the capital. What adventures are in store, and how will their fates change?
Volume 5
Asahi is in constant danger from people trying to use her to get the water dragon god's power for themselves. She doesn't want anyone to get hurt because of her, so she, the water dragon god and Subaru pay a visit to the emperor. However, in exchange for his protection, the emperor makes an unexpected demand!
Volume 6
Asahi continues to be trapped between power-hungry humans and exposed to ill will. When she becomes gravely injured, will the water dragon god be able to save her? How will these two change during this time of distress?
Volume 7
Asahi returns to the present day, and though her reunion with her family is joyful, she misses Subaru and the water dragon god in the other world. When Asahi comes to a decision about what to do, the water dragon god's heart is greatly shaken.
Volume 8
Asahi is captured by a human who's using the god of darkness to take over the world! Trapped in the underworld, Asahi resolves to figure out the true intention of this ruthless boy while the water dragon god and Subaru tag team to try to save her!
Volume 9
Kurose and the god of darkness conspire to take control of the emperor of Naga's throne, and they have no qualms about using Asahi to do it! Worried for Asahi's safety, the water dragon god decides it's best to return her to her former world, but does Asahi want to go?
Volume 10
Asahi continues to fight against the god of darkness and his minions, and the water dragon god lends her the totality of his power. Unfortunately, the battle greatly weakens the water dragon god to the point where his very existence is threatened! Can Asahi do anything to save him?
Volume 11
Facing the gravity of his impending demise, the water dragon god vows that he will send Asahi back to her world before all his power disappears. As Asahi struggles to find a way to stay with him, she can't deny that the day when they must part is coming. Is it truly the end for these two star-crossed lovers?
Asahi is a young girl who definitely talks too much, but is otherwise kind of cute, who falls into a pool of water and finds herself in Japan's history. The villagers, not knowing what to do with this strange creature with red hair, sacrifice her to their local water god.
Now this god is quite bemused by these offerings, not really wanting them but decides that seeing as he's bored and Asahi is interesting, he may marry her after all. But he knows little of how to take care of a human, things like food, so it isn't looking good for Asahi unless she can be rescued by a boy from the village who has fallen in love with her.
Other gods come into play, wagering to see if the girl can escape or will the water god keep her.
After the first book is a jump in time to when Asahi is grown, she's been returned to the village but she is still trapped in this time period as a priestess. Every year she must spend three days with the water god and over time his interest in her grows and starts to come to visit her instead. Adventures then of course ensue, especially as other people start to notice Asahi might in fact have some powers over a god and would be a valuable asset to have control over, whether your are lead a group of bandits or are an emperor.
While the first book didn't quite captivate me, by the time I got to the fourth I thought it was a wonderful series, with a lot of fun moments and an interesting collecting of characters. Beautiful artwork that is a pleasure to look at as well.
Exactly two years after I first posted this I read the last book in the series. It's ending is perhaps not surprising, though I actually expected it to have a slightly different conclusion (but that gets explained in the bonus material at the end which I found very amusing). The last books is interesting in that there is almost no dialog or action, just a lot of waiting for...well I won't tell you want, but while I didn't care for the Kurose storyline of the previous couple of books, the final installment wrapped things up well enough in a magical, dreamlike way. At some point I plan to reread the whole series from scratch since the wait between books made me forget some of the characters/events along the way, but now that they are all out I can read them back to back.
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