
Genres
Drama Focuses on realistic portrayals of human emotions and conflicts, often dealing with serious themes and interpersonal relationships.Slice of Life Depicts the mundane aspects of everyday life, focusing on ordinary characters and their routine experiences without major plot points.Supernatural Involves events or beings that defy natural laws, often including ghosts, demons, vampires, or other paranormal phenomena.Kami-sama Kitsune to Salaryman
かみさまキツネとサラリーマン
Kotaro, a 32-year-old single office worker, shares his home with four fox gods. Each deity has a distinct personality: Beni, the leader who governs business prosperity; Kin, the glutton who oversees bountiful harvests; Shiro, the taciturn one who controls the elimination of epidemics; and Kuro, the youngest, who governs good fortune. Having lived for hundreds of years, the gods dote on Kotaro as if he were their own grandson.
As Kotaro navigates his daily life, he begins to notice that other non-human creatures have also blended into modern society around him. The presence of these supernatural beings hints at a world where the ordinary and the extraordinary coexist, challenging Kotaro's perception of reality.
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