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Japanese manga series

あやかし恋絵巻 (Ayakashi Koi Emaki)
Demon Love Spell
North American cover for the first manga volume
Genre	Comedy, romance
Manga
Written by	Mayu Shinjo
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Margaret
Original run	2008 – 2014
Volumes	6 (List of volumes)

Demon Love Spell (Japanese: あやかし恋絵巻, Hepburn: Ayakashi Koi Emaki) is a manga series by Mayu Shinjo about a shrine maiden that finds herself falling for a demon that feeds on passion and love. Shinjo initially wrote Demon Love Spell in 2008 as a two part installment manga for Margaret magazine, but chose to serialize the series in 2009 due to the story's popularity. In 2012 Viz Media licensed the manga with the intention to publish it in English through their Shojo Beat imprint and released the first volume in December of that same year.

Synopsis

The series follows Miko, a young shrine maiden living with her family. She's frustrated that she's unable to contribute much to the family business, as she has little apparent supernatural abilities and cannot easily see or banish spirits. Miko eventually runs into Kagura, an incubus that has been feeding on the female students at Miko's school. She manages to seal him, but in the process turns him into a chibi, lower powered version of himself. Miko initially tries to keep him secret from her family, but they inevitably discover Kagura but allow him to remain with Miko due to his small size. Meanwhile, Kagura has shown the ability to enter Miko's mind while she's sleeping, where he is able to assume his full size. Kagura uses this as an opportunity to attempt to seduce Miko, with some success.

Characters

Miko Tsubaki (椿美依子, Tsubaki Miko): Voiced by: Saori Hayami (vomic)

Kagura (神楽): Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai, Kōki Miyata (young) (vomic)

Reception

Critical reception for the series has been mostly positive, with the School Library Journal commenting that for the story material the manga was "quite clean, consisting mostly of cheeky innuendos and a few abstract dream sequences in which sex is insinuated but not graphically depicted". Anime News Network gave overall positive reviews for the first two volumes, praising the series' artwork and remarking that Miko was a stronger female character than some of the ones Shinjo had written in the past. In contrast, U-T San Diego reported that a San Diego Comic-Con panel had named the manga one of their five worst manga releases for 2013.

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	May 25, 2009	978-4-08-846403-9	December 4, 2012	142154945X
2	November 25, 2009	978-4-08-846465-7	March 5, 2013	1421550776
3	July 23, 2010	978-4-08-846546-3	June 4, 2013	142155366X
4	July 25, 2011	978-4-08-846671-2	September 3, 2013	1421553651
5	August 24, 2012	978-4-08-846816-7	December 3, 2013	1421553740
6	August 23, 2013	978-4-08-845080-3	July 1, 2014	1421569477

References

"The Official Website for Demon Love Spell". Viz Media. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
Alverson, Brigid. "Viz Announces Strobe Edge, Demon Love Spell Manga". MTV Geek. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
"Viz Media Licenses Strobe Edge, Ayakashi Koi Emaki Manga". ANN. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
"VIZ Licenses Shojo Manga "Strobe Edge" and "Demon Love Spell"". CrunchyRoll. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
Goldstein, Lisa. "Review: Demon Love Spell V1". School Library Journal. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
Silverman, Rebecca. "Demon Love Spell GN 1 (review)". ANN. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
Silverman, Rebecca. "Demon Love Spell GN 2 (review)". ANN. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
Rowe, Peter. "5 best -- and 5 worst -- manga of the year". UT San Diego. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

External links

Demon Love Spell (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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