Akuma de Fukei! - Ch. 26 - Devils and Donation Boxes

[MangaDex]

 

[Saybah]

Eclair: I wish Daichi become my slave.

Shrine God: Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Eclair: ... I wish Daichi become my husband.

Shrine God: SAY NO MORE I WILL USE ALL MY POWER TO GRANT THAT

 

[ISingTheBodyElectric]

https://imgur.com/XR2daZg

 

[finalm]

I was sure it would turn out that the little girl is the shrine's deity. She walks around alone at night, says things like "it's my shrine" and the female lead's power is mysteriously drained in her presence. Seems like that was the author's original intention, but walked back for some reason...

 

[AbuHajaar]

She looks like the Kuma Miko girl

 

[JumboWheat01]

What a shocking chapter.

 

[malagigi_encantatore]

I was sure it would turn out that the little girl is the shrine's deity. She walks around alone at night, says things like "it's my shrine" and the female lead's power is mysteriously drained in her presence. Seems like that was the author's original intention, but walked back for some reason...

It’s still not impossible. She did imply she was personally responsible for answering prayers (but I’d have to check if the original Japanese was as ambiguous)

 

[epicfail48]

Oh, so eclair is a freak freak

 

[finalm]

It’s still not impossible. She did imply she was personally responsible for answering prayers (but I’d have to check if the original Japanese was as ambiguous)

I've no idea about the Japanese text, but here it says "We won't be able to anwser any of the visitors' prayers", so I don't see it as any implication that she herself does that. I'd interpret "we" as the shrine, everyone that works there and maintains it for whatever deity the prayers are directed to. Unless of course it's the royal "we"

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[mrguest]

What a shocking chapter.

electrifying ik

 

[malagigi_encantatore]

I've no idea about the Japanese text, but here it says "We won't be able to anwser any of the visitors' prayers", so I don't see it as any implication that she herself does that. I'd interpret "we" as the shrine, everyone that works there and maintains it for whatever deity the prayers are directed to. Unless of course it's the royal "we"

Maybe she’s a vigilante of some kind

 

[finalm]

Maybe she’s a vigilante of some kind

I'm not sure I follow. What does vigilantism have to do with things here? Also, the fact that she went to the police rather than somehow take things into her own hands pretty much contradicts it by definition.

 

[malagigi_encantatore]

I'm not sure I follow. What does vigilantism have to do with things here? Also, the fact that she went to the police rather than somehow take things into her own hands pretty much contradicts it by definition.

Vigilante is absolutely the wrong word, I was sleepy. But like playing Santa Claus or haroun al-rashid kinda thing

 

[finalm]

Vigilante is absolutely the wrong word, I was sleepy. But like playing Santa Claus or haroun al-rashid kinda thing

Uh sorry, but I still don't quite get what you're trying to say, especially with giving those two figures as examples. Harun Al-Rashid has so many legends associated with him that I can't begin to guess what exactly you're refering to. As for Santa, I suppose it's not the gift-giving thing... Are you suggesting the girl is some sort of wandering altruist (or busy-body), who goes around getting involved in people's troubles without being asked to and with no personal stake in it? It does however seem that she's associated (regardless of role) with the shrine in question, as we see her sweeping it in the last panel.

 

[matlai17]

Lol, is it bad that I initially suspected that Eclair was stealing the offerings?

 

[malagigi_encantatore]

Uh sorry, but I still don't quite get what you're trying to say, especially with giving those two figures as examples. Harun Al-Rashid has so many legends associated with him that I can't begin to guess what exactly you're refering to. As for Santa, I suppose it's not the gift-giving thing... Are you suggesting the girl is some sort of wandering altruist (or busy-body), who goes around getting involved in people's troubles without being asked to and with no personal stake in it? It does however seem that she's associated (regardless of role) with the shrine in question, as we see her sweeping it in the last panel.

Shinto Shrines (especially small regional ones) are not normally in the business of answering prayers directly. The donations/offerings are largely used for maintenance.
BUT I don’t even know, at this point it’s just something I think would be funny.

 

[finalm]

Shinto Shrines (especially small regional ones) are not normally in the business of answering prayers directly. The donations/offerings are largely used for maintenance.
BUT I don’t even know, at this point it’s just something I think would be funny.

The "anwsering prayers" is colloquial, the shrine participates in it by being a place you can petition whatever relevant deities. The money you leave there is treated as an offering to said deities, but obviously goes toward maintaining the shrine and the livelyhood of it's keepers. Still, if that were the way to fund it, it would never be enough, people make proper donations for that cause usually through conventional bank transfers. The staff also earns money by performing religious services for specific clients.