Kannagi: (Shrine maiden) Crazy Shrine Maidens, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by manga author Eri Takenashi.  

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Kannagi: (かんなぎ?, lit. Shrine maiden) Crazy Shrine Maidens, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by manga author Eri Takenashi. The manga began serialization in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex on December 9, 2005, published by Ichijinsha. An anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures first aired in October 2008 in Japan.
Main characters
Nagi (ナギ?)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
Nagi is a goddess who wakes up after years of slumber with Jin's unexpected help. Her mission as a deity is to cleanse the impurities of the world, but as her powers have weakened over time due to her sacred tree being cut down, her body is easily harmed by them. She ends up having to do it with the help of Jin and brandishing an improvised exorcist staff created using a magical girl-themed toy baton.
Kannagi (かんなぎ?)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
A different personality that exists inside Nagi. She seems to be the only one who knows about Nagi's real identity. When she descends upon Nagi's body, the process cannot last very long as it consumes a significant amount of energy, though this can be prolonged by using another person's body heat.
Jin Mikuriya (御厨 仁, Mikuriya Jin?)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono
After using a part of a fallen sacred tree to make a sculpture of a girl, he inadvertently brings Nagi back to life. Since then, Nagi lives in his house and counts on his help to hunt down the impurities (as he is able to catch them with his bare hands), a task impossible to Nagi due to her weakened state. Later, when Nagi was frustrated by being uncertain about her own identity, Jin decides to assist Nagi to trace back her origin. He enjoys Worcester sauce on a slice of bread or a bowl of rice.
Tsugumi Aoba (青葉 つぐみ, Aoba Tsugumi?)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro
Tsugumi is Jin's childhood friend who harbors a crush on him. She is concerned about Jin living alone with another girl despite Nagi fabricating a story about being his half-sister.
Zange (ざんげ?)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Another goddess and Nagi's twin sister. Unlike Nagi's, Zange's tree is still intact and located in a church's courtyard, thus she is still able to catch and cleanse impurities by herself. The fact that she switched her character to that of a Catholic nun, as it is a stronger religion nowadays according to her, contributed to her divinity staying intact. Despite seemingly being kind and caring on the outside, she usually takes advantage of Nagi's weakened state to torment her. The word zange in Japanese means 'penitence' or 'confession'.
Hakua Suzushiro (涼城 白亜, Suzushiro Hakua?)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Hakua is a girl from Jin's school possessed by Zange. Since childhood, Hakua was able to see spiritual images around her and her body has been very susceptible to spiritual possession. As other children considered her ability very odd, she had trouble interacting with children of her age. When she was still a child, she makes a friend with Jin during a summer camp, who did not consider her ability strange as he also possessed a strong spiritual sense. However, in the current storyline, Jin doesn't seem to remember well about his encounter with Hakua in the past. Since then, Hakua has not been able to go outside her house and she compared herself to a "princess locked up in a castle". Just before Hakua attempted to commit suicide due to depression, she "willingly accepted" Zange to be her host. However Nagi claims that despite this, it may put too much stress into her body. Both Zange and Hakua develop a liking for Jin and decide to bring him to their side.










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