Kyousuke Motomi, the creator of Dengeki Daisy and Queen's Quality, is back in English with a new supernatural series. VIZ Media is releasing Registry of the Divine on the VIZ Manga app starting today, after announcing the launch yesterday. Check out the official post down below:
What Registry Of The Divine Is About
In Japan, the series is titled Yaoyorozu Toriatsukai Setsumeisho and runs in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine. Shogakukan describes it as a brand-new Japanese-style story about contracts with the gods, and a fantasy about a job dealing with them.
The story follows Shiori, an ordinary college student except for 1 thing. Since she was little, she has been able to see strange things that other people cannot. When the company that hired her goes bankrupt, Shiori is introduced to a job at Kamui, a state-affiliated organization that makes contracts with gods, oni and other beings it calls Kashiko-sama, or the exalted ones. There she meets Jin Kugayama, a mysterious young man dressed all in black.
Shiori is sent to take an aptitude test right away, but something unexpected happens, and she ends up making a contract with a Kashiko-sama almost immediately. The official Betsucomi page frames the work as the investigation, protection, registration, sealing and erasure of the 8 million gods. Shogakukan's editors describe Shiori as a heroine who makes decisions on the spot, and Jin as a young man full of mystery.
VIZ Media's own summary says Shiori and Jin deal with gods, vengeful spirits, legends and creatures of folklore, and that their work includes investigating, protecting and even exterminating them.
Volume 1 In Japan
Shogakukan released the first collected volume of Registry of the Divine in Japan on October 26, 2026. It runs 168 pages and is priced at 594 yen.
Kyousuke Motomi's Earlier Work
Motomi is best known in English for Dengeki Daisy, which ran in Betsucomi from 2007 to 2013 and was collected in 16 volumes. VIZ Media licensed it for North America. The story follows Teru, a high school girl whose older brother left her a phone connected to a mysterious person named Daisy, who sends her messages of support. She ends up working for the grouchy school janitor Tasuku Kurosaki and starts to wonder who Daisy really is.
VIZ also published Motomi's Queen's Quality, the sequel to QQ Sweeper, under its Shojo Beat imprint, as covered in New Shojo Manga Series QUEEN'S QUALITY Launch Announced.
The Dengeki Daisy Anime
The new series arrives as Dengeki Daisy is getting an anime. The TV adaptation from Studio Deen starts airing in January 2027, and Betsucomi has already announced a 2nd round of cast members along with new merchandise to mark the adaptation.
Crunchyroll is screening the first episode of Dengeki Daisy early during its Aniplex Anime Premieres panel at Anime Frontier in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, December 6, from 1:45 PM to 3:45 PM CT, which is 12:45 PM to 2:45 PM MST. The same block includes the first episodes of Here U Are, BLESS and The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All.
The VIZ Manga App
The VIZ Manga app is where VIZ Media publishes its digital manga in North America, and it is where Registry of the Divine is debuting. VIZ also offers a subscription service for readers in North America, as covered in VIZ MANGA Launches Its Subscription Services To Fans In North America.
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