a television for the first time, her reaction is "how did a person get in this box?"). As a fox deity, she is capable of transformation, and often appears as either a human female or human male in addition to her natural form. When speaking, she uses the pronoun to refer to herself which is usually used by males in Japan. She attracts a fair bit of attention in either human form because of her blonde hair and blue eyes, often resulting in a crowd of the opposite gender (in an omake, she is in male form while at the beach since she does not want to be bothered by a bunch of guys; that did not work either, as a crowd of girls gathers instead). In human form, she often leaves her fox ears visible, choosing to either fully transform or simply wear a hat over them (they can involuntarily re-appear if she gets significantly distracted or excited). Kūgen loves food, and will happily do various things to get some, such as taking a part-time job thinking she will get free food for her work. Kō is the "sentinel" of the Mizuchi family. She is sent to keep an eye on the Takagami brothers and Kūgen, and therefore lives in Noboru's house. She tries to be helpful, is dedicated to her job, and does not want to be a bother. As her skills focus on being a sentinel, she initially deals with common household tasks poorly and is mainly proficient in combat. She is also socially inexperienced, among other things (such as her method of describing things, which is to try to mimic the action/sounds, with little comprehension resulting) which tends to lead her to be seen as a bit of an oddball despite her very serious manner. Noboru is the eldest son of the Takagami family. He is sixteen years old and was made aware that he is the head of the Mizuchi family in the beginning of the series. He is in the badminton club with Misaki Sakura. He has no spiritual powers, but is very calm in many situations and can understand others well; he can often handle situations by talking it through. Despite his lack of spiritual power, he has become able to more easily recognize human-transformed beings. Tōru is the youngest son of the Takagami family. He is eleven years old and has strong