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In _Kamisama Kiss_ , who and why is the woman in Tomoe's arms right before he
goes on search of Dragon King's eye?

This happens when Nanami first goes in past and sees Tomoe caring for the
"beautiful woman".

Is the woman Yukiji? If yes, why does he care for Yukiji as if she is Nanami?
Can't he differentiate between the two?

I have only watched the anime and not the manga. Spoilers are fine for me.


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Who and why is the woman in Tomoe's arms right before he goes on search of Dragon King's eye?


As you've said, this happened in the past, 500 or so years before Nanami was
even born. So why should it be odd for him to care for another woman besides
Nanami? It doesn't seem an odd situation to me.

But odd you should ask this question, because the spoiler answer is: Yes, it
is Yukiji whom he was carrying for in the past, and actually, no, he can't
entirely tell her and Nanami apart. As implied by the fact that the Dragon
King's eye was in Nanami's body in the present, Nanami is Yukiji's descendent,
and looks quite a bit like her.

But furthermore, further along in the manga, Nanami goes again into Tomoe's
past in order to learn about him (for reasons I won't go into here.) After
having seen him with Yukiji in the past, she knows that he believed himself in
love Yukiji, and so she tries to not interfere with his relationship with
Yukiji. It turns out that Yukiji hated youkai, and Nanami ends up saving
Tomoe's life when Yukiji refuses. In order to not interfere, Nanami tries to
hide herself and tells people to tell Tomoe it was Yukiji that saved him. So,
he had in fact fallen in love with Nanami, but due to misdirection, thought it
was Yukiji. It's implied on some level he's aware that they are actually
different women, as he seems a little confused when they act differently.


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I would say the lady with Tomoe during the period he went to get the dragon
eyes was Nanami.

Yukiji has black hair, but the lady with Tomoe had brown hair. Yukiji's hair
is always tied down and very long, but right there with Tomoe, her hair was
loose and same length as Nanami's, talk about the dragon eyes in her future
self, it's easier to explain that it was in her all along from the period
Tomoe gave it to her, it all started making sense after she went to the past.

If you remember, the lady with Tomoe had the same condition as Nanami in the
past. I wouldn't call it a sickness, it was just a sign for her that it was
time to return to her present. Honestly, it's all kinda confusing, but this is
what I believe so I wouldn't get more confused.


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The woman Tomoe was getting the dragon eye was the real Yukiji.

8 years after "Yukiji" (Nanami) promised to marry Tomoe she gave him the hair
pin and disappeared, 8 years after that Tomoe met the real Yukiji. She was
pregnant, and everyone she knew was murdered, so in order to survive she asked
Tomoe to help her, and Tomoe did help her because he thought she was the same
"Yukiji" he loved. So he helped her with her pregnancy, and she was keeping
her eyes closed, because she knew he could see the difference in her and
Nanami's eyes, so she faked being injured.

So because he was helping Yukiji with her pregnancy, he also needed to give
her the dragon eye, because her body was weak and pregnant. Even when Nanami
one time traveled to the past to get the dragon eye, she saw how Tomoe got it,
and Nanami herself helped Yukiji consume it, so Nanami helped a pregnant
Yukiji at the time take the dragon eye.

So it was indeed a pregnant Yukiji with Tomoe, and not Nanami. It was all seen
and explained in the past manga arc.


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