As Guardian of the Shrine Maiden, the elimination of demons falls firmly into Jinta's hands. He takes his responsibility to Shirayuki and the village of Kadono seriously, so when two demons appear in the forest, Guardian Jinta leaves for the hunt immediately. Behind his back, a demon approaches his little sister, Suzune, waiting and supposedly safe within the village...Blind to the threat lurking close to home, Jinta charges forward into a trap!
Jinya, now settled in the town of Edo, has been hunting down demons to make a living. Always alert to new rumors of incidents involving demons, he hears about a peculiar case of street murders while eating at his usual soba shop. He goes to investigate at once, but what awaited him there was a demon who could make himself invisible. Faced with Jinya and his demon strength, the stranger cries innocence--Is there really something else afoot in Edo?
After the two demons attacked the village, the people of Kadono are sucked into the turbulent tides of fate. A vengeful Jinta waits for a time in the future when prophecy tells that the demon god will appear. He spends a decade wandering with his sword, and now, in the city of Edo, a rumor follows him: A yasha guardian has been hunting demons.
Edo period, Japan. A young warrior, Jinta, has dedicated his life to the protection of a priestess in a remote mountain village. When demons appear and threaten the shrine, Jinta is tasked with entering the forest to hunt them down. But the mysteries he uncovers there change his fate forever, and send him on a journey traversing space and time. Jinta's dark destiny will carry him through hundreds of years of history, as he struggles to answer a single question: why does he wield the sword?
Upon Miura Naotsugu's request to find his elder brother, Jinya visits the Miuras' family home to investigate his disappearance. But as soon as Jinya and Naotsugu step into the missing brother's room, they are pulled into a strange, other world. There, they discover a little girl playing with a ball and the elder brother by her side... Was the brother spirited away by a demon, after all? A surprising truth awaits them as they unravel the mystery of his departure...
Gendered Trajectories explores why industrial societies vary in the pace at which they reduce gender inequality and compares changes in women's employment opportunities in Japan and Taiwan over the last half-century. Japan has undergone much less improvement in women's economic status than Taiwan, despite its more advanced economy and greater welfare provisions. The difference is particularly puzzling because the two countries share many institutional practices and values. Drawing on historical trends, survey statistics, and personal interviews with people in both countries, Yu shows how country-specific organizational arrangements and industrial policies affect women's employment. In particular, the conditions faced by Japanese and Taiwanese women in the workplace have a profound effect on their labor force participation at critical points in their lives. Women's lifetime employment decisions in turn shape the divergent trajectories in gender equality. Few studies documenting the development of women's economic lives are based on non-Western societies and even fewer adopt a comparative perspective. This perceptive work demonstrates and underscores the importance of understanding gender inequality as a long-term, dynamic social process.
Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Under Mao Zedong, the state controlled nearly all aspects of what people consumed, from everyday necessities to entertainment and the media; today, shoddy state-run stores characterized by a dearth of choices have made way for luxury malls and hypermarkets filled with a multitude of products. Consumption in China explores what it means to be a consumer in the world’s fastest growing economy. LiAnne Yu provides a multi-faceted portrait of the impact of increased consumption on urban spaces, social status, lifestyles, identities, and freedom of expression. The book also examines what is unique and what is universal about how consumer practices in China have developed, investigating the factors that differentiate them from what has been observed among the already mature consumer markets. Behind the often staggering statistics about China are the very human stories that highlight the emotional and social triggers behind consumption. This engaging book is a valuable resource for students, scholars and business professionals interested in a deeper understanding of what motivates China’s consumers, and what challenges they face as more aspects of everyday life become commoditized.
Jinya s'est établi dans la cité d'Edo en tant que chasseur de démons. Il entend bientôt parler d'une rumeur étrange concernant une série de meurtres. Alors qu'il enquête sur les lieux du dernier crime supposé, il se fait attaquer par un démon capable de se rendre invisible... Derrière ces événements se cache un drame bouleversant...
Au coeur de la forêt, le jeune sabreur Jinta s'engage dans un duel à mort avec un démon qui menace la prêtresse de Kadono. Profitant de l'altercation, une seconde créature capable de voir le futur s'introduit dans le village. Son but : rencontrer Suzune, la petite soeur de Jinta... Tout oppose humains et démons. Pourtant, ils finiront tous emportés par le même destin tragique.
Vers la fin de l'ère Edo, il y a près de deux siècles, un petit village isolé au coeur de la montagne est la cible régulière d'attaques de démons. Les habitants laissent à Jinta, un sabreur accompagné de son étrange petite soeur, le soin de défendre la prêtresse de leur sanctuaire. Un jour, alors que le jeune guerrier est parti dans la forêt pour traquer un monstre, il se retrouve face à un adversaire qui lui parle d'un lointain futur... Pour le chasseur de démons en quête de réponses, cette rencontre marque le début d'une errance à travers les âges.
Attaqués par deux démons, les habitants du petit village de Kadono ont connu un destin tragique. Pour assouvir sa vengeance, Jinta décide de partir à la recherche de Kijin, le souverain des ombres éternelles. Nous le retrouvons ainsi une dizaine d'années plus tard, à Edo, où il chasse ces créatures sous le nom de Jinya... Découvrez un nouveau volet du drame qui lie étroitement humains et démons.
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