露神の祠 | Tsuyukami no Hokora | CHAPTER 2
A small youkai named Tsuyukami who took over a shrine and has been worshiped as a dew god comes to request his name back from Natsume but his page is stuck to that of another youkai.
Tropes associated with the episode:
- Adaptation Expansion: The anime shows Tsuyukami and Hana meeting in the afterlife while in the manga Natsume only hopes that this is happens.
- Bitter Sweet Ending: In the anime when the shrine "god"'s last worshiper dies, and he vanishes along with her, only to meet her immediately in the afterlife, and finally speak with her.
- Cast from Hit Points / Power-Strain Blackout: Natsume passes out after returning two names at once since the pages can't be separated without harming the youkai whose names they contain.
- Casts No Shadow: Susugi, who travels by shadow and stays out of the light.
- Cool Mask: Tsuyukami wears a white smiling mask with a goatee.
- Downer Ending: Natsume offers to take Hana's place as Tsuyukami's worshiper, but the spirit claims that won't work "because you and I are friends" as he fades away.
- Gods Need Prayer Badly: Tsuyukami has been shrinking as his number of worshipers lessens and he fades away after his last worshiper dies.
- House Fey: Before the advent and spread of modern technology meant it was too light even at night in places where humans lived for him Susugi used to do chores in the shadows of night for people and take food as payment.
- Shadow Walker: Susugi travels by shadow.
- Shrines and Temples: Tsuyukami lives in the small shrine for which the episode is named.
- Youkai: A number of the characters in this episode are youkai, such as Susugi whose name Natsume returned.
