“Shirogane Catches a Cold”
Creative Staff
Story: Kentaro Yabuki
Art: Kentaro Yabuki
Translation: Satsuki Yamashita
Lettering: Mark McMurray
What They Say:
Japan may be brimming with mysterious monsters called ayakashi, but they have a special exorcist ninja force to counter the threat! Young exorcist ninja Matsuri spends his days fighting ayakashi to protect his childhood friend Suzu. But when an ayakashi cat named Shirogane shows up, things get turned upside down! Legendary mangaka Kentaro Yabuki returns to Shonen Jump with this new fantasy series full of ayakashi and romance!
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Matsuri’s stomach feels hot. That sounds like a personal problem. Specifically, the gender swap mark on his stomach feels hot. That does seem annoying. Elsewhere, Rochka and Ungai are now living at Garaku’s studio. That’s interesting. Garaku makes them do all the chores though. I guess that’s only fair since they are guests in his home. Also, they did make lots of trouble for Suzu and the gang. Anywho, the duo is tasked with taking care of Shirogane for the day. It seems he caught a cold. I don’t see this going well. And you know what? I was right! Rochka almost freezes Shirogane to death. Well, she is an ice-based ayakashi after all. Matsuri and Suzu stop by to check on Shirogane. He’s not doing too well. In fact, neither is Matsuri. His stomach is burning! It would appear that if Shirogane is sick, the gender swap mark will become unstable. That’s unfortunate.
Rochka offers to freeze Matsuri’s intenstines. Okay, I don’t think Rochka should be allowed to take care of anyone when they’re sick. Rochka does feel bad though. Matsuri is only like this because she made Shirogane’s condition worse. He tells her not to worry about it. He blames Shirogane, not her. Rochka can’t believe Matsuri is so nice to her. She did such terrible things to him. If only she could help! Suzu suggests that she wipe him down. No one ever said that she had to use her ayakashi powers to help. Good thinking, Suzu! At this point, Shirogane and Matsuri look even worse than before. Rochka runs to wipe Matsuri down but trips and falls. She somehow ends up with her hand on Matsuri’s crotch. Of course! But wait…why is there a bulge there!? Oh boy! Matsuri doesn’t know why his manhood suddenly came back. Rochka offers to freeze it off for him. Please don’t! Randomly, it disappears. He’s back to being a girl with no male parts downstairs. The medicine Shirogane took finally kicked in. That was a wild ride, huh? I think Rochka may be having a mental breakdown. Suzu is envious of her. She wishes she could have seen Matsuri’s bulge. Lewd!
In Summary:
We learned that if Shirogane is sick, then the gender swap mark on Matsuri’s stomach becomes unstable. That sucks for Matsuri. He better hope that Shirogane doesn’t get sick often. They probably shouldn’t have let Rochka look after him though. She meant well but she just made things worse. And to top it all off, she got a handful of something she probably didn’t want to touch. Poor Rochka. She’s probably scarred for life now. On the other hand, Suzu would have loved seeing Matsuri’s bulge. Such a naughty girl!
Content Grade: B-
Art Grade: A
Age Rating: T
Released By: Shonen Jump/VIZ Media
Released Date: April 11th, 2021
