Kanate is sarcastic and has no problem telling others what he thinks of them. He has no shame in his actions. Kanate is very competitive with Hinohara for Kotoha's affections which Kannagi pokes fun at. Kanate is picked on by Kannagi who grows annoyed whenever Kanata mentions to Hinohara they shouldn't allow a sneaky weaponless shinshou into their group. Kanate is bitter towards his brothers and father for abandoning him and Ginchi during a raid. Kanate wishes to grow stronger to seek revenge on his family for their betrayal. Kanate is upset on how weak he is compared to Hinohara and Kannagi; so when one of Kugura's Zokushou offers him a chance to wield a Hayagami he jumps for the opportunity. However, after becoming a Zokushou, he leaves the group and murders all the members of the thief clan he once was a member of. 

Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15-year-old Arata. The only problem is, Arata is actually a male! Forced to disguise himself and take the place of the princess candidate until a formal one can be found, he attends the festival only to witness the current princess, Kokuri-hime, murdered, and his own life is forfeit as well, by the hands of the princess' personal guard, the 12 Shinshou. As he runs for his life, Kannagi of the 12 convinces everyone that Arata is the one who has murdered the princess instead, and now everyone in the Imperial Court is after his head!



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In a world where humans and gods coexist, Arata is the unfortunate successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan--unfortunate because if he's not cross-dressing to hide his gender one minute, he's fleeing for his life the next! When Arata winds up in the modern world and switches places with a boy named Arata Hinohara, it's a wonder which Arata's actually better off...
 
Hinohara is the spitting image of Arata, so he suddenly finds himself fighting people after his life! As he navigates through this foreign world filled with power-hungry warriors, who will come to his aid? One thing's for sure--it's not easy being Arata!
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
 Note: Due to disagreements with the editor during the serialization of this manga, the author decided to temporarily pause the story to create a Remastered version of the work to change details in the story. This entry only contains the original run of the manga, until volume 24.

In a world where humans and gods coexist, Arata is the unfortunate successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan--unfortunate because if he's not cross-dressing to hide his gender one minute, he's fleeing for his life the next! When Arata winds up in the modern world and switches places with a boy named Arata Hinohara, it's a wonder which Arata's actually better off...
 
Hinohara is the spitting image of Arata, so he suddenly finds himself fighting people after his life! As he navigates through this foreign world filled with power-hungry warriors, who will come to his aid? One thing's for sure--it's not easy being Arata!
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
 Note: The first 4 volumes of the Remastered edition follows the story of the first 8 volumes of the original. From volume 5 significant changes are made to the story, causing the two editions to diverge.