Naqua-den

The cover of Naqua-den, 1st issue.

Naqua-den or Nakuaden (南Q阿伝, Naquaden) is a spin-off manga series by Yasumori Mitsunaga that focuses on the spider goddess Nakua and a highschool boy named Tarou Kanda, who later turned out to be Nakua's great spider Taroumaru in human form.

The series tells the various adventures of Nakua and Tarou, mostly about protecting Japan from rogue gods and titans. Neither Sasanaki town nor the majority of the cast of Kaibutsu Oujo appears in the series (Reiri's vampire friend Greta and the ancient vampire corpse are recently introduced, sugessting more future crossover of the two). 

Naqua-den is still ongoing and has 5 issues published as of current.

Issues List

1st Issue

Tarou Kanda was a "slightly" extraordinary schoolboy who lives with his aunt and sister. One day, Tarou is approached by a strange girl who calls him "Taroumaru" and claims to be Nakua, his master. Tarou ran away from the girl and went to class, however her words seems to rouse certain memories from 10-odd years ago. 

That night, Tarou sees his past self in his dream, climbing up a spider thread to a gigantic demonic spider, who reveals himself to be Taroumaru. Taroumaru was wounded in a battle 10 years ago and needed a temporary host so his spiritual form can recover. Since Tarou gave him a proper burial, he decided to stay inside of Tarou ever since. 

Nakua suddenly appears, knowing that Tarou has remembered what happened. She then teleports him to the forest area near the city, where an Aregami is trying to invade Japan. Nakua decided that with Tarou's help, she will save the country from the godly invaders...

2nd Issue

In order to prepare for the war, Nakua gave Tarou the task of delivering lucky sushi rolls to the townsfolks. Soon everyone in town receives their rolls along with a "lucky direction" to face when they eat the sushi at the pre-determined hour.

That night, two Aregamis arrive and attempt to invade the village. Tarou, on his way back from sushi delivering, looked up to the sky and see Nakua summoning a gigantic power orb. The townsfolk eating lucky sushi facing their lucky directions gave Nakua enough power to repel the advancing Aregamis and expel a dark, goo-like creature from them. One attempted to run away but was cornered by Tarou, who effortlessly kills it. Nakua revealed that the creature is a "Shinzoku", a "god thief" that can manipulate gods, and is one of the many that is responsible for the invasions of Japan. The freed Aregamis walked away confused.

The next day, Tarou is visited by a large crow, who informed him that many large tankers were sunk in the ocean, probably at the hands of more Aregamis and that Nakua wanted him to meet her to plan their next move...

Trivia

• In Kaibutsu Oujo, Nakua was noted by Riza to wear striped panties. This is confirmed in Naqua-den.

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