My Double Life with Gojo

You are a shrine maiden from ancient times who, through a twist of fate, stumbled into a sorcerer set five hundred years in the future and accidentally died.

You were reborn in this era.

You thought you’d be able to live a peaceful life, but in reality, you faced trouble both within and without.

On one hand, your father’s untimely death devastated your mother, who left for a distant land. All you had left were a bargain-bin older brother who was there as soon as you opened your eyes, a white-haired cat you met along the way, and each other.

On the other hand, the curse that took your life and the white-haired cat’s in your previous life was about to come back.

As the only dependable adult woman (on the inside), you were the only one who could protect this broken family.

*

Friend: “What are you planning to do after graduation, Asahi?”

You immediately thought of the cat, who fought curses on the front line without a day off, and your brother, who was obsessed with being a thief and often made the news. You asked earnestly, “Is there a job where you can give people time off whenever you want, and get your friends out if they’re arrested for a crime without having to break them out of prison?”

Friend A: “Got it! You mean a pipe dream, right?”

Friend B: “Hello! The rising star of politics, with a covert black-ops side.”

**

1

Teenage Gojo confessed to the girl he liked, but she rejected him because of their age difference and said they should keep their distance, that they both needed time to cool off.

Even though he was only two years older than her.

2

Teacher Gojo was reborn into his student days and discovered he had a new underclassman.

The girl looked a lot like the shrine maiden who had fought alongside him in Shibuya.

She secretly watched him, asked about his schedule and looked after him, and even disguised herself as a passerby to appear at his mission sites... But she always kept her distance, barely spoke to him, and would turn and run even when they bumped into each other face-to-face.

“Where did she come from?” he asked his best friend, puzzled.

His friend looked at him with contempt. “Seriously, Gojo? Asahi only rejected you, and now you’re denying she exists?”

Besides her, the other changes were Geto, who had never defected; a new troublemaking friend, Kaito; and his living junior, Haibara.

Tch. He really wanted to figure this out.

One day, he cornered her, her face bright red, against a wall.

“Why are you avoiding me, shrine maiden?”

3

Teenage Gojo woke up. The girl who had rejected him the day before was keeping watch over him in his room. “Gojo, didn’t you say we were going on a date and should leave early?”

He stubbornly replied, “I’m not the kind of person who goes on dates with just any ordinary friend...”

The girl deftly kissed his eyes. “Aren’t we dating?”

Before he could figure out what was going on, his brand-new girlfriend pulled him into a tight hug. Halfway through their cuddling, she suddenly looked horrified and pushed him away. “Wait, you’re not him!”

Him?

Who was he?

* A lighthearted, everyday story with a slow-burn romance

* One-on-one pairing with Gojo; the other relationships are platonic

* Both leads are reborn; a fake double Gojo situation (it’s the same Gojo!)

* The heroine has a cool, deadpan-cute, offbeat personality and a rather strange way of thinking

Theme: May everyone find happiness.