A Matchmaking God, but a Sports Anime Succubus

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After a falling-out with her friends in the middle school basketball club and being sent away by the Kozume family she was staying with, Asagiri Nami found herself an orphan once again. That was when a white-haired, blue-eyed white snake divine messenger showed up at her door, claiming Nami was his fated master.

“Are you still struggling with your spiritual power going out of control? Still upset about your friends turning against you? Still lost because you have nowhere to go?”

“Stop trying to tough it out, because your strength is here!”

“Inherit the shrine and become our deity! From the start, we’ll even give you a super artifact that can take you back in time and change your life: the Time-Reversal Incense Burner!”

Nami: ...Fine.

She was leaving Tokyo, the place where her heart had been broken.

After returning to Miyagi Prefecture to inherit the shrine, she reunited with the wicked custard bun and the strawberry puppy she’d known as a child. The three of them enrolled at an utterly ordinary high school.

Think her peaceful life is about to begin?

Change her life? Make up for her regrets? Whatever, she’s completely at the mercy of fate. Her life has turned into a total mess instead.

Mizuki: “You promised you’d stay with me forever.”

Sugawara: “So the legend of the shrine maiden really was true...”

Oikawa: “Wait, aren’t we dating?”

Ushijima: “You even held me when I was little.”

The fox twins: “Ah!! Aren’t you the fairy big sister who almost spirited us away that summer?!”

Kita Shinsuke: “I’ll take over from my grandmother and continue serving you.”

Asagiri Nami: ???

That damn Time-Reversal Incense Burner!

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And somehow, things got even more chaotic.

Akashi: “I’ll build shrines for you all across Japan.”

Kise: “Nami is my very best friend... By the way, can I kiss you?”

Murasakibara: “Help with blocking? Sure. But Nami-chan has to give me a reward.”

Kuroko: “Please don’t forget me.”

Midorima: “It seems you really don’t intend to take responsibility for me.”

Tsukishima: “When we were kids, you said you’d marry me. Don’t remember? Hah, funny. It’s not like I took it that seriously either.”

Kenma: “I want to take you home. Even if we aren’t siblings... we can still be family on the same household register.”

Kuroo: “Kenma’s little sister is my little sister too. Nice to meet you, sis. I’m your brother-in-law.”

Asagiri Nami: ...

Those damn unresolved matters from the past.

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The farce caused by the Time-Reversal Incense Burner, a mountain of romantic debts left over from middle school, divine messengers competing for her affection in every possible way, newcomers fighting to outdo their predecessors, tangled hearts full of bittersweet feelings, claims to the heroine’s place, devotion and unwavering support, and endless rivalries...

More and more people kept gathering around her.

Bokuto: “From today on, you’re my guardian goddess!”

Lev: “You’re my goddess!”

Kageyama: “My goddess.”

Suna: “Goddess.”

Sakusa: “Divine.”

Asagiri Nami: I know matchmaking is one of a land god’s jobs, but why are all the red strings wrapped around me?

[Reader’s Guide]

* An all-ages, no-brainpower Mary Sue story. Even the dogs on the street love the heroine.

* Lots of original settings and out-of-character moments. Expect little volleyball and lots of romance. The heroine is stunning, everyone falls for her, and the love-rivalry chaos is off the charts. The author writes whatever comes to mind.

* Mainly Haikyuu!!, combined with Kuroko’s Basketball and a little Kamisama Kiss.

Theme: The whole world will love you