Divine Incursions is a supernatural sequence that’s appeared as a light novel and manga and follows two authorities brokers tasked with investigating unexplained, otherworldly incidents in cities round Japan. Are they at all times in a position to sort things? No. Is there typically no actual decision or reply? Yup. Is it at all times actually fascinating and really feel like an precise fashionable investigation into otherworldly affairs? Positively. The conditions and nature of issues consistently makes me really feel like Divine Incursions tells tales alongside the traces of X-Information, solely in manga type, and I extremely suggest studying it.
Editor’s Word: There are minor spoilers for the three circumstances in quantity 1 of the Divine Incursions manga under.
The 2 brokers we observe all through each the manga and lightweight novel sequence are Divine Incursions Particular Investigations Division members Katagishi and Miyaki. The previous is a extra established agent, and he’s been working for the federal government beneath his former brother-in-law and boss Mitsuji Rokuhara testing these normal conditions. Miyaki is a newcomer to the division. All through the primary quantity, we all know little about each. For instance, there’s the “rumor” Katagishi is divorced. However that’s it. No first names. No particulars about the place Miyaki labored earlier than she transferred in. Simply two, well-dressed brokers going round Japan interviewing and investigating.
Which fits the state of affairs. Within the first, the duo are despatched to the countryside to go to a rural city. Since 1997, huge physique elements began falling from the sky. It first occurred in the course of the annual competition to honor that god that yr when an enormous proper arm fell into and stuffed the varsity’s 25-meter-long pool. Since then, on a yearly foundation, objects like eyes, a kidney, one other arm, a nostril, and an ear dropped yearly. We see Katagishi and Miyaki examine the folklore surrounding the world, which concerned an area large god that stayed on the close by mountain, and interview individuals who lived there. We watch because the pair will get some solutions, however since Divine Incursions is about investigating the unknowable gods, we by no means get to 100% and really perceive. On the similar time, it feels each eerie and unsettling, as if we watch the 2 come so near forbidden information. So identical to in X-Information, we would get quite a lot of info in a case on this manga, however we would not additionally see the brokers discover a actual decision or answer or full clarification for what they witnessed.
A simular state of affairs arises within the second case within the first quantity of the Divine Incursions manga. Katagishi and Miyaki wind up in one other small city. This time, they’re moving into understanding a couple of extra particulars. The place is called the house of an area deity often called The God That Ate Males. The 2 are referred to as in due to conditions that recommend an individual concerned truly did expertise an encounter with this god. They observe and interview of us, coming to their very own conclusions concerning the state of affairs. Like the primary, it is a chance to witness an unsettling state of affairs as a passive observer. Particularly given the decision.
I believe I just like the cliffhanger case on this quantity probably the most although, because it includes a vacationer city by the ocean and a much less standard mountainous village alongside of it. Rokuhara particularly sends Katagishi and Miyaki there after receiving a mysterious letter. Although the place appears nice, virtually instantly the 2 see indicators suggesting one thing is off. Particularly after listening to an area legend a few mermaid a fisherman within the city saved. When the city discovered about her, they apparently joined in tending to her. However when she realized she couldn’t be saved, she invited them to eat her flesh and be blessed with immortality. Nonetheless, after assembly the one that despatched the letter and seeing most of the villagers within the space, the reality behind that folklore is known as into query.
Mainly, each state of affairs looks like an exploration of what folklore seems to be like in fashionable instances when folks might need forgotten who the gods have been and what they did. Due to this, the deities’ actions turn out to be much more unknowable or maybe even alter or turn out to be out of date resulting from modified human conduct or environmental parts. And since we’re seeing it by way of the eyes of people that get to speak to everybody and have a look at all the pieces, as within the X-Information, we’re privileged with an sudden quantity of perception within the Divine Incursions manga and lightweight novel. The consequence feels fairly eerie and like we’re by no means getting sufficient to be absolutely glad, despite the fact that it’s all tremendous fascinating.
Quantity 1 of the Divine Incursions manga is obtainable by way of Yen Press, and quantity 2 will debut on June 23, 2026. The primary quantity of the sunshine novel is obtainable now, and the second quantity seems on Could 12, 2026.
