
Mai Yanase ( 柳瀬 舞衣, Yanase Mai) Voiced by: Azumi Waki (Japanese) Bryn Apprill (English) Mai is a middle school student from Minoseki Academy as well as Kanami's friend. Her fighting style is the Kashima Shintō-ryū style. Her mother, former Toji Kagari Juujou, died when she was small, and she has since carried a grudge against the Origami Family. She has a serious, cool and stoic personality, has a strong sense of duty and will do anything to achieve what she has decided to do. As a Toji, she is often seen wearing the uniform of Heijou Institute. Hiyori Jujo ( 十条 姫和, Jūjō Hiyori) Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi (Japanese) Jeannie Tirado (English) Hiyori is a 14-year-old girl who studies in Heijou Institute as a third-year middle school student. She later helps stab Princess Tagitsu with Hiyori, and gets stuck in the netherworld for two months before she manages to return following a reunion with her mom. Her fighting style is the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū style. She is a cheerful and positive girl who has many friends, and is a kenjutsu enthusiast. As the tournament concludes in an unexpected fashion shortly into the series, a multi-layered conflict starts to unfold and develop involving different factions of Toji and aradama, and its mysterious background slowly unveils following from near the end of World War II.Ĭharacters Main Characters Kanami Eto ( 衛藤 可奈美, Etō Kanami) Voiced by: Kaede Hondo (Japanese) Sarah Wiedenheft (English) Kanami is a second-year student in the middle school division of Minoseki Academy. In the spring, the five schools send their best Toji to compete in a tournament. The girls live ordinary school lives, while occasionally performing their duties, wielding their swords and using various powers to fight and protect the people. The government authorizes the Toji to wear swords and serve as government officials, and the government has set up five schools throughout the country for the girls to attend. The story is centered around a group of sword-wielding shrine maidens "Toji", who attend school while improving their extermination skills and serve as a unit in the police force in order to exorcise mysterious, hostile creatures known only as "aradama".
