Konohana Kitan (2017)
Konohana Kitan is the heartwarming story of a new apprentice named Yuzu, and the other fox girls who work at a hot spring hotel called Konohatei. The staff at Konohatei live by one belief: no matter who one may truly be, no matter what, anyone who is a guest is a god. Of course, that includes you. Let the hospitality of Yuzu and the Konohatei heal your tired soul.
- Takao Yoshioka
- Amano Sakuya
- Takawo Yoshioka
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Episode 1 - Sakuya Konohana
Release Date: 2017-10-04Yuzu is the new live-in employee at Konohanatei, a hot spring hotel run by fox girls. It's tough work, but she makes new friends, and gets plenty of help adjusting.
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Episode 2 - Spring Journey
Release Date: 2017-10-11Satsuki gets a well-deserved day off, but she doesn't appreciate it as much as she should. As it turns out, there's a reason.
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Episode 3 - Waiting Lovesick
Release Date: 2017-10-18One of the guests, Aoi, seems to have developed a crush on Natsume. Ren isn't amused.
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Episode 4 - Raft Bridge of Dreams
Release Date: 2017-10-25Konohanatei is visited by two strange beings: a mystery egg, to which Ren wakes up found fixed to her belly, and a fast-growing child, and an elderly lady who appears to be her grandmother.
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Episode 5 - The Spring Rains Bring With It
Release Date: 2017-11-01A priest brings an odd Japanese doll to Konohanatei. Not only is the doll cursed, she seems to have an attitude.
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Episode 6 - Konohanatei Horror Stories
Release Date: 2017-11-08The girls spend a night sharing horror stories. Just as the boss yells at them for being up past bedtime, they count an extra member in the group.
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Episode 7 - Night of the Summer Festival
Release Date: 2017-11-15The bon festival is here, and the attendants take turns off work to check it out.
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Episode 8 - The Transient Guest
Release Date: 2017-11-22It’s a castaway! It's a mermaid! Actually, it's a troubled human girl, one of several people who have wandered into the inn’s presence recently.
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Episode 9 - Evanescent
Release Date: 2017-11-29The goddess of water bubbles pays a visit to Konohanatei. The reason for her stay doesn't become clear until it's a little too late.
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Episode 10 - The Sister Strikes
Release Date: 2017-12-06Satsuki inadvertently drinks a medicine that causes her to shrink down to a tiny size. Having to spend the day riding on Yuzu's shoulder, Satsuki is amazed by how good Yuzu has gotten at her job. After Satsuki returns to normal size, she and Yuzu attend to Hiiragi and her fellow priestess Ayame when they come to stay at the Konohanatei. As Satsuki deals with her sister's erratic behavior, Yuzu becomes worried over when Satsuki will inevitably leave the Konohanatei to be a priestess. At the behest of one of the guests, Satsuki is asked to perform a kagura dance alongside Hiiragi, leading her to feel frustrated when comparing herself to her. After Hiiragi takes her leave the next day, it is revealed she feels that Satsuki was chosen over her to work at the Konohanatei.
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Episode 11 - A God's Day Off
Release Date: 2017-12-13An old man, who is a former god of battle, spends time entertaining Sakura with toys made from acorns while lamenting there is no need for him in a time of peace. Meanwhile, Yuzu hears about how the Konohanatei was like years ago from a woman, who turns out to be the fox landlady, Okami, in her human form. Later, Okiku comes across a discarded doll named Lily and brings her back to the Konohanatei, but finds the others are too busy to help fix her. Lily, who recognises that Okiku has remained pretty because she hadn't been played with, eventually disappears from the Konohanatei, after which she is found by her original owner.
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Episode 12 - Miracle on New Year's Eve
Release Date: 2017-12-20Yuzu finds a kenzoku scroll while cleaning Okami's room before going with everyone to the shrine to celebrate the new year. After briefly dropping it, Yuzu finds herself in another dimension where a girl name Tsubaki mistakes her for one of her co-workers and drags her to a shrine where kenzoku work to help grant the wishes of those who pray at the shrine. Learning that she might not be able to return to her one world, Yuzu decides to help out after one of the workers collapses, learning of all the malicious and kind-hearted wishes that people make. Hearing Yuzu's desire to return home to her friends, Tsubaki manages to open the scroll yuzu brought with her, giving her the ability to send Yuzu home safely. Afterwards, it is revealed that Tsubaki was actually Okami herself from many years ago, with Yuzu's actions leading to the creation of the Konohanatei.