鬼灯の冷徹 [Hoozuki no Reitetsu] Series by Natsumi Eguchi, 江口 夏実

Be it Momotaro's former loyal comrades idolizing him, a gossip journalist (cat) out to slander him, or an idiotic idol who knows nothing about him, Hozuki-sama's cool-headed relations leaves everyone with a chilled heart. And now, he hosts a sadistic sports festival in order to whip the wimpy Hell wardens into shape! Of course, his relationship with Heaven's resident Chinese medicine man, Hakutaku, is as hairy as ever!

Hozuki and Enma, Hozuki and Hakutaku, Hozuki and Koban. The usual vignettes are here to stay, but this volume continues to introduce characters one after another. Behold as Yoshitsune, Yamata-no-Orochi, even Rabbit-don of Kachi-Kachi Mountain fame toil away as Hell wardens. Incidentally, the unrivaled beauty, Daji, is running a clip joint in Crushing Hell!

The mural of Enma Palace is crumbling! Families are offering too many oblations to the dead! Beelzebub’s wife and master seductress Lady Lilith visits Japan from the West! There is no problem that Hozuki can’t solve. Well, apart from constant headache Hakutaku gives him, perhaps.

The Jizo is an avatar of King Enma? There's a special hell for sending an elephant on a drunken rampage?! Learn these and other veritably useless Hell trivia in this eventful edition! We've got a goldfish plant pageant, a day in the life of Shiro, a look into Hell management, and much more! And what's this? It turns out Hozuki is actually King Enma's second aide?!

What in the world is Hozuki doing when he visit the mortal realm? How do Hell's ogres feel about Setsubun? Is it just me, or do a lot of ogres have curly hair? Why is King Shinko's personal aide the Heian noble Ono-no-Takamura? Are there dinosaurs in Hell? Find all of that out and more in volume 6! And at long last, Hakutaku's age is revealed!