Kamisama Hajimemashita follows Nanami Momozono, a girl whose sudden fall from ordinary life leaves her with an unexpected responsibility: taking over a local shrine and becoming the new land god. At Mikage Shrine, she meets Tomoe, a sharp-tongued fox youkai bound by an old contract and deeply unhappy about serving a human master. Their uneasy arrangement becomes the heart of the story as Nanami learns how the human world and the spirit world overlap, and as Tomoe begins to face the feelings, loyalties, and vows he has spent years trying to ignore.
Across the franchise, comedy and romance sit alongside supernatural conflict and quiet character drama. Mikage's long absence, the shrine's lingering mysteries, and the weight of Tomoe's past all shape Nanami's role as a god in training. The story expands through side material and OVA episodes that revisit earlier events, deepen the bond between Nanami and Tomoe, and reveal how dangerous old promises can be when gods, spirits, and humans collide. Rather than focusing on a single arc, Kamisama Hajimemashita builds a broader portrait of Mikage Shrine and the people tied to it, turning a simple rescue into a long-running partnership full of humor, tension, and devotion.