Abe no Seimei and the Court’s Terror

Kyōto, 10th century: the imperial court is terrified, because the stars

are acting weird and rumors say something unseen is stalking the city. So they call in

Abe no Seimei—Japan’s most famous onmyōji, basically a government-approved exorcist who reads fate like it’s a

crime scene. But Seimei isn’t just talented… legend says he’s half-yōkai. His mother was a

white fox spirit, a kitsune, who vanished when he was a child—right after he started

commanding weak oni like they were misbehaving pets. Trained by top court diviners,

Seimei becomes unstoppable, summoning spirit servants called shikigami and shutting down curses before

they even fully wake up. Then rivals come for him. One priest tries