Title: KaNa Vol. 3
Artist/Author: 相楽直哉 (Naoya Sagara)
Original Creator: 為我井徹 (Tohru Tamegai)
Book Size/Pages: A-5, 207pp., w/o furigana
Volume: 3/4
Original Serialization: Comic GUM Vol 2/00 - 11/00
First Printing: 12/10/00
Rating: 3/4

Being the penultimate volume, the story is quickly coming to it's climax. Despite the simple artwork most of the time, the action sequences, especially the fights, are drawn very well. Kana and Yuji's relationship is pretty simple, but the main story about who/what Kana is and why she's so important drives the story.

There are a couple of color pages in the front and back of the book.

12. 告白 (Confession): Yuji tells her sister about Kana and in return, she tells him about their ancestor, Seimei Abe, who was a priest who lived with the beasts and so their family is tightly connected with the non-human creatures. She hands him a keepsake that has been in the family for generations called the "Hihiirokane." It looks just like a piece of metal, but according to his sister, it contains the power of the beasts. Yuji runs out to find Kana to apologize to her, but he is met by members of the 7 heads.

13. 告白２ (Confession 2): They attack him, but his keepsake suddenly emits a power that repels the enemies away. They recognize it as the "Hihiirokane." Kana, as beast, then jumps in to the fight causing the enemies to flee. She then runs away with Yuji chasing her. When asked, she responds that Yuji is the one running away.

14. 告白３ (Confession 3): Yuji tells Kana that he loves her.

15. 母 (Mother): Yuji and his sister Yuko get invited to Kana's place to party. After Ro and Yuko get wasted, Beth explains that she knows a bit about the item Yuji is carrying. Kana then invites Yuji to see her mom.

16. 母２ (Mother 2): Kana brings Yuji to the room where her petrified mother stands. This time, the statue speaks to the two of them, asking Yuji to take care of her daughter.

17. 宇治拾遺物語別巻 (Ujishui Story's Other Chapter): The leader of 7 heads finds out about the missing chapter of Ujishui's story which contains lost information about their kind and is informed that Mutsuo Abe (Yuji's teacher from first chapter) might know something about it. Meanwhile, Yuji is trying to do some research to find out more about Babylon and it's relevance to the non-humans, but Yuko tells him that he won't find it in human history books. The leader of the 7 heads visits Mutsuo at his cabin.

18. 宇治拾遺物語別巻２ (Ujishui Story's Other Chapter 2): Kana has been waiting to talk with her mother again after hearing her when Yuji was there. At the cabin, Mutsuo is questioned, but manages to convince them that he knows nothing about the missing chapter. After they leave though, he goes in his library and shows that he has the scroll.

19. 宇治拾遺物語別巻３ (Ujishui Story's Other Chapter 3): Kana is trying to learn how to cook. Mutsuo summons Beth and tells her to hand the missing chapter to the rightful owner and descendant, the one who possess the Hihiirokane. As she's about to leave, another member of 7 heads, Kousuke (the brawny one), appears.

20. 宇治拾遺物語別巻４ (Ujishui Story's Other Chapter 4): Beth and Kousuke scuffle a bit. Mutsuo jumps in but gets mutilated pretty quickly. Beth does a super transformation into a demon and dishes out the punishment, but Kousuke retreats.

21. 宇治拾遺物語別巻５ (Ujishui Story's Other Chapter 5): At Kana's place, Yuji comes in to see that Kana's brother is passed out from tasting her food. Beth comes back with the scroll in hand and sees Yuji in a different light now that she knows his lineage.

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