Demon Sacred

Demon Sacred
Cover of the first volume of Demon Sacred, as released by Hakusensha
デーモン聖典 (Dēmon Sakurīdo)
Manga
Written by	Natsumi Itsuki
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	NA Tokyopop
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	LaLa
Original run	March 2003 – August 2007
Volumes	11

Demon Sacred (Japanese: デーモン聖典, Hepburn: Dēmon Sakurīdo) is a manga written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki.

The story begins with Rena herself and her husband Ichijima Ryota who are on their honeymoon in Finland. There, they see a lot of unicorns. When Rena touches one, he turns into a man with the appearance of Mika Valaska, her idol music composer. Her husband and the rest of the tour group she is with vanish when the unicorns touch them, leaving only their clothes behind.

Many years later, Shinobu, a scientist, is taking care of the two daughters of Rena, Mona and Rina. Rina is experiencing the mysterious "return syndrome" which causes people to vanish (in her case, at a slower rate). Shinobu is doing everything he can to find out how to reverse the effects and save her, but has so far been unsuccessful. Suddenly, Mika appears and tells the trio that he knows of a way to save Rina; however, it would require calling more demons into the world.

The phenomenon in which people (and other living beings) on Earth that are not "Chains" (｢鎖｣, Kusari) (see below) disappear after coming into contact with a demon.

People who have the ability to summon demons to obey. They give a demon its name and appearance and are able to command the demon. Such people are very rare, about 1 in 100,000~1,000,000. They are also immune to Return Syndrome. Furthermore, the following principals concerning "Chains" hold true:

A "Chain" special to each individual demon that is able to grant the demon "death" through words of love.