ijouno:

The idea that Nana night have belonged to Tsukuyomi in the past gattered a lot of interest, but with her lack of recognition to Yato, the hope of this theory dwindled and we remained with a mystery. Who is Aya-sama, the one Nana gives her whole loyalty for?



We recently learned that Aya means Father, and that is the biggest hint towards the identity of this unknown person.

So far, whether it be said by Yato, Nora or Kugaha, Father always referred to the same person: the Whoever is possessing Fujisaki’s body.

And as pointed in caelyndis’s post for Nana to still be a Hafuri, her original master still needs to be living after all these years, so that excludes Tsukuyomi/Yato and make Father even more plausible. And Nana wouldn’t be able to recognize as him as he did switched bodies quite often and Father is quite secretive about his origins and therefore would try to not tip off Bishamon about his ownership of Nana.

And there’s also the way Nana was used as a shinki as seen in flashbacks. She seemed to be quite independent as in her master isn’t around her (nor mentioned) and she’s always seen in human form.

Though that might be to hide her shinki form and Aya-sama’s identity, even in silhouette form, but we do see another shinki behaving quite “independently”: Mizuchi/Nora.

Father himself doesn’t seem to be moving around quite much and instead sends out his shinki to run his “errands”. Either because he wants to stay out of the spotlight or because he can’t enter Takamagahara (Hiyori can only enter in spirit form and we don’t know if Father can do that)

Whether or not Nana was Father’s, it is highly likely they fought on the same side during the Emishi subjugation.

The Emishi are far from being possible allies if they sided with Father.

Why “Father”?

Father probably chose that term because he sees himself as a leader in the rebellion against Heaven and humanity, a guardian of the rejected gods, at the head of a “make-believe” family. Among the rejected gods are the Emishi and therefore Nana too.

And this is where Tsukuyomi comes into the picture.

Tsukuyomi got excommunicated for killing a goddess. In Noragami, getting banished from Heaven follows with multiple punishments:

-destroying their shrines

-their worship is considered a cult

And probably other consequences, but in short, their names are slandered.

Funnily enough, it’s hard to find information about Tsukuyomi’s shrines in Japan. Of all my researches, I only found two shrines to his names, one of them being atop Mt.Gassan, his main shrine, that usedto be a shrine of first rank.

But since Tsukuyomi is one of the main gods, making humanity forget about him is complicated, nor all of his shrines could be destroyed without affecting the mortal world. It’s more likely that he’s been blocked from accessing his shrines and his follower’s wishes sub-contracted to other gods, like Tenjin does to Yato.

It must hard to have your name ripped away from you… but if he were to hear it again…

The fallen Tsukuyomi fitted Father’s bill for a perfect member for his merry band quite well, but that didn’t mean the Moon God would agree with the Sorcerer’s ideas.

Refusing to lose such an opportunity, or because of their disagreement, Father might have killed him to raise the new incarnation to be the way he wanted. He created Yaboku/Yato, as Tsukuyomi technically did not exist anymore.



And for the worries around the Tsukuyomi theory

Yato being Tsukuyomi does not undermine the message of Noragami.

Noragami isn’t about going against their nature (as Yato never had an ounce evil in him), but about growth and resilience. Yato has been abused for centuries, forced to act against his own nature. The way we see him act in the manga isn’t the true Yato.

We don’t know the real Yato, the one who didn’t live through abuse. The person he’s supposed to be is Tsukuyomi.

Even if he were to learn about his past incarnation, it wouldn’t be a ticket to the highest rank in Heaven: Tsukuyomi has fallen from grace and Yato still lives with the ghosts of his past. He has a lot of things to prove, but knowing he’s Tsukuyomi would relieve him. He would know he’s not dependent on Father.





On a side note, it would also give Yato a family (”blood-related” I mean), because frankly, they do have familiar traits.

Kagustuchi has a similar facial structure to Yato and is also a pro to making weird faces. And Shinatsuhiko and Amaterasu(?) have the same eyebrows and similar eyes.

And Shina-Kagu have the same eye-shape. Same thing for Yato-Ama.

And we know that Kagu, Shina and Amaterasu are siblings, though from different generations and born in different ways.

-ijo