Tsuyu (梅雨) is the spirit of a plum tree who lived with Tenjin for 1,000 years. She is not a shinki, but rather stayed with Tenjin out of a lasting love. Because she is a tree spirit, she is able to communicate with other trees. She was sacrificed during a covenant of Heaven to save Yato and Yukine, among other things, but was later revived by Amaterasu when the covenant found Heaven to be in the wrong.Being a spirit, Tsuyu has what seems to be an eternally youthful appearance. She has long straight black hair and bangs that hanged over her forehead. Her bangs revealed a red forehead decoration, or huadian that she wears in the shape of a plum blossom. Tsuyu's eyes are colored purple and her lips were colored red. Despite her unique circumstances and relation to Tenjin, Tsuyu is dressed in a red hakama over a white kimono - the same miko garbs Tenjin's shinki wear.Because she didn't have human emotions, Tsuyu was always calm and level-headed. She is loyal and protective of Tenjin, remaining by his side even during his violent early years. Her manner of speech is very old-fashioned and poetic-like.Tsuyu was based on the legend of Tobiume ("The Flying Plum"). It is said that after Sugawara no Michizane was exiled from Kyoto, he yearned so much for his plum tree that it uprooted itself and flew to his shrine at Dazaifu Tenmangu, where it has remained for 1,000 years. It sits at the right hand of the main shrine and is always the first to bloom.
Noragami: Stray God
In times of need, if you look in the right place, you just may see a strange telephone number scrawled in red. If you call this number, you will hear a young man introduce himself as the Yato God. Yato is a minor deity and a self-proclaimed "Delivery God," who dreams of having millions of worshippers. Without a single shrine dedicated to his name, however, his goals are far from being realized. He spends his days doing odd jobs for five yen apiece, until his weapon partner becomes fed up with her useless master and deserts him. Just as things seem to be looking grim for the god, his fortune changes when a middle school girl, Hiyori Iki, supposedly saves Yato from a car accident, taking the hit for him. Remarkably, she survives, but the event has caused her soul to become loose and hence able to leave her body. Hiyori demands that Yato return her to normal, but upon learning that he needs a new partner to do so, reluctantly agrees to help him find one. And with Hiyori's help, Yato's luck may finally be turning around.
