Like the first book, this volume already wins thanks to the premise. Fuuto's kingship is clearly based on the position of Tibet's Panchen Lama, and the idea of a Panchen Lama incarnation wandering around Japan freeing restless spirits and being attacked by Buddhisized Hindu gods wins. The first couple of stories in this volume left me a bit cold while the last one caught me by surprise and was very moving all of a sudden. Notable, too, in this volume is that we get to see the "human" version of Naga for the first time. Veterans of Petshop will note his resemblance to D's father from that Akino series. Über-hotness. ( )