Touge Oni
Touge Oni: Primal Gods in Ancient Times

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This manga is a hidden gem.

The characters are good and varied, from a young girl that is to be sacrificed to a native japanese god, to a young "oni" that was once human yet became a monster, to their monk master that guides them as he makes his way towards one of the most powerful gods, whom he cherishes a lot and has become a monster. The story is episodic yet well written, with the overarching plot points being compelling enough to explain the actions of our characters. The "monsters of the week" as much as it pains me to call em that, are interesting, ... and go from overwhelming native gods antagonistic to our heroes, to natural disasters, to a modern day hikki neet that is cleverly called "ink-drinker". The drawings are gorgeous, and are what first drew me to this relatively unknown manga.

Go give it a try. It's short. I would prefer you go read one chapter instead of me explaining every single little detail.

I love this manga.
I came across it not even a month ago and I have read it maybe ten times already, I really wish there was more to read.
The art is very good, easy to 'read' and detailed without being overwhelming, the characters and the relationships they share are never cliché and develop soundly even though there are only 16 chapters so far, you can see attention to details even in little things, for instance Miyo's habit of touching her necklace whenever she is feeling fear, doubts or needs reassurance.
Plus, even tough we see Kami and other supernatural things in every chapter, I like ... how the manga is still (more or less) consistent with actual physics, as we see for instance in chapters 7 and in chapter 9.
To sum it up, this manga definitely deserves more readers, and hopefully one day even an animated version.

Touge Oni is really an excellent manga. It is, at this point, a bit episodic: the protagonists visit a sequence of gods (kami) on various missions. However, a larger, very clever plot involving time travel is beginning to coalesce.

I particularly liked chapters 3.5 and 6.5, which step back from the story to focus on the story's first villain. The author deftly humanizes a character who seems in the first chapter to be unambiguously cruel and monstrous. I expect to see more of this subtle characterization as the story progresses.

The story's art is, in general, just satisfactory. One bright spot are the kami, which are massive ... and quite cool to see.

In all, 10/10.