Glossary: Himuka cult

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Himuka cult (ヒムカ教)

A new religion founded by Ikeda Katsuya based on a much older religion with rural roots. It worships fire, and its enshrined deity is Takeiwatatsu-no-mikoto. Its headquarters is called the Oyashiro ('Shrine'), a 'snug-looking single-story wooden house with narrow cramped rooms' located in Sawara Ward. Its chief priest is called the 'Faith-Protector'.

Several of its adherents go missing in odd incidents involving fire, with some witnessed flying off into the sky, including its current Faith-Protector, Enoki Masamichi.