Anna the Itako (one-shot)

Anna the Itako (の) is Hiroyuki Takei's first one-shot chapter which won the 48th Tezuka Award.

It was later collected in the Volume 27 KC Edition of Shaman King.

About
Anna and her grandmother head to Tokyo on Shamanic business when a greedy sword collector is bent on obtaining the legendary katana Harusame.

Characters

 * Anna the Itako: The main protagonist.
 * Kiyo: Anna's foster grandmother and mentor
 * Chuzo Kanenaga: Age 55. A notorious sword collector.

Spirits

 * Alfred: Kiyo's deceased husband, soldier, and foster grandfather to Anna. Integrated with Anna at the beginning.
 * Tojiro: A hitokiri during the Sengoku Period and wielder of the Harusame. He abandoned his killing ways after falling in love with Onatsu.
 * Onatsu: A resident of the temple which Harusame resides, and becoming Tojiro's love interest. She lingers in the temple in regret that Tojiro's death was the result of her words.

Trivia

 * As a one-shot, this chapter is non-canon with any of the following works by Hiroyuki Takei, which is evident through the ownership of Harusame during the Sengoku Period was replaced by Amidamaru in Shaman King.
 * Anna's character in terms of appearance and abilities would later be inherited by Kyoyama Anna, the main heroine in the author's hit franchise, Shaman King.