Chapter 1

Revolution (革命, Kakumei) is Chapter 1 of the manga series, Arata Kangatari.

Characters In Order of Appearance

 * Kikuri
 * Kannagi
 * Makari
 * Arata
 * Kotoha

Weapons & Powers

 * Amatsuriki
 * Makari: uses it against Arata and ends up sending him flying.
 * Kikuri: Self defends herself against Kannagi, But not strong enough, creates a bubble of Amatsuriki to protect herself.
 * Hayagami
 * Tsukuyo : Currently no wielder but Arata was messing around with it, at this point it's known as a Goshinta.
 * Homura : Used by Kannagi to assassinate the Princess during the ceremony, no powers were used.

Story

 * Total Number of Pages: 46 (Including colour pages and Covers & double pages as if they were one)

It begins with reciting the words that is used in the ceremony,"We are man, born of Heaven and Earth, Moon and Sun, and everything under them. Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue, Body, Mind... Purity will Pierce evil and open up the world of Darkness. All Life will be Reborn and Invigorated".

We are introduced to Kikuri first who is bathing and what appears to be praying, she informs The Twelve Shinshou of the new 'Princess' to have been found and will now end her 60 reign as Princess. we see their silhouettes  and Kannagi's Face.

We then cut to see Arata being chased down by his grandmother Makari, refusal to so as she says why he runs away, Makari attemps to get him back to their home or atleast intimedate him by using Amatsuriki, which sent him flying and landing in a spring which the ancient law stated men are forbidden to enter. He lands in there with a bunch of naked women, among them his childhood friend and attendent Kotoha.

Arata and Kotoha hide behind something, while watching Makari getting threatend by one of the imperial courts gaurds, as there are preparing for the ceremony they want assurence of a woman of Himezoku to become princess.

Back at Arata and his grandmothers home, they discuss the current situation and we learn of the role of the princess and Arata is told that on his birth cirtificate he was registered as a girl, she states if she did not do that then Arata would've been executed as a child, to buy more time to search for a girl of the Himezoku.

we are told that Makari wants to keep her blood line safe do they can pass on the Goshinta a sword said to be a sleeping Hayagami, Arata picks up the sword and pretends to feel a prescence then confesses he was joking and begins to play with it.

The stress begins to take its tole on Makari and she starts to feel a little bit of pain, after reflecting on the situatio Arata decides to dress as a woman enter the capital and take the ceremony to become princess.

We get a one page scene of the Twelve Shinshou and they tell Kannagi "time nears. It's all up to you, Kannagi".

Arata and Kotoha travel to the capital were the ceremony and corrination will be held. Kotoha give Arata a charm that Kikuri gave her called The Minchihi-no-tama.

Arata is braught to a room which is devided by 13 parts, The Area of the Princess and 12 parts that strech away from her where the 12 covered in shadows, Shinshou stand. Kikuri greets Arata kindley and prepares him for the corrination, She recites the words which are used at the beginging of the chapter, all the water beneath them rises up and becomes fire.

Kinnagi sprints up to Kikuri and assassinate her by slashing her chest with his Hayagami, she in self-defense pushes him back with her Amatsuriki but is far to weak to do any proper damage to him, He then attacks Arata being a whitness and discovers Arata is a boy and Kannagi later uses this to his advantage.

Arata escapes when he is pushed into the water bellow, Kannagi estimes his movements and goes to apprihend him, and tells people of the capital that "The Ritual could not be preformed... The princess has been murderd... by Arata... who disguised himself"

When Arata resurfaces, He runs away into the Kando Forest. seeking refuge in a tree he is 'eaten' by the forest and sent to another world...