For example, she accidentally destroys a doll yokai and Neko Musume using a fire power. It seems she gains powers based off of them. Element #5: The seals Nanashi places on her are based on the five elements of Wu Xing: Fire, Wood, Earth, Metal and Water.It rarely gets annoying though considering Mana is often able to help with her own escape in some way. Kitaro and his friends almost always have to come in her aid. Designated Victim: She gets repeatedly targeted and captured by youkai.Coincidence Magnet: Mana has a gift for being in the wrong place at the right time or having unexpected connections to a case lampshaded by Medama-Oyaji.She accidentally then kills Neko Musume and to tighten the knot, Nanashi made a vocal illusion to make it sound like her mother died, making her into a sobbing mess.
Beware the Nice Ones: After Nanashi faked her mother's death, her view on Yokais become distorted, and she threatens Kitaro with her spiritual powers after he arrived to rescue her.The audience gets to meet Kitaro through her point of view. Audience Surrogate: She serves as this at the start of the 2018 anime.In the Love Potion episode, Mana joins the guys in chasing after Neko Musume. Ambiguously Gay: The way she constantly fawns over Neko Musume is suspiciously similar to a girl with a crush.Accidental Murder: In Episode 47 of the 2018 series, Mana accidentally uses her new powers to kill Neko Musume after Nanashi tricked the latter into attacking Mana's mother.The Token Human in the 2018 incarnation of the Kitaro family, a human girl who rediscovered the legend of Kitaro and contacted him when yokai resurfaced in modern times, ultimately becoming a friend and ally.