Trap Shrine

Trap Shrine is a narrative visual novel about Masato, the chief priest of Kotomusubi shrine. After years of ascetic training to inherit the shrine, he finds himself unable to cope with his sister’s advances and asks the local deity for help. A Goddess appears, but she is a cross-dresser who declares that she will marry him. Masato wants a “normal” love life and must decide what to do as the shrine becomes the setting for a new legend.

The characters

Masato’s sister, Endou Mishiro, is a shrine maiden and a self-proclaimed big sister who is perhaps too loving. Yui’s arrival puts her position as Masato’s sister to the test, sparking a fierce rivalry.

Yui is the cross-dressing Goddess sealed in a cave at Kotomusubi shrine. She can create and strengthen bonds, and the gods of heaven sealed her because they feared she would bring chaos to the world. Masato’s heartfelt wish, together with a little magic, brings her back. Seeing in him the reincarnation of her past love, she immediately claims him as her husband.

Hinowa is the cute Komainu incarnation enshrined at Kotomusubi Shrine. Though he claims to be a powerful god, his work as an errand boy for the gods has left him with little power, and he is usually clumsy. Originally tasked with watching over the sealed Goddess, he takes a part-time job as a shrine maiden when the shrine falls on hard times. Hinowa is a supporting character, not a heroine.