

Big Damn Heroes: Muthrica saves Somali and Kikila from an underground cave monster that resembled a giant mushroom.

MANGA LIKE SOMALI TO MORI NO KAMISAMA SERIES
An anime television series adaptation by Satelight and HORNETS began on January 9, 2020, and can be viewed here. Unfortunately, after the manga went on hiatus in October 2019, it was later officially discontinued in December 2020 due to Gureishi's worsening health issues. It began serialization online in April 2015 via Tokuma Shoten's online manga magazine Web Comic Zenon. Somali and the Forest Spirit (ソマリと森の神様, Somari to Mori no Kamisama) is a Japanese fantasy manga series by Yako Gureishi. It tells of their travels together and of the bond between father and daughter. This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the other a watchman of the forest. Upon seeing the golem, the human child uttered a single word: "Dad." One day, that golem came across a child in rags and chains- a child that lacked claws, horns, or fangs. Its purpose was to protect the forest and ensure its continued survival, though without interfering with the individual cycles of nature. In a lonely forest, a golem resided as the guardian spirit. Now human beings are persecuted to the very point of extinction, and to most monsters are nothing but a distant memory.

The species known as "humanity" once populated this world as well, but upon encountering monsterkind, humans grew fearful and lashed out. The world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures.
