GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #15

 Yokoshima's kindness to a young girl almost has a domino effect that leads to him marrying both her and Mikami in "The Beauty of Poverty." But even before this contingency comes to pass, Mikami is anything but pleased with the prospect of her assistant marrying someone else.

Naturally she still finds all sorts of reasons to beat him up for declaring his love for her.

 

The status quo returns by story's end, but gentle Kobato resolves to go after Yokoshima despite the way he and Mikami act like "a real couple."

GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #14

 A double-smash by Reiko and Emi in "Someday, Sometime."

And then Yokoshima gets both his face and his heart mangled by Reiko's encounter with an old crush, in "The Man Who Can Summon a Storm." 

GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #13

 It's a "Showdown in Hong Kong," and once again, Yokoshima is outgunned.

GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #12

 So now that Yokoshima is a ghost sweeper, will he finally enjoy "A Night with Mikami?" Not a hard question.

Perhaps coincidentally, though most previous punishments by Reiko are not prolonged like this one, in "Bell" Reiko's friendly enemy Emi fantasizes about subjecting her beloved vampire-beloved Pete to domme-play as a means of controlling him.

GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #11

 Some months after the end of the GHOST SWEEPER tv show, mangaka Tadashi Shiina seemed to get a little more ambitious. He launched a 20-part story, "For Whom the Bell Tolls," which followed up on some suggestions he'd made to the effect that perpetual punching-bag Tadao Yokoshima might have some supernatural power capable of being trained for ghost-busting purposes. 

"Bell" starts out routinely enough. Previous acquaintance Shoryuki, an incarnate female dragon-god, wants GS for a mission. Yokoshima makes a pass at Shoryuki, so both she and Reiko beat him up.

  Shoryuki thinks dirty dealings may be going at the school where ghost sweepers are trained in their profession, and she wants GS to go undercover. Since Reiko is already a graduate, they determine to make Yokoshima a candidate as a medium for investigation. Shoryuki gives the youth a magical protection-kiss, and for the first time, Reiko is seen to be visibly annoyed by Yokoshima's interaction with another female, even though she knows the goddess is not expressing affection.

Once Yokoshima is enrolled at the school, he's not thrilled to learn he has to fight other candidates. He's immediately smitten by one sexy entrant, considering her hotter than Reiko. Surprise! It is Reiko, in disguise. 

Against all odds, Yokoshima wins one match, but Reiko clouts him for getting cocky.

However, though in the next match he faces a martially superior female opponent, he channels his power of lust into a "spirit wave" and triumphs.

Against all expectations, Yokoshima is able to continue using his lust-power to triumph, though Reiko still isn't willing for him to use her in his fantasies.

  

  

GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #10

 "If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade" sounds more like the title of a self-help book than of a story about a lady exorcist fighting a demon who can change adults into children and summon armies of rats.

 And then it's back to basic gropery in "The Lucky Leaf Has Sprouted."

GHOST SADIST MIKAMI #9

 Though "Path of the Dragon" is mostly about Mikami training herself in a spirit-world, Tadao oscillates between being his usual lecherous self-- and showing some noble moments, before reverting to his normal lecherous self.