Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the "Mononokean" for help. This is a tale involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.
The Beginning
The Ant
Zenko
The Underworld
The Legislative Lake
The Ring
The Encounter
The Wait
The Marked Difference
The Fool
The Purple Sun
The Separation
The End