Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a "mononoke" attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tearoom - Mononokean - for help. ... more>>

A series of mysterious stories involving the very morose owner of Mononokean, who guides mononoke to pass on to the next world. <<less

When a small town is affected by the recession, its residents blame their misfortune on the god who resides at a temple in a nearby... more>> mountain. Another resident of the temple, a fox spirit called Gin is angered that the humans are blaming his master, but eventually learns to develop some compassion towards humans. <<less