In April, Yu Narukami arrives in Inaba, where he will be staying for a year due to his parents' work, and briefly encounters a mysterious-looking girl before meeting up with his uncle and cousin, Ryotaro and Nanako Dojima. While stopping at a gas station on the way to the Dojima residence, Yu feels an odd sensation after shaking hands with the station's attendant, but passes it off as fatigue. After transferring into Yasoinaba High School and making friends with his classmates, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, and Yukiko Amagi, Yu learns of a rumor about the "Midnight Channel" that appears on television sets during rainy nights and decides to try it for himself...