Yushi decides to stay at Kotobuki-sŠand the residents throw him a welcome party. Yushi meets Akira Fukase, a human artist who owns a dog named Cigar, a man named Antiquary, a dealer of magical items, a drunken ghost lady named Mariko who states she has “reasons†for not going to heaven yet, and Ryu, a powerful psychic whom all the ghosts respect. The next day after school Yushi attends club activities with his classmate, Tashiro, and while walking home he appears to experience a psychic flash of Tashiro being injured. Tashiro is immediately hit by a motorbike...