In the shadowed corridors of Himeji Castle, forbidden love blooms between the servant Okiku and a prisoner, the enigmatic ronin Shinji. Okiku’s duties and desires collide as she’s torn between loyalty and longing. Yet Aoyama Tessan, a samurai with dark obsessions, covets her fiercely. When a plate goes missing, betrayal, jealousy, and murder unravel Okiku’s life, thrusting her into a nightmare beyond death. Returning as an onryou, her vengeance is bound to her love—but will fury consume her soul?

In The Ghost Story of Yotsuya, Oiwa’s shattered dreams bind her to Iemon, a ronin whose vices trap them in misery. Their child lost to poverty, Oiwa clings to her husband’s promise of revenge. Yet darkness falls as Oume plots to claim Iemon for herself, using a poisoned ointment that disfigures Oiwa and triggers a chain of death. Rising as an onryou, Oiwa’s vengeance is as twisted as her love for Iemon—will it spare her friend Kentaro, who still holds her heart?

In The Peony Lantern, Ren Itou, a wandering exorcist, is led to Nezu Village by visions of doom. There he confronts Otsuyu, an onryou whose beauty veils a deadly horror. Entranced by Otsuyu, the samurai Ogiwara faces a deadly fate, while Ren, tormented by his past, must resist the spectral terror. With life and death intertwined, Ren’s battle is for more than a soul—it’s for his own salvation. Will he escape, or will ghostly ties drag him into darkness?