Tokyo, 1952: The bizarre case of a missing doctor and his supernaturally pregnant wife captures the imagination of novelist Sekiguchi Tatsumi, so he enlists the help of an old friend, Chuuzenji Akihiko, a bookstore owner and part-time onmyouji who begrudgingly agrees to help investigate the disappearance. They'll face a family's darkest secrets. Secrets that Sekiguchi himself can't escape. Adapts the first installment of Kyougoku Natsuhiko's award-winning supernatural mystery novel series.