When a particular man is released from prison, then he knows exactly where he's going . After falling in love with a standard comic story teller's rendition of the narrative referred to as"Shinigami," he's determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never accepted an apprentice earlier, but to every one's surprise,'' he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him"Yotaro." He meets others in the lifetime of Yakumo, for example the ward Konatsu of Yakumo as Yotaro happily begins his new existence. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous story teller, and Yakumo took her after the tragic departure of her father. Konatsu loved the storytelling of her father, and would like to become a celebrity in her own right --but this path isn't readily available for women.