S01E01 The Red Bean Washer
A writer of riddle books for children, Momosuke Yamaoka's ambition is to compile a book of 100 ghost stories.
Requiem from the Darkness
Overview
Momosuke is a young man with a dream: to travel Japan and collect one hundred stories. He journeys from place to place, searching for tales of the paranormal and bizarre, hoping to collect tales to publish in his book. However, the calm of Momosuke's life soon is shattered by a chance meeting with three sinister beings: Mataichi the priest, Nagamimi the bird-caller, and the beautiful Ogin. Soon, Momosuke learns that there might be more to his newfound comrades than first meets the eye...
Episodes
S01E02 Willow Woman
Momosuke arrives at Kichibe's Willow Inn, hoping to learn about the fabled Willow Woman who is said to haunt the inn.
S01E03 White Fox
Momosuke encounters a hunter named Yasaku while investigating the tale of Hakuzōsu, a legendary fox who posed as a monk to tempt a hunter away from killing foxes.
S01E04 Dancing Head
Momosuke arrives at a town where a woman named Oyoshi is being chased by a ronin named Matajuro Ishikawa.
S01E05 Salty Choji
The trio go to investigate a house on a hill where there have been reports of people dissapearing.
S01E06 The Shibaemon Racoon Dog
Momosuke and the Ongyou encounter a traveling performance troupe which includes a samurai who claims to be a Tanuki, a Raccoon Dog that assumes human form.
S01E07 Katabira Crossroads
Momosuke hears the legend of the Katabira Crossroads where some women have mysteriously died.
S01E08 Field Gun
Momosuke responds to a supposed letter from his brother Gunhachiro sent to him while at Katabira Crossroads.
S01E09 The Lone and Strange
Hearing about the murderous cutthroat Giamon of Inarizika, rumored to be a Kowai (a ghoul that can survive any fatality), Momosuke learns some of Ogin's past.
S01E10 The Succubus
After arriving in town, Momosuke runs into a man and learns of the missing bride Shiragiku.
S01E11 The Marine Spirits
Momosuke hasn't seen the Ongyou for months. When he asks Tsutaya if he's heard of any ghostly rumors lately, Tsutaya tells Momosuke that there are two he knows of, with one of them being the...
S01E12 The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 1
Strange massacres have been occurring at Seven Man Point.
S01E13 The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2
After Ukon ends up captured by Danjo's servant Kaburagi, Momosuke infiltrates the dungeons in order to rescue him.
Cast
Ryusei Nakao
Mataichi (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Ogin (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Nagamimi (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Momosuke Yamaoka (voice)
Hiroshi Ôtake
Tsutaya (voice)
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Kyogoku Tei (voice)
