Requiem from the Darkness

A writer of riddle books for children, Momosuke Yamaoka's ambition is to compile a book of 100 ghost stories.

Momosuke arrives at Kichibe's Willow Inn, hoping to learn about the fabled Willow Woman who is said to haunt the inn.

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.

Momosuke arrives at a town where a woman named Oyoshi is being chased by a ronin named Matajuro Ishikawa.

The trio go to investigate a house on a hill where there have been reports of people dissapearing.

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.

Momosuke hears the legend of the Katabira Crossroads where some women have mysteriously died.

Momosuke responds to a supposed letter from his brother Gunhachiro sent to him while at Katabira Crossroads.

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.

After arriving in town, Momosuke runs into a man and learns of the missing bride Shiragiku.

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...

Strange massacres have been occurring at Seven Man Point.

After Ukon ends up captured by Danjo's servant Kaburagi, Momosuke infiltrates the dungeons in order to rescue him.