In 1923, as the Taishou era is ending, Hiiragi Kyouichirou leaves his rural hometown to attend the Imperial University in Tokyo. He arrives during a violent confrontation between the Imperial Army and the mysterious Gohongatana Clan. The Army is interested in Hiiragi specifically—because Hiiragi can see the dead. He must now decide where his loyalty belongs: to country, to emperor, to his fellow man, or to something else entirely.