Yokai, Japanese creatures of myth, come to life in this cozy series following a talking cat and his neighborhood friends. Printed in English for the first time, this is the series that inspired a hit anime! Welcome to a town where people and yokai, spirits and monsters, live together in harmony! When Buchio the cat suddenly becomes a talking cat spirit, he decides to learn more about the yokai that are his neighbors and master his new powers. Meanwhile, gradeschooler Mutsumi begins training to help at the local shrine. It's not easy, but it doesn't hurt that it means she gets to spend a little more time with her neighbor Jiro, the kind crow-man who performes rituals at the shrine. As Buchio and Mutsumi leanr more about their town they discover not all Yokai are nice. One might even be connected to Mutsumi's missing father...