Aoi, attuned to the unseen world of ayakashi as she walked to school, found herself confronted by one entirely unfamiliar. Before she could react, she was taken, spirited away to Tenjin-ya, an inn nestled within the hidden realm. It was the…

Ginji, the young master of Tenjin-ya, proposed that Aoi consider opening her own restaurant. But before she could even contemplate the idea, she found herself embroiled in a disturbance caused by the shop's peculiar clientele – guests of th…

In the realm of the ayakashi, power rests with eight great yokai known as the Hachiyo. Following Aoi’s successful reception of Matsuba, one of these formidable figures, the master innkeeper takes her to the hidden realm’s capital as a token…

Upon their return to Tenjin-ya, O-Ryo, the snow woman, succumbs to a fever. Aoi takes it upon herself to care for her, tending to her needs with her cooking. Meanwhile, a dispute ignites between Suzuran, yearning for passage to the apparent…

Following a fierce argument with his younger sister, Akatsuki remained in his spider form, untouched by the meal Aoi had prepared. The thought of a permanent rift between them settled heavily on Aoi, and he resolved to mend the fractured co…

The day of Aoi’s restaurant opening had arrived. She launched Moonflower from Matsuba with a buoyant spirit, yet fortune seemed to desert her new establishment in the northeast.

Byakuya, the head of accounting, summoned Aoi and made the lack of sales immediately clear. His words carried a stark weight: failure to deliver results would mean the closure of Moonflower.

At the behest of the Imperial Court, tasked with preparing celebratory dishes for Nuinoin and his wife, Aoi journeyed to the eastern lands. There, amidst the vibrant stalls of a foreign delicacy market, she sought the necessary ingredients.

Within the shadowed confines of her confinement, the sound of rain and thunder stirs in Aoi a painful echo of the day her mother departed. As darkness claims her, she is found and rescued by the master, only to awaken to the dawn of the roy…

As the Tanabata Festival approaches, a vibrant energy settles over the town and Tenjin-ya. At Moonflower, Ritsuko visits Aoi, who is similarly occupied with preparations for the festival, and shares with her recollections of her time with N…

With the proprietor absent, Hatori and Tokihiko, the front desk manager and bath attendant respectively from Orio-ya, their rival establishment, unexpectedly appear at Tenjin-ya. They claim to be guests, yet a palpable tension settles over …

A subtle unease has settled over Akatsuki and Ginji since Hatori’s arrival. Simultaneously, children from one of the families residing at Tenjin-ya have vanished. To assist in their search, Aoi accompanies Akatsuki to the depths of Tenjin-y…

The unsettling matter of the missing children resolved, Aoi returned to Moonflower to discover Ginji collapsed, his body diminished to that of a fox cub. As she tended to him, a memory surfaced: a white-masked ayakashi, a figure of unexpect…

Aoi understood, with a quiet certainty, that she had discovered a place where she truly belonged within the walls of Tenjin-ya. The sudden appearance of Orio-ya’s airship, however, shattered that feeling of settled peace. A long-haired ayak…

Following her relocation to Orio-ya, the rival establishment to Tenjin-ya, Aoi found herself confined to a small, unfamiliar room. Though utterly alone in this strange place, she resolved to escape, driven by a desire to uncover the identit…

Following Ginji’s suggestion, Aoi now prepares breakfast for Matsuba, who is lodging at Orio-ya, and has been granted access to the kitchen within the old building. Meanwhile, a light appears in the Moonflower house while Aoi and Ginji are …

At the tsuru-douji’s urging, Aoi agrees to provide entertainment for Yodoko, a pampered daughter of a wealthy household who craves an unusual meal. She intends to prepare monjayaki. Initially perplexed, Yodoko’s curiosity sparks as she watc…

The sound of the explosion from Orio-ya spurred Aoi to a hurried return, only to find Matsuba consumed with fury and Hatori looking bruised. Matsuba's anger flared directly in response to Hatori's request for a portion of the tengu’s secret…

Following Aoi’s intervention in the reconciliation of the tengu father and son, Raiju, a nobleman from the capital, found himself drawn to Aoi. Separately, Aoi trailed Nobunaga to the shadowed depths of the pine grove, only to discover a ma…

To find the mermaid scale, Aoi accompanies the master to the ruins of the dragon palace – a place steeped in a potent curse. While the miasma that clings to the ruins holds no sway over them, Aoi and the master are nonetheless separated whe…

O-Ryo, once a promising hostess at Tenjin-ya, now arrives at Orio-ya as a guest. Her presence stirs unease among the Orio-ya staff, a palpable alarm at the arrival of a competitor. Nene, Orio-ya's own young hostess, appears particularly uns…

As Aoi considered the arrangements for the ceremony's offerings, Raiju, a nobleman of Youto, materialized before her unexpectedly. She darted away, attempting to evade him, but he shadowed her with an unsettling persistence, his gaze laced …

Following the consumption of the tengu's secret liquor, Aoi collapsed abruptly. Upon regaining consciousness, she discovered a double misfortune: she had lost her voice and, with it, her sense of taste. Consequently, a decision was made – s…

It came to light that a branch of the Hourai’s gem had been concealed within the confines of an ink wash painting owned by Nuinoin and his wife. With Byakuya's assistance, Aoi entered the world depicted in the painting, accompanied by Ginji…

Returning from the realm of ink and brush, Aoi resolved to prepare the seafood dishes once more. The day of the fireworks festival arrived, and while Orio-ya buzzed with patrons, airships from Tenjin-ya also descended upon the scene.

The kagura hall glowed with light as the ceremony commenced. Drawn in by the scent of cucumber, Chibi slipped through the screen. A scream echoed, and Aoi swiftly raised the covering to find the umi-bouzu mirrored in his expression – a feel…