Stars: Akira Ishida, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinpei Hayashiya
A certain man knows exactly where to go after being released from prison! After hearing a story called "Shinigami" (God of Death) from a traditional comic storyteller, he decides to become his student. But Yakumo (the narrator) has never taken a student before, but contrary to everyone's expectations, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner and gives him the nickname "Yotaro" (meaning a jumping man). As Yutaro happily begins his new life, he meets other people in Yakumo's life, including Konatsu. Konatsu is the daughter of a famous storyteller and after her father's tragic death, Yakumo adopted her. Konasto loved his father's storytelling and would like to become a storyteller himself, but this is impossible for women.
Stars: Ai Kayano, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Alan Lee, Yôko Hikasa, Hisao Egawa
In a continent ruled by chaos, the rulers have the power to use the Holy Barrier with which they can calm the chaos and protect the people, but before anyone knows it, the rulers abandon their anti-chaos beliefs and instead start fighting over the Holy Barrier so they can dominate each other. Shiroka, an estranged mage deceived by the rulers who abandoned their beliefs, and a wandering knight named Theo, who is training to free his land, make a pact to rid their continent of war and chaos.
