Examines the history and social significance of y?kai--preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore--to the Japanese culture, and discusses natural histories in the seventeenth century to popular media in the twenty-first century.
On Christmas Eve, an onslaught of unexpected battles cut celebrations short and force Lapan to reexamine his priorities. Meanwhile, Alice attempts to come to terms with a discover about Lapan's past.
Alice and her companion, Lapan, encounter new foes that make her existence as a girl stuck in the body of a skeleton even more complicated than it was before.
A loner who communes with the dead in the town cemetery hears the voice of a murdered cheerleader and tries to convince the adults that he knows what happened to her.
Fourteen-year-old Kieli, a girl who spends more time with ghosts than with other girls her age, is thrilled to meet Harvey, a young man who may know a lot more about the spirit world than he is willing to tell.
Toshi and Kai Hara, twins born on either side of midnight, are individually drawn to Tokyo where Toshi learns about her role as Lord Aratsu's servant and ability to see ghosts and monsters while Kai pursues other goals with the help of Inspector Yamada.
