A weird, but good first episode and introduction of Ongyou and some lad whose name, I think, wasn’t mentioned. Yet. The guy got lost in some mountain. He first came across Mataichi who helped him when he almost fell down a cliff. He was told to leave the place right away, but because of the rain, he was still forced to stay in the place and look for shelter. He found a rundown store named Bicchuuya. “Tokubame” is the owner of the place and offered him and another traveller to stay for the night. He meets Ogin in the store; Mataichi was also there.
The young lad knows a lot of stories and is on his job of knowing a hundred ghost stories. In the end, he discovered that “Tokubame” isn’t really “Tokubame” and… They had killed the traveller. They do not look like they kill random people though. They just punish those who have done harm to others.
Ep. 2 - Willow Woman
The guy’s name still wasn’t mentioned!
Or do I just keep missing it? Grr~
Kichibe is the head of the House of the Willow. He has already lost 3 wives and kids because of the Willow Woman, rumors say. Ogin and Mataichi were nearby. Although they didn’t have any plans of “cleaning” the place up, Ogin has decided to do so. As for the still-nameless guy, he was told by his stuffed-animal-looking editor to head up to the House of the Willow if he plans to continue his Hyaku Monogatari.
Ep. 3 - White Zousu
Yasaku is a hunter who had killed off a lot of foxes. And people. Momosuke (the guy who wasn’t introduced in ep. 1 and 2) was asked to go out with Mataichi to show him White Zousu. It wasn’t explained well, but it has something to do with the Kyougoku clan. After understanding Mataichi’s intentions, he leaves but came across Yasaku. He questionned him about his killings and even helped him escape the ongyou. In the end, he was tricked by Yasaku.
It seems the Kyouguku clan part will be explained in the fourth episode. And… this series is getting kind of boring. Episode 1 was interesting that I had been itching for months to see this, but watching up to this episode got my hopes down. I don’t think I already made a review of the op and ed songs. Both sung by foreign singers, I guess, since the english doesn’t sound engrish. XD The ed is better than the op though. The singing in the op doesn’t seem in tune with the music itself nor the lyrics catches up with the beat. T_T Well, it’s still good in a way it’s different from other anime. They could just have done better.