It was summer in the 19th year of Meiji.

A child demon, Torasuke, and his partner, Ushimatsu, were collecting souls of humans whose lifespan had expired.

One day, a human named Soma, who was supposed to be invisible to the humans, spoke to them. Torasuke has never been involved with people in this world, but when Soma asks him to exterminate a ghost, what happens?

This is a touching and strange tale of life in the "hidden world" and the "present world".

時は明治19年、夏の頃。
子どもの鬼・寅輔は相棒の丑松と一緒に寿命の尽きた人間の魂を回収していた。
人間からは見えないはずなのに、ある日、相馬という人間が話しかけてくる。
「この世」の人とかかわりがなかった寅輔だが、相馬にお化け退治を頼まれ――？

「隠世（かくりよ）」と「現世（うつしよ）」の命を描く明治感動奇譚。