The Morose Mononokean

Season 1

Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the "Mononokean" for help. This is a tale involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.

Where to Watch The Morose Mononokean • Season 1

13 Episodes

The Beginning
E1
The BeginningA high school boy Hanae Ashiya is getting worse after being possessed with a fluffy yôkai. When he finds a notice that an exorcist Haruitsuki Abe-no wants an assistant, he calls the exorcist to ask for help.
The Ant
E2
The AntWhen Ashiya begins working part time at the Mononokean, the master Abeno impresses upon him that he should pretend not to see any yokai other than the Mononokean's clients. However, the kind-hearted Ashiya is unable to keep his word, and the yokai won't leave him alone. Based on their surprising strength and numbers, Abeno believes there must be a powerful demon serving as their leader.
Zenko
E3
ZenkoAfter making friends with his classmates Saga and Fushimi, Ashiya embarks on the high school life of his dreams. But before he has the chance to enjoy his new life, he's instructed to go to a temple alone to find and return a yokai's lost possession.
The Underworld
E4
The UnderworldHaruitsuki goes to a pharmacy Kiyakudou in Kakuriyo with Hanae, and he forbids Hanae to go around in alone. But, Hanae follows a figure like Fuzzy because it bleeds.
The Legislative Lake
E5
The Legislative LakeThe Legislator, one of three influential figures of the Underworld, issues a rule that Abeno must bring Ashiya to see him. Unable to defy the Legislator's rules, Abeno is forced to pay a visit to him with Ashiya in tow. As Abeno hired Ashiya without informing the Legislator, he now seeks to determine for himself if Ashiya is truly worthy of being an employee of the Mononokean. What will the Legislator conclude?
The Ring
E6
The RingAbeno is hired by a certain yokai to find a human woman's missing ring and return it to her. Unable to find the ring on his own, he gets Ashiya to help him look for it. During their search, Ashiya demonstrates a surprising talent. The ring is found, but when the time comes to return the ring to the woman, Ashiya and Abeno disagree over how they should return the lost ring to the woman
The Encounter
E7
The EncounterZenko has been seeing yôkais since she got bitten by an animal. She asks Hanae and Haruitsuki for their advice at school, then, the animal like a fox appears at the front of them.
The Wait
E8
The WaitZenko arranges for Yahiko to help around the temple while he stays with her. Ashiya is relieved, but he soon runs into another yokai. The bird yokai Jomatsu is concerned for his heartbroken mistress Princess Anmo, who withdrew into an egg shell she made and hasn't come out for a long time. Jomatsu has been searching for the Mononokean so he can return to the Underworld with Princess Anmo still inside her egg.
The Marked Difference
E9
The Marked DifferenceWhen Abeno is hired to exorcise a yokai by a human, he unenthusiastically heads to the client's house with Ashiya and Fuzzy. The girl who hired him is unable to see yokai but is interested in the occult and seems very interested in their work. Abeno asks Ashiya to watch the door while he works so nobody bothers him, but the girl's mother, who doesn't believe in the supernatural, begins asking Ashiya some nosy questions.
The Fool
E10
The FoolZenko called Hanae and Haruitsuki because Yahiko's body got bigger suddenly. Yahiko told them that it's because he snuck a bite of potato that her mother harvested. They go to the field, and then they find a yôkai like a scarecrow.
The Purple Sun
E11
The Purple SunHaruitsuki and Hanae send a visually impaired yôkai, Tomori, to Kakuriyo at the request from Okina who is worshipped at a shrine. She wants to see Mundane World only once again, so Hanae lends his sight to her instead of not seeing yôkais for several days.
The Separation
E12
The SeparationAbeno visits the Legislator to inform him that Ashiya is no longer working for the Mononokean. As Abeno rarely comes to visit without his presence being requested, the curious Legislator asks why, but when he hears what Abeno has to say...? Meanwhile, Ashiya stops by the Kiyakudo when he hears from Shizuku, where he runs into the yokai Big Boss Scree, a yokai he previously exorcised, and his children. When they hear that Ashiya is in trouble...?
The End
E13
The EndReunited with the yokai he and Ashiya exorcised together, Abeno realizes the Mononokean still needs Ashiya. Abeno suddenly misses him, and with the help of the yokai, he decides to give his idea a try. Meanwhile, Ashiya wonders if the reason Abeno has been absent from school so much is because he's busy exorcising yokai and decides to check out the shrine in the mountains Yahiko mentioned.