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Seventeen-year-old high school student Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, deeply inspired by family friend Tokuzo Kanemoto, a reporter she admired. Kanemoto's suicide, driven by professional disgrace after publishing a false report, profoundly impacts her. After his death, she gains the ability to see spirits, including Kanemoto's ghost, who tries to drag her into an oncoming train. This near-death experience thrusts her into a spirit trial condemning Kanemoto for his atheism and suicide, solidifying her connection to the supernatural world.
Sayako navigates an age-gap relationship with college student Yuuki Unabara. Their bond strains under Yuuki's secrecy about his involvement with TSI, a secretive organization spreading Buddha's teachings. They briefly break up but reconcile after she learns the truth, later joining TSI herself. Her younger brother, Shunta, often accompanies her investigations but falls critically ill due to demonic possession orchestrated by antagonists. Their father, Dr. Amanokawa, initially dismisses spiritual explanations for Shunta's illness, declaring himself an atheist, though he later accepts TSI's help after Master Sorano cures Shunta. Her high school friends, Mami, Kaori, and Rina, appear frivolous and dismissive, lacking her deepening spiritual awareness.
Sayako's supernatural abilities evolve significantly. Initially plagued by malevolent spirits, she receives guidance from Yuuki and TSI members, learning suicide victims become earthbound spirits seeking possession. TSI leader Taiyou Sorano reveals her spirit vision signifies a divine mission to expose Tousaku Arai, a demonically empowered false prophet claiming to be Buddha's reincarnation. Arai preaches Social Darwinism and orchestrates attacks, including Shunta's illness. At a summer festival, wearing a lotus-patterned kimono, she channels Sorano's power to manifest lotus-themed abilities, dispersing Arai's UFO illusion and earning public recognition as "the Mysterious UFO Girl". Later, she counters Arai's mass hallucination of a tsunami by channeling Sorano's teachings on live television, undermining his influence.
Her mission culminates in a confrontation where Arai kidnaps her, threatening to kill 50,000 people unless she declares him Buddha. Despite coercion, she defiantly proclaims Sorano as the true Buddha. Arai throws her from a platform, but Yuuki and TSI rescue her. Sorano defeats Arai's possessing demon, revealing Sayako and other TSI members as reincarnated disciples of Buddha from 2,500 years prior. In the aftermath, Sayako fulfills her journalistic aspirations, moves in with Yuuki, and continues supporting TSI's global mission to spread Buddha's teachings.
Sayako navigates an age-gap relationship with college student Yuuki Unabara. Their bond strains under Yuuki's secrecy about his involvement with TSI, a secretive organization spreading Buddha's teachings. They briefly break up but reconcile after she learns the truth, later joining TSI herself. Her younger brother, Shunta, often accompanies her investigations but falls critically ill due to demonic possession orchestrated by antagonists. Their father, Dr. Amanokawa, initially dismisses spiritual explanations for Shunta's illness, declaring himself an atheist, though he later accepts TSI's help after Master Sorano cures Shunta. Her high school friends, Mami, Kaori, and Rina, appear frivolous and dismissive, lacking her deepening spiritual awareness.
Sayako's supernatural abilities evolve significantly. Initially plagued by malevolent spirits, she receives guidance from Yuuki and TSI members, learning suicide victims become earthbound spirits seeking possession. TSI leader Taiyou Sorano reveals her spirit vision signifies a divine mission to expose Tousaku Arai, a demonically empowered false prophet claiming to be Buddha's reincarnation. Arai preaches Social Darwinism and orchestrates attacks, including Shunta's illness. At a summer festival, wearing a lotus-patterned kimono, she channels Sorano's power to manifest lotus-themed abilities, dispersing Arai's UFO illusion and earning public recognition as "the Mysterious UFO Girl". Later, she counters Arai's mass hallucination of a tsunami by channeling Sorano's teachings on live television, undermining his influence.
Her mission culminates in a confrontation where Arai kidnaps her, threatening to kill 50,000 people unless she declares him Buddha. Despite coercion, she defiantly proclaims Sorano as the true Buddha. Arai throws her from a platform, but Yuuki and TSI rescue her. Sorano defeats Arai's possessing demon, revealing Sayako and other TSI members as reincarnated disciples of Buddha from 2,500 years prior. In the aftermath, Sayako fulfills her journalistic aspirations, moves in with Yuuki, and continues supporting TSI's global mission to spread Buddha's teachings.