Reito Naoi, a young man fired unfairly from his day job, finds himself hitting rock bottom when he's arrested after a desperate attempt to get back on his feet.
With nothing left to him, he surrendered himself to fate, giving up on any hopes for the future, and lost the will to make his own choices in life.
But one day, a chance encounter threw him a lifeline that could change his fate forever.
"If you follow the client's instructions, we'll set you free..."
Appearing before him out of nowhere, a lawyer spoke to him, and he immediately accepted the offer. And thus, Chifune Yanagisawa came into his life.
A major contributor to the success of the large Yanagisawa Group corporation, she was also, apparently, his late mother's half-sister.
"I have orders for you," she claimed. Those orders were to become the Keeper of the Camphor Tree of Tsukisato Shrine.
Though bewildered by such a sudden request, Reito did as he was told, and found himself meeting with the many people patronizing the shrine:
Toshiaki Saji, a man who visits the camphor tree on a regular basis.
Toshiaki's daughter, Yumi Saji, a college student who finds her father's actions suspicious.
Soki Oba, a young man struggling with his role in taking over the family business.
As Reito interacts with them and Chifune, his formerly bleak world begins to take on new life.
――But what he had yet to discover was this: The true power that camphor tree possessed.
Eventually, Reito's days are consumed by the swirling mysteries of the camphor tree, as he is led towards an unexpected, hidden truth.
