Mameda is a tanuki who was born in the wrong era—all she wants is to trick humans, but that age of tanuki shenanigans is over. But one woman, a rakugo master named Bunko, shows Mameda it’s still possible to cast magic on humans…only with words, not illusions. Mameda is determined to become Bunko’s apprentice, but can she convince the stoic master to take her on…?
Mameda's powers of trickery are weakening, and she has become unable to maintain her human disguise! Mameda ventures down to hell to find Saemon Danuki, a legendary tanuki that is said to have kept her human form, even after death. But standing in her way is the fearsome and merciless ruler of the underworld—the great Lord Enma Daio!