A brat kid gains the ability to see ghosts and suddenly has to be the adult in the room. Each spirit shows up with a small, specific problem that somehow contains a whole life. The animation dissolves into watercolor whenever the emotional weight hits, the soundtrack swells like a BBC period drama, and by episode three you realize this show is quietly breaking your heart on purpose, one unfinished person at a time.
Ichiro Hanada is a hyperactive, mischievous boy who lives in a rural town with his parents, his sister and his grandfather. He teases his sister, mouths off to others, picks fights and eats a lot, so his mother is always scolding him and the neighbors complain about his rowdiness. Everything changes when a truck hits him while he flees on a stolen bicycle. He survives, but the brush with death leaves him able to see and talk to ghosts. Because he is the only one who can communicate with them, the spirits of the recently dead come to him for help with the unfinished business that keeps them from moving on. The show mixes comedy and drama with slice-of-life and supernatural elements, and each ghost teaches the curious boy a new lesson that slowly makes him wiser.
