David Matthews is having a rough time. Being a teenager is bad enough, but when he picks up and moves to Japan for a year, with barely any knowledge of the language or Japanese teenagers, things go from bad to worse. Until one day, when David attends a temple ceremony and finds himself possessed by a Japanese god. Suddenly, he can understand and speak Japanese. He has unbelievable new powers, including the ability to shift into a tiger and a powerful sword he can materialize at will from its sheathhis body. But nothing comes for free, and these changes bring David face-to-face with the most terrifying creatures of Japanese legendvengeful kami, demonic oni and terrifying ghostly yurei.