An anthology dedicated to Mushishi. - Chapter 1. **Strained Search** (Hizumu Shirabe, 歪む調べ) by Kumakura Takatoshi - Chapter 2. **Boiling Water** (Tagiru Yu, 滾る湯) by Yoshida Motoi - Chapter 3. **Shimmering of the Sea** (Umi no Chirachira, 海のちらちら) by Ashinano Hitoshi - Chapter 4. **Cave of Wooden Joints** (Kumiki no Hora, 組木の洞) by Imai Tetsuya - Chapter 5. **Shadow Tag** (Kage Fumi, 影踏み) by Toyoda Tetsuya

A collection of short stories. **Chapters**: 1. **Slider** What happens when a group of misfits run into the god of poverty? Mischief and house break-ins, that's what. 2. **Mister Bojangles** Follows the journey of a Detective looking for a man who went by the name of "Mister Bo". 3. **Goggles** A stubborn young girl comes tumbling into the barren wasteland of the lives of these two men. She can't take off her goggles, and the reason is… 4. **Tsuki no Ya's Sales and Purchases** Two friends ride around in a car debating over their used book store. 5. **Let's go see the Ocean** A prequel to Goggles the young girl goes to the beach with her grandfather. 6. **Tonkatsu** An old man goes looking for the tonkatsu from his youth by going to every restaurant serving it one by one.

This is a collection of short stories that all involve coffee in some way.

The manga begins as Kanae Sekiguchi, proprietor of the Tsuki no Yu bathhouse, struggles to reopen her business after the unexplained disappearance of her husband…