Sakura Mamiya is a high school student who can see spirits. Her seat in class is next to Rinne Rokudo, who for some reason, most people can see only sometimes. Sakura's friend is troubled by a series of bizarre phone calls. Sakura and Rinne investigate.
The people at school have a dream about being approached by a woman in a kimono in a strange world with a with a red ring, imploring them to make an offering to the instrument shelter.
The son of a family of exorcists, Tsubasa Jumonji, has come to school. Right off the bat, he asks out his first love, Sakura! This bothers Rinne, but he turns a cold shoulder towards Sakura.
Being broke, Rinne is overjoyed about a job Rokumon brought him: to hunt down an evil spirit for 100,000 yen. Meanwhile, something ghostly is going on at school.
On her way home from school, Sakura hears the voice of a child asking from help from a roadside shrine. She wants to talk to Rinne about it, but Rinne is busy helping mummy-like Taro.
Sakura spots the spirit of a boy who'd rammed his head into a lamp post be taken away by a boy with bat wings. The next morning, Rinne and Sakura receive a bizarre request letter, but Suzu and Tomoya, who'd also been called there.
In an effort to rescue Reiji's living spirit, Rinne chases Masato to Hell, where right off the bat he's forced to enter illegally, as he can't pay for the admission fee.
Rinne's school holds their school festival. Rinne works at the cafe with Sakura, when they sense something ominous. Just then, a blonde wig flies at them.
In a daze after having seen Rinne and Ageha holding hands, Sakura accidentally wanders into the Reidou. She's surrounded by Damashigamis, but Rinne saves her at the last second.
Sakura finds the spirit of an idol by the pool, but she doesn't want to bring it up with Rinne; she's still bothered by what happened between him and Ageha.
Rinne tries to set things straight with Sakura about Ageha. Every time he tries to talk to her, he gets interrupted. Something odd comes out of the bento box that Ageha gives him.
Sakura and the others are trapped in a shed at Kain's home. There they find a suspicious box bearing, but they need Rinne to open it, and he's busy fighting Kain.
Rinne's grandma cleans her house, and digs up some goodies. Rinne's Dad is broke again. A demon tries to take one of Sakura's friends' brothers to Hell.
Rinne's homestay, Shouma, is quite a handful. Hoping to end his school assignment quickly, he goes after an evil spirit, but the spirit appears elsewhere as a living human being.
Rokumon and the other black cats are invited to the celebration of a high-profile black cat before his reincarnation. Meanwhile, Rinne does battle with a hobo moth who threatens to make him even poorer.
Sakura and her friends head to the beach, where they run into Rinne, Ageha, Tsubasa and Rokumon. They investigate a ghost boat, an octopus monster and a section of the beach rumored to be filled with spirits.
Mikazukido's Recovery Cream can fix anything -- including cats. There's a spirit in the staff storage at school. The black cats go on a trip hunting for magic mushrooms.
Ageha tries to break-up Rinne and Sakura with an arsenal of Shinigami tools. Renge gets involved, in an attempt to have it all blow up in Ageha's face.
Rokumon enters the Black Cat Ranking Exam in pursuit of a ranked black cat contractor discount. Kain and Ageha also have their black cat contractors join. Calamity ensues.
Jumonji's expertise on hot pot ingredients may only be trumped by Rinne's intense desire to enjoy hot food on a cold day. Later, Masato deals with his cold "the demon way."
When a girl gives a scarf to a boy, a phantom scarf appears and strangles him! To lure the haunted scarf, Sakura agrees to knit a scarf for Rinne by hand.