Lise öğrencisi Subaru Natsuki bir gün bakkaldan dönerken öteki dünyaya çağırılır ve böylece hayatının en büyük dönüm noktası başlar. Kim tarafından çağrıldığını henüz bilmemekteydi ve saldırıya uğradığında işler çok daha kötü bir hal alır. Ancak gümüş saçlı gizemli bir kız ve onun sihirli kedisi kendisini kurtadığında, Subaru ona olan iyilik borcunu ödemek için işbirliği yapar. İkisi beraber ipuçlarını bir araya getirdiğinde, Subaru ve kız saldırıya uğrayıp öldürülür. Bundan sonra, Subaru "Ölümden Dönüş" adlı yeteneği kazanmış halde uyanır ve zamanı ölümden geri alabilen çaresiz biri haline gelir ve umutsuzluğun ötesinde kızı ölümün kaderinden kurtarmaya çalışır.
Yuichi hasn’t seen his cousin Nayuki in years. Now that he’s back, all knowledge of ever visiting has vanished. He tries to adjust to the vaguely familiar surroundings, but the gaps in his memory haunt him as time grows short. The pieces of the puzzle have appeared – an eerily silent beauty with blazing tresses, the mysterious girl with the winged backpack, and the sword-wielding demon slayer – but it’s up to Yuichi to discover how they fit together.
The Angel Brigade, an elite branch of the Transbaal Empire military, are assigned to search for The Lost Technology, mysterious items from the past that hold unknown powers. Led by the soon-to-retire Colonel Volcott O' Huey, the Angel Brigade travel to different planets using their specially designed Emblem Frame ships to search for Lost Technology. Unfortunately, they often mess up somehow and end up getting into all kinds of awkward and troublesome situations.
Hakushaku to Yōsei is a series of light novels written by Mizue Tani and published in Japan by Shueisha. The story is serialized in Cobalt magazine and illustrated by Asako Takaboshi.
Shueisha has commercially released two drama CDs and a manga adaptation has begun serialization in The Margaret since the September issue in 2008.
An anime adaptation was broadcast from September to December 2008. A visual novel for the PlayStation 2 was released on April 30, 2009.
Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey in search of the Winged Maiden who was bound to the sky centuries ago after hearing the old childhood tale from his mother. As Yukito shows his puppet show to people in an attempt to make some money, he finds himself in a small town in which he did not expect to stay very long. However, when he meets an unusual girl named Misuzu, things take a drastic turn as he is invited to stay with her.
Nodoka Haramura's appearance on television playing in a high school mahjong tournament inspires her old Jr. high school friends to reform their schools club so they can meet and play her in the National High School Mahjong Tournament.