Yukito Kunisaki ankommer til byen i håb om at tjene penge til mad med sin dukketeater. Han møder Misuzu Kamio, en fremmed pige der bor i byen. Misuzu formår at lokke Yukito til hendes hus med mad, hvor efter en diskussion tilbyder hun ham bopæl. Kort efter Haruko Kamio, Misuzu's plejemor, ankommer til huset. Haruko i første omgang modsætter sig Yukito men senere beslutter sig til at tillade ham at bo ude i skuret.

Yukito forklarer Misuzu søgen af det forbandede pige med vinger, der havde været i hans familie i generationer. Den næste dag Yukito s dukketeater kun formår at tiltrække en hund ved navn Kartoffel, mens skræmme andre. Yukito er fanget af Hijiri Kirishima, mens de udfører foran hendes klinik og tilbyder Yukito arbejde laver forefaldende arbejde.

Omgivelser i Yukito og Misuzu kortvarigt skifte fra helligdom til en dyrkede som et resultat af Kano erfaring. Efter en konfrontation med Hijiri, Yukito og andre kort gå til klinikken. Yukito og Misuzu forlade klinikken til hjemmet. På deres vej Yukito indser han ikke var betalt for hans deltidsjob og sniger sig tilbage i klinikken kun overhøre Kano øvrige personlighed.

Yukito ender med at tilbringe dagen med Minagi og Michiru mens Misuzu er i skole. Yukito gåture Minagi hjem efter at være blevet inviteret til at gå stjernekiggeri på skolens tag, da han først lærer af sin mors sindssygdom. Senere Misuzu forsøger at spille kort med Yukito, men er overvundet med ekstrem smerte. Når Yukito lærer af Misuzu tilstand han beslutter at flytte ud af huset.

After Minagi's mother's mental condition has caused her to forget she has a daughter, Minagi leaves home and joins Yukito. Yukito tells Minagi he's leaving town and wants her to come with him, but instead leads her back home to face her mother. Michiru is invited to eat at Minagi's house. Michiru leaves, having fulfilled her purpose.

There are a number of flashbacks that Yukito has of his mother telling him about the girl with wings, about how she will forget everything and die when she dreams her final dream, and about how the person close to her will also die. Misuzu's foster mother leaves, leaving Yukito and Misuzu alone. Misuzu tells Yukito about her last dream, and Yukito comes to the decision to stay by her side, knowing the consequences. Yukito suddenly disappears and after Misuzu wakes up feeling better, she wonders where Yukito has gone or if he will come back.

This story takes place 1000 years before the Dream arc. Kanna is a girl with wings confined to a palace with a friend, Uraha, and body guard, Ryūya. When Kanna is to be sent to another temple, the 3 escape and go on a journey to find Kanna's mother. Meanwhile, the palace is attacked and the 3 are pursued. They finally find Kanna's mother but she tells them to leave.

Kanna's mother claims to be "tainted". They all escape from the mountain but their pursuers manage to kill Kanna's mother. Before she dies, she passes the ancient prayer to Kanna. While the pursuers are closing in, the 3 talk about settling down near the ocean, but Kanna knows this is only a dream. She takes flight but the monks curse her and she gets killed by the soldiers. Ryūya and Uraha learn about the curse and Kanna's suffering and vow to end it by having a child who will break the curse.

The events of the Dream arc are retold from the point of view of a crow Misuzu found and named Sora.

Misuzu's curse is getting more serious. Soon, she has forgotten who Haruko is and begins to act strangely, playing cards by herself and not wanting to go outdoors. Haruko is depressed, but tries hard to restore the memories Misuzu lost. Soon, however, Misuzu's birth father shows up, and tries to claim Misuzu back from Haruko, deciding to let Misuzu decide who she wants to live with. Haruko, desperate because of Misuzu's memory loss, begs him to let her have Misuzu for 3 more days, to which he agrees.

The summer festival has finally arrived, but unfortunately it rains that day and thus the festival is canceled. Wanting to do anything she can for Misuzu, Haruko brings her to the local shrine. As mother and daughter bond, can Haruko ultimately save Misuzu from returning to her other self in the vast blue sky?