The handsome 17-year-old, Norito, who seems to bring bad luck to anyone to comes close to him, encounters Tengu Koma in form of a middle-aged man, Tengu Koma has been searching for the reincarnation of a lover from long ago. Now that he has arrived, Koma does his best to protect his younger human lover against the dark forces that seem to haunt him. However, several other powerful youkai, among them Koma's brothers, also become aware of Norita's presence, and one-by-one begin to arrive as his doorstep.

Yami ni Tooboe, Mune ni Toge was published physically in English as Yokai's Hunger by Kitty Media on April 2009, and digitally by SuBLime on October 22, 2013.