Feudal Japan is attacked by beasts called 'Youi'. Ryuudou Yukiatsu, a 'floater' and an employee at a bath house has the power of Ayagami ("The power to find the words behind things") which can be used in fighting against the Youi. That's why the members of a Youi-fighting group Bansha Aratamesho, called the Ayashi, are looking for Yukiatsu - they want him to become an Ayashi as well. Yukiatsu runs into a woman and a son who are chased by a Youi and has to face the past he's been running away from.

Alternative title:

• Ayakashi Ayashi
• Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi (Japanese)

Ghost Slayers Ayashi:

• 1.The Youi Arrival
• 2.The Mountain God Descends
• 3.The Undercurrent Below Flowery Edo
• 4.The Living Doll
• 5.A Tale of Murder
• 6.Dragon Aura Running
• 7.The Dragon in the Cloud
• 8.Fox Play
• 9.Front and Back
• 10.The Smell of Spring Flowers, the Dance of the Maiden
• 11.Strange Road to Nikkou
• 12.Howling at the Moon
• 13.Rumors of Hell and Paradise
• 14.Dance of the Butterflies
• 15.Woman on the Rashomon Riverbank
• 16.The Machine Tribe
• 17. Cloistered World
• 18. Wanderer's Paradise
• 19.Three Yukiatsus
• 20.Shinobazu Pond Lullaby
• 21.To End on a Starry Night
• 22.A Drunk Who Doesn`t Come Home
• 23.Official Construction in Old Canal of Inba Marsh
• 24.Fantasy of the Latter Southern Dynasty
• 25.Intermission