The government launches a brutal campaign to eradicate the Kijo, half-human, half-demon hybrids. Their method: hunting and severing the horns of demons…

Misaki adores bonsai; her friend Hazuki, heir to a century-old bonsai nursery, resents it. As they face high-school career choices in Kagawa, the pair test friendship, family expectations, and the pull of a craft rooted in their hometown.