<s>
is	O
a	O
2005	O
eroge	B-Application
visual	O
novel	O
developed	O
by	O
Crossnet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
H	O
.	O
A	O
twelve-episode	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
was	O
aired	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
bundle	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
called	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
Pack	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
to	O
celebrate	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
anime	O
,	O
containing	O
both	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
and	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
H	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ayakashi	B-Application
are	O
parasitic	O
life	O
forms	O
that	O
give	O
their	O
hosts	O
superpowers	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
return	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
powers	O
incurs	O
an	O
increasing	O
physical	O
and	O
mental	O
toll	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
eventually	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
host	O
's	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunted	O
by	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
and	O
their	O
hosts	O
,	O
the	O
power	O
within	O
Yū	O
awakens	O
and	O
a	O
never-ending	O
battle	O
begins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
setting	O
is	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
in	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
a	O
warm-hearted	O
,	O
caring	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
handler	O
who	O
fights	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fulfill	O
the	O
childhood	O
promise	O
he	O
made	O
to	O
Hime	O
and	O
Izumi	O
to	O
protect	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yu	O
is	O
the	O
host	O
of	O
the	O
strongest	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
,	O
Ryuu	O
-	O
a	O
dragon-like	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eim	O
has	O
two	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
,	O
Akuro-ou	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
,	O
blue	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
and	O
Satori	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
blue	O
and	O
white	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
fight	O
and	O
read	O
minds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
reason	O
that	O
Eimu	O
can	O
control	O
two	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
becomes	O
capable	O
of	O
seeing	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
young	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
handler	O
(	O
whose	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
is	O
Tengu	O
)	O
who	O
attacks	O
Eim	O
along	O
with	O
Yū	O
who	O
is	O
with	O
her	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satori	O
was	O
originally	O
her	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
a	O
cat	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
and	O
when	O
she	O
changes	O
her	O
hairstyle	O
she	O
is	O
identical	O
to	O
Izumi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
is	O
Orochi	O
,	O
a	O
snake-like	O
being	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
pushes	O
Yū	O
to	O
bring	O
out	O
his	O
complete	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
by	O
sending	O
his	O
subordinates	O
after	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
claims	O
that	O
he	O
wants	O
to	O
use	O
Yū	O
and	O
Ryuu	O
's	O
power	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
and	O
humans	O
to	O
live	O
together	O
symbiotically	O
but	O
,	O
in	O
truth	O
,	O
he	O
wants	O
to	O
heal	O
his	O
body	O
which	O
was	O
crippled	O
in	O
an	O
encounter	O
with	O
Yū	O
during	O
the	O
incident	O
leading	O
to	O
Izumi	O
's	O
death	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
consume	O
the	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
in	O
the	O
city	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
his	O
own	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
is	O
Aterui	O
-	O
a	O
smaller	O
red	O
version	O
of	O
Eim	O
's	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
Akuro-ou	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yū	O
's	O
senior	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
user	O
who	O
was	O
ordered	O
by	O
Kare	O
to	O
keep	O
an	O
eye	O
on	O
Yū	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
is	O
Nurikabe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hime	O
's	O
cousin	O
and	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Shirakami	O
family	O
,	O
she	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
seal	O
and	O
control	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
with	O
a	O
stamp	O
handed	O
over	O
by	O
her	O
family	O
,	O
also	O
she	O
has	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
short	O
swords	O
to	O
fight	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
,	O
she	O
believes	O
that	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
are	O
evil	O
and	O
dangerous	O
,	O
but	O
Yū	O
shows	O
her	O
that	O
not	O
all	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
are	O
Evil	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
she	O
develops	O
a	O
crush	O
on	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Kikuri	O
's	O
bodyguards	O
,	O
she	O
is	O
shy	O
and	O
fears	O
men	O
but	O
even	O
so	O
she	O
has	O
a	O
crush	O
on	O
Katsumi	O
,	O
when	O
she	O
fights	O
uses	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
gauntlets	O
,	O
with	O
these	O
she	O
can	O
fight	O
hand	O
to	O
hand	O
with	O
Ayakashis	B-Application
like	O
Akuro-ou	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Kikuri	O
's	O
bodyguards	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
calm	O
and	O
collected	O
and	O
always	O
gives	O
advise	O
to	O
Yū	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
handle	O
Kikuri	O
,	O
he	O
uses	O
a	O
Katana	O
to	O
fight	O
,	O
later	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
he	O
is	O
an	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
user	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
wants	O
to	O
kill	O
all	O
the	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
users	O
,	O
so	O
they	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
to	O
suffer	O
the	O
pain	O
that	O
his	O
dead	O
wife	O
had	O
to	O
go	O
through	O
,	O
he	O
combines	O
sword	O
techniques	O
with	O
his	O
wife	O
's	O
fire	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
"	O
Shiranui	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yū	O
's	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
of	O
destruction	O
and	O
rebirth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kajiwara	O
's	O
Ayakashi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
