In Edo period Japan, yokai monster Tofu Kozo always balances a tofu on a tray or he will vanish into the air. He is so timid and non-threatening, that he cannot frighten other people. His father Nyudo Mikyoshi, the lord of the yokai, is embarrassed of him and always solds him. He is also teased by the other yokai monsters. Only his guardian Daruma comforts him Tofo Kozo misses his mother who he has never seen and then sets out to find her. Along the way, Tofu Kozo and Daruma gets transported into the present day