It's been three years since Kagome Higurashi has gone through the Bone Eater's Well. She finally gets the chance to go back and, to her family's sadness, chooses the feudal era over the modern era. This story takes place after the events of the manga with what happens to the Higurashi family after Kagome has left them and how they cope with the events that are caused by her leave.

NHK broadcast, June 18, 2008: Eighteen year old Higurashi Kagome, resident and recent high school graduate from Tokyo Japan, has gone missing. Mother, Higurashi Nodoka, is being questioned on her daughter's disappearance. As of now, Higurashi Kagome is a suspected runaway.