Yokai no Ko Azukarimasu 1 (Sogen Suiri Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Yasuke is twelve years old. One night, he is kidnapped by a raven-tengu and taken to the Yokai (Japanese monsters) office. Yosuke has a nightmare and breaks a stone to relieve his frustration, and it turns out to be the home of the child custody yokai Ubume. As punishment, he is ordered by the inquisitor of yokai to take care of the yokai's children in place of Ubume, and since then, he has been swept away by one child yokai after another.... A heartwarming oedo yokai fantasy.

弥助は十二歳。養い親である千弥と長屋で暮らしているが、ある夜、烏天狗にさらわれ、妖怪奉行所に連れていかれる。悪夢を見た弥助が鬱憤晴らしに割ってしまった石が、子預かり妖怪うぶめの住まいだったのだ。妖怪の御奉行に「罰として、うぶめに代わって妖怪の子を預かれ」と命ぜられ、それからというもの次々に来る子妖怪に振り回される...。心温まるお江戸妖怪ファンタジー。