Stichwort Calligraphy

Während des Shogunats wird Edo von riesigen Wesen angegriffen, denen die Streitkräfte nicht gewachsen sind. Es ist das Werk eines Kalligraphen, der aus Kanjis und Kunstwerken Kreaturen zum Leben erwecken kann. Der Kunstclan, dem es nun obliegt, dieser Zerstörung ein Ende zu setzen, schickt drei seiner besten Kämpfer aus. Jeder von ihnen verfügt über eine eigene Kampfspezialität, die sie auch brauchen, als sie herausfinden, dass der Gegner ein alter Bekannter ist - ein Kalligraph mit tiefem Hass und großen Racheplänen.

After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.

Set six years prior to the events of Barakamon, detailing the life of Seishuu Handa as a high school student—and a very interesting life it is. In Handa-kun, Seishuu Handa is admired by his peers as a calligraphy genius and given the utmost respect, but Handa-kun himself is under the mistaken impression that the deference and attention he receives from the other students is actually bullying. Handa just wants to live a quiet life, but hilarity ensues as one character after another challenges his position as the school idol, and somehow comes away as a fan all while Handa is horrified and clueless.

After a bus accident leaves high school student Yiyong in a coma for over a year, he awakens with his grandfather’s supernatural powers. His once ordinary life turns into a thrilling ghost-filled adventure alongside his school rival, Cao Guangyan, and rookie policewoman Chen Chuying.

A proud young calligrapher is punished for punching a critic by being sent to a faraway island in the east coast of Japan. But as he meets and lives with the island's friendly people, his attitude begins to improve.