Eikichi Hyodo/History

Chapter 1
Working as a farmer in the family onion farm, he is a young teenager who seeks new experiences because he thinks his life is monotonous, his sister tries to encourage him by telling him that his work as an onion farmer helps fight Saga's disease and she feeds him with an onion because he is hungry.

After a week, his sister still does not appear and his mother is angry with him because he thinks it is his fault for smoking while working, from one moment to another someone knocks on the door and they are a group of 3 girls with glasses who kidnap Eikichi and they take him to a dungeon in a mysterious mansion and show him that his sister turned into an onion, obviously Eikichi does not believe them so the group proceeds to introduce themselves as the "Saga Sagako Busters" and tells him that they are hunter of curses called "Sagakos", before continuing with their presentation a new Sagako appears and the girls go to the Ureshino onsen where a new Sagako will appear. Eikichi is distracted and thinks that the girls are crazy about what he is going to an onsen, but is surprised by a Sagako that appeared, along with Tae they counter the Sagako while the others arrive and throwing onions at him they manage to seal it for a limited time before escaping and leave the place smelling of onions.

Now with the curse that escaped, the group decides along with Tae to train Eikichi to become a new warrior of the "Sagako Busters Saga".

Chapter 2
In the headquarters of the Busters Eikichi will be trained to fight the Sagakos with the approval of his mother who allowed him to stay after Tae convinced her, with his new trainers he will learn to control the power of the Misogi and the discipline he must have. to combat the dangerous scourge that torments Saga but first he must clean the bathroom and do the toilet, or that's what he thought because at the end of the training it turned out to be a joke from Tae to him since she still does not trust his skills. Using the power of the onions, Eikichi is able to communicate with them and defeats the Sagako that appeared in Cape Hado in Saga who was causing havoc to the couples in the area.

Chapter 3
There are problems in a Saga club and the Sagako Busters are on their way, Jofuku confirms to Eikichi that the supernatural activity he hears on TV and radio is caused by the Sagakos tormenting Saga. Upon arriving at the club, his plan to catch Sagako fails because he produced music that drove women crazy and attacked anyone, after this incident the Busters discover that what Sagako wants is a triple A man: High, high. education, high income, so they decide to transform Eikichi into this kind of person through special treatments and trainings which make him meet the 3 requirements but the Sagako detects something wrong and rejects it. Fortunately he is ready and manages to seal Sagako in an elegantly epic way.

Chapter 4
Eikichi is looking for a part-time job to pay for a game console he wants to buy, in his search for this job he comes across a very nervous Tae serving customers and her father, Jofuku, whom the team calls MJ. Jofuku and Eikichi help Tae with her shopping at the store while Jofuku tells Eikichi about part of Tae's past life as an orphan due to Sagako and how Yuko made Tae feel better about herself.

Back at the food stall, the customers don't come and despite Eikichi's attempts to imitate his sister to attract customers, he inevitably fail, Tae is depressed about her failure, Eikichi says maybe it's the fault of the giant pet they have above, but the mascot was actually a Sagako who was attracted to prosperity and it was negatively affecting the business, with the help of Eikichi and MJ, the group of 3 manages to defeat the Sagako and sell the squid burgers that they just got, Tae is very grateful to have helped but Tae punches him as usual.

Chapter 5
With MJ back on the team, the group is eating at a local while drinking and celebrating, Eikichi feels some jealousy when Tae mentions that she is getting married. At the mansion, Hanako is on top of Eikichi very drunk and about to inject something into Eikichi that she says is "a love potion" for Tae, with the shock of the moment Eikichi drops a few words about Tae being very aggressive but that he didn't know that Tae was behind the door and that comment really pissed her off to the point of beating him up.

After Tae's beating, MJ talks to Eikichi about the Busters' secrets and important information about Sagako and the curse, as well as telling him that it is his fate to protect Saga's failed stars. The next day the Sagako Busters receives news of a giant human who appears to be possessed by Sagako and with MJ's speech to Eikichi about Sagako, the hunters fear the worst.

Chapter 6
In the end, the possessed human the Busters were looking for turned out to be Takeo Go, a great student studying at the school MJ ​​said Sagako came from. With no choice but to apologize they leave the man alone, but before leaving Eikichi decides to ask him about the injuries he has all over his body, Takeo responds that the school seems to be cursed and that one of the curses prevents the students from declaring others students and this curse is haunting Takeo as he was unable to confess to Sachika and he was brutally beaten in each of his attempts.

The Busters are willing to help him and set a trap for Sagako with a confession performance, with a Tae dressed as a schoolgirl, in the performance Eikichi lets out that he did not like that Tae was getting married, but luckily for him it was a lie since MJ was very insistent about it and Tae said it to change the subject quickly. Without realizing it, the Sagako they were looking for appeared in front of the mirror where they were and the hunt quickly begins and ends with the Sagako falling in love with Eikichi for Hanako's love potion.

Chapter 7
Eikichi and Anna look for a Sagako at the Karatsu train station, but from one moment to the next Anna says that there are aliens in Saga and he needs to go find them, all this while she is escaping. Eikichi now cannot do anything since he cannot find Sagako, the aliens or Anna and has no choice but to return to the mansion where he tells the others about Anna's disappearance from the team, surprised they begin to investigate more who Anna is and about her importance to the Sagako Busters team.

The next day a Sagako appears and without Anna's intervention, Eikichi realizes the importance of her when seeing the chaos caused by the difference of opinions between Hanako and Tae.

Chapter 8
After Anna's disappearance, Eikichi goes looking for her because he knows something bad happened to her. When they finally meet, Anna wants nothing to do with the Busters now and she tries to get away from Eikichi, but not before being stopped by her trying to resolve this conflict by talking.

Anna tells him about her past life as the daughter of a family of professional thieves or "phantom thieves" in Tokyo. After running away in search of a "normal" life, she meets Higashino and they both work together avoiding robberies, however in one of the raids things get out of control and Anna runs away again leaving her past life in Tokyo. With Eikichi convincing her that she will be able to deal with her problems in her group, she decides to go back to work with the Busters, and defeats the Sagako they had previously fought, leaving Eikichi with the final job of sealing it.

Chapter 9
At the Busters headquarters, Anna gives details of what happened with that guy Higashino, she asks MJ about what would happen if someone used firearms on a Sagako, and he, not very happy, gets up from the table exclaiming that the souls of a Sagako must be purified and if this is not done they will return with even more force. In other words, if it is not sealed in an onion properly the curses will become much more powerful. With a clear objective, the group splits up to search for Higashino and stop him before he find more Sagakos, Eikichi decides to go through the woods on the mountain while the others go through the city.

In the forest, some gunshots draw the attention of Eikichi who quickly realizes what is happening and sees in horror the unpurified bodies of Sagako on the ground, and angrily goes to confront Higashino about what he did, not only not He is helping nothing, but he is destroying his sister's dream by not purifying those souls and is making the curse more powerful. Keiji wastes no time and hits the high school boy leaving him on the floor and insulting the entire legacy of the Sagako Busters group by calling the group false heroines of justice who think they "help the world", he leaves the place while Aiba tries calm him down a bit about the situation. The chapter ends with Eikichi knocked out and passed out in the woods.

Chapter 10
The other Sagako Busters girls are shocked after finding Eikichi in the forest and looking for answers about what happened, Tae tells them that she managed to convince MJ to talk to Eikichi, Mj says that Eikichi told him that Higashino attacked him when he was trying to protect the others Sagakos. A week later and there is still no improvement in Eikichi's situation and the group begins to search for solutions and alternatives to counteract the curse problem without Eikichi around. Alone with him, Tae talks to Eikichi from the other side of the door about his current situation, she tells him that if he wants he can take him to trial about what he did to him, but Eikichi is in a state of depression where he tells himself that he is "worthless". Tae tries to encourage him by mentioning all the moments where regardless of the situation, Eikichi always managed to get ahead despite her aggressive attitude, working hard to take his sister's place in the group due to his love for her. Thanks to him, Tae feels more comfortable and is managing to change her way of doing things thanks to the fact that Eikichi's strength is to carry the feelings of those who are close to him behind his back.

Tae didn't think he could be hurt by human evil, and since the Sagakos will get stronger in the future, she won't let Eikichi get hurt again, and tells him to stay there while the group finds a way to fix it. Contrary to what she thought, Eikichi takes the message very badly and leaves the room in tears running away from the mansion. From his point of view, the group just wants to drag him into fighting like he's just a replaceable pawn. He just wants to hear a "We need you" from the group. Depressed and broken, he begins to question his place in Saga and search for a place where he belongs since he is not like Yuko who helped everyone, he just needs a place where he can feel that he is really needed. Unaware of his negative thoughts clouding his mind, he accidentally finds himself in the path of a blonde girl who is about to run over him with her bicycle.

Chapter 11
After being hit by Saki, he continues in his state of negativity and only regrets what happened, Saki gives him a reality check and tells him to start deciding what he wants for himself, without letting others decide for himself. Words that motivate Eikichi and he reminds him of when his sister encouraged him to continue being a baseball player even though he felt that he was no different from others.

Realizing his mistake, he runs into the rain to apologize to the Busters realizing that he is the only one who can help his sister, but on his way he sees a gigantic creature come out in a cloud of dust from where the mansion was previously.

Chapter 12
When he finally manages to intercept the creature, he is surprised by Higashino's body in a pool of blood and a gigantic spider-like Sagako, Tae appears behind him to attack the creature while Eikichi can only watch as she desperately struggles. After the battle, the group takes refuge in a park while Tae's wounds are tended to, Eikichi finds himself confused by Jofuku's state, as he seems to have aged overnight and is only babbling to be Saga himself.

The group finds themselves homeless, penniless and in the rain, Eikichi decides to take them to his house along with his family so they can at least spend the night there. Eikichi's parents kindly attend to the group, welcoming them without any problem.

Chapter 13
The Sagako Busters group leaves the Hyodo residence after spending several weeks there since their original headquarters was destroyed, Eikichi says goodbye to his family and assures them that they will be fine. Meanwhile, the media talks about mysterious disappearances in the prefecture and criminal activity is suspected. The Busters arrive at a temporary motel where they review the newspaper articles to find out what happened to the giant spider after the battle against Tae, Eikichi manages to find an article that talks about a mysterious giant spider near Takeo and now the group direct their course towards this area, without the truck they previously used, they are forced to ask for transportation to a nearby area.

Upon arrival, Tae establishes the place as their temporary headquarters while the rest of the team splits up, although Eikichi's intentions are more intimate, as he apparently needs to find a bathroom, something that is quickly denied by Tae, since the closest bathrooms they meet at the bottom of the mountain and she decides to tag along instead, something that bothers Eikichi. Hours later, however, they both try to contact Hanako, since she apparently disappeared and doesn't answer the radio, so Tae and Eikichi are left alone on the top of the mountain while Anna goes looking for Hakase. With nothing else to do but wait, Eikichi realizes that it is the first time he is alone with Tae, as if it were his first time meeting her, so he decides to break the ice and talk to her casually, something that is difficult for him because Tae's attitude, but he finally succeeds. Tae, who has been in Saga all her life, barely knows Saga despite her years as Sagako Busters and traveling around the prefecture, but who is she besides being someone from Saga? Eikichi previously dreamed of being a professional in some sport, so he constantly played baseball until he injured his shoulder one day while playing Dodgeball, Tae just laughs at the absurdity of the situation, making Eikichi blush, who asks about Tae's dream in response. Inspired by Junko Konno, she wanted to make a group of idols together with Yuko as Junko did, since it would look very cool and cute, Eikcihi only bursts into laughter hearing something so absurd and that her sister also had the same dream, which earns him a beating from Tae. At the same time, the radio reports that more women have gone missing in the area, causing both of them to go on high alert and start to worry about Anna and Hanako.

Eikichi Hyodo/Sipnosis