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== Plot ==
''Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni'' takes place in an unnamed school setting and is composed of numerous self-contained short stories, each told from the perspective of a student or staff member from the school. These stories feature bullying as a major overlying theme, as each story's protagonist is depicted as being either a victim of bullying or a bully themselves. ''Higanbana'' revolves around a series of urban legends caused by supernatural beings called ''yōkai'', each of which claims ownership of a particular "mystery" and kills anyone who tries to investigate it. There are a total of seven "mysteries" at the start of the series, with numerous ''yōkai'' fighting each other in an ongoing turf war for ownership of these mysteries, which is granted to the seven ''yōkai'' who emerge victorious in the conflict. The stories' protagonists interact with at least one of the school's resident ''yōkai'', who force the protagonists to deal with the consequences of their actions regarding bullying.
=== Chapters ===
==== Mesomeso ====
'''Mesomeso''' follows [[Marie Moriya]] and [[Yoshihito Kanamori]]. Moriya, a submissive and weak student, is often bullied and falls under the protection of Kanamori, her teacher who uses his status to exploit Moriya. Kanamori frequently uses Moriya to fulfill sexual desires by taking advantage of Moriya's inability to say "no" to others. As their relationship comes to an end, Moriya learns that her cries have become associated with the legend of a youkai; Mesomeso. She encounters a youkai known as [[Higanbana]] and desires to become a youkai through death. Moriya briefly considers suicide before eventually being murdered by Kanamori. As Kanamori kills Moriya, he himself claims the title of Mesomeso, throwing the title into contention. Later, Kanamori confronts the spirit of Moriya in the same bathroom he killed her in, which disqualifies him from being Mesomeso. As a result, the legend of Mesomeso comes true and Kanamori is torn apart by having every bone in his body broken. Moriya then ascends to become a youkai known as Mesomeso.
== Characters ==
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