Takes place in the Meiji era where samurai Azai who was accused of assignation ran into a temple where he jumped into a pond to hide. However, when he got out of the pond he was no longer in the Meiji era but in modern japan (140 years later). Azai spawned while Ikkei was taking a bath where his family runs the same temple that Azai tried to hide in.
It is tradition for a shrine who are gifted with the powers to see their God, Inari, to marry a family who also have the same gift to preserve the gift. However, the fiance of the current Inari head, ran away and the family of the bride decided to offer their son as collateral while their second daughter is old enough to take her sisters place. The reason for this is that the family receives money if the bride marries the Inari family. Also, a man is fine since sex to keep the powers going.
Real estate agent Yuuto Higurashi was with a female client showing apartments when he was hit on by a stranger who was handsome but said some weird things like love at first sight and that he is a child of God. Yuuto later found out that the weird man, Masakazu, is the heir to the town shrine (he is also a priest)and that they were friends in primary school, years ago.
Juntoku is a priest who will inherit his family's temple while constantly getting asked out by Hasegawa who use to be a former classmate. Hasegawa owns a grill restaurant and goes to the temple alot just so that he could be by Juntoku's side.
Ayase kou,24, is a beautiful priest who grew up with Misaki Kaidou at an orphanage who both run an orphanage/church. Misaki is in love with Ayase and have been hiding his feelings since it is against the church but he noticed Ayase is keeping secrets from him and these secrets comes with cash in an envelope and a note with a time and place.
Samurai Lover