Izumi Fujimoto

Ryota (Kanta Sato) is an ambitious young man who comes to Tokyo to become a manga artist, however gives up on his dream and returns to his hometown in Fukuoka. Unwelcomed by his family, crashes at his old friend's place and he is introduced to a job at the local zoo, Enmei ('life-prolonging') Zoo. Ryota knows nothing about the work but he gets help by all the other zookeepers.

A fugitive ninja believes a cat is his long-lost father and embarks on a perilous search for a secret scroll while being hunted by his own clan.