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Chitose is determined to keep Ikkou from needing to awaken to exorcise. Ikkou is chosen to perform the Joya-no-Kane, ringing of the bell 108 times at New Year's Eve to negate the 108 human desires. The other are deal with the visitors. An excessively large amount of spirit gather during the ringing of the bell and Ikkou faints as he strikes the bell the last time. Chitose volunteers to protect Ikkou but is nearly raped. Ikkou wakes up and comes to Chitose's rescue, using the power of the holy priest to exorcise all the spirits gathered without awakening. He faints again afterwards.

Ikkou and Chitose clean the temple while the rest of the gang is doing high school club activities. Ikkou and Chitose sneaks into town at night to go to karaoke together. They later go to an arcade to get their photo taken. As they try to leave, earthbound spirits stop them. Chitose gives them a sermon and they are exorcised. When Ikkou and Chitose meet Jotoku and the gang, Jotoku punishes Ikkou for disappearing from the temple.

Cats and dogs are attracted to Sumi's bosatsu, the animal realm. Sumi is locked in the temple while the rest of the gang patrol the temple at night. Kazuki finds out about the situation and joins the patrol to seduce Ikkou. Inspired by Ikkou resisting awakening by Kazuki's seduction, she recites the sutra and manages to calm the dogs down.

After a week of training at Saichouji, Hinata and Ikkou are required to go into Danda Cave, one of the few places close to hell, to complete Hinata's training. Hinata manages to relinquish her ties to her demon associates, with exception of the little demon, for her sister's love. Worried about Hinata and Ikkou, the rest of the gang go to Saichouji to meet them. When Jotoku finds out that the girls have abandoned their chores, she gets Miyako to assign them chores, namely shell-diving in see-through. It is revealed that Miyako is Haruka's older sister.

Jotoku send Hinata and Ikkou to Saichouji, Miyako's temple to allow Hinata to overcome the Six States' manifestation of darkness, her bosatsu, the demon realm. Chitose, Yuuko and Sakura follow them to the temple to be found out by Miyako and sent back to Saienji. Hinata succeeds in suppressing Ikkou after he has awakened to Miyako's dirty play.

Hinata, Ikkou, Chitose, Sakura and Kazuki go on a haniwa excavation together. Kazuki shamelessly seduces Ikkou but is constantly thwarted by her fanboys. In a rage, Kazuki accidentally releases an evil spirit, a giant haniwa. Hinata is forced to make her little demon into a monster to destroy the spirit.

After a swim class, the girls find that only bras and underwear of C-cup girls and above are taken from the locker room. Ikkou is the prime suspect is relentlessly question by the girls. A friend of Ikkou, Yagani, reveals his feelings for Sumi and wants Ikkou to help him make Sumi instantly love him. The underwear thief is revealed to be a spirit and Jotoku orders the gang to exorcise the spirit after school. The spirit is Yagani and is exorcised after Ikkou awakens.

Chitose and Ikkou are tasked with helping the Toudou family. There, Ikkou meets Kazuki, a special monk from a rival temple to Saienji. They try to exorcise the spirits together but create embarrassing situations for themselves. Later, when Ikkou and Kazuki are alone, she tries to awaken him to "the right path".

Ikkou's ghost friend, Yagani, proclaims his love for Kazuki because he likes the feeling of being exorcise by her. However, Kazuki rejects his advances. She challenges Chitose at the school's annual athletics carnival for Ikkou. After a backfired sabotage attempt by Kazuki, she lock herself up in the PE equipment room with Ikkou.

Kazuki's two subordinates helps Kazuki to seduce Ikkou under different guises. When most of them are foiled by Chitose, Kazuki confronts her and questions her feelings for Ikkou.

Yuuko receives a love letter from a boy and tries to hide it from the others. The rest of the gang are suspicious Sakura guesses correctly that she received a love letter. Yuuko gets a free sample of make-up and tries to use it with disastrous results. Haruka puts the make-up on Yuuko for her. The next day, Yuuko's classmates notice her cute side. After a run-in with Ikkou, she decides to reject the boy and continue living in her tomboyish ways.

Ikkou and the nuns go to a department store where there has been a restless spirit. They find a Super Sentai team that cannot rest until they perform one last time. After performing for Ikkou and the nuns, one of them does not dissipate. It's up to Ikkou and the nuns to exorcise him.

Ayako is the ghost haunting a recording studio. Her creepy voice has been recorded into some CDs and the studio request help from Ikkou and Chitose. Ayako said she died in a car crash before she made her debut album so she became a restless ghost. Ikkou tells Chitose to lend Ayako her body to sing. With the cooperation of the studio, Chitose/Ayako's album was ranked first and Chitose is invited to sing publicly. On the stage however, Ayako refuses to pass on because she has not sang it to her love interest. Jotoku brings her boyfriend to the stage and Ayako passes on.

Jotoku sends Ikkou, Hinata, Sumi, Yuuko and Chitose to an old man in the mountains, because they're going to help him with cleaning his temple. The gang are persuaded by the hot springs at that temple. When they arrive, they are given arduous chores by the monk. The gang enjoys the hot springs. Hinata and Sumi notice someone watching them. It is revealed that the spirit is controlled by two rogue monks, who are against Jotoku and want to use Ikkou's "Holy Priest" power. Chitose prevents Ikkou from awakening while Sumi and Hinata successfully exorcise the spirit.