After the war, the economy grows at an accelerated pace, and urbanization forces the long-standing Ghost tribe and spirit-monsters to move deeper into the backwoods. Kitaro, the last of the Ghost tribe, was born in a graveyard. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former. His eerie appearance has made him known as Hakaba (Graveyard) Kitaro. Together with his father, he observes insatiable human greed from between the Spirit World and the human world.