Tale of Arang

The ghost Arang meets Eun-oh, who can see and hear ghosts. She arranges for him to become magistrate so he will help her discover her real name and how she died. Eun-oh is only interested in finding his mother. Reapers arrive to take Arang. She is rescued by Eun-oh after he sees she is wearing his mother's hairpin.

Death tries to take Arang's life, but Eun Oh saves her. Afterwards, a family heirloom catches his attention. Eun Oh soon becomes the town Magistrate, and he decides to help Arang recover from her amnesia. The new Magistrate's investigation leads Arang to a man whom she once called her fiancé.

Eun Oh gives Arang an expensive gift to accommodate her meeting with Lord Choi's son. Ghosts appear and attacks the young girl, requiring Eun Oh to save her. The battle interrupts Arang's meeting. Meanwhile, some villagers find Arang's dead body in a river, and she vows to meet Jade Emperor to get some answers.

After meeting Jade Emperor, Arang gets an opportunity to return to human form so that she can find her murderer. The catch is that she will only have three months to do so. If she fails, she will spend an eternity in hell. Meanwhile, Eun Oh buries Arang's body, and Lord Choi's son gets a strange surprise at the funeral.

Eun Oh finds his mother's hairpin among Arang's belongings. The two friends decide to look for Eun Oh's missing mother and Arang's murderer together. Later, Lord Choi's son stabs Arang while she is sleeping, and he takes her body to a mountain river, following Eun Oh's mother's instructions. Arang must now escape from the both of them.

Eun Oh believes that Arang's memory will return if she visits a cabin at the Tomb of Bones. She heads to the cabin but only receives a glimpse of her stealing Eun Oh mother's hairpin while she was sleeping. Meanwhile, Joo Wal receives a death warrant from a strange source to kill Eun Oh.