For years, Kyoto has been home to groups of tanuki and tengu living alongside humans who remain unaware of these creatures' existence. Yasaburou Shimogamo, the third son of a prominent tanuki family, spends his carefree days tending to an elderly tengu, observing humans through his shapeshifting abilities, and interacting with a mysterious woman named Benten. Beneath this peace and tranquility lies a painful memory from the past: Yasaburou's father, the head of the tanuki community, was killed and eaten by a group of humans known as the Friday Fellows. Uchouten Kazoku follows the trials and tribulations of the Shimogamo brothers as they strive to avoid a similar grisly fate while drawing ever closer to uncovering the truth behind their father's death.