Some families have skeletons in their closets, but what Ushio discovers hidden in his family's temple is even more shocking: a huge tiger striped demon pinned by a holy spear! And then things quickly get even worse as Tora's presence starts to attract other malevolent supernatural entities like flies after sugar, and the only way to fight them is with the spear... which not only binds Ushio's soul to it, but frees Tora in the process! Thus begins a very uneasy alliance as spear-wielding teen and demon are forced to team up in the wildest and weirdest "buddy" adventure ever animated: USHIO & TORA!