S1.E4 ∙ Dubious Move

Exiled prisoners join forces with samurai clans on Tsushima Island to defend against the Mongol invasion of Japan in 1274, fighting Mongolian, Goryeo, and Jurchen forces.

Rin Yugata, a dancer, attends college after quitting ballet after an injury prevents her from performing in a play.

Deep in outer space, the emperor Muge plots his next conquest - an out-of-the-way planet known as Earth. Mustering all the forces of his own personal Empire of Death, the Emperor is by far the most formidable foe humans have ever faced. But now there's a team that just might be able to stop them: Shinobu, Sara, and Ryo.

Taking place after the events of the fourth film, the series centers on Tate Adams, Summer's brother who doesn't believe in supernatural phenomena. But as he notices his sister frequently comes back home late, he decides to stalk her, only to find out she is exorcising evil Yo-kai and running a Yo-kai detective agency. With their secret revealed to him, Summer decides to let him tag along in her activities as they investigate Yo-kai crimes and take on evil Yo-kai to maintain peace all over the city. Meanwhile, Shutendoji (the one who had planned all the evil, as seen in an epilogue at the end of the fourth movie), accompanied by his Yo-kai bodyguard Doketsu, is in search of the "princess" that he has hoped to unite with, over the events of the anime. They both search for the "princess" while in their human disguises, and observing the actions of the Yo-kai detective agency.