Onsen Yousei Hakone-Chan

the story follows hakone, a hot spring spirit who descended to a spa resort on earth. however, with her long slumber, she looks like a little girl on the outside. (“yōsei” in the title is a wordplay on the japanese words for fairy and a young child.) the high school boy tōya stumbles across her at a hot spring and ends up joining hakone in retrieving her original powers. [ann]