Stray Stories Chapter 1

A Story of a Fallen Man (ちるの, Ochiru Otoko no Koto) is the first chapter of the spin-off ノラガミ Noragami: Stray Stories by Adachitoka. It was released on November 15, 2013.

Short Summary
Yusuke Urasawa jumps off a building after falling into debt. He calls his parents to apologise, but reaches the delivery god Yato. Whilst falling, Yato, Yukine and Hiyori listen to his story of helping a poor girl. They started dating and she kept wanting more and more until he fell into debt wanting to please her. Yato figures out that this girl was in fact Kofuku, the god of poverty, and saves the man by cutting his ties with Kofuku.

Extended Summary
Yusuke Urasawa is a man who has fallen on hard times and is attempting to end his life by jumping off a tall building. Trying to call his parents one last time, he misdials Yato's delivery god line instead but is unfortunately pushed off the building by Yato who teleports atop him along with Hiyori and Yukine. Freefalling, he confides in Yato that all his bad luck began when he met and started dating a girl(appears as Hiyori in flashback) but refuses to let Yato sever their ties because he claims to love her.

Yato, who has a hunch, asks him if he has a photo of the girl who does indeed turn out to be Kofuku. He admonishes Yusuke and convinces him to let him cut ties. Yusuke lands gently on the ground as a single contact is deleted from his phone.

Trivia

 * This chapter was adapted into Episode 4 of the first season of the anime.