That is until the day he meets a fortune teller who informs him that he will have a fateful encounter and adds a spell to his cell phone that allows his guardian angels to appear to him.
They are the first three of his twelve beloved pets who had died due to Gorō's poor luck, returning to him on earth.
As the story progresses the girls learn they must protect Gorō not only from his own bad luck but from these other people, without fully understanding either who they are or why they want to harm their beloved master.
Each of the pets died in an unfortunate accident, but was reincarnated as one of Gorō's guardian angels.
The series even opens with her death as a goldfish: while Gorō was on vacation, a power failure stopped the circulation pump in Ran's tank and she died due to a lack of oxygen.
Tsubasa has deep feelings for Gorō, and she is angry at Rei, the Red Phoenix (Suzaku), who is in love with her but hurt her beloved master.
In her past life she was a hamster that escaped from her cage and got lost, unable to find her way home and she eventually died of starvation.
She is extroverted and hyperactive and her over-the-top antics usually result in her being yelled at by Ayumi and Akane (rabbits have a history of rivalry with turtles and foxes).
Ayumi always wears a green beret-like hat that symbolizes her turtle shell in her past life.
Out of the four guardian angels who were abducted by the four Saint Beasts, she reciprocates her abductor's feelings the most.
Akane is an introverted and misunderstood girl: she appears to be cold but is actually very friendly and warms to Midori more than the other angels.
This is because in her past life she was a fox who died after dogs attacked her and her family and she was shot by a hunter.
She is, therefore, afraid of dogs (cynophobia), loud noises (ligryophobia) and bright lights (selaphobia).
Midori is an Intermediate rank guardian angel who is often seen with Akane working in an udon restaurant, which is a reference to Japanese mythology.
She and Akane have the ability to shapeshift - a power that tanuki and kitsune have been known to possess in Japanese mythology.
Her name means green and that is her color image.Tamami is an Intermediate rank guardian angel.
As a monkey, Momo was very curious and adventurous which led to her losing her tail and dying by electrocution.
Her name means grace and her color image is light blue.Lulu is a Junior rank guardian angel and the youngest of the group.
Lulu is a rather spoiled girl who only listens to and obeys Gorō, much to Gou and Gai's displeasure and frustration.
As early as Tamami's entrance (in the second episode), these four men who are reincarnations of the Four Sacred Beasts (Seiryu, Suzaku, Byakko and Genbu) make numerous attempts to eliminate Gorō's life.
Midway into the story, Yuki, Tsubasa, Tamami and Ayumi are kidnapped by them to be their respective "brides".
It is later revealed that the reason for this was revenge for Gorō's past life taking their special powers.
However, it was also revealed after the confrontation between Gorō and the eight remaining angels and the four gods that Gorō's past life was in fact Seijya "Not human nor animal two supreme beings that are tied together" and the act of taking these powers was only to prevent any possible conflict between humans and animals.
Because of finally understanding the true reason for the loss of their powers, the four kidnapped angels are returned to normal and the four move in to assume the task of protecting Gorō.
Other than the Four Saint Beasts and Yuki as the Goddess as well as Ayumi, Tamami, Tsubasa and Gorō Mutsumi reincarnated as the sage, there is no real relationship to Angel Tales.