The story begins when 13-year-old Baki Hanma faces 100 opponents in a martial-arts battle! He manages to defeat 37 of them, but is disgusted with himself for not beating the rest of them. He goes home and fires his trainer for not doing a good job. He then sets out to fight with tough guys such as Yu Lee, the junior welterweight champion. Baki has set himself on this tough path of self-discipline because he wants to be a tougher man than his father, Yujiro Hanma.

Tanaka Yukio, whose nickname was Koyuki, was an ordinary student who didn’t have special interests or specialties. One day, because he helped a strange dog named BECK, he got to know the dog’s master.

He used to think of a pop star, Kuniyoshi Chiemi, who came from Okinawa as the best artist ever. However, the shocking meeting with a charismatic band group, Dying Bride, something in his life began to change

A Chiropteran is a grotesque, undead monster with the ability to disguise itself as a human. It lives by feeding on peoples’ blood. There is a secret organization called the Red Shield that exists to hunt down the Chiropterans.

In the year 2005, Okinawan high school girl, Otonashi Saya, lives her life peacefully. She is normal in all respects, with the exception that she lost all her memories a year ago. However, her perfect life is about to change dramatically.

She meets Hagi, a man in a black suit playing a cello, who gives her a katana. At that moment, history turns a new page.

Ichigo Kurosaki is a 15 year old boy that has the ability to see spirits ever since he can remember. Because of this, he is able to meet a female Shinigami (a.k.a Soul Reaper) named Rukia Kuchiki. In order to save his family and friends from unwanted soul-eating spirits named Hollows, Rukia proceeds to transfering her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. With Rukia’s help Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

It is the dark century and the people are suffering under the rule of the devil, Vandel, who is able to manipulate monsters. The Vandel Busters are a group of people who hunt these devils, and among them, the Zenon Squad is known to be the strongest busters on the continent. A young boy, Beet, dreams of joining the Zenon Squad. However, one day, as a result of Beet's fault, the Zenon squad was defeated by the devil, Beltose. The five dying busters sacrificed their life power into their five weapons, Saiga. After giving their weapons to Beet, they passed away. Years have passed since then and the young Vandel Buster, Beet, begins his adventure to carry out the Zenon Squad's will to put an end to the dark century