Chapter 1: The Crack Between Worlds

In a world where yokai threats lurk beyond the academy walls, Kyoki Hero, a rejected applicant, faces his first true test. When a Shade-class yokai launches a sudden attack, academy students rush in to respond—but tragedy strikes. Forced into the fray, Ryo awakens a mysterious copying ability that allows him to turn the enemy’s own power against it. His reckless victory draws the eye of a powerful Giin, who saves him in the aftermath… but also A name of History someone too dangerous to ignore.