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The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a resistance group called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from a quasi-governmental organization known as the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past.
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FluxShu learns confusing things about Funeral Parlor’s agenda in GHQ custody, and it doesn’t help that Gai refuses to answer any questions--or that he breaks into GHQ to rescue not Shu, but a known murderer. Without any straight answers, who can Shu trust? - 02
The Lost ChristmasInori's been kidnapped by forces intent on performing a secret ceremony, and the only way for Shu to get her back is to remember what really happened on December 24th, 2029. - 03
SacrificeShu is conflicted about the Void ranking system, the student body is creaking under the tension, and vaccine stores are running low. At this rate, something--or someone--is going to snap.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
GenesisOctober 13, 2011Shu enters his hideout for a quiet lunch only to find Inori, his #1 musical crush, bleeding on the floor. After he fails to stop her pursuer - S01E02
Survival of the FittestOctober 20, 2011Now that Shu has the king’s power, he doesn’t get to sit on the sidelines anymore. Gai thrusts him straight into the thick of a battle betwe - S01E03
Void-SamplingOctober 27, 2011Inori’s everywhere Shu goes for some reason, and it’s starting to fry his brain. But there’s no time to worry about it, because it turns out - S01E04
Season's bestFluxNovember 3, 2011Shu learns confusing things about Funeral Parlor’s agenda in GHQ custody, and it doesn’t help that Gai refuses to answer any questions--or t - S01E05
PreparationNovember 10, 2011Gai's come up with a new mission, but before Shu can officially join the team, he has to show that he measures up by winning a mock battle a - S01E06
LeukocytesNovember 17, 2011A change in circumstances forces Funeral Parlor to carry out their attack against the Leucocyte with drastically reduced manpower, and that' - S01E07
TemptationNovember 24, 2011Shu's mother finally comes home, only to find her son living with a girl and an underwear-transporting robot. Elsewhere, a key strategic ass - S01E08
Courtship BehaviorDecember 1, 2011Gai sends Shu on a mission to Oshima, where he hopes to find "the rock that started it all." Shu's whole school club gets a free vacation as - S01E09
PreyDecember 8, 2011Yahiro reappears with Jun, who's in Stage V Apocalypse disease and can no longer battle the cancer. With Gai out of town, Shu's left to make - S01E10
RetractionDecember 15, 2011Shu's having horrible flashbacks, both to images of his battle with Jun and to other, even more upsetting images that soon have him quitting - S01E11
ResonanceDecember 22, 2011GHQ is awash in blood, chaos and song. As the Cancer sweeps over Tokyo, Shu faces the truth about friendship and the consequences of inactio - S01E12
The Lost ChristmasJanuary 12, 2012Inori's been kidnapped by forces intent on performing a secret ceremony, and the only way for Shu to get her back is to remember what really - S01E13
IsolationJanuary 19, 2012Two weeks after the sealing of Mana, Shu and his friends are now cut off from their families and from all of society as GHQ completely block - S01E14
ElectionJanuary 26, 2012Rumors are flying about what's happening to people in the quarantine zone, and Arisa is losing control over the frenzied student body. To ma - S01E15
SacrificeFebruary 2, 2012Shu is conflicted about the Void ranking system, the student body is creaking under the tension, and vaccine stores are running low. At this - S01E16
The TyrantFebruary 9, 2012Welcome to Tokyo: a ravaged world under merciless totalitarian rule. More and more of Shu's old friends are seeing a side of him they never - S01E17
ExodusFebruary 16, 2012Discontent within the ranks of the school is reaching fever pitch as the Exodus approaches. - S01E18
Dear...February 23, 2012Gai is back, but he doesn't seem like the man he was before. The Funeral Parlor regulars are in shock, Shu and Inori are in hiding, and Aris - S01E19
RebirthMarch 1, 2012Things have gone too far, and as a mother, it's up to Haruka to do something about it. But fortunately or unfortunately, no one in her life - S01E20
A DiaryMarch 8, 2012Ten years ago on Christmas Eve, Mana, Shu, and Gai had a fateful encounter in a church. That’s the story we already know. The story we don’t - S01E21
EmergenceMarch 15, 2012As Funeral Parlor and the U.N. troops converge on Ward 24--for drastically different reasons--Inori hovers on the edge of becoming Mana. Mea - S01E22
ConvergenceMarch 22, 2012The Fourth Apocalypse is upon us.
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