

The five-year-old is a cut above the most troublesome, perverted, and shameless kid one can imagine. There is no such thing as an uneventful day in the life of kindergartener Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara. In stark contrast to when he wanted to end his life, Mirai is now prepared to do whatever it takes to protect his bleak chance at happiness, lest it be wrenched from his grasp forever. Armed with Nasse's gifts, Mirai is flung into a showdown with 12 other individuals, one of which will be chosen to become the next God.

When Mirai experiences the marvel of his new powers firsthand, he gets a taste of the freedom that was locked away from him for so long. Named Nasse, the angel offers him two priceless abilities and convinces him to go on living. However, instead of falling to his death, he enters a trance where he meets a winged being who claims to be his guardian angel.

Prepared to throw it all away, he stands on the edge of a precipice and takes the leap. As his anguish steadily chips away at his will to live, he is eventually pushed to the brink. Every day, he endures abuse at the hands of the relatives who took him in. You befriends Manta due to his ability to see spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they set out to accomplish You's goal of becoming the next Shaman King.Įver since he lost his family in an explosion, Mirai Kakehashi has lived a life of pain and despair. Later, the boy introduces himself as You Asakura, a Shaman-in-training, and demonstrates his powers by teaming up with the ghost of six-hundred-year-old samurai Amidamaru to save Manta from a group of thugs. Noticing him, a lone boy sitting on a gravestone invites Manta to stargaze with "them." Realizing that "them" refers to the boy and his ghostly friends, Manta flees the terror. This title allows the current incumbent to call upon the Great Spirit and shape the world as they see fit.įinding himself late for class one night, Manta Oyamada, an ordinary middle school student, decides to take a shortcut through the local cemetery. The Shaman Fight-a prestigious tournament pitting shamans from all over the world against each other-is held every five hundred years, where the winner is crowned Shaman King. Shamans are extraordinary individuals with the ability to communicate with ghosts, spirits, and gods, which are invisible to ordinary people.
