Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King (Original Japanese Version)

Tokyo was suddenly assaulted by the Great Collapse, causing everyone in the city to fall into a coma and enveloping Tokyo in a red mist. Five months later, univeristy student Kamina Chihiro awakens, and curtains rise on the fierce Vermillion legend!

The man who was like a father to the solitary Chihiro transforms into a giant troll before his eyes. When Chihiro is struck by the creature's blade, his eyes glow a deep red and something begins to awaken inside him!

Only the chosen warriors known as Vessels of Heroic Blood are able to turn their own blood into weapons. First Chihiro, then his friend Kotetsu awaken as Vessels of Heroic Blood. But who keeps transforming innocent people into monsters?!

If you want to save the world, destroy Tokyo! Chihiro and his friends are bewildered by Dux's unexpected words.

It's all because of your mother. Chihiro can't stop thinking about what Yuri said to him. Do they have something to do with the lost memories of his childhood?

As a mysterious series of murders occur in Tokyo, Inuki goes missing. Chihiro desperately searches for him, but he's informed Inuki is the traitor. Just as Chihiro's not sure what to believe, Yuri appears before him.

Chihiro and his friends are shaken by Inuki's death, but have no time to grieve as the agents of Chaos continue their mission to exterminate the Heroic Lineage.

Hoping to resist fate and save his friends, Chihiro decides to work with Yuri and asks Marie, Tsubaki, and the Guardian State to fight with him. Rather than destroying Tokyo, he now wants everyone to work together so the Heroic Lineage survives.

Tensions rise as Yuri comes to terms with the realities of Chihiro’s violent past on the path to becoming the Lord of Vermilion.

The gate to another world is finally opened, and Tokyo begins to collapse! As Chihiro and his allies head to the location of their final confrontation in order to end it all, a terrifying enemy blocks their path.