Arata: The Legend

Hinohara Arata's school life is terrible, and he wishes he could disappear; Arata of Amawakuni must fight for his life after he is wrongfully accused of murder.

Hinohara Arata is captured to stand trial for the murder of the princess, and he gets a chance to speak with his double.

Arata and Kotoha are taken to Gatoya, a penal colony, where they are immediately attacked by two boys named Kanate and Ginchi.

Kanate and Ginchi are taken by The Reckoning of Warden Tsutsuga; Arata finds them facing off before Tsutsuga in a battle to the death.

In the modern world, Hinohara Arata's family knows something is different about Arata; Hinohara Arata heads south in Amawakuni and learns of the relationship between the princess and the Twelve Shinsho.

Kannagi's Zokusho, Ohika, saves Arata after he collapses; Akachi of the Twelve Shinsho arrives and orders Ohika to become his Zokusho, but Ohika refuses as he has sworn his loyalty to Kannagi.

Still living in the modern world, Arata meets Kadowaki at school and decides to play with him; in Amawakuni, Kotoha injures her foot and the party is forced to take a break in a ruined village; Kotoha makes an unexpected move.

After learning of Kannagi's past, Hinohara Arata is even more determined to change Amawakuni; Arata meets Suguru, the friend who betrayed Hinohara and now feels immense guilt over what he's done.

Arata is bewildered when Kadowaki appears in Amawakuni, but after being bombarded with hateful words by Kadowaki, his emotional state changes; Kannagi makes a powerful declaration.

Arata and the others arrive in the domain of Yorunami, one of the Twelve Shinsho; the party reaches Suzukura, a city ruled by the Zokusho Hiruko, but are told that they are required to pay a passage tax to enter.

Arata and his party arrive at Yorunami's palace, but Yorunami uses his power to capture Kotoha; Arata pursues her and finds Yorunami within the palace.

Kadowaki shows up in the midst of Arata's battle with Yorunami; the beliefs of Arata and Kadowaki, after crossing two worlds, are about to clash.