Daigo's vacation-time "R and R" becomes "rescue and resuscitation" when his hotel turns into a blazing inferno. Later, Daigo is made a temporary paramedic. A job that he thinks will be a breeze becomes a nightmare when the calls start coming in.

Firefighter Daigo Asahina sets his sights on a new challenge - the qualification test for the city's elite emergency rescue unit. With less than a 10-percent pass rate, the exam is a grueling test of mental alertness and physical endurance. It's not going to be easy, but when Daigo sets his sights on something, he goes after it like a raging bull!

The qualification exams for the elite emergency rescue unit are coming up and rookie firefighter Daigo Asahina wants to take it to test his own mettle. Unfortunately, on the eve of the exam Daigo goes out on an all-night rescue and instead of waiting for next year, he decides to tough it out and take the test. With no sleep and on the verge of collapsing from fatigue, how in the world is Daigo going to pass a grueling test of mental alertness and physical endurance?

Kikuchi, a lonely bookstore clerk, can't help but wonder about Kajinoki, a regular customer of the shop. With each visit, he longs to see Kajinoki again and his heart starts to beat wildly in his presence. Is Kikuchi falling in love? And isn't Kajinoki married?

Meet Recca Hanabishi, a regular high-school kid who hopes one day to become a ninja, and whose life is unexpectedly thrown for a loop the day he meets a cute and mysterious girl named Yanagi. Suddenly, the teenager discovers he's had super ninja secret powers all along. Together with his friends Fuko and Domon, Recca slowly learns how to navigate the ancient and ofttimes arcane world of ninja warriors.

A battle-weary Recca finds himself grappling with someone known as "The Invincible One." As he looks down the barrel of the Evil God Cannon, our hero begins to wonder: How do you defeat an indestructible enemy with an arsenal of human souls at his command?!

>Having reached the semifinals, Recca's Team Hokage must find a way to defeat "The Invincible One," a wily opponent who has trapped Fuko in another dimension and conjured up an illusion to battle the unsuspecting Domon!

The final round of the assassins tournament has begun! With opponents like a warrior impervious to pain and a hooded swordsman with a fearsome slice, Recca's Team Hokage has its hands full - especially Recca, who is forced to fight his own dragons!

Recca's teammate Tokiya learns the horrible truth about his sister's murder while facing a nemesis whose choice of weapon is beyond anything he imagined. In the ensuing battle, the usually cool-headed Tokiya finds himself fighting by the skin of his teeth!

Soon into their battle, Recca's friend Fuko smashes her opponent, Uruha-Kurenai's Mikoto, and discovers that she has been fighting a machine. The girl controlling it swipes Fuko with her poisonous metal claw, and out of carelessness, Fuko takes a scratch that leaves her with only five minutes left to live!

The brutal assassins' tournament is finally drawing to a close. Recca's teammate Kaoru unleashes the legendary Sixth Mode of his Kogon Ankin blade against the slippery Joker. And Recca faces down his psychotic stepbrother Kurei. Their fight isn't just about who gets to take home Yanagi. It's a battle that will decide who the rightful leader of the Hokage clan really is!

Recca and Kurei now face each other in a brutally decisive showdown. Both armed with the incredible power to control flames, they are locked in the final battle of the deadly assassins' brutal tournament. Worn down from the fight, they both unleash one fantastic final blow that destroys the massive coliseum they battle in. From the rubble the winner will appear... but who will it be?