Guilty Crown (1st-8th Episodes)

I haven’t grasped the full story yet, but let’s say...

[WARNING: Broken English, and probably some mistakes with the character name]

2039. Ten years after a pandemic called ‘Apocalypse’ break. An organization called GHQ has invented the vaccine, reduced the infection, and then controls the world to prevent further infection.

Here, we have a protagonist named Ouma Shu, a high school boy who didn't stand out much. One day he met an injured, emotionless girl named Yuzuhara Inori. The girl was a famous internet singer, but at that moment she was chased as a terrorist who’ve stolen some new weapon called ‘Void Genome’. She was captured in front of Shu, who hadn’t done anything to save her, so that’s why the chaser let go of him.

To make up for his guilty feeling, he delivered ‘the weapon’ to a guy called Gai. Later then, Shu was caught up in the battle between the terrorist and the chaser. In that battle, he met again with Inori, and this time, he saved her. When they were in a pinch, the Void Genome accidentally fused with Shu. It allows Shu to extract ‘Void’ (a unique item) from people hearts, use the extracted Void as a weapon, and stop the battle. However, the Void Genome was originally planned to be used by Gai. Gai has an ability to see people’s void, and that Genome is perfect for his ability. Gai asked Shu to join Undertaker (the resistance against GHQ), but Shu refused and came back to his everyday life.

Inori then transferred to Shu’s school, and even living with him in his apartment. Gai then revealed that a student from his school was witnessed the previous incident and sent Inori to deal with the witness. Shu and Inori then identified the witness from his Void, and it turned out to be one of his classmates, Yahiro. Shu and Yahiro then promised not to reveal each other secret (Yahiro is part of ‘Norma Gene’, an organization that is affiliated with GHQ), but Yahiro betrayed him and sold him to Saigo, a high-rank member in the Norma Gene.

The Undertaker infiltrated GHQ, and Gai met Shu. However, the main mission is to rescue Kinji, an Undertaker member that was previously captured. Gai asked Shu to extract Kinji’s void. Shu, bewildered with Gai real motive, initially refused but finally he went along with Gai’s plan after he saw Inori came for him. The mission was completed.

Shu followed Gai and the rest of Undertaker team, hoped that he could understand their real motive. Gai instructed Ayase, one of the members, to train Shu so he could survive in the battle. Altough he had slow progress, finally he passed the qualification by using his ability to extract void from people. During the training, he saw that Gai has a close relationship with Inori, to the point that it made him frustrated. Later, Gai told Shu that he isn’t as perfect as Shu sees him.

Being officially member, Shu was participated in the Undertaker mission. After that mission, he came back to school. He first had a hard time, but the student council president helped him. During that time, his mother came home and met Inori. Shu’s mother is a Norma Gene researcher who rarely came home. His late father is also a researcher. His mother then met Inori. After that, Shu was participated in some more missions, like accompanied Gai to a supply trade (he extracted the student council president’s void there to protect people around him from missiles attack), and even bring his friends to other town due to Gai’s request. In that town, Shu visited his dad’s grave. At the grave, there was a mysterious person using white fedora hat that also visited his dad grave. Despite his own feeling for Inori, Shu utilized his friend’s feeling for Inori to extracted void (required for the mission to obtain some item) from that said friend. Later, Shu told his friend that he also has feeling for Inori and for the first time, they were being honest to each other. The plan itself was failed because a Norma Gene researcher, the man with the fedora hat (later known as Keido), had predicted Gai’s plan and obtained the item before Gai. Keido is somehow connected to Shu’s dad, and even use Shu’s dad pass to obtain the item.