The Samurai of the Divine Shadow Dominates at the Academy

Humanity was pushed to the brink of extinction when a sudden calamity appeared: the Gate of the End. From it, an endless tide of creatures poured onto the Earth, devastating everything in their path. The only ones who could save this dying world were the Candidates—warriors who gained immense power through pacts with gods and heroes.

Meanwhile, Hinata Kamio, a boy with no power to call his own, spends his days enduring constant bullying as a total failure. But in the depths of his despair, a mysterious samurai hero appears before him. Once the weakest of them all, Hinata begins his climb to the top at the Academy, where the world’s elite Candidates gather to decide the future of the gods.