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A story of a young man who lacks a sense of reality after being dumped by his lover. He was visiting a seminar on cultural anthropology with his fellow classmates when he discoveres an ancient wall painting, which transports him to the past where mammoths dominated the world.
Kagura Wataru is a young student in law school who lost his parents as a child when someone set fire to their house. Ever since, he's had strange dreams where he visits mundane, familiar settings and people that seem to blend into reality, interspersed with visions where his body is enveloped in fire. As he progresses in his studies of criminal law, his increasing contact with evildoers triggers something inside him…
Guts, known as the Black Swordsman, seeks sanctuary from the demonic forces attracted to him and his woman because of a demonic mark on their necks, and also vengeance against the man who branded him as an unholy sacrifice. Aided only by his titanic strength gained from a harsh childhood lived with mercenaries, a gigantic sword, and an iron prosthetic left hand, Guts must struggle against his bleak destiny, all the while fighting with a rage that might strip him of his humanity. Note: Following Miura Kenta's death in 2021, the series has been taken over by Kouji Mori, who supervises the series with art done by Studio Gaga.