After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third  Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the  war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the  destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan's capital city), where  they are holding a battle game known as Igura. The game's main  character, a young man named Akira, is falsely accused of a crime. Once  arrested, a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if  he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat Igura's strongest man: the  king, or Il-re. The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless  Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries  developing around him.