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Shakugan no Shana Story Synopsis


Yuuji Sakai believed that he would live an ordinary high school life just like everyone else. But one fateful day, the world around him froze in time and monsters appeared. The monsters noticed Yuuji and attacked him, but he was saved by a girl with flaming red hair, red eyes, and a sword. After the battle, time resumed again, and everyone acted like nothing had happened. Yuuji asked the mysterious girl what was going on. She explained to him that the monsters, called Tomogara, were denizens from the Crimson Realm and they were collecting the power of human existence for themselves. Her job, as a Flame Haze contracted by Alastor, one of the Lords of the Crimson Realm, is to stop the Tomogara from abusing and disrupting the power of existence from our world. As the girl speaks, Yuuji becomes annoyed at how she keeps referring to him as a "thing." The girl then tells him that he is just a thing; Yuuji is actually a Torch, a substitute of the real Yuuji Sakai whose existence had already been consumed. People that have been devoured by the Tomogara have also been replaced with Torches in order to maintain the balance of the world. The time for a Torch is limited as they will eventually burn out, and then it would be like the person never existed. Yuuji eventually asks the girl what her real name his. She tells him she doesn't have a name, but other Flame Hazes differentiate her by the sword that she carries, Nietono no Shana. Yuuji then decides to call the girl Shana.

Not long after, Shana decides to attend Yuuji's school and follow him everywhere to keep an eye on him because he is supposedly a very unique Torch called a Mystes with a special treasure inside which cannot be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. Although Shana acts cold and indifferent to Yuuji at first, as they spend time together she eventually warms up to him. Yuuji decides that he's going to make the best use of his existence with what little time he has left before his Torch burns out. Even if his existence won't be remembered, he knows Shana will remember him.

As the story continues, the two encounter various Tomogara and other citizens from the Crimson Realm, including other Flame Hazes like Shana. As their battles with Tomogara become more fierce, Yuuji can't help but involve some of his classmates in the battle as well, most notably Kazumi Yoshida, a girl with a big crush on Yuuji and who eventually becomes Shana's rival for Yuuji's affection. Together, Shana and Yuuji encounter various friends and foes from both the Crimson Realm and the real world, as well as learn more about how much they care for each other.



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