Being just a normal student without a special talent, Makoto Naegi wins a lottery to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy where only the top prodigies attend. However, instead of this being the beginning of a wonderful high school life, it's a ticket to despair, because the only way to graduate from Hope's Peak Academy is to kill one of your fellow students or be one of their victims.

A 18 year old boy from Yokosuka, Japan named Ryo Hazuki, finds himself on the path of revenge after watching his father's death right in front of him by a man named Lan Di, a ruthless martial arts master with incredible skills, during...