Hitori No Shita - The Outcast

The grave of a man named Chou Shakurin has been disturbed in the Chinese countryside. A girl named Houhou, claiming to be the granddaughter of the grave's occupant, appears there. At the same time, Chou Soran, a student at a college in the city, has returned to the countryside to visit his grandfather Shakurin's grave.

The morning after the zombie attack, Soran returns to college. Houhou tells him that she'll be going to the same college he is, and she asks him to show her the power he used to fight the zombies. Soran jokes around, but Houhou takes out her knife and attacks him. Soran refuses to fight back, remembering his grandfather's words. The time to use the power that his father, Yotoku, made him...

Not only has he become Houhou's servant, but now his roommate is calling him suspicious! Just as everything's going against him, Soran gets a friend request for a social network on his phone. And it's from a cute girl! Soran gets excited, but Houhou tells him there's someone she wants him to meet that evening. Soran wants to go on his date, so he ignores his master's phone call. The girl who...

Excited by his first chance at a date, Soran is easily deceived by Kenken and his Kinkou is sealed away. Natsuka, Ro Ryou, and Kenken capture him. Houhou and Josan come to save him. A battle begins as the helpless Soran is left tied up in the corner. As more and more outsiders and zombies join the fight, Soran is saved by a new power user, Saru. The place becomes a war zone as all the outsiders...

In the prison on the bottom floor is Kenken, who was betrayed by Zensei and captured by Express Delivery. Jo San tries to get information about Zensei from her, but she refuses to talk. Suddenly, Jo Yon, his older brother, appears, and when she won't answer his questions he tries to use force. Soran tries to stop him, and it feels like a battle could break out in the prison at any second. Soran...

Soran is kidnapped, and met by Chou Reigyoku. Reigyoku uses kinkou, the techniques that Soran was taught by his father when he was little. His kinkou is more powerful than Soran's, so Soran has no way to fight back. At the same time, Houhou goes to save him, but Fuu Saen blocks her path. As the two of them fight, they can feel Reigyoku's ki off in the distance. They agree to a temporary truce...

Soran has become a Tenshi candidate, and now he lives in a villa with Houhou. When she sees how nervous he becomes when he's alone with a girl, Houhou decides to make a man out of Soran. Soran is angered by her selfish decision, and says he's not going to listen to her anymore. He leaves the house, and Houhou is left standing there alone. Fuu Saen of the Tengekai is waiting for him. Soran is...

Houhou goes to the Tengekai to take back Soran. She defeats one outsider after another, but then she is stopped by Ja Jongu. He is on a different level than the other foes, and she can't even touch him. Meanwhile, Soran is with Saen, who has been told by her father to date him. The seal doesn't respond to Saen! Saen is serious about dating him so Soran runs away. Saen says if he's serious about...

Houhou has no way to stop Ja Jongu's attacks, and decides that she can't win the way she's fighting. She takes off her heels and uses her full power. Meanwhile, Soran negotiates with Saen so that if he can defeat her teleportation attacks she'll let him go. She agrees, and launches her next attack. But her fist is stopped! What new power has Soran come up with?

Houhou defeats Ja Jongu, and Soran defeats Fuu Saen, but a sneak attack from Jongu pierces Houhou's heart and she collapses. Angry at his dirty trick, The president of the Tengekai defeats Ja Jongu, and the outsiders of the Tengekai try to treat her wounds. Jo San and Jo Yon arrive and tell the Tengekai that they will treat her instead. Do the two of them know a way to save her before Ro Ryou...

Jo San and Jo Yon's father, Jo Shou, tells them about Houhou's past. When Jo Shou was a child, his father and mother saved Houhou when she was being attacked by men in the mountains of the Chinese countryside. At the time she was very quiet, had no memories, and only remembered her name. Jo Shou started to live with her. Houhou trained very hard to control her ki, and Jo Shou would spend time...

Jo Shou's father is killed, and his mother begs Houhou to take revenge. Houhou kills the bandits without emotion. It is a terrifying sight. She saved the village, but the villagers treat her like monsters and drive her away. She separates from Jo Shou and is left alone deep within the mountains. Several years later she lives a lonely life, and decides to go find her family. Jo Shou finds a...