Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King

Tokyo was suddenly assaulted by the Great Collapse! The moment they heard it, everyone in the city fell into a coma. When they awoke, Tokyo was enveloped in a red mist. Though some plotted to escape, not a single person has made it through the red mist alive, and Tokyo has become inaccessible. Tokyo is now a shadowy and inaccessible city from which there is no escape! Five months later, the v...

The man who was like a father to the solitary Chihiro transformed into a giant troll before his eyes. Unable to fight properly, when Chihiro is struck by the creature's blade, his eyes glow a deep red, and something begins to awaken inside him! Can the blood staining his hands never be wiped clean? As Chihiro despairs, the mysterious and beautiful Yuri appears before him. The sound of her bel...

Only the chosen warriors known as Vessels of Heroic Blood possess the ability to turn their own blood into weapons known as blood armaments. First Chihiro, then his friend Kotetsu awaken as Vessels of Heroic Blood. And who are these people who keep transforming innocent people into monsters?! The Vessels who awakened one after another throughout the course of a fierce battle are taken to Mald...

If you want to save the world, destroy Tokyo! Chihiro and his friends are bewildered by Dux's unexpected words. However, believing he's destined to destroy everything he comes across, Chihiro ignores the warnings of his friends and smashes his immense power against Tokyo! While Chihiro and Yuri are battling, they're confined within a mysterious extradimensional space. Though they are enemies,...

It's all because of your mother. Chihiro can't stop thinking about what Yuri said to him. Do they have something to do with the lost memories of his childhood? The past Kakihara describes to Chihiro is a heartbreaking tragedy. Inuki desperately tries to save Chihiro as he despairs at his bloody fate. Will they be able to change their destinies? Just when he thinks he's found a glimmer of hope...

As a mysterious series of murders occur in Tokyo, Inuki goes missing. Chihiro desperately searched for him, but he's informed Inuki is the traitor. Just as Chihiro's not sure what to believe, Yuri appears before him. Though they know they are enemies would must kill one another, they express themselves with words and feel a complicated calmness... Meanwhile, Inuki continues to plunge towards ...

When Inuki, who was like a brother to Jun, is killed by Chihiro, Jun swears revenge. Shoko plots to become the last remaining survivor so she can become the Lord of Vermilion. Yuri continues to have secret meetings with Chihiro. Unbeknownst to one another, the vessels of Heroic Lineage begin to turn their various motives into action. Meanwhile, Chihiro has a dream in which Kotetesu dies...?!

I want to resist fate. I want to save my friends from death. Hoping to achieve these goals, Chihiro decides to work with agent of Chaos Yuri. He asks Marie, Tsubaki, and the Guardian State to fight with him. Rather than destroying Tokyo, he believes the best option is for everyone to work together so the Heroic Lindeage survives. However, fate does not abide such naive thoughts, and instead l...

Chihiro is betrayed by Yuri and deserted by the Guardian State. No matter how much he fights them, his prophetic dreams of despair keep coming true. Despite this, he continues to desperately struggle to change fate. Chihiro's behavior inspires Kakihara to look into his past again. Did Chihiro really kill is own father?! What truth is hidden within that bloody tragedy?! Meanwhile, Chihiro drea...

The AVAL Science Foundation has been attempting to cause a Second Great Collapse by installing artificial keystones throughout the city! At this rate, everyone in Tokyo will be transformed into monsters, and the city will become a hellscape! In order to stop their plot, Chihiro and his friends head to the Infinity Theater where Kark Kaburagi is performing a concert. As the reaper's deadly mel...

Are the vessels of Heroic Blood destined to fight one another and die? Friend and foe alike are slain by the end of a bloody battle. All they leave behind are the blood crystals that serve as their grave markers... However, the survivors must continue to fight for the fate of the world. Though his plan was stopped once, Grumman throws Chiyu into the ring to forcibly open gates to other worlds...

The gate to another world is finally opened, and Tokyo begins to collapse! As Chihiro and his allies head to the location of their final confrontation in order to end it all, a terrifying enemy blocks their path...! Were the stars aligned against them? Was this always destined to happen? Their hearts that are drawn to one another and the love they've nurtured are washed away by the massive wa...