Before our modern world, there used to be ancient civilizations that had become extremely
technologically advanced.
They became so great that they ended up killing each other and destroying their own civilizations.
Before they could disappear completely, they scattered their technological relics all over
the world.
Then, they left a message on a plate telling future generations to protect the world from
misusing their technology and not to make the same mistakes they made.
However, all international governments ignored this message and they started hunting the
ancient relics.
Only one organization called ARCAM took the message of the ancient civilizations seriously.
ARCAM has dedicated itself to stopping these international governments from misusing these
ancient technologies.
Yu Ominae is your normal 17-year-old high-schooler.
But if there is one rule in anime, it’s that there is no such thing as a normal high-schooler.
On normal days, Ominae is a lazy slacker but on other days, Ominae is a Spriggan.
Elite soldiers of ARCAM.
Their training and equipment are so high class, they’re basically one-man armies.
But, his Spriggan identity is hidden from everyone in school.
When one girl tries to beat him up for being lazy, Ominae casually dodges her attacks and
goes on another mission for ARCAM.
Ominae is informed that they have found the mythical Noah’s Ark inside a mountain in
Turkey.
They found another plate there with a message that says that Noah can bless humanity or
destroy humanity.
So, Noah’s Ark is a dangerous relic.
On top of that, the scientists have been attacked by some strange entity.
It is Ominae’s job to protect the scientists while preventing Noah’s ark from getting
into the wrong hands.
Meanwhile, the United States military is worried because ARCAM will prevent them from taking
possession of Noah’s Ark.
So they send one of their own special soldiers.
A child named Colonel McDougal.
When Ominae reaches the site in Turkey, the scientist gives him a special knife made out
of Orichalcum.
Ominae’s combat suit is also made out of Orichalcum.
It is nearly indestructible and also gives him superhuman strength and agility.
Just then, they get reports of some armed intruders coming towards their facility.
The intruder is a huge soldier, named Fatman, part of the United States Army.
He immediately goes through the ARCAM soldiers as Madara did with the Shinobi Alliance.
Pure domination.
There’s also another soldier called Little boy who uses sharp wires to chop his opponents
into pieces.
Ominae arrives and he is absolutely furious at the two soldiers for killing his comrades.
They get into a two-v-one fight all over the facility.
Ominae does well against these two powerful opponents.
But it turns out, they are also wearing Orichalcum armours just like him.
Fatman manages to pin him and he starts choking him.
But just then, someone stops him.
The one to the rescue is...
Wait, that hair…… and that rifle.
Is that you, Riza Hawkeye?
Huh, It’s not Riza, but I COULD have sworn.
Turns out, it’s another Spriggan named Jean Jacquemonde, and a close friend of Ominae’s.
Jean has superhuman agility and speed and he uses it to fight Little Boy.
No matter where Little Boy runs to, Jean catches up to him easily.
When jean finds out that they are also wearing Orichalcum armours, he takes Little Boy by
the face and runs him through the wall.
Meanwhile, Ominae, who is fighting Fatman gains the upper hand with his new Orichalcum
knife.
He angrily takes revenge for the death of his friends.
But, Ominae does not kill Fatman, saying that Spriggans are not cold-blooded murderers.
So, Jean blows up his head, much to Ominae’s anger.
Once they calm down, they go with the scientists to Noah’s Ark.
The head scientist says that they haven’t been able to enter the ark because it is also
made from the same indestructible material as the message plates.
They need some sort of key.
Just then, McDougal approaches their facility.
Hearing the loud noise, Little Boy starts laughing at the ARCAM soldiers, saying that
they will all die.
Outside, the soldiers shoot at McDougal but it’s no use.
They try to close the heavy gates but he opens them with his psychokinetic powers.
US soldiers enter and capture the ARCAM soldiers.
When Ominae approaches him, McDougal uses his powers to hit him so hard that he almost
dies on the spot.
So the head scientist agrees to cooperate in exchange for the safety of his ARCAM staff.
McDougal takes him into the mountain towards Noah’s Ark.
Meanwhile, Little Boy is just about to kill Ominae, but Jean comes in with a dynamic entrance!
He makes quick work of all the soldiers with his speed and skill.
But, Little Boy distracts him, and some US soldiers shoot him from behind.
Jean falls to the ground and Little boy starts celebrating.
But, Jean wakes up again and takes a terrifying monstrous form.
He immediately kills Little Boy and then he massacres all the US soldiers one by one.
Their bullets are useless against him as he heals immediately.
Ominae reveals that Jean is a lycanthrope who gains this terrible power when he sees
his own blood.
Back inside the mountain, McDougal takes the message plate and uses his psychokinetic powers
to open the Ark.
They enter inside and find a huge box.
McDougal reveals that the US found another plate with instructions on how to control
Noah’s Ark.
He uses the information to activate the box.
The box is actually a device which allows its user to control the intensity of solar
energy that enters Earth, basically making him a Sun God.
McDougal wants to use the Ark’s power to reset humanity.
For that, he asks the head scientist to advise him.
But, the scientist declines.
Angry with the rejection, McDougal attacks his assistant.
He also prepares to attack the scientist but Ominae and Jean stop him.
So, McDougal activates the power of Noah’s Ark.
He increases the temperature of the solar radiation entering earth with the intention
of causing a huge flood.
Since the assistant is injured, Jean takes her and the scientist to safety while Ominae
tries to fight McDougal.
But, McDougal calls himself God as he dominates Ominae with his psychokinetic powers.
However, using his powers too much causes him to break down physically.
Ominae uses this opportunity to finally defeat McDougal.
When Ominae tries to take McDougal, he pushes him away and then activates Noah’s self-destruct
function.
McDougal says he deserves to die alongside Noah as he stops Ominae from approaching him.
Noah’s Ark starts to get destroyed for the last time ever.
Jean saves Ominae and takes him to the rest of ARCAM members.
They all celebrate while Ominae looks back at the Ark with a smile.
Sometime later, Rie Yamabishi, a linguistic professor comes from the US to meet with ARCAM.
However, Professor Rie gets abducted at the airport.
Thankfully, Ominae comes and beats up the two abductors.
For him, it’s like taking candy from two kids.
When Ominae and Professor Rie leave, a mysterious man comes out of the shadows.
We can tell that this is one of the bad guys because….
Well… just look at that fashion sense.
Oh, and also maybe because he just massacred the two men.
On top of her work with ARCAM Rie is also looking for Ominae.
Ominae is a childhood friend of hers and she only has pictures of him.
But, she does not recognize Ominae as the same man who saved her earlier.
An ARCAM officer, Yamamoto tells Rie about a strange site near Mt.
Fuji which could be the location of an ancient dynasty.
They have found some texts written in God characters and it is Rie’s job to translate
them.
That night, as Rie is going back to her hotel room, a US soldier comes and kills her bodyguards.
Rie runs away and the soldier follows her, slow and steady Terminator style.
She reaches the lobby but there are more such soldiers there.
They capture her, but Ominae jumps through the glass and beats up the soldiers.
More soldiers come to take him out.
But, Ominae is too strong for them.
In an epic battle, he defeats all the US soldiers.
Then, the mysterious man from earlier comes and introduces himself as Koichi working with
the Russian government.
Koichi uses a strange wind force to attack Ominae.
But, he blows through it.
After exchanging a few blows, Koichi retreats.
Since the US and the Russians are now involved, things are getting risky for ARCAM.
But, they still have their duties.
The next day, Ominae and Rie fly towards the ancient ruins.
However, their helicopter is attacked by the Russians.
Thankfully, Ominae saves Rie.
Rie is confused as to why the US and Russia are hunting her.
So, Ominae shows her the ancient tablet and tells her about the message that the ancient
civilizations left and the duty of ARCAM to protect these ancient artefacts from the corruption
of humanity.
Then Ominae puts Rie in a safe place and goes to fight the soldiers looking for them.
With his skills and tactics, he beats all the soldiers.
But then, a special soldier proves himself to be a match for him.
Even bullets won’t work on him as he uses a special fluid to heal himself quickly.
They continue fighting as other Russian soldiers capture Rie.
But just then, Koichi comes and kills them.
As Ominae defeats the special soldier, Koichi takes an unconscious Rie to the ancient ruins.
Using a torch, he activates the shrine.
Then, he commands Rie to read the scripts and summon the Flame Serpent so he can control
it.
But, Rie refuses to do that.
So, Koichi reveals two things: First, her childhood friend Ominae is actually the man
who has been protecting Rie all this time.
Second, if the Flame Serpent is not controlled, it will come out and destroy everything in
the world, including herself and her childhood friend.
So, Rie reads the scripts and releases the Flame Serpent.
It is huge and completely envelops Mt.
Fuji.
Ominae comes in to save Rie.
But, Koichi attacks him with the power of the flame serpent which he controls using
an ancient sword.
This sword is strong enough to break Ominae’s special combat suit.
He is just about to kill him, but the captain from earlier comes to try and stop him.
Koichi overpowers him, but this gives Ominae enough time to bring out the ancient text
that he uses to block Koichi’s sword.
Since the metal is made from ancient technology, it breaks Koichi’s sword.
Then, Ominae punches Koichi into the next manga panel.
After that, he takes the sword handle and stops the flame serpent.
After they are safe, Rie reveals that she knows Ominae’s identity.
Sometime later, Rie leaves a thank-you letter to Ominae and returns to the US to continue
her University work.
Ominae sadly thinks back to the past.
Both he and Rie were orphans.
And they had no one else, but each other.
Faraway in East Asia, some ARCAM soldiers can be seen walking through a mysterious forest.
However, strange things happen as one soldier sprouts branches from his body and starts
attacking his own comrades.
All of this is caused by a creepy demon in mist form.
Somewhere else Ominae is on another one of his missions for ARCAM.
He is about to retrieve an idol of an ancient queen.
But just then, a tomb raider, NO not Lara Croft.
This one is called Yoshino.
Yoshino comes and takes the queen’s idol.
Doing so causes the traps to trigger and the two of them barely survive.
Yoshino is not a part of ARCAM but she is friends with Ominae.
Eh, friends is a loose word.
More like acquaintances.
Ominae tells her of his mission of going into the Forest of No Return.
Yoshino is attracted by the promise of treasures and she follows him.
Ominae thinks about the mission briefing with Yamamoto who told him about the squads that
did not return from the forest.
They were all sent to find an ancient relic called Soma.
Now, Ominae has been tasked with finding this Soma.
Ominae enters the Forest of No Return with Yoshino.
They are immediately attacked by some mysterious soldiers.
Ominae beats them up.
But, they wake up again like they’re zombies of some sort.
So, Yoshino riddles them with bullets and explodes a grenade in their faces.
Upon further investigation, Ominae finds out that they are part of a powerful weapons development
organization called Trident.
Apparently, Trident is also interested in the ancient relics.
Ominae suspects that it has something to do with an ancient tale which has some similarities
to Ramayana.
Apparently, an exiled king cursed the entire forest for not protecting his wife.
They come across a Trident soldier who tells them that a monster is coming for them.
He also sprouts branches and dies immediately.
From his body, the huge mist monster appears.
Yoshino’s bullets have no effect on it.
But, Ominae’s energy beam manages to destroy it.
When Yoshino pushes him, Ominae reveals that this forest is rumoured to have Soma the elixir
of immortality that the Gods used to drink.
Just then, a captain from the Trident army approaches them.
And his name is… wait for it…
Akatsuki.
Who’s next?
Naruto?
Akatsuki suggests that they should team up.
But, Ominae declines.
Just then, a horde of ghouls attacks them.
The three work together to take them out one by one.
Since the ghouls are all former ARCAM and Trident soldiers, Ominae gets angry that so
many men were sacrificed in the quest for Soma.
Yoshino notes how powerful Akatsuki is and Ominae says that it’s because he’s wearing
an Orichalcum power suit just like his own.
The three continue their journey for many days around the forest but they accidentally
keep circling back to the same locations.
One night they come across a Buddhist monk who apparently meditated to death.
So, Yoshino does a special summoning ritual that only she can do because…. plot!
Yoshino works as a medium and the spirit of the monk talks through her.
The monk tells an ancient tale.
Apparently, the monk and his peers had the secret of making Soma, the elixir of immortality.
So, to hide it, he came here into the forest that was cursed by the king.
Many people throughout history came looking for it but they were always stopped by the
forest.
Ominae says that they do not want Soma, only the way out of this forest.
So, the monk agrees to help them.
He sends them to a Cursed Spirit tree.
Releasing its spirit will release the curse on the forest.
But, it’s in the heart of the forest where the ghouls are in higher numbers.
As they are fighting, Yoshino ditches them and goes to find the formula for Soma.
She secretly got the location from the monk so she finds it and takes it with her.
But, when she tries to go back, a terrible aura covers her vision.
The same thing happens to Ominae and Akatsuki as well.
The two of them try to power through towards the Cursed Spirit Tree.
But, it’s difficult.
So, Akatsuki offers to stay back while Ominae goes ahead.
Honestly, such a nice guy, letting his enemies go ahead.
Ominae and Yoshino eventually reach the Cursed Spirit Tree where they find the soul of the
King waiting for them.
It takes a disgusting and monstrous form and attacks them relentlessly.
In the process, Yoshino’s bag breaks and the idol from earlier and the Soma formula
falls out.
Yoshino tries to escape with the formula, but Ominae takes it and throws it away.
The monsters follow it.
Then, he sees the actual spirit of the King inside the tree.
So, he takes the queen’s idol and goes through the tree trunks.
He puts the queen’s idol next to the king and suddenly, Love is in the air.
The monsters stop and the shining light rises to the sky.
The forest is no longer cursed now.
Yoshino tries to take the Soma formula but Ominae stops her.
But it’s not over.
Akatsuki also wants the formula now.
Ominae tries to stop him so Akatsuki points out that ARCAM may not always be the good
guys.
What if one day, they decide to use their powers to take over the world?
Ominae declares that if that happens, he will personally destroy ARCAM.
Akatsuki is impressed by his integrity and lets him live for now.
Sometime later in Japan, Yoshino continues her life as a normal schoolgirl.
Her tomb raider identity is a secret, just like Ominae’s Spriggan identity.
Ominae tells her that Soma is made from a plant called Ambriosa but that plant is already
extinct.
Ominae is happy that no one will misuse Soma, but Yoshino is absolutely furious.
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