Apocalypse now? Caged and tortured like an animal awaiting slaughter, Mao is put to a deadly test. Garama, the secret military contractor who seeks to unlock the mystery of the Arm of Kannon, conducts an array of potentially lethal experiments on the possessed Mao -- but he's not going to take the role of sacrificial lamb lying down! Will anyone have sympathy for the devil? Or will the demonic spirits finally awaken, laying everyone's soul to waste?

Mao Mikami
A teenage boy who learns his father has unlocked a mystical evil force that threatens to destroy their whole family. Possessed by some kind of evil, Mao is kidnapped by a secret organization for study.

Maya Mikami
Mao's sister.

Juzo Mikami
Mao's father, who had abandoned his family years ago, is a scholar who learned about the Arm of Kannon. Driven by academic curiosity, he quickly becomes overcome with its magic and turned into a demon. Now infected, he returns home to his wife and children.

Isurugi
Trained to defeat the evil that has infected Mao's family, he is at first treated with indignation by Mao and his sister. But before too long, as the evil that he warns them of begins to appear, Juzo finds himself locked in bitter conflict with an evil organization that wants to study Mao in the development of super soldier beasts.

Masakazu Yamaguchi
Although he made his manga debut in the pages of Shonen Champion, he is best known for the titles he created for Young Jump magazines: Taiyo ga Ippai, Hard-boiled Papa, and BOiNG. His most recent work is Mystery Minzoku Gakusha Yakumo Itsuki.