Depois de receber um poder misterioso para controlar os outros, um príncipe marginalizado se torna o líder mascarado da rebelião contra um império todo-poderoso.

Shiki Tohno is a boy who, after an accident as a child, is able to see strange lines coming from objects and people. He has to wear special glasses to stop seeing them. If he cuts some of these lines, he destroys people connected to them. One day he meets a woman called Arcueid and together they start a journey that's going to reveal some secrets of his past.