In Tokyo (known as Shinto Teito (新東帝都 Shintō Teito, "New Eastern Imperial Capital")) in 2020, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi has failed his college entrance exam twice. He is also inept around women, is unemployed, and is continually bullied by his mother Takami and his younger sister Yukari. In truth, Minato is extremely intelligent, yet his inability to cope under pressure results in his constant failure and he has been insulted by several people.
One day, Minato meets a girl named Musubi, who literally falls from the sky. Minato soon learns that she is a "Sekirei" who chose him as her "Ashikabi", a human with special genes that allows them to "mark" (form a contract with) Sekirei. This binds the Sekirei to him and allows them to use their full power in the elimination battle with other Sekirei. Made up of cute girls, buxom women, and bishōnen, the Sekirei fight in a dangerous and sometimes deadly competition known as "The Game" or the "Sekirei Plan" organized by Hiroto Minaka, the chairman and founder of the mysterious and powerful MBI Corporation.
Minato soon learns that being the partner of a beautiful girl is not all fun and games, especially when several other Sekirei choose him as their Ashikabi, each also forming a contract with him. Now, Minato must find a way to survive both the life-threatening battles of the Sekirei Plan and his partners' fierce competition for him.
Terminology
Sekirei
Sekirei (鶺鴒?) are extraterrestrial superpowered beings with a genetic code similar to humans. The Sekirei spaceship crashed on Earth in 1999 on Kamikura Island (神座島 Kamikura-jima?), and was found by students Hiroto Minaka (future MBI chairman) and Takami Sahashi (future MBI head researcher and Minato's mother). Onboard, the pair had found 108 life-forms, described as "One pillar and 107 baby birds".
§ The first of them (a pillar, shown as #00, later renumbered and known as #01 Miya) was an adult.
§ Eight (later known as #02-06, 08-09 and unnamed #07) were embryos.
§ 99 others (later known as #10-108) were fertilized eggs.
The adult and the eight embryos are also known as the "Single Numbers". It is hinted that unwinged Single Numbers are equal or even more powerful than their winged counterparts. All of the Sekirei had undergone adjustments for the "Sekirei Plan", especially the Single Numbers (some of their adjustments were mischievous). The adjustments had been undergone not only for making Sekirei stronger, but also for controlling and stabilizing their power. Each Sekirei has a Norito (祝詞?, lit. "Incantations"), a unique ability that allows them to perform powerful attacks. In order to use the Norito, a Sekirei must be kissed by an Ashikabi prior to reciting it.
Also, eight mysterious artifacts called Jinki (神器?, lit. "God instrument"), numbered from #1 to #8,[ were also found on the Sekirei spaceship. If all eight of them are gathered, it is possible that they can be used to terminate all of the Sekirei if the wielder desires. Sekirei that are under the same Ashikabi can also merge their techniques in order to create more powerful techniques. This puts most Ashikabi at a disadvantage, as only a few Ashikabi possess more than one Sekirei.
Ashikabi
Ashikabi (葦牙?) are humans with unique genes that enable them to empower the Sekirei destined to serve them. Through mucous contact (kissing) between a Sekirei and its Ashikabi, a Sekirei without wings can become a "winged" Sekirei. Unlike Sekirei, who are mostly buxom women or handsome young men, Ashikabi can be quite innocuous as they can appear in any gender, age, and even status. In the series, the power of an Ashikabi can be determined not only by the number of Sekirei he or she has in his or her disposal, but by the bond between them. Four Ashikabi in particular, including Minato, are considered the most powerful ones having titles based on their names followed by what part of the city they rule over. If an Ashikabi dies, all of the Sekirei winged by him or her will also perish.
Sekirei Plan
The Sekirei Plan (鶺鴒計画 Sekirei Keikaku?), known to Minaka and others as the "Game", is a competition in which Sekirei and Ashikabi fight for survival until the last one remains. The first anime season ended at the end of the Second Stage.
§ First Stage: The Sekirei are adjusted and released in Tokyo. Thereafter, they must find their Ashikabi for winging. This stage ended when 90% of the Sekirei had been winged.
§ Second Stage: Tokyo becomes a closed city and no Sekirei or Ashikabi can leave. The Ashikabi must then wing the remaining unwinged Sekirei.
§ Third Stage: A series of matches between Ashikabi for possession of one of the Jinki on each one. Three teams (an Ashikabi and up to three Sekirei) participate in the first and third match. Five pairs (an Ashikabi and one Sekirei) participate in the second match. Also it was revealed that Jinki #8 had been stolen from M.B.I. by Matsu and Uzume, given to Miya for safekeeping and is currently in Minato's possession. One of the other Jinki was also stolen and the fourth and last match is an optional battle royale with the prize being the remaining three.
§ Fourth Stage: Final stage of the Sekirei Plan whose details have not been yet revealed.
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