Teruki Kosuka wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of his past whatsoever. His doctor informs him that he's been in a coma for exactly 1,096 days, 3 years to the date. April 15th, the day he woke up, bears an uncanny connection to his forgotten, or rather, his obfuscated memories. It is the day he was admitted, the day he fell unconscious, the day he woke up, his own birthday, and the date of a catastrophic national disaster people only ever refer to as The Calamity. As if to make things worse, he is rejected from the memories within his own mind by a dark, and violating censorship in the form of flickering black pixels. Faces are obscured, and the names of his loved ones are imperceptible, swallowed up by a painful sound that makes him feel like his head is about to split open. Upon encountering an old friend from his past, he joins SCIB's Department 7, a large government organization that takes down organized crime in the sprawling megacity known as New Kyoto. Teruki begins his new life while fighting criminals who use supernatural powers called 'Links', and finding a way to recover his stolen past. From a hydrokinetic boy who carries a massive grudge on his shoulder, a girl who has been forgotten and erased by the world, and a boy with a deeply unhealthy obsession with blood, Teruki Kosuka will face many new threats to his burgeoning life at SCIB! Who is the mystery girl from his nightmares? Who is the person who wiped his brain of the ability to remember? And why does he have the same horrifying dream every single night? All these mysteries and more unfold in the first volume of Awaken!

As April becomes May, Teruki Kosuka and his rookies in the First Division, Riku Mizukuro, Yuji Okami, and Miyu are now given a new mission. Raiden Williard, the Lieutenant, is the one leading them to the dark criminal underbelly, where New Kyoto's subterranean secrets lie. On the surface, Raiden is cool as a cucumber, underneath, though? He's hiding his own dark secrets, and they could very well destroy his and Teruki's friendship. Leading them undercover on a mission to infiltrate what urban legends describe as a 'gangster's paradise', Raiden must navigate his spiraling feelings of self-hatred, as well as a conspiracy that could very well connect Teruki's past to the most substantial threat to New Kyoto's safety! What dark secrets will they uncover in the illegal death matches orchestrated for profit, who is the mysterious 'benefactor' that organized it, and what connection does he have to Teruki's stolen past?! All these mysteries and more unfold in Awaken's second installment!

A devastating theory arises about what truly caused the catastrophic disaster known as The Calamity, and it makes Hitotsu and Raiden feel sick to their stomachs. As if to make matters worse, they receive an ominous warning from the Commander of Department 8 that makes them terrified for Teruki's safety. Meanwhile, Haruna makes a truly heartbreaking discovery and feels like her world is falling apart. Depressed and destroyed, she accidentally gives a certain nightmare from Teruki's past his direct location, only to regret it later. While celebrating their takedown of the Thug Dome, Teruki and the members of Department 7 find themselves ambushed by a woman who craves revenge for something Teruki can't even remember. When the seal on his memory becomes compromised, and the shattered fragments of his past life come flooding back in, what heartbreaking and horrifying secrets will he at last, uncover?

After the attack in Akihabara, the public is asking questions about Teruki Kosuka. When the government gets involved, and the press starts to apply pressure to officials, a brand new conspiracy arises. The boy is suddenly put on trial, and his life starts hanging in the balance as they debate his sentence, but the government seeme to be seeking the death penalty. With his execution looming above everybody, will Teruki's friends at the Department be able to save him, or will he be put to death for a crime that was never his fault? Meanwhile, Zero trains his body relentlessly on the frigid slopes of Mount Fuji, trying to make himself stronger as he's tormented by the memories of his time working underneath Joushirou Iyaragi inside his old home. Haunted by the screams, and the memories of those he once called his family inside J.O.I.'s Topaz Battalion, he refuses to stop for even a moment. Fueled by revenge, and made cold by the sting of betrayal, he relives his own origin in his memories, vowing never to forget the reason for his hatred, or his steely resolve as he forges himself into an unstoppable weapon. Meanwhile, Joushirou Iyaragi contemplates his next move, looming in the shadows while devising his next sinister plot. Teruki, Zero, and Joushirou, three people all carrying a deep vendetta, will soon find that their individual paths are destined to cross!

After house arrest ends it's time for the annual Rank-Up Competition. A yearly tournament SCIB members are required to compete in. In order to get strong enough to face down his ultimate enemy, Teruki Kosuka is excited to participate in order to grow stronger through doing battle with other power users. During a gruesome match between Raiden and Haruna he feels compelled to step in, and through disagreement he ends up matched up against Haruna during the quarterfinals. On top of that Zero meets Teruki Kosuka for the first time and declares that he intends to kill him. Friends clash, and tears will fall in the fifth volume of AWAKEN!

The finals are approaching, everything is ramping up. The tournament is at a fever pitch and soon, an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. J.O.I. has sent assassins to take out X, meanwhile Iyaragi tries to recruit Teruki Kosuka into his special ops. What dark and sinister plan has he concocted?! Two halves of a whole collide, all to decide one thing. Which has the right to exist? and who will follow the path of revenge?

Teruki and Keiichi have made a vow to each other, they will compete to be the one to take the life of Joushirou Iyaragi. For the sake of revenge, and to save the people that he has twisted. In the shadows, Izuna Amagane and Yami Kuronagi are trapped, and now they can't even cry out for help. Raiden finally confronts his feelings for Haruna, as well as the pent-up anger towards his older brother Joseph. Ayame Kasai and Anselm Furukawa, the mentors the Kosuka boys didn't know they needed, are willing to beat them both into shape. What is this new power called Sheinen? why does it trace its roots back to germany? And who is the mysterious traitor to Department 7?! All these questions and more are brewing, and the answers go deeper than either of them think. Will Iyaragi have his way? Or will the boys become strong enough to save Izuna and Yami as the clock ticks down?

Joushirou Iyaragi has Yami Kuronagi trapped in a cage of her own emotions. Her darkness runs deeper than the heart itself, and she believes she cannot be saved. Both sides are walking into a death trap, a labyrinth full of nightmares. Will hope survive? Or will despair shatter everything?

The mole has been feeding information straight to Joushirou Iyaragi. Now, Topaz is coming to destroy Department 7, and Teruki isn't the only target this time. Keiichi's past comes back to haunt him once again, now he must decide, does he face it, or run from it? With only 1 week to train for the incoming J.O.I. assault, can they become strong enough to win?!

As the battle against Topaz Battalion comes to a climactic conclusion, Joushirou Iyaragi, the man who controls the New Federation... shows up in the flesh?! What will happen when Teruki Kosuka goes too far in his pursuit of vengeance against the man who took everything he ever loved?! Department 7 now faces their greatest crisis yet! Can they save the brainwashed and corrupted soldiers used as pawns?! Or will they fail, and watch everything fall apart once again at the hands of this Tyrant?!