Eleven Soul

in the mid 21st century, the human race is facing a test. genetic engineering has changed the world, and with huge profits, research had accelerated accordingly. an “immortality” gene no longer seemed like a mere dream. however, a lab sample containing this gene escaped, creating a new life-form that took in genetic material from the natural world, evolving into an enemy that began to invade the human world. the “shaher” are now a force capable of defeating human military forces, and both north and south american continents have fallen under their control. in japan, the government has created a “samurai” unit to oppose the shaher, utilizing soldiers enhanced with nano-machines to connect with an armored exoskeleton. it is at this point that tsukahara takemichi, an all-around ordinary boy with no millitary background, is assigned to the first platoon of the “samurai force,” a squadron filled with elite recruits. so why is someone so normal amongst them?