In 2095, Tatsuya Shiba and his sister Miyuki enroll at the First Private Magic University Affiliated High School, but due to the difference in their grades in the practical exam, Miyuki is placed in the Course 1 curriculum with the other students who have demonstrated high magical skills, (informally known as "Blooms") while Tatsuya, on the other hand, having scored poorly on the practical exam is assigned to the Course 2 curriculum (insultingly called "Weeds" by Course 1 students) even though h
Tatsuya's skills and wits have earned him and his sister the scrutiny of Mayumi Saegusa, Student Council president and Mari Watanabe, leader of the Public Morals Committee. Mayumi invites Miyuki to join the Student Council as the first year representative, but she initially declines and puts her brother's name forward. Upon learning that by school regulation, year representatives must be Course 1 students, she accepts. Not wanting to waste his talents, Mari proposes that Tatsuya be the Student C
The Council cannot reconcile Tatsuya's flawless victory in his duel with Hanzo with his poor showing in the practical exam. Once he regains consciousness, Hanzo tacitly withdraws his objection to Tatsuya's nomination by apologizing to Miyuki. Mari introduces Tatsuya to the other members of the Public Morals Committee, who note the fact that he's a Course 2 student, but warmly welcome him on learning of his victory over the previously undefeated Hanzo. To his dismay, Mari informs Tatsuya that Shu
Tatsuya is approached by Sayaka Mibu, who wants his cooperation in a plan to put an end to the discrimination between the Blooms and Weeds at the school. He refrains from giving an immediate answer. His suspicions that she is being manipulated by someone else with ulterior motives are aroused when she is unable to give him proper answers to his questions.
Tatsuya rejects Sayaka's offer, and a group of Weeds led by her lock themselves in the broadcast room, creating a commotion at school. Mayumi elects to listen to their demands and discuss them in front of the student body. Debating the school's position by herself, she is about to arrange a compromise with the Weeds when the school gets suddenly attacked by terrorists.
The Student Council and Public Morals Committee defeat the terrorists and find out that the attack was merely a cover for an information raid on the school's computer library. Tatsuya and his friends are tasked with countering the raid. They defeat the terrorists, including Sayaka, and take them into custody. After learning of Sayaka's reasons for cooperating with Blanche, the terrorist organization behind the attack, Tatsuya decides to attack the enemy hideout in order to help clear her name an
Tatsuya and his friends storm Blanche's hideout where they confront the group's leader, who confirms that he had manipulated Sayaka's memory to attack the school. Despite a number of traps, the students are able to subdue the terrorists with no apparent injuries. After Sayaka is discharged from the hospital, Tatsuya and Miyuki's normal school life resumes.
The inter-school sporting event known as the "Nine Schools Competition" is just around the corner, and Tatsuya, in recognition of his superior magic-tuning skills, is named to the engineering squad, over the objections of a number of Course 1 students. After school, Tatsuya surprises his sister when he presents her with a magic tool he developed that allows a person to fly, a feat that no one has never done before.
Tatsuya and Miyuki pay a visit to Four Leaves Technology, where Tatsuya unveils his flying CAD to Ushiyama, the other half of the genius magic engineer Taurus Silver. After a brief encounter with their father, the siblings set out for the Competition, but on the way there, a traffic accident occurs, putting the students in danger.
Tatsuya, Miyuki, and Katsuto Jyumonji act to prevent the car from ramming into the bus. From traces that he is able to find, Tatsuya speculates that the incident was set up to look like a traffic accident but was instead a suicide attack. On arriving at their hotel, Tatsuya and Miyuki are surprised to find Erika and Mizuki present. The event opens with a banquet where the students from the nine competing schools mingle, unaware that unknown enemies are about to turn the competition topsy-turvy.
Nine Schools Competition has finally started, and all eyes are on First High School. Tatsuya learns that the intruders from previous night are with the No-Head Dragons. Will the competition continue without any more interruption?
Mari Watanabe, one of Tatsuya's team members, is involved in a serious accident during the competition, and the other students increase their vigilance after Saegusa, Mayumi, and Tatsuya reveal that she was actually a victim of sabotage.
The "No Head Dragon", a criminal syndicate, is eager to interfere in the competition for the sake of their profits, and First High School is their main target. Meanwhile, the students under Tatsuya's care are doing better than expected in their events, drawing the attention of those who still can't acknowledge his talent just because he is a Course 2 student, including First High School's main rivals from Third High School.
The Nine Schools Competition proceeds without further incident until the 1st High School Monolith Code's junior participants get seriously injured due to foul play. Appointed by Mayumi, Tatsuya is requested to compete and agrees to it after Juumonji's persuasion.
Tatsuya enters the competition with his friends Leonhard Saijo and Mikihiko Yoshida in the "Monolith Code" event. While watching out for No Head Dragon's interference, Tatsuya proceeds to win the match using his strategies, and they smoothly reach the final match against Third High School's geniuses, Crimson Prince Masaki and Cardinal George.
Tatsuya and Masaki's teams face off in the final match. Despite knowing that Masaki's abilities surpass his, Tatsuya confronts him head on, resulting in a spectacular duel. Making a critical mistake, Masaki breaks the rules by accidentally using a lethal attack on Tatsuya. Tatsuya takes the brunt of the attack and is seriously wounded. However, he uses his self-restoration to recover from his injuries, and while Masaki is still in a trance, Tatsuya incapacitates him with a point-blank ranged mag
Desperate with the recent developments, No Head Dragon start interfering with the competition directly, risking the lives of the players. A First High Mirage Bat participant ends up in an accident which causes her physical trauma and consequently the loss of her magical abilities. Tatsuya remains vigilant to stop further accidents and snaps when Miyuki's CAD is sabotaged in front of his eyes. After resolving the problem, Miyuki's Mirage Bat event starts, yet she has a hard time maintaining the l
During Miyuki's event victory celebration, Tatsuya snipes the meeting of the No Head Dragon high-ranking members by casting his diassembly magic from an adjacent building. After learning the name of the organization's head, Richard Sun, Tatsuya proceeds to kill everyone present at the meeting, mostly influenced by his feelings for his sister. On the next day, the competition ends with Jyumonji single-handedly winning the Monolith Code event, confirming the championship for First High School. Aft
Following his feats in the Nine Schools Competition, Tatsuya is scouted to participate in another important event, the "Magic Thesis Competition," and his team has only eleven days to produce the applicable material before the deadline. Back at home, Tatsuya and Miyuki have an encounter with their stepmother, who enlists Tatsuya's help to replicate an elusive relic that can change the history of magic forever, but a new group of enemies appears, intending to steal it.
Tatsuya's computer is hacked. He starts investigating the identity of the attackers and suspects that it has to do with the upcoming Thesis Competition. First High students sense that they are being watched. Will they be able to find out what is going on?
The Magic Thesis Competition team has continued success in developing their project, though Erika, Mikihiko, and Leo apprehend a fleeing student, Chiaki Hirakawa, who is revealed to be working as a spy against the First High team. Chiaki admits to working against Tatsuya personally, passionately believing that he is responsible for Keiko Kobayakawa's accident during the Mirage Bat event of the Nine Schools Competition. Erika and Leo take a day off together to train Leo on how to use lethal magic
Lu Gonghu's attempt to remove Chiaki is thwarted by Watanabe and Naotsugu Chiba. Mr. Zhou visits Chiaki and appears to cast memory alteration magic so that she will forget about his involvement with her. Saegusa, Watanabe, and Tatsuya go to the detention facility and elicit a confession from Sekimoto on his intention (and unsuccessful attempt) to steal the Magic Thesis project data and locate the relic. Lu Gonghu appears again, apparently to silence Sekimoto, but is defeated by the three and tak
Chen Xiangshan appeals to Mr. Zhou for help freeing Lu Gonghu. Under the condition that Chen promises to avoid Chinatown during his operation, Lu Gonghu is broken out. Ichihara visits Chioda and manipulates her to hold onto her feelings of bitterness for Tatsuya, believing that her capabilities will be important for First High's future. Further questioning reveals that Sekimoto was operating against the Magic Thesis team under mind control by an adversary organization. At the convention, Juumonj
The conventional joint defense forces engage the assaulting teams but are bogged down by slow progress evacuating the students; however, they discover that the attack is being launched from an unidentified disguised ship anchored in the harbor. Armed assailants storm the main hall but are easily countered by Tatsuya after he inspires the other students to fight back. Cardinal George confronts Tatsuya on using a top-secret technique used by STARS called Molecular Divider, but Tatsuya ignores him,
Crimson Prince brutally kills the terrorists while his allies prepare a bus for their escape aboveground. Meanwhile, evacuation underground continues through the tunnels despite resistance, and Mr. Tsuzura prevents a collapsed ceiling caused by the Great Asian Alliance's war machines. Mayumi and Shizuku call their fathers to send helicopters to evacuate the personnel who were unable to reach the bunker, and everyone is extracted. Tatsuya takes to the skies in the flight suit, which R&D had impro
Tatsuya and his airborne comrades obliterate an enemy mechanized battalion. Some enemy soldiers recognize him as Mahesvara, a demon from three years ago who appeared for revenge when his sister and mother were critically injured. Meanwhile, Katsuto Jūmonji charismatically leads the magicians from Magic Branch Association, resulting in the enemy retreating. The Crimson Prince reaches the Chinatown of Zhou Gongjin and demands that he surrender the escapees, to which Zhou agrees and assures the Pri