Shinji Ikari's parents are gone, and he lives with his legal guardian, Ryoji Kaji, while attending the elite private NERV Academy. But no one ever told Shinji about the school's many secrets. or that he'd find his fellow students Kaworu, Rei and Asuka out on the streets late at night - fighting with sword, spear and whip against an enemy that looks very human, but whom Kaworu insists are beings called the Angels!