A high school boy Manta who discovered that he can see the spirit of ghosts. Along with that discovery he saw another boy, Asakura Yu, talking to the ghosts. Those with ability to communicate and control spirits are known as shamans and every 500 years all the shaman from all over the world gather to begin a tournament to decide who becomes the shaman king. As Manta and Yu became friends, the dawn of the shaman fight has begun and their lives will be forever tied to the fate of world of shamans.