Earthquake survivor Igarashi Ganta is framed for the murder of his entire Middle School classroom by a mysterious, armored Red Man, who embeds a red crystal shard in Ganta's chest before leaving him to take the blame for the massacre. Days later, Ganta is rushed through the legal system as the massacre's soul suspect and sentenced to death. He is sent to Deadman Wonderland, a massive theme park-like prison where he is forced to take part in extreme games to earn candy-like medicine to battle the.
