He had thought his normal days would last forever, until they were ended abruptly by an encounter with a girl with red hair and eyes. He named her Shana. Not long after he enters high school, Sakai Yuji’s normal days come to an end. He sees som…ething bizarre on his way home: people are frozen in a strange fire, and a monster that looks like a large doll is attacking them. Just when he's about to be killed, a girl in a dark cloak wielding a large sword appears, and slices the monster in half. Although Yuji survives the strange encounter, the girl informs him of a desolate truth: " 'You' don't exist anymore." She calls herself a Flame Haze who hunts "Guze no Tomogara"; intruders from another world.
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I'd recommend it for its battles, its romance and a mythology that grows a lot around Shana and Yūji.
It's a good fit if you're looking for supernatural action, high school, and a long story.
What separates it from other school fantasies is that Yūji discovers that he has already died and only a torch destined to go out remains; preserving your identity matters before fighting.
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