Arata: The Legend - S01

As a young boy from a noble family in Amawakuni, Arata always expected to make his own life, until news reaches his city that the princess is growing weak. He does not know that his grandmother had claimed he was female at birth, and now, with no other girls from the matriarchal Hime clan to succeed the princess, he is next in line for the throne. Disguised as a woman while waiting for a replacement to be found, Arata sees an assassination attempt on the princess by none other than her own guard, the 12 Shinsho. The crime is pinned on him, forcing Arata to escape to the Kando forest, where it is said no one comes out the same. Meanwhile, in modern-day Japan, Arata Hinohara longs to escape the cruelty of his classmates. Hearing his name called from an alley, he wanders off his path and unwittingly switches universes with the Arata from Amawakuni. With his own power as a newly awakened "Sho", a warrior able to wield Hayagami, weapons with the power of the gods, and with the help of the companions he meets along the way, Hinohara sets out to restore order to this new world.