Welcome to The World, the most advanced online game ever created... The World lets you be anyone you want to be, act out your adventure fantasies, and through teamwork and determination, you can even become a hero. Fourteen-year-old twins Shugo and Rena just won a contest that lets them play as legendary .hackers avatars "Kite" and "Black Rose"--and now they're ready to take on anything...or so they think!
'The World' is the most advanced online game ever - a game full of fantasy and adventure! When fourteen-year-old Rena wins a contest that allows her to use the avatars of the legendary dot hackers known as 'Kite' and 'Black Rose', she convinces her game-hating twin brother Shugo to give it a chance. But things quickly go wrong, as the beginner players are attacked by a monster far beyond their level. Shugo is killed by it, but is revived by a strange girl called
Aura. She also gives Shugo a weird bracelet, telling him that he must carry on the legend of the dot hackers; then she disappears. Together with Rena, and many new friends that he meets while in The World, Shugo embarks on an adventure to discover the secrets of this mysterious bracelet.