

While this leads many students to thoughts of greed and selfishness, Kosuke Ueki decides to take it upon himself to win this tournament to keep that power away from those that would abuse such a gift. The winning God Candidate will become The New God of Heaven and the winning student will receive the Blank Zai (or talent), a talent that can be anything they choose. The student is given a unique power and told to eliminate as many enemies as possible. See also: The story starts out with the Battle of the Supernatural Powers, a tournament to decide who will be the next god of The Celestial World (rendered as God Candidates in the version and Kami ( ) in the version).Įach candidate (100 in total) is required to choose a junior high school student to act as their fighter. The Law of Ueki was one of several titles involved in the deal. While Geneon Entertainment will still retain the license, Funimation Entertainment will assume exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles. On July 3, 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. The manga was licensed for distribution in by, while the anime adaptation was licensed. A manga sequel, The Law of Ueki Plus (, Ueki no Hsoku PURASU), was released in September 2005 by the same author and in the same magazine.
