Firefighter Daigo Asahina's burning desire to save lives at all cost finds him on the eve of the grueling qualifying exams for the city's most elite group of danger busters--the Emergency Rescue Unit.
His brawny firefighting exploits may have yielded (marginally) positive results to date, but now he must convince everyone that he's got sound judgment and exceptional mental alertness--skills that his colleagues believe he sorely lacks--to pass the test. Will he shine bright enough to prove everybody wrong?