▁b ask ets ▁to ▁over wh elm ▁their ▁oppon ents ▁with ▁darkness ▁and ▁beat ▁them ▁so ▁badly ▁that ▁they ▁don ' t ▁remember ▁who ▁attacked ▁them . ▁Before ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁they ▁were ▁inspired ▁to ▁become ▁b ento ▁b raw lers ▁after ▁witness ing ▁one ▁at ▁such ▁a ▁young ▁age ▁and ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁strong est ▁b ento ▁b raw lers ▁until ▁a ▁manip ulative ▁b raw ler ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Club ▁of ▁Her cules ▁made ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁local ▁wol ves ▁to ▁simply ▁let ▁them ▁pass ▁by , ▁thus ▁taking ▁the ▁fun ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁b raw ls . ▁Due ▁to ▁this , ▁they ▁lost ▁all ▁desire ▁to ▁continue ▁until ▁three ▁years ▁later , ▁after ▁they ▁try ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁look ▁of ▁Sen ▁in ▁the ▁hospital , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁Y ō ▁who ▁was ▁hospital ized , ▁not ▁Sen . ▁ ▁Go ate e ▁ ▁Mon k ▁ ▁Media ▁ ▁Light ▁nov els ▁Ben - To ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁light ▁novel ▁series ▁written ▁by ▁, ▁with ▁illustr ations ▁by ▁K ait o ▁Sh ib ano . ▁Sh ue ish a ▁published ▁ 1 5 ▁volumes ▁between ▁February ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁February ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁under ▁Sh ue ish a ' s ▁Super ▁D ash ▁Bun ko ▁im print ; ▁ 1 2 ▁compr ise ▁the ▁main ▁story , ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁are ▁short ▁story ▁collections . ▁Other ▁short ▁stories ▁were ▁published ▁online