▁O VA ▁starts ▁with ▁a ▁man ▁being ▁shot ▁in ▁a ▁j ung le - like ▁scen ery . ▁It ▁is ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁person ▁is ▁Y aman obe , ▁the ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁a ▁company ▁who ▁sent ▁him ▁to ▁South ▁America , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁killed ▁by ▁local ▁gu err illas . ▁The ▁company ▁he ▁works ▁for ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁where ▁all ▁other ▁major ▁characters ▁work . ▁The ▁main ▁character , ▁, ▁is ▁apparently ▁an ▁ever yman , ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁silent ▁gu y ▁by ▁his ▁work m ates . ▁However , ▁in ▁secret , ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁Judge ▁of ▁Dark ness , ▁pun ishing ▁living ▁crim inals ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁found ▁guilty ▁by ▁human ▁laws . ▁ ▁Two ▁of ▁O ma ' s ▁work m ates , ▁Ry u ichi ▁Mur ak ami ▁and ▁Ko ji ▁K aw am ata , ▁are ▁em be zz ling ▁money ▁from ▁the ▁company . ▁To ▁do ▁it , ▁Mur ak ami ▁s edu ced ▁Yam am oto , ▁a ▁woman ▁who ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁company ▁account ing ▁department . ▁When ▁an ▁investigation ▁about ▁the ▁case ▁starts ▁and ▁a ▁rum or ▁that ▁Yam am oto ▁is ▁the ▁cul prit ▁starts ▁to ▁be ▁spread , ▁Yam am ato ▁is ▁found ▁hung ▁in ▁a ▁ro pe . ▁The ▁police ▁consider ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁suic ide , ▁but ▁O ma , ▁as ▁the ▁Judge ▁of ▁the ▁Dark ness , ▁appears ▁before ▁Mur ak ami ▁and ▁charges ▁him ▁for ▁Yam