向往都市生活的少年竜之峰帝人受好友纪田正臣邀约离开家乡来到东京，随后，帝人进入东京池袋来良学园上学。正臣告诉他，在池袋生活有几个绝对不能招惹的人物，尤其是生性好斗的小混混平和岛静雄和经营着情报屋的折原临也这两个人。正臣还告诉他，池袋有一个奇妙的组织体系，正体不明，仅仅知道这个街头暴力组织名叫“Dollars”。然而，没想到上京的头一天，因为正臣的话而感到不安的帝人就亲眼目睹了骑着黑色摩托在街头穿行的都市传说“无头骑士”……Tired of his mundane life, Mikado Ryugamine decides to move to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, when a friend invites him. With everything from invisible gangs to rumored beings, Ikebukuro is full of connected mysteries where people's pasts intertwine with the present.