The summer before Johnathan entered high school, he was a young man close to being a shattered soul. A mother who didn't care, a stepfather who liked control, and a father he rarely could see that couldn't help him. With no friends and no hope, it was this child that found a ring on the beach that gave him the strength to change his future. The ring was an artifact of power sent into the multiverse by an ancient being called Ying, one of two survivors of a long forgotten society. The elderly spirit told him that with this ring, he would become Teen Samurai, the Knight of Neutrality, protector and guardian against the dark lord Gorkon to stop him from taking over the multiverse. It took all of Ying's strength to seek out this latest in a long line of champions from the eternal struggle, and