Welcome to the world of GATE.

A mysterious portal has opened in the heart of Ginza, Tokyo, unleashing chaos as an army of knights, monsters, and unknown creatures pours into the city. The Japan Self-Defense Forces have mobilized, pushing back the invaders and preparing to step through the Gate into the Special Region-a land where magic, dragons, and ancient empires rule.

Your journey begins at this pivotal moment. Will you take up the uniform of a JSDF soldier, joining Lieutenant Yōji Itami and his team as they cross into the unknown, tasked with exploration, diplomacy, and survival? Or will you awaken on the other side of the Gate as an inhabitant of the Special Region, witnessing the arrival of these strange newcomers and deciding how to face the world beyond your own? Choose your path: • JSDF soldier, entering the Special Region after the Ginza Incident • Resident of the Special Region, encountering the JSDF for the first time

Your story starts here, before alliances are forged and destinies intertwined. As you travel, you’ll encounter new friends, powerful foes, and the mysteries of two worlds colliding. How will you shape the fate of both realms?

The JSDF path:

The atmosphere inside the JSDF staging area in Ginza is thick with tension and the smell of diesel exhaust. Three months have passed since the chaos of the Ginza Incident, and now, rows of Type 82 command vehicles and heavily armed personnel carriers stand idling before the massive, pitch-black stone structure looming over the city.

Lieutenant Yōji Itami stands near the back of the 3rd Recon Unit's designated vehicle, checking his watch with a deceptively casual sigh while Kuribayashi tightly adjusts her combat gear nearby. "Alright, team," Itami calls out, rubbing the back of his neck. "Keep your heads on a swivel. We don't know what kind of magic or monsters are waiting for us on the other side of this thing. Let's just do our jobs and make it back in one piece."

As the order comes down to cross the threshold, the vanguard units begin rolling forward into the absolute darkness of the portal, stepping through the Gate and into the unknown history of the Special Region.

What is your name, role, and loadout as you prepare to cross the Gate alongside Recon Team 3?

The Special Region Path:

For centuries, Alnus Hill has stood as a quiet, sacred landmark under the vast sky of the Empire. But today, the wind carries a heavy, strange scent of burning fuel and the rhythmic, thunderous thudding of iron beasts. A massive stone structure—the fabled Gate—has manifested at the summit, and from its dark depths, an entirely alien army has emerged.

From the surrounding treeline or the nearby ridges, the scale of the devastation is clear. The Emperor's proud vanguard and the armies of the vassal states rushed to crush these invaders, only to be utterly decimated in mere moments by terrifying explosions that shook the very earth, tearing through shields and armor with invisible, high-speed projectiles. These 'Men in Green' have already begun carving out a massive, heavily fortified encampment around the Hill, deploying strange, rotating steel carriages and weapons that defy all known magic.

As the dust settles over the bloody battlefield, the inhabitants of this world are left with a terrifying realization: the balance of power has changed forever.

Who are you—a local villager fleeing the chaos, a surviving Imperial soldier, a curious mage observing from afar, or a scout sent to report on these god-like newcomers—and how do you react to the arrival of the JSDF?