Plot of Tenjho Tenge is begins with Souichiro Nagi and his friend Bob Makihara going to their first day of high school at Todo Academy. They had intended to rule the school by beating up anybody that got in their way, as they had done at their previous schools. They soon learn that Todo is no ordinary high school with ordinary students, but is a school that was founded to teach and integrate different fighting styles. Its students are skilled in the various arts of combat with some students possessing supernatural abilities, such as pyrokinesis, precognition, and super human strength based of the abilities to use their "spirit" or "ki" in Japanese. After an altercation with the Executive Council, Souichiro and Bob join the only Surviving club that opposes them, the Juken club. As the storyline develops, both groups find they are becoming increasingly involved in a long Enduring Unresolved conflict that was left from the Japanese feudal era by some of the characters' Ancestors.

Tenjho Teng is an organizational story that uses a character-driven plot. The story uses a dramatic structure in the form of story arcs, which is common for this medium. Oh! great often employ the literary techniques of flashback and back-story for long stretches of the story line. These techniques are used to enforce the notion of determinism, which is used throughout the story. Much of the combat used in Tenjho Teng encompasses many philosophical and strategic concepts that is used in Japanese martial arts, such as kiai, Aiki, and mowing. Both the manga and the anime follow the same storyline, though there are differences. One of these differences is that both the CMX manga and the anime Toned down the sexual content and profanity of the original Japanese manga. Another disparity is that the hair code plot begins with Souichiro Nagi and his friend Bob Makihara going on their first day of high school at Todo Academy. They were meant to rule the school by beating someone on their way as they had done at their previous school. They soon learn that Todo is no ordinary school with ordinary students, but is a school that was founded to teach and integrate different fighting styles. Students are trained in the various arts of combat with some students possessing supernatural abilities, as pyrokinesis, precognition, and superhuman strength based on the potential use of their "spirit" or "ki" in Japanese. After a collision with the Executive Council, and Bob Souichiro only remaining member of the club who oppose them, the Juken club. As the storyline develops, both groups find they are increasingly involved in a long conflict that was not from the Japanese Feudal era by some of the characters' ancestors.

Tenjho Teng is an organizational story that uses a character-driven plot. The story uses a dramatic structure in the form of story arcs, which for this medium. Oh! often employs the literary technique of Flashback and back story for long stretches out of the storyline. These techniques are used to enforce the concept of determinism, which is used throughout the story. Many of the battle in Tenjho Teng includes many philosophical and strategic concepts used in the Japanese martial arts such as kiai, Aiki, and mowing. Both the manga and anime follow the same storyline, but there are differences. One of these differences is that both the CMX manga and anime weakening of the sexual content and language of the original Japanese manga. Another difference is that the hair color of some of the characters in the anime does not match their hair color shown on the colored covers of the manga.lor or some of the characters in the anime does not match their hair color depicted on the colored covers of the manga.