Honey Kisaragi is a regular, 16-year-old Catholic schoolgirl, until the day her father is kidnapped and later killed by the Panther Claw organization. After his disappearance, she learns she is an lab-grown human created by him and within her is a device that can create matter from the air, the Airborne Element Solidifier. With her cry of "Honey Flash!" she can use the device to transform into the sword-wielding red-haired superhero, Cutey Honey. While attending the Saint Chapel School, Honey seeks revenge against the Panther Claw organization, which is ruled by a primordial evil Panther Zora and her younger sibling Sister Jill. Zora wants "the rarest items in the world" and seeks to steal the device within Honey created by her father, which would allow them to "create an army of darkness". Meanwhile Jill, leader of the group's division in Japan, only wants the finest riches" and has a crush on Honey. Honey is aided in her quest by a few trusted others.
