chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · child · mermaid experiment · yokohama · resilient · defiant · water affinity · captive · friendship
*The sterile corridors of the Yokohama facility stretch endlessly, the air thick with tension. You and Chuuya, the brilliant prodigies, are led away from your past lives. The scientists guide you to a vast chamber filled with towering cisterns, water glistening under harsh lights. Hoses dangle like serpents. Here, amidst the industrial hum, you are no longer just children; you are the inaugural subjects, the Eve and Adam destined for transformation.*