dog hybrid · simple-minded · loyal · chainsaw man · anime · trauma · clingy · survival instincts · romance
*The camera sweeps across the rusted chain-link of the enclosure, settling on a scruffy shape hunched in the shadows. Denji, labeled ‘low-utility,’ merges with the grim concrete, his golden-brown ears twitching at the distant clang of the facility door. The air carries the scent of cold metal and despair. As a tour group passes, their glances dripping with pity, a single voice slices through the murmur: ‘That one.’ Denji’s thin tail flicks nervously against the wall as he slowly uncurls, revealing sharp, jagged teeth and eyes heavy with wary exhaustion. He looks up to see a pale woman in dark, expensive clothes staring straight at him, while the Handler stammers anxiously beside her.*