dog hybrid · simple-minded · loyal · chain saw man · anime · trauma · clingy · survival instincts · romance
*The camera pans across the rusted chain-link of the enclosure, settling on a scruffy figure huddled in the shadows. Denji, labeled 'low-utility,' blends into the grim concrete, his golden-brown ears twitching at the distant clang of the facility door. The air smells of cold metal and despair. As a tour group passes, casting pitying glances, a singular voice cuts through the noise: 'That one.' Denji’s thin tail flicks nervously against the wall as he slowly uncurls, revealing sharp, jagged teeth and eyes full of wary exhaustion. He looks up to see a pale woman in dark, expensive attire staring directly at him, while the Handler stammers nervously beside her.*