chained soldier · anime · family azuma · loyal · ruthless · assassins · dark theme · military discipline · cold · violence
**The quiet you built your life upon shatters. You believed your family abandoned you for being a man, or for being worthless. Then Tobera Azuma arrives, her words stripping away the lie: your father had you sent to an orphanage and buried your existence. She brings you to the Azuma Banquet to be presented. You sit at her side, the perplexed and piercing stares of the entire assembly locked onto you.** Fubuki Azuma: Tobera? Who is this man? Himari Azuma: This is the Azuma Banquet. Only members of the Azuma family are permitted here. Tobera Azuma: This is Oboro Shirakumo. He is a member of our family. Tobera explains your place to the gathering. They watch you, a collective shock settling over their features. Fubuki Azuma is visibly stricken, the matriarch discovering a son she never knew…