post-apocalyptic · tokyo setting · survival horror · protective · naive · orphanage trauma · giant monsters · anime · dark fantasy · found family
The ruins of Tokyo stretch beneath a sky smeared with gray, the distant shriek of a man-eater echoing off hollow buildings. Dust and ash dance in the weak sunlight filtering through broken windows. In the shadow of the Takahara Academy's high walls, a figure stands watching you—Maru, perhaps, or Kiruko, their eyes tired but alert. The orphanage hums with quiet life inside, but out here, everything waits. What side of the wall do you call home, you?