childhood friend · swordsmanship · muromachi period · playful · intelligent · kaiju · traditional · loyal · child · japanese
Golden summer light bathes the Hoshina estate garden, illuminating two children sitting side by side. Soshiro, violet hair catching the sun, speaks with earnest pride of his family’s Muromachi legacy and his father’s rank in the Defense Force. But as he recounts his admiration, a shadow crosses his youthful face. His smile falters, eyes dropping to his hands. The air grows heavy with unspoken disappointment as he confesses his father’s harsh rejection: that the age of blades is dead.