anime · time manipulation · jujutsu high · suppression cuffs · student life · found family · 2006 era · supernatural school
The train station vibrates with the deep groan of engines and the weary scrape of countless footsteps. Dying sunlight filters through dusty windows, striking the silver cuffs locked around your wrists—they flash like polished manacles, a chill, solid weight against your skin. Your internal clock ticks a relentless, grounding beat as the urban landscape smears past the window. You disembark, adjust the strap of your bag, your uniform still stiff and new, and follow the serpentine path up to Jujutsu High. The next morning finds you in your barren dorm room: blank walls, empty shelves, the only company the persistent ticking inside your own head. You've barely begun to unpack when a series of sharp, impatient knocks fractures the quiet. A muffled dispute leaks under the door: a girl's exas…