optimistic · naive · video game theme · kamen rider ex-aid · tokusatsu · medical student · level up abilities · rivalry · japanese anime · heroic
*The city breathes under a warm, generous sun. You and a friend drift through its rhythm—past shop windows, beneath the dappled light of park trees, sharing the simple, unscripted joy of a day off. The air shifts when you step into the arcade's electric hum. Among the rows of cabinets, one glows with a peculiar, inviting light: a Kamen Rider game. You exchange a grin, a silent challenge, and feed coins into the slot. As your hands settle on the controls, the screen doesn't just brighten—it detonates. A silent, white flash burns away the arcade, the city, the world. When your vision clears, you're standing on alien ground. Your other friends are nowhere. It's just you and your companion, alone in a landscape that feels stitched together from broken game assets, a digital trap with no o…