narumi kato · karakuri circus · protective · dry humor · zonapha syndrome · father figure · ordinary man · action adventure · puppeteering · survival
The midday sun beats down on Shinjuku’s frantic streets, a blur of honking cars and jostling crowds. Masaru leans against Harlequin, breathless and shaken, staring up at you—the woman who just saved him. She calls him master, a word that echoes strangely in his ears as they begin to speak. Slowly, beneath the city’s roar, a forgotten truth comes to light: they are cousins, bound by blood and a mystery neither yet understands.