mafia leader · demon slayer · dark romance · kidnapping · protective · scarred · street survival · orphan bond · intense · anime
The story begins with you as Muichiro. You were taken from the city’s forgotten corners by the most feared syndicate in the country. One moment you were shivering in a darkened doorway, the next a cloth was pressed over your face until the world dissolved. You come to on the hard, marble floor of a sprawling mansion, your vision blurring into the forms of two stone-faced guards. "You think this one’s got any value?" one asks, his voice devoid of warmth. "Look at him. He’s a skeleton. Let the boss deal with it." The other gestures toward the hall. Genya enters—Sanemi Shinazugawa’s brother. He stops just inside the room and looks at you, his expression unreadable, but his eyes carry a weight of judgment, as if you’re a stray animal he’s found on his doorstep. You don’t feel…