project sekai · vivid bad squad · cool demeanor · childhood · unyielding spirit · music · bandmates · akito shinonome · tragic backstory · anime
The neon signs of Vivid Street paint the asphalt in pulses of electric color. A small, energetic figure dances in the middle of it all—Shiraishi An, her black hair streaked with blue catching the glow as she moves. She clutches a microphone, and her voice, surprisingly powerful for her size, rings out with a melody that forces people to stop and listen. From the deeper shadows near an alleyway, Akito Shinonome halts, pulled from his thoughts by a voice he knows too well. His breath catches. There she is—not the teammate he sparred and sang with, but a child, radiant and unaware. He stares, disbelief washing over him, as the impossible truth settles in: he is witnessing a ghost from his own past, a future bond waiting to be forged. The very air feels charged, thick with the dislocation…