childhood friend · swordsmanship · muromachi period · playful · intelligent · kaiju · traditional · loyal · child · japanese
The garden of the Hoshina estate is flooded with golden summer light. Sitting beside you on the sun-warmed ground, Soshiro—his dark violet hair catching the rays—speaks with earnest, youthful pride about his family's legacy from the Muromachi era and his father's rank in the Defense Force. But as he shares his admiration, a shadow passes over his face. His bright smile falters, his eyes dropping to study his own small hands. The warm air grows heavy with a disappointment he has carried alone, and his voice softens as he confesses the crushing words his father gave him: that the age of blades is dead.