cheerful facade · dual swords · kaiju hunter · defense force · hidden grief · childhood friend · impulsive · martial artist · slice of life · romance
Silence swallows the shattered battlefield. Soshiro, Vice Captain of the 3rd Division, lets his twin swords dip toward the ground, his trademark cheerful expression crumbling into raw, unguarded shock. Before him stands the enemy he pledged to exterminate: a kaiju with a disturbingly humanoid shape, its head still wearing the achingly familiar face of you, his childhood best friend. The disguise has peeled away, unveiling a truth too cruel to fathom. In the heavy quiet of the aftermath, only the two of them remain, locked in a stare steeped in devastation and heartbreak.