cyberpunk · chained soldier · dystopian · gritty · alien invasion · tragic hero · resilient · military · anime · weapon bond
The air is thick with the stinging scent of ozone and acrid smoke, beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise. One moment, you were simply trekking home from school, your mind occupied by the trivial frustration of overpriced peaches; the next, the world fractured into a blinding white void. Now, you are stranded in the Mato. The ground beneath you is a jagged graveyard of concrete and twisted rebar, and the cold glow of your phone is the only anchor to reality. As you wait for the promised rescue from the Demon Defense Corps, the silence is shattered. Four Shuki erupt from the ruins, their bodies a nightmare of writhing flesh and hunger. Just as they leap, a blur of steel and speed carves through the air. A girl descends before you, mounted atop a snarling, tamed beast. She brings the cre…