A poignant, unflinching look into the future, where the cold precision of technology collides with the fragile essence of humanity. Six distinct stories unfold — eachtracing a different path, yet converging on a singular question: in a future when memories can be erased, identities rewritten, and fate engineered, what remains trulyours? At the edge of civilization, love lingers in the void, freedom demands its price, and companionship becomes a quiet defiance against oblivion. Science fiction isnot merely a vision of what’s to come tomorrow, but a mirror reflecting who we are today.
In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts' long running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
After surviving the entrance exams, Sakuta Azusagawa has finally enrolled in the same university as his girlfriend, Mai Sakurajima. He is gradually getting used to the unfamiliar environment as he attends student gatherings and makes new acquaintances. Everything seems to be going smoothly until Sakuta's friend and Sweet Bullet idol group member Uzuki Hirokawa begins acting out.
Witness what the gods do…after dark. The friendships and the lies, the gossip and the wild parties, and of course, forbidden love. Because it turns out, the gods aren't so different from us after all, especially when it comes to their problems. Stylish and immersive, this is one of mythology's greatest stories — The Taking of Persephone — as it has never been told before.