Children are the most precious, overprotected resource on the planet, and for Sanda Kazushige, that protection feels a lot like a cage. In a future Japan where the birth rate has bottomed out and the legend of Christmas is treated like a dangerous hallucination, Sanda just wants to blend in and survive the suffocating rules of his academy. Everything changes when his classmate Fuyumura Shiori hunts him down with a ritualistic intensity, convinced that Sanda carries a dormant curse capable of finding their missing friend, Ono. To solve the mystery of the disappearance, Sanda must undergo a shocking physical awakening that defies biology and resurrects a myth society tried to bury. He is thrust into a world of hidden magic and corporate control, forced to choose between the safety of his youth and the terrifying responsibility of becoming a legend. Paru Itagaki delivers a masterclass in eccentric storytelling, weaving a gritty, heart-wrenching mystery that asks what we lose when we stop believing in the impossible.

Sanda, Paru Itagaki, Supernatural, Dystopian, Mystery, Seinen, Drama, Adventure, Psychological, Fantasy