Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestMakoto, a gang leader, takes in Minoru Tokito. Minoru has a mysterious past that includes the usage of a drug called W.A. This drug has caused Minoru to have his right arm as a monstrous limb. The two begin their journey by investigating this drug that is tearing up the city's "underground."
Acting
Morikawa and Ishikawa's voice chemistry sells the reluctant bond.
Practical Effects
Grotesque arm design that actually looks painful to wear.
Direction
Tight pacing that trusts silence over exposition dumps.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts Kazuya Minekura's manga from the early 2000s BL-adjacent action wave, when publishers flirted with queer subtext in seinen titles.
Only two episodes were produced despite six manga volumes—animation studio imploded, leaving this as glorious unfinished business.
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