残壊 (ZANKAI)
In a world where supernatural disasters known as Breaches distort reality itself, humanity survives under the protection of the Order, an organization of exorcists who wield Kain through personalized abilities known as Expressions. After a deadly encounter with a mysterious entity, Haruki is dragged into the hidden world of exorcists and forced into the trainee divisions under the supervision of First-Order exorcist Renji Akisame.
As Haruki struggles to survive brutal training, deadly missions, and the pressure of awakening his own potential, he begins uncovering a far larger conflict hidden beneath the Order’s authority. Breaches are evolving. Rogue Kain users known as Strays are appearing across the world. And somewhere beyond humanity’s understanding, ancient forces tied to the Sinful Legends and the Hollowed continue manipulating reality from the shadows.
What begins as the story of a trainee fighting to survive slowly escalates into a war surrounding the origin of Kain itself, the collapse of reality’s natural laws, and the terrifying truth behind Expressions, Embodiments, and the existence of the Infinite Domain.
As the line between human, exorcist, and something far beyond both begins to disappear, Haruki will be forced to decide whether he was truly chosen by this world—
or noticed by the wrong thing entirely.