ESSENCE: Chronicle of the Subconscious

Seventeen-year-old Kaito Endo doesn't remember killing his mother—his mind erased it to survive. When supernatural fragments grant him reality-bending powers across Tokyo, the limitation in his abilities mirrors the fracture in his psyche: he literally cannot hold contradictions. As a enigmatic mastermind orchestrates deadly trials and Kaito's repressed memories begin to surface, he faces an impossible question: can you heal from a truth that will destroy you? A psychological thriller about weaponized trauma, the architecture of denial, and whether choosing humanity over godhood is strength or surrender.