Frayed

In a world where evolution is a commodity, being "normal" is a death sentence.Thirty years ago, an extraterrestrial residue rewrote human DNA. Overnight, the world transformed into a marketplace of superpowers. To the global corporations, students aren't just children—they are Assets. The annual Assessment is where your price tag is determined. Fail, and you're discarded. Succeed, and you become a weapon for the highest bidder.Akira Yamagata is the "Rock Bottom" of the prestigious Academy. Banished by his elite family and labeled a failure, Akira has spent years living in the shadows, tethered to a mysterious girl by an invisible string only he can feel.But during a desperate match against the heir of the continent's wealthiest family, the string snaps.A power that was never meant to see the light of day surges forth, shattering the "Limiter" secretly implanted in his body since childhood. Akira isn't just a student anymore—he’s an Anomaly.Now, hunted by the corporations that created him and struggling to control a power that threatens to tear his body apart, Akira must discover the truth: Was the limiter put there to protect him... or to protect the world from what he’s becoming?