by Brozik
In this world, emotions aren't just feelings. They're powers. Use them too much, and they start using you back. Kogetsu Kasai should have been fine. He is talented, loved, heir to one of the strongest clans in Shizakawa, and surrounded by people trying, in their own deeply flawed ways, to reach him. Naturally, he's concluded that luck is his nemesis, the world is incompetent, and basic human connection is a design flaw. He survives by control. When reality proves him wrong, which it does often, he doesn't adapt. He reinvents. New worldview. New mask. New strategy. Built from pride, pragmatism, and whatever he refuses to call pain. The problem is simple. The world keeps refusing to become simple. And the people around him, a squad of equally stubborn contradictions, each privately convinced they're the normal one, aren't making it any simpler. What is a normal human even supposed to be? Let's find out together. What to expect: • Dark fantasy where emotions are power, weakness, temptation, and evidence. • No plot armor, not in fights, relationships, pride, or the misunderstandings that don't resolve neatly. • A cast of living contradictions, including you, me, and probably your grandmother. • A plot that keeps every receipt. • Frequently funny, despite itself, because humans are weird. Release status Arc I complete: 17 chapters, chapters 1 to 5 revised Arc II: Tuesdays and Fridays Arcs III to V: written/planned and waiting their turn Arcs VI+: still mutating in the author’s head
