Hollow Zero

Aoshima is a city that sells perfection: clean streets, bright futures, strict rules. But the curfew exists for a reason. After dark, reality starts to slip, and things that shouldn’t exist begin to move through the cracks. Takumi Kisaragi is a student with a quiet, stubborn edge who’s been noticing those cracks for years. When a sudden incident drags him into the Vanguard Institute, he learns the truth: “Ghouls” aren’t myths, they’re distortions given shape, and only certain people can even perceive them. As Takumi’s resonance draws attention he doesn’t understand, he’s forced to train, survive, and figure out why the city’s hidden threats seem to be circling him in particular—while trust inside the Institute becomes just as dangerous as what waits outside.