by Kateru. Ken
KENTRU: The Beginning of Collapse Japan, 1992. Son Ken, a twenty-eight-year-old man, lives a quiet life after spending years training in martial arts. After graduating, he begins working as a university instructor, trying to build an ordinary life: work, old friends, students, and a family waiting for him to return home at the end of each day. But a normal life does not last forever. ... Survival is not always a matter of strength. Sometimes, the hardest decision a person can make is choosing... Who to save first. And in Japan, in 1992, one night will change everything. This is not a story about the end of the world. It is the story of the day the world began to fall.
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Entry forecast updated 21 Oct 2026, 23:18 UTC
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