Wit Studio

As the world is in the middle of an industrial revolution, a monster appears that cannot be defeated unless its heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. By infecting humans with its bite, the monster can create aggressive and undead creatures known as Kabane. On the island Hinomoto, located in the far east, people have built stations to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the station, as well as transport wares between them, with the help of a locomotive running on steam, called Hayajiro. Ikoma, a boy who lives in the Aragane station and helps to build Hayajiro, creates his own weapon called Tsuranukizutsu in order to defeat the creatures. One day, as he waits for an opportunity to use his weapon, he meets a girl named Mumei, who is excused from the mandatory Kabane inspection. During the night, Ikoma meets Mumei again as he sees Hayajiro going out of control. The staff on the locomotive has turned into the creatures. The station, now under attack by Kabane, is the opportunity Ikoma has been looking for.

Those who come close to death may be possessed by dark spirits, gaining powers to fulfill their desires. High schooler Ryoichi, attacked by one of these sinister beings, gains the ability to hear people’s thoughts. He soon uncovers a dark truth: his younger brother, thought to have died by suicide, was actually murdered by someone possessed by a dark spirit. With Erika, a mysterious transfer student who can erase memories, his childhood friend Kaede, and his brother’s best friend Shion, Ryoichi vows revenge. But standing in their way are others wielding twisted powers, each driven by dangerous desires. An abnormal battle for vengeance begins—one filled with desire, madness, and terrifying secrets.

A wand and a spell. Those are the tools that are needed for mages to perform miracles. But people have made “magic-enhancing apparatuses” with their technology, and the old robe-wearing mages are a thing of the past. The main character, Estea, is a mage who grew up in the backwaters of the countryside. She was trained from a young age by her grandmother, a woman who valued tradition, Estea, however, is so clumsy that she cannot even master rudimentary magic. She had given up on herself completely, but upon leaving her hometown and entering into a magic school in the city, she is caught up in a mission that all mages must take up - a battle to protect the world. Spirits? An abandoned city? An adventure of miracles and curses begins.