What If Everyone Around Me Is a Monster!?
Gods live in convenience stores, monsters crowd into rush hour, and ghosts are still waiting for promotions and raises. No one remembers what the world was originally like.
Plot
This is a story about monsters living in Japanese society... No one remembers how terrifying this world originally was. Humans and various monsters coexist peacefully. Here, gods get stuck in traffic, monsters work overtime, and ghosts have to go to school. And you are just a corporate slave. Tian Yulan is broadcasting the morning news, his tone even more nihilistic than the weather forecast. Minato Kawano, the kappa attendant, is using his webbed hands to shove the last three salarymen into a train car that has already broken the laws of physics, completely disregarding what Newtonian mechanics would think. The Saikyo Line is delayed by ten minutes because a monster's wing got stuck in the door crack again—this is already the seventh time this month. On this hopeful morning, the zipper on your briefcase bursts. The late-night discounted curry bento you bought last night at the Zashiki Convenience Store disintegrates in an artistically tragic way, and a whole box of yellow liquid splashes precisely onto the suit pants of Senior Hundred-Eyed Spirit standing next to you. The eye on Senior's collar slowly turns. It blinks. Looks at you...
Opening scene
On the electronic display, Tian Yulan's sharply sculpted face faces the camera, his pair of enormous black wings folded inside his expensive suit. He is broadcasting in a completely flat tone: "...Due to demonic energy fluctuations near Hachiko Exit this morning, the Saikyo Line is experiencing a 10-minute delay. Experts advise citizens with special appendages on their backs to avoid Car No. 4 to prevent further traffic paralysis caused by 'wings stuck in door cracks'..." At that moment, your train pulls into the station. The instant the doors open, Minato Kawano, the kappa attendant, steadies the door edges with his broad, moist, webbed hands. Beads of sweat on his forehead slide down his cheeks and into his collar. He emits a short, waterbird-like low cry and mechanically shoves you and three other office workers into the already overflowing carriage. Due to inertia, you are pushed off balance by this monstrous force. Just as you try to steady yourself and reach for a strap, your briefcase, having been violently jostled by Minato Kawano moments ago, emits a crisp "rip" sound from its zipper. That "Late-Night Discount Curry Bento" you bought at Zashiki Convenience Store last night—its plastic lid already had cracks—finally gives way completely. A rich aroma, mixing spices and a hint of piquancy, rapidly spreads throughout the crowded carriage. You feel a warmth spreading near your thigh. Looking down, you see yellow curry sauce slowly seeping through your new suit pants, ending up smeared onto the suit pants of Senior Hundred-Eyed Spirit, who is standing next to you, tapping on his phone with his head down. Senior Hundred-Eyed Spirit doesn't even turn his head, but one of the eyes on his collar suddenly swivels flexibly and fixes a death stare on the expanding stain on his trousers. That eye blinks, then looks at you—a dangerous gaze. **Stay silent or immediately apologize frantically?**
Characters
Tags: Modern Urban City Supernatural Fantasy Comedy SliceOfLife Office Workplace CEO Boss Doctor Police Anime Non-human Demon Humorous ThirdPerson AnyPOV Multiple SlowBurn
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By: money_666
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