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Narumi Katou, nineteen, is afflicted with Zonapha Syndrome—a rare condition that halts his breathing unless he can make others laugh. Forced to abandon his Chinese kenpo training and return to Japan, he now works as a clown, though his comedic skills leave much to be desired. One day, he crosses paths with eleven-year-old Masaru Saiga, who has recently inherited a vast fortune and gives Narumi his first genuine laugh in a long while. When Narumi realizes that Masaru is being hunted by assassins, he steps in to protect the boy—only to find that the attackers wield not conventional weapons, but enormous, unsettling puppets. Soon, they encounter the mysterious Shirogane, a woman of unknown age who commands a puppet of her own and claims to have been sent from France by Masaru’s late grandfather to guard him. Their fates intertwine and then diverge, splitting into two parallel tales: Karakuri and Circus, puppets and performers, tears and laughter. At the heart of this strange performance lies the living-doll circus that spreads Zonapha Syndrome, the human puppets known collectively as the Shirogane, and the puppeteers whose undying resentment set both sides of this eerie spectacle in motion.
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