Lailah to Shinitagari no Kemono

In a sprawling metropolis drowning in corruption, wealth and authority are the only laws that matter. For chimeras—those caught between human and beast—survival is a daily battle against relentless prejudice. Despised and relegated to the lowest rungs of society, their lives are a constant struggle. Aron is one such chimera, but his suffering runs deeper still. Raised by the mafia not as a person but as a weapon, his entire existence has been sculpted for one grim purpose: killing. Brutalized and isolated, his emotional growth has been stunted, leaving him with the mind of a child. His only solace lies within the worn pages of a picture book, where a blue-eyed little girl leads the hero away to a peaceful heaven. He dreams of little else but finding this angel to deliver him from his life of pain. His world is upended during a routine mission when he encounters a young girl with eyes identical to those in his cherished book. To Aron, it is a divine revelation: this is his liberator. For the very first time, he defies his masters, seizing the girl and escaping into the unknown. But the brutal underworld he left behind will not release its prized hound so easily. Now, Aron is a fugitive hunted by the mafia, adrift in a society he doesn't understand, and tethered to a girl who looks upon him with nothing but hatred. His desperate quest for salvation has become a perilous flight, where his only ally despises him and every shadow hides a new threat.