[Page 1]
Panel 1: Wide shot of a bustling city street at dusk. Neon signs flicker. Crowds pass by.
Narration: Jin Ryouma… once a warrior of fire and steel, now just a boy wandering in a world that has long forgotten him.
Panel 2: Close-up on Jin's eyes glowing faintly blue as he stares at the crowd.
Jin (thoughts): "So many faces… yet none I recognize. Why was I brought back?"
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[Page 2]
Panel 1: Jin walks into a convenience store. His reflection in the glass briefly shows his samurai self instead of his modern form.
Jin (thoughts): "The past clings to me like a shadow."
Panel 2: Jin grabs a drink from the fridge. A flashback panel overlays—he's reaching for a sake bottle in his old life, in a samurai tavern.
Jin (thoughts): "Every movement… echoes who I was."
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[Page 3]
Panel 1: Outside the store, a group of delinquents corner another student, shoving him.
Delinquent A: "Hand over your wallet, brat."
Victim: "S-stop! Please…"
Panel 2: Jin passes by, uninterested, but his aura reacts. His body stiffens.
Narration: The warrior inside him never sleeps.
Panel 3: The victim is punched to the ground. Blood splatters. Jin's hand trembles on his drink can.
Jin (thoughts): "…This world may have changed, but cruelty hasn't."
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[Page 4]
Panel 1: Jin drops the can, steps forward.
Jin: "Enough."
Panel 2: The delinquents smirk at him.
Delinquent B: "What's this? Another hero? Stay out of it, kid."
Panel 3: Close-up of Jin's eyes—half samurai, half student.
Jin: "You… dare bare your fangs at me?"
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[Page 5]
Panel 1: A delinquent charges with a swing. Jin steps aside smoothly, his stance perfectly like a swordsman.
Panel 2: Jin's hand flicks out—he doesn't touch the boy, but the aura of his motion sends the attacker sprawling.
Victim (wide-eyed): "W-what… was that?"
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[Page 6]
Panel 1: Jin grabs a wooden broom resting against a wall. In his aura, it appears like a glowing katana.
Jin (thoughts): "…Even without my blade, the soul remembers."
Panel 2: He slashes the air. The wooden broom cracks against the thug's weapon hand, disarming him instantly.
Panel 3: Delinquents stumble back, terrified.
Delinquent A: "W-what kind of freak… is this guy?!"
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[Page 7]
Panel 1: The thugs flee into the night. Jin drops the broom and exhales.
Jin (thoughts): "That wasn't me. That was… him. The warrior."
Panel 2: The victim stares at Jin, trembling.
Victim: "Y-you… who are you?"
Jin: "...No one you need to know."
Panel 3: Jin walks away, hands in pockets, the glowing aura still faint around him.
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[Page 8]
Panel 1: At night, Jin sits alone in his small apartment. Shadows of his samurai armor flicker behind him like ghosts.
Jin (thoughts): "Every fight pulls me deeper into the past. I'm losing myself…"
Panel 2: Flashback—his death. Raiden's blade piercing him, blood spraying across a battlefield of flames.
Raiden (flashback): "Your Affinity dies with you, Jin!"
Panel 3: Jin gasps awake, sweating.
Jin (thoughts): "Raiden… that name. Why does it still echo here?"
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[Page 9]
Panel 1: Next day, Jin at school. Students whisper, noticing his distant aura.
Student 1: "That transfer kid… he gives me chills."
Student 2: "Yeah, it's like he's not really… here."
Panel 2: Aya Kurogane enters—confident girl with sharp eyes. She notices Jin immediately.
Aya (thoughts): "…That aura. He's one of them."
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[Page 10]
Panel 1: Aya corners Jin on the rooftop.
Aya: "You fought last night, didn't you? I could feel it."
Jin (cold): "You're mistaken."
Panel 2: Aya smirks.
Aya: "Don't play dumb. Only reincarnates carry that Affinity glow."
Panel 3: Jin's eyes widen slightly.
Jin: "…You know?"
Aya: "More than you think."
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[Page 11]
Panel 1: Aya throws a wooden practice sword at Jin. He catches it effortlessly.
Aya: "Show me. Prove who you are."
Panel 2: Jin glares.
Jin: "…You won't survive."
Aya (grinning): "Try me."
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[Page 12]
Panel 1: The two clash with wooden blades, but the aura around them lights up like spiritual fire.
Panel 2: Aya's strikes are sharp, refined. Jin blocks instinctively, his past life flowing through him.
Panel 3: Shockwave bursts across the rooftop, cracking the tiles.
Narration: Two souls collide. The warrior within Jin stirs once more…
To Be Continued…