Tokyo, Japan…
The busy streets of the bustling metropolis pause to turn their eyes skyward.
Peering back at them is an eerie sight not beheld in decades: a black disc surrounded by tendrils of light grasping to pierce a looming shadow the size of the earth itself. It is as if a void has opened in the heavens, joining two forbidden worlds as one.
To the public, the display is but a scientific amusement.
To Tetsu Omori, it’s an annoyance.
At least on a regular day the crowds keep moving. During an eclipse, getting anywhere fast is impossible. And he’s already late for class.
Nothing an emergency detour to the subway station can’t solve—or so he thought. But even underground, this eclipse isn’t about to let him get away so easily…