Tear It Apart! The Emotion Inhibitor

In a world ravaged by the Rust virus, human emotions are being mercilessly stripped away. Those infected eventually become mindless “shells.” To contain this emotional plague, everyone is forced to wear an emotion suppressor, leaving the world a silent, lifeless gray. Yet beneath this oppressive surface, restless souls still stir in secret. By day, Finn is a model citizen who follows every rule; by night, he is a furtive scavenger in the secondhand market. At the risk of being discovered, he secretly collects old objects that can awaken faint emotions: a faded brooch, a damaged sheet of music. They are his last weapons against the world’s attempt to make him conform. When his beloved younger sister is infected with Rust and her life begins to count down, Finn resolutely ventures into forbidden territory. He makes contact with the legendary underground group called the Color Collectors, a band of seekers devoted to finding the fabled “emotional spectrum,” said to cure Rust. There he meets Zero, a mysterious, aloof girl who seems to understand emotions in a way unlike anyone else. Guided by the Color Collectors, Finn and Zero embark together on a thorny quest to find the emotional spectrum. They must face not only the shells hunting them down, but also the ever-present enforcers of order.