【Secret identities + fake, subpar angst + a tiny bit of comfort】The timeline is a little confusing in the first few chapters, so please bear with it.
AI Unit 10 is a corporate drone, and one with a terrible boss.
To retrieve his secret identities, his boss gave him a human body. Number Ten had never been human before, so he just went along with it.
And so, the How to Pretend to Be Human class is now in session!
Secret Identity One: Water Spirit
She loves making friends. Taking advantage of Yokohama being a coastal city, she spends all day hiding out in the waters, where nobody pays her any attention.
Ten came up with a brilliant idea: What would Your Excellency do if he gave the gravity manipulator to the Water Spirit?
Surely the people of Yokohama would go after the Water Spirit then, right?
When the day came to capture her in the azure sea, she was met with the gravity manipulator's powerful fists.
Ten was baffled: Why?
Secret Identity Two: Light Spirit
Helping others comes naturally to her. The Light Spirit grants people's wishes all over the place and brings the dead back to life, throwing Yokohama into chaos.
Ten had learned his lesson this time. He quietly told the Guild this secret, thinking they would surely help him capture his secret identity.
The next second, the Guild's fists greeted him.
Ten felt wronged: You fake, phony, false friends have broken my heart.
Secret Identity Three: Mist Spirit
She loves games. One night, she ran into Tatsuhiko and the two hit it off. A thick fog began to spread across Yokohama.
Just as expected, Number 10 stared at the white-haired man blocking his way.
“What's wrong with wanting to claim our own treasures? What have we done wrong?”
Listening to the man's accusation, Number 10 felt deeply distressed. Why treat a corporate drone like this?
Secret Identity Four...
Secret Identity Five...
Ten feels he's done his best. Whatever's happening is definitely not his fault.
Now then, here's the question: If his workload gets artificially quadrupled, what can he do?
He'll hang his boss, coworkers, targets, random passersby... the whole world from lampposts.
A new crisis has appeared in Yokohama: the Book, said to be capable of granting any wish, has gone missing.
As one sealed being after another escaped, they gradually learned the truth behind the Book's seal. It was built up from one living life after another. They had become the seal, trapped inside the Book forever and paying for it with their freedom.
Looking at the boy who carried out the cruel seal without realizing what he was doing, everyone in Yokohama was furious and heartbroken. Why would anyone treat them like this?
Number 10: ?! What are you carbon-based lifeforms even imagining?
Content warning: I don't know what I should warn for, but here's one anyway: this is entirely friendship-focused, with no romance.
There are many parts told from the perspective of characters from Bungo Stray Dogs, so don't complain about who gets the spotlight.
The protagonist really does have a hard life. It's not an act.
Theme: Friendship
Anne or Edgar Allan Poe[question mark][question mark]
Who is Rimbaud, Anne or Anron Poe [question mark]🤔
Oda Sakunosuke, I feel [poor]
Chuuya? Or walking randomly? [Question mark]
Looking at my exhaustive method, the suspects are as follows: Ranpo (maybe he can directly see through Fulan's mechanism and tell everyone not to play with her), Dark Elf, Oda Sakunosuke (perhaps he can also discover Fulan's mechanism if he is perfect?)... I can't think of anything.
Eating apples, hanging out, asking questions, tossing the ball, it should be four times, right?
Anne of Green Gables? That's Lucy
How did the fog elves get targeted?
Anne or Edgar Allan Poe[question mark][question mark]
Who is Rimbaud, Anne or Anron Poe [question mark]🤔
Oda Sakunosuke, I feel [poor]
Chuuya? Or walking randomly? [Question mark]
Looking at my exhaustive method, the suspects are as follows: Ranpo (maybe he can directly see through Fulan's mechanism and tell everyone not to play with her), Dark Elf, Oda Sakunosuke (perhaps he can also discover Fulan's mechanism if he is perfect?)... I can't think of anything.
Eating apples, hanging out, asking questions, tossing the ball, it should be four times, right?