Etsusa Bridge

Volume 4, Garuguru! -Dancing Beast Night- (Part 2)

“It looks like things are taking a turn for the annoying here. Explosions going off one after another, execs from every organization dying off one after another, a pair of dogs coming back to the island, a pack of ratlings stirring in the shadows, and the cat getting toyed with like no tomorrow.

Add to that the crazy inter-district relationships just before the explosions. What is going on here?

Is it the end times for the island, or is it— …Then again, that doesn’t really matter.

Whether the island burns or dissolves or the people die en masse, it’s no big deal.

Because that’s what this island is.

So before we discuss the island’s future, let’s talk about the ending of this dance—where the ghoul and the girl dance together without even looking at each other. Shall we, friends?”

Dramatis Personae

Yakumo Amagiri: The man rumored to be the island’s most atrocious killer. His catchphrase is “I’m normal”.

Charlotte: A clumsy half-American half-British girl who’s all about detective work.

Sherlock: Charlotte’s younger brother. Sardonic.

Nazuna Yukimura: A swordswoman in the Eastern District’s Guard Team. In critical condition and unable to receive visitors.

Sōji Kuzuhara: A former police officer, and captain of the Western District’s volunteer police force. The island’s guard dog.

Kelly: An informer and the producer-slash-DJ of Buruburu Airwaves, a pirate radio station.

Gitarin: The boss of the organization that controls the Eastern District. Also known as the Demonic Rogue.

Yili: An executive of the organization that controls the Western District. Half-Chinese and half-British.

Hayato Inui: A former bandit, currently a pirate. The mad dog who was once at the center of the Pits.

Seiichi Kugi: A young man who has given up on everything. A hunting dog who was previously Yili’s right-hand man.

Lilei: Yili’s younger sister. A member of the organization’s executive squad who wields a lead pipe. Likes cute things.

Lihuang: Yili’s older brother. An executive and an overseer of the Western District. A vicious man of little pity.

Spring-heeled Joplin: The island’s urban legend.

Ginga Kanashima: A weapons dealer with a grudge against Kuzuhara. His right arm is supposedly a highly functional prosthetic.

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Well, friends.

Let us resume our observation.

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