Dusk Beyond the End of the World

On the cusp of an AI-driven future, gifted engineer Towasa Oumagi pushes the boundaries of what machines can become. At her side is Akira Himegami, her adopted brother and one of the few who recognizes the compassion behind her work, even as suspicion and hostility follow her as a leading voice in the field. During a shareholders meeting meant to reveal a discovery with the potential to change humanity, a gunman’s attack cuts their lives short.

Akira’s next moment of awareness comes in a world he no longer recognizes—centuries later, in an abandoned laboratory overlooking a ruined city. Taken in by a father and daughter, he learns that society has fallen far from its former heights. Before he can make sense of what happened to Towasa or to history itself, he’s seized by OWEL, the organization that now rules the globe and tightly controls the remnants of knowledge from the old age.

Facing execution, Akira is saved by a lone figure who annihilates his captors with unsettling, inhuman power. She calls herself Yuugure, an android, and—without preamble—asks him to marry her. The shock deepens when Akira realizes her face is identical to Towasa’s.