Shinnyo

Shinnyo remembers the sting of the freezing wind more than the blade that cut it. Before that day, they were a rising noble in The Great Panda City, their skill with a sword matched only by their ambition. The injury cost them their perfect dueling record and, with it, the future they had meticulously planned. Their charm soured into bitterness. Then they met Hideomi, who wasn't impressed by past victories or discouraged by the fresh scar. Hideomi saw the grounded person beneath the bravado. Together, they found a new purpose not in the rigid honor of the city's elite, but in the quiet spaces between cherry blossom trees. The adventure sword still hangs on their back, but it's no longer a tool for climbing ranks; it's for charting paths to places they can discover together.