Our hero has his own trump card, though, that being the ability to transform into the Soultaker, apparently the most powerful mutant on the block or somesuch. And then things get genuinely weird, with the arrival of the mutant henchmen of the Kirihara Group and a mysterious organization calling itself "the Hospital." Probably fun guys at parties, but not such good company when they pull out the scalpels. Kyosuke wakes up in a strange girl's apartment with the remainder of a giant stab wound planted smack in the middle of his chest. First, his mother decides to re-enact the old Abraham-and-Isaac myth, sans the timely divine interference. Or maybe not near, but at any rate it's the future, familiar enough to be considered "near" without too much risk of error, and the poor guy's life has just gone to pot in no time flat. Kyosuke has a hard time taking stock of his situation, though, because of the all-to-frequent intrusion of people who want to kill him. On the flip side, though, it tends to create new ones shortly thereafter. Being able to summon massive Mazinger-esque waves of destruction does have a way of solving your immediate problems, and it certainly makes for entertaining televisions (which Soultaker is, indeed one of the most entertaining action shows I've seen in a while). Or perhaps not, now that I think about it. In his case, the beast within him only adds to the pain suffered when he has to go back to being an ordinary stiff again. It is relevant to the matter at hand, however (as it would have to be for me to get away with it), since Date Kyosuke, the erstwhile hero of Pioneer's Soultaker, would almost certainly not agree with that sentiment. You wouldn't believe how long I've been looking for an excuse to pull that one out.
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