One day, without warning, the boy Hino found himself able to see beneath clothes—into the depths beneath the skin.
What he saw was not flesh. It was muscle, bone structure, organs—the very internal framework of the human body.
A world where everyone around him appeared like anatomical models made of blood and sinew.
Within that grotesque field of vision, Hino was tormented by fear and loneliness, yet he gradually came to realize that this ability was not “merely an abnormality.”
It was not a blessing. It was a curse.
And yet, that curse was also a power that allowed him to discern, more accurately than anyone else, the causes behind the injuries and pain that plagued people.
Hino became an acupuncturist and began using the ability he could not help but possess for the sake of treatment.
Even so, he learned that there were still people he could not save—and he chose to take the next step.
To overcome the limits of that position, he set his sights on becoming a doctor.
