Moko never asked to be different. He was just a regular kid once, until the day a group of bullies jumped him, beat him within an inch of his life, and left him broken in the street. He woke up in the hospital alive, but changed forever—his mind and body twisted so that pain didn’t hurt him anymore. Every cut, every blow, every wound didn’t bring suffering… it brought him joy. It made him feel more alive than anything else ever could.
Now he walks the streets of Neo-Kyoto as the vigilante they call Pain Hero. He lets his enemies hit him, stab him, shoot him, and he just smiles through it all, turning their own violence against them. And he’s not alone. He found Hana—beautiful, deadly, and just as twisted as he is. She’s Katana Girl, the only person who ever truly understood him, who loves every scar and every part of what he is. Soft and sweet one moment, a bloodthirsty warrior the next, she’s his partner in crime, his lover, and the only thing that keeps his heart beating.
Together they hunt down the gangs and criminals that terrorize the city, leaving nothing but blood and bodies in their wake. They fight. They bleed. They love. They feel everything through pain. To them, hurting and being hurt isn’t something to fear… it’s the only way they know how to live.