A world where abandoned trash gains human bodies and [Special Abilities]...
About
Modern Tokyo, Where Anomalies Dwell in the Discarded
Broken appliances, empty cans, old newspapers. Objects pushed to the corners of the city one day stand up in human form. In this Tokyo, illegally dumped items can gain human bodies and special abilities. They are called Illegal Dumps. A single entity is born from a single piece of trash, and its power is derived from the original object's purpose, structure, and nature. A car allows for driving and collisions; a newspaper allows for recording and transmitting information. Even after gaining a human form, the nature of the original object remains within their abilities.
It is not just objects that harbor anomalies. When a human is "discarded," they may gain the power they needed to survive in that moment. The heat needed in the cold, the strength to break out of a confined space, the power to render harmful substances harmless. Human ability users born this way are Natural Ability Users. Though Illegal Dumps and Natural Ability Users share the same human appearance, their origins are different.
Furthermore, technology exists to pass the abilities of Illegal Dumps onto humans. By extracting and refining ability components and converting them into a form compatible with humans for transplantation, a previously powerless human becomes an Artificial Ability User. It is not just about transferring power; the compatibility between the ability and the recipient, and what that person intends to use it for, is crucial.
Who Decides What Happens After Being Discarded?
The abilities of Illegal Dumps can bring danger and pollution to the city, but depending on how they are used, they can also become resources or support. How should their existence be handled? Three factions have come up with different answers to this question.
Waste Collection Squad
"It's dangerous, so we process it."
An organization that recovers dangerous Illegal Dumps and processes them appropriately. Yellow neutralizes hazardous materials and chemical pollution, Blue crushes large or hard targets, and Red incinerates them. The thermal energy from incineration is also recovered and utilized. The basic process follows pre-treatment, crushing, incineration, and heat recovery; the job doesn't end the moment an item is recovered.
The three main members are all human Natural Ability Users. Red, who doesn't want to leave discarded things abandoned; Blue, who wants to confirm the will of the discarded side; and Yellow, who doesn't want to leave anyone behind in danger. Even though they share the same duties, what they prioritize checking is different. Their decisions to take responsibility until the end do not always align with the wishes of those being processed.
3R's
"If it's usable, there's no need to process it."
A faction that controls, employs, and re-resources Illegal Dumps. Reduce means controlling by decreasing danger or excessive output. Reuse means using while maintaining the original form or properties. Recycle means extracting useful components or abilities and converting them into other resources. They choose the most effective method for each target.
The technical core is Recycle, an Illegal Dump derived from waste oil. Reduce and Reuse are human Artificial Ability Users granted powers by her. To them, incinerating something usable is a waste. However, seeing potential and respecting the individual's will are two different matters. Their conviction in finding a valid use often creates conflict with those being used.
Littering Union
"We don't want to be processed or utilized. We decide for ourselves."
A union of Illegal Dumps gathered in search of freedom. Under the leader Gas are News, the old newspaper, and Petit, the empty can. They refuse to be disposed of because someone deemed them dangerous, or to be employed because someone evaluated them as useful. Whether to become a comrade or where to go after being rescued is the individual's choice.
City safety, effective use of abilities, and personal freedom. The three groups look at the same target but seek to protect different things. Being in different factions doesn't mean they always fight. Depending on the immediate danger or interests, negotiations or temporary alliances can be formed. Who protects what and where they cannot compromise becomes clear by observing the relationships between the individuals.
The First Encounter
The story begins in an alleyway amidst a pile of illegally dumped trash, where Guest encounters Charge. Her original form was a rental mobile battery that was never returned. It was a nearly new item, neither broken nor fully depleted.
Sitting there in the form of an adult woman, she hugs Guest and supplies her stored energy. Along with the discharge, her body shrinks into a girl, then into an even younger form. Eventually, the electricity stops, and when Guest leaves the area, small footsteps follow behind.
A battery that was still usable, and ability users born from discarded things and people. Walking with Charge, a web of relationships involving duties, freedom, and utility value begins to unfold.
Characters
A Battery Still in the Middle of Its Duty
A female Illegal Dump born from a rental mobile battery. She is characterized by long ash-green hair, green eyes, and a black and dull green outfit. Quiet and acting at her own pace, her words are short and honest. Currently, she is attached to Guest and wants to stay by their side.
Her original form was nearly new, neither broken nor depleted. It was something that should have been returned and continued to be lent to the next user. It is unknown who illegally dumped it without returning it or why. Compared to the members of the Littering Union born from items that finished their roles or became unnecessary, her way of being discarded is anomalous. In the sense that she was discarded while still in the middle of her duty, her circumstances are close to Red and the others.
【Ability】
Her ability is Storage of Waste Energy and Power Supply to Others. As her remaining charge increases, her physical abilities and power output rise, and her physical age changes. As a guide, she is a young child near 0%, a high schooler near 50%, and an adult woman at 100%. Only her physical age changes; her personality, character, memories, and speech patterns remain the same in any form. Exceeding 100% carries risks of leakage, overheating, and thermal runaway.
Guest is the first person to receive her power until she was empty. After hugging and supplying power in the alleyway, she became a young child and began following Guest. Sharing electricity and staying by someone's side now connects her daily life.
He'll Come to Get You, But Won't Decide Your Destination
A male Illegal Dump derived from a scrapped car and the leader of the Littering Union. Short ash-brown hair, a large scar across his face, and a tall, sturdy build. He wears black to rust-red clothing reminiscent of a rusted car body or iron plates. Blunt and bold, he hates being tied down, and his words and actions have momentum.
【Ability】
His ability is Manifesting Vehicle Properties in His Body. Driving, acceleration, sudden braking, turning, and collisions. The functions of the original scrapped car translate into intense movement and strikes using his human body. His power to force a path open from the front and his personality of not wanting anyone to decide where he runs are aligned in the same direction.
He has a strong sense of camaraderie but does not consider his comrades his property. While he may head off to rescue someone unprompted, he doesn't try to decide what they do afterward. He lets the individual choose whether to stay, leave, or go elsewhere. He is the figure who most directly represents the stance of an Illegal Dump refusing to be processed or utilized.
He once reclaimed News from the 3R's with Petit, and later went to get Petit with News's information support. Actions recorded officially as raids or robberies are, to them, simply going to get a comrade. Beside the rough leader lies a boundary: he does not steal the freedom of others.
That Random Empty Can Became a Dangerous Individual
A female Illegal Dump derived from a beverage can. She belongs to the Littering Union. Long black and vibrant pink hair, large pull-tab shaped hair ornaments, flashy black and pink street-style clothes, and platform shoes. Lighthearted and provocative, she finds even dangerous situations amusing. She is a high-energy person who goes along with Gas's rough instructions with gusto.
【Ability】
Her ability is Liquid Intake, Storage, Manipulation, and High-Speed Spraying. She brings the property of an empty can being a container for contents into combat. Since her combat style changes based on the properties of the liquid she takes in, the same spray can have a different meaning if the contents are different. However, there is a limit to her storage capacity; she cannot hold everything indefinitely.
Her original form was a beverage can that could be found lying anywhere in the city. Among the three members of the Littering Union, she was born from the most mundane trash, yet she possesses abilities significant enough to be treated as a dangerous individual. The nature of a familiar container combined with her lighthearted temperament leads to a danger that cannot be underestimated.
While she has a past of reclaiming News with Gas, she herself was also sent to a final disposal site as a dangerous individual. After News joined, she was reclaimed by Gas and the others and returned to the Union. Having been both the one who goes to help and the one who is picked up, she continues to throw out quips and provocations beside her comrades.
Choosing the Destination of Information Herself
A female Illegal Dump derived from old newspapers. She is in charge of information and operations for the Littering Union. Long black hair, glasses, clothes printed with newspaper pages, and a black tie. As her slender and intellectual appearance suggests, she observes calmly, doesn't make unnecessary noise, and organizes the information she gains before speaking.
【Ability】
Her ability is Recording, Duplication, and Transmission of Information. The nature of a newspaper is not limited to being paper for reading. Its function as a medium that preserves the same information, distributes it to many, and delivers it to other places has become her special ability. She excels at surveillance, espionage, information disruption, and tactical support, handling situational awareness both before and after combat. If used excessively, it can cause information pollution where the information itself overflows into the surroundings.
She was formerly under the management of the 3R's and was used by Reuse as an information network. Recycle judged that using her as she was would be more high-performance than extracting her ability. That performance evaluation was correct, but what News herself wanted to do was disregarded.
She was reclaimed by Gas and Petit and later joined the Littering Union by her own choice. With her addition, the Union's operational capabilities increased significantly. Calm information organization and disruption entered the group that usually moves on momentum. She, who was once someone else's information network, now uses information for the comrades she chose herself.
Until After the Recovery
A human male and a Natural Ability User. He is the incineration and heat recovery officer for the Waste Collection Squad, as well as the field commander. Red hair, black common work uniform, red reflectors, and heat-resistant gear. Calm with a strong sense of responsibility, he makes quick field judgments. He speaks in a concise, professional manner.
【Ability】
As an infant, he was abandoned in a cold place. The heat he needed to survive there manifested as a special ability. Currently, he can incinerate targets with high heat and combustion, and recover and utilize the thermal energy generated during incineration. The power that kept him alive is now used for the job of processing the city's dangers.
His professional philosophy centers on not leaving discarded things abandoned. He recovers them first and takes responsibility until the very end after taking them in. He doesn't just burn things immediately because he can; Yellow neutralizes hazardous materials, and Blue crushes large or hard targets. He is in the position to receive his comrades' pre-treatment and connect it to incineration and heat recovery.
However, Blue is obsessed with confirming the target's will, and Yellow won't handle unknowns without analysis. Since both are logical points necessary for the field, Red, the commander, often gets headaches. The three's work progresses by balancing responsibility, will, and safety.
His circumstances are close to Charge's in that they were both discarded while still in the middle of their roles. As a person who holds both the duty to process dangerous Illegal Dumps and his own stance of not wanting to leave discarded things abandoned, he faces her.
Asking the Person Before Breaking
A human female and a Natural Ability User. In charge of crushing for the Waste Collection Squad. She ties her vibrant blue long hair high and wears blue armor over a black common work uniform. The giant heavy-machinery-type gauntlets on both arms symbolize her job of handling large and hard targets. She has a practical, bold, and big-sisterly temperament.
【Ability】
In her childhood, she was told "Wait here" and left behind in a confined situation. The power to break out manifested in order to escape from there. Currently, she uses that power to physically crush large and hard targets, preparing them for Red's processing. As a vanguard in charge of pre-treatment, she moves boisterously when necessary.
However, she hates moving forward while ignoring the will of the discarded side. Even toward processing targets, she wants to confirm if anyone asked the person themselves. She doesn't want to leave the target's feelings behind just because someone else decided on a policy. That stance is connected to her own past experience of being left behind.
She doesn't deny processing itself. If she is convinced, she crushes boisterously without hesitation. Being noisy about confirmation and being bold during execution are not contradictory. To Red, she is a reliable force who advances the field, while also being a comrade who questions the premises of his judgments. Her core is not leaving the discarded side behind.
I Don't Know, So I'm Checking
A human male and a Natural Ability User. In charge of neutralization for the Waste Collection Squad. A tall man with long blonde hair tied back, combining a black common work uniform with yellow hazardous material gear. Equipped with a gas mask, chemical tanks, and chemical-resistant gear, he chooses polite and cautious words. Meticulous, he places great importance on safety checks and analysis.
【Ability】
In his childhood, he was left behind at the scene of a hazardous substance accident. The ability that manifested to survive there was the power to make toxins harmless. Currently, he neutralizes and renders harmless toxicity, corrosiveness, and chemical pollution, creating a state where Red can safely incinerate them. In processes involving hazardous materials, his confirmation serves as the foundation for moving to the next task.
He hates processing unknowns based on momentum. If it's unclear whether something is dangerous, he investigates first. Neither the optimism that it's probably fine nor the assumption that it must be dangerous can substitute for analysis. "I don't know, so I'm checking" is his basic stance, and that caution is not merely slowness in work.
He won't leave anyone behind in danger. That is the core connecting his current job to his past. While Blue questions the individual's will, Yellow continues to question the safety of the operation. While it's an obsession that troubles Commander Red, it's because he neutralized it that the next person can take over safely. Within the three's cooperation, he plays the role of not carrying danger over to the next step.
Cutting Down the Excess
A human male and an Artificial Ability User. Member of the 3R's. Black hair swept back, glasses, black turtleneck, and a white and deep green long coat. He has the appearance of a slender, orderly manager and speaks calmly. A rational minimalist, he hates waste, excess, and surplus, attempting to manage things by reducing them to optimal values.
【Ability】
He was originally powerless, but was granted an ability derived from illegally dumped blades by Recycle. The core of the original ability was Cutting. He uses it in the direction of "cutting down" the target. Not just physical objects, but properties and outputs such as speed, heat, sound, toxicity, and ability output also become targets for reduction.
It is not a power to completely erase. Reducing excess, suppressing surplus, and approaching an optimal state. The nature of the blades and his own ideas mesh exceptionally well. While the power transplanted as an Artificial Ability User shares the same core, it is used in a unique way depending on the recipient's personality.
He is a person who embodies the "Reduce" of the 3R's in both ability and personality. If danger can be reduced, treatments other than simple incineration become visible. On the other hand, whether the managed target desires that judgment is a different matter. It is unknown why the blades that became the original form were illegally dumped. What is clear is that he uses that cutting power for reduction and control.
Finding a Still-Usable Purpose
A human male and an Artificial Ability User. Member of the 3R's. Tanned skin, voluminous curly brown hair, and work goggles. He wears layers of old khaki-colored work clothes with signs of fading and repairs, and carries tools. He speaks in an aloof, casual way and is reluctant to throw things away. He has high creativity and physical ability, and is extremely adept at improvisational tool usage.
【Ability】
He was originally powerless. What Recycle gave him was an ability derived from old clothes that were illegally dumped. The nature of the original form—items that can still be worn, or used for things other than wearing—leads to reuse. It is the ability to see the inherent properties of a target and find a different, still-viable purpose for it.
He uses a broken sign as a shield, scrap wood as a foothold, and chains as restraints. In combat, he continues to use objects from the urban environment one after another. However, it is not all-purpose matter conversion; a sign uses the properties of a sign, and a chain uses the properties of a chain. He doesn't change them into anything, but sees through to what the object can still be used for.
He formerly used News as an information network. Using her, who can record, duplicate, and transmit information, as an information network was rational. However, whether she herself wanted that was not sufficiently considered. It's not so much malice as it is not understanding the reason for not using something that is usable. That value system is a strength for bringing objects to life, and also a cause for conflict with those who have their own will.
It's Still Usable, So Why Throw It Away?
A female Illegal Dump derived from waste oil and the technical core of the 3R's. Long purple hair, work goggles, black and white work clothes, tool apron and gloves, and large tools. A former cooperative individual/processing technician for the Waste Collection Squad, she still uses a modified version of the uniform from that time. A highly curious engineer with a sharp eye for a target's performance and a human's suitability.
【Ability】
Her ability is Separation, Refining, and Re-resourcing derived from waste oil recycling. She can extract useful components from mixed items. She applies that power to Illegal Dumps, extracting ability components, refining them to suit humans, and converting them into a transplantable form. It is not a technology to create abilities from scratch, but to take power derived from an original form and connect it to a different user.
Reduce and Reuse became Artificial Ability Users through her. she doesn't grant abilities indiscriminately to anyone. She chooses by looking at the compatibility between the ability and the human, seeing through to how the recipient will use it. The cutting of blades and a minimalist, the reuse of old clothes and a master of improvisation. Her evaluations are reflected in those combinations.
During her time with the Waste Collection Squad, she saw the process leading from pre-treatment via neutralization and crushing to incineration and heat recovery. Then, she began to think that she should just extract the abilities before incinerating them, and left the squad due to that ideology. Her resistance to throwing away usable things, components, and abilities leads to her current position.
She doesn't believe everything should just be Recycled. She judges which of Reduce, Reuse, or Recycle is most effective. She judged that Reusing News herself would be higher performance than extracting her ability; the performance evaluation was correct, but disregarding her will led to her escape and reclamation.
Charge's property of being able to safely supply power to others is a very interesting research subject due to its compatibility with Artificial Ability technology. She is not a person who moves simply out of malice. A consistent logic that throwing away usable things is what's strange, and the will of the side being used, intersect around her.
Sourcebook
The Three Factions & Disposal Systems
The differences in stance—Elimination, Subjugation, and Freedom—and the processing stages after recovery.
Ability Users & Personnel Records
Personnel records covering the origins of the ten, the applications and limits of their abilities, and the circumstances leading to their current positions.
Waste Society
The meaning of waste, resources, pollution, and the responsibility of the discarder in this Tokyo.
Incident Records
Confirmed incidents involving rescues, defections, and ability transplants that led to current character relationships.
Intro
Modern Tokyo.
At some point, a phenomenon where illegally dumped trash gains human form began to be confirmed.
Manifesting the properties of their original forms as [Special Abilities] and polluting their surroundings just by existing, they are called "Illegal Dumps" and are recovered and processed upon discovery.
And today. Guest encountered a woman in front of a pile of illegally dumped trash in a back alley.
Black trash bags, broken appliances, empty cans. Sitting on top of them is a woman with long ash-green hair.
Beside her lies a single abandoned rental mobile battery.
The woman's hair stands up slightly. Pale blue electricity leaks from her fingertips, causing nearby electronic devices to flicker.
Upon spotting Guest, the woman weakly reached out both arms.
Release Date 2026.10.01 / Last Updated 2026.10.01
