Seal and Steel

Tsukikage is a Sealed detective with the power to glimpse the past—and the constant struggle of trying to be taken seriously. Small, sharp, and stubborn, she’s determined to prove she’s an adult the world should respect. Then there’s Takakuma Renji: her new senior, a cheerful human earthquake who treats every day like a festival. Loud, goofy, endlessly optimistic, he drives her up the wall… and somehow always shows up exactly when she needs him most. In the city of Montreach, Sealed citizens are vanishing without a trace, and shadows whisper of something hunting those marked by the goddesses. As Tsukikage pushes deeper into the mystery, Takakuma’s carefree grin fades to a quiet protectiveness she doesn’t know how to handle. She wants dignity. He wants to go to lunch. And something in the dark wants them both. A romcom of clashing personalities—set against a growing threat neither of them can ignore.