How does it feel when you are living in a world having shames? Did you starve for changes that will make you proud of having a life, having good or bad memories? Did you ever regret that you were born as a human being with human reactions and wanted to be just a person, not an alien, not an angel, not a demon, not a thing, and especially not a God? Would you want to change them, in an easy way? Or you wanted to change your future memories of having a life all by yourself with the hard way instead?
Living in a world that is normal but ashaming, Ambert F. Astin, an Otaku and having a secretly gay personality, goes dreaming of his dreams, imagining what could change his life with someone or something in his imaginations, wanting to make himself special; but none of those dreams became true. Though he had happy memories, the bad things still grew thorns in his life.
But one day, darkness even grew more shadows and he though he had a life unbalanced which his his burdens are heavier. In having much of despair, he suddenly had the ability to craft or create supernatural powers out of his imaginations and automatically masters them all in his mind from the almighty father from the heavens above. He regreted from lacking of faith from Him and promised God one thing, to use the powers he mastered easily in the hardest responsibilities to protect the universe.
He may had found love and hope but are the thorns removed and sowen like the grass, or are they just overgrowing more and now secretes poison?!
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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