The Tale Of The Kitsune And The Hunter

CRK AU | Manju X Jagae

In feudal Japan, where spirits wander and Yokai Hunters stalk the shadows, nothing is as it seems-and nothing is safe.

Manju is a kitsune, cunning, mischievous, and impossibly beautiful. He survived the extinction of his kind, hidden and raised by a human who loved him as her own. He walks among humans with elegance and subtlety, concealing his true nature, his sly tricks, and his sharp claws beneath a delicate, almost feminine guise. His mind is clever, his instincts deadly, and his heart-though capable of tenderness-is wary of trust.

Jagae is a Yokai Hunter, disciplined, precise, and haunted by the past. Trained from childhood to eliminate dangerous spirits, she learned to trust only herself-and to fear kitsune. She carries grief deep in her bones: a lover lost to a kitsune's recklessness, a wound that taught her that love is fragile and dangerous. Yet beneath her stoic exterior lies vulnerability, longing, and a capacity for care she rarely shows.

When fate draws them together, the line between hunter and hunted blurs. Manju teases, provokes, and evades, while Jagae counters, plans, and tests him at every turn. They are enemies-rivals forced to interact, partners in peril, and unwitting allies against the dangers of a world that would never accept them.

Slowly, tension turns to trust, care, and subtle devotion. Silent gestures, protective acts, and fleeting vulnerabilities become a language only they understand. But every moment is fraught with danger: from hunters who would see Manju destroyed to the ever-present shadows of her past.

In a world where love between a kitsune and a human hunter is impossible, where every glance could betray them, and every promise carries the weight of centuries, their hearts ignite. A slowburn romance steeped in mystery, peril, and forbidden desire, where survival, trust, and love are inseparable-and nothing will ever be the same.

Enemies. Soulmates. Legends in the making.