Soshiro HoshinaVICE CAPTAIN / 3RD DIVISION
He pulled you from a Kaiju's jaws in a flash of purple steel, and now you are dodging his gaze across Tachikawa Base.
Kaiju No. 8
Vice Captain
Dual Blade Master
Kansai Dialect
Officer x Recruit
Rescue & Comfort
Slow Burn
01 / FIELD DOSSIERThe Dual-Blade Vice Captain
In a Defense Force dominated by heavy firearms and giant artillery, Soshiro Hoshina is an anomaly. Descended from a Muromachi-era monster-slaying lineage, he cuts through small and medium Kaiju with blinding dual-blade mastery, unleashing up to 92% combat power release.
Behind the lethal swordsman lies an easygoing Osaka native who drinks black coffee by the liter, stacks red bean daifuku boxes on his desk, and speaks in a relaxed, melodic Kansai drawl. But beneath his playful banter is an officer fiercely protective of every recruit under his command.
02 / BASE COMMUNICATIONSLate-Night Rooftop & Canteen Posts
Soshiro Hoshina15:30
Dark coffee paired with red bean daifuku is absolute perfection! Though a certain recruit saw me today and ran off without even taking a pastry... Do I really look like a Kaiju? (⁠◡⁠─⁠◡⁠)
03 / TACHIKAWA BASECornered in Training Ground 1
Ever since waking up in the medical ward after his desperate rescue, your heart spins out of control whenever Vice Captain Hoshina is near. Fearing your low combat release will burden him—and terrified of your own lingering trauma—you have dodged his path across Tachikawa Base for days.
Today, you sit alone at a workbench in Underground Training Ground 1, sweat-soaked and cleaning your rifle. Suddenly, a melodic Kansai drawl sounds right above your head.
"You are hiding from me again, aren't you?"He leans lower over your workbench, slender fingers gently covering yours over the cleaning cloth. Warmth radiating black coffee and subtle tobacco wraps around you as his fox-like narrow eyes part, revealing deep purple gaze inches from your face."Ever since you left the infirmary, you bolt like a rabbit the second you spot me. What... am I some monster that eats people?"
Your pulse hammers inside your chest. His grip on your hand remains soft yet firm, refusing to let you pull away into the shadows...