Life Ends... Tatkuto Kaneshiro is a gifted young man. A student in metallurgy in college, he's something of a genius. He's got a sweet, lovable girlfriend. And he's got a lot of dreams for his future. But one day, all those dreams will shatter. In a freak accident during a secret experiment, he will loose everything that's most dear to him. And following these events, he will lose his sense of self. After the accident, as he hovers between life and death, a mysterious man spouting Shakespeare offers him a chance to get what he now wants most: revenge. Takuto Kaneshiro is dead. And from him, Ryu Soma is born. Now, working as a part of the anti-alien military unit FUNERAL, Ryu Soma is determined to get his revenge. Written by Brian Raker

Takuto Kaneshiro has it all: a girlfriend, a knack for metallurgy, and a bright future. But all of that comes crashing down one night. Takuto is led into assisting a scientist with reviving an alien android known as Frank. However, a freak accident involving the alien claims the life of Takuto's girlfriend Maki and leaves Takuto with a badly disfigured face. With the guidance of a mysterious man, Takuto adopts the identity of Ryu Soma, a new recruit for an anti-alien task force called FUNERAL, and hopes to use this to get his revenge on Frank. But as he investigates the horrific aliens landing on Earth and meets a little girl with a deep psychological connection to Frank, he realizes there may be more to the story than his vendetta... Written by axemblue