He has lived too long. As we know he is an immortal, which has led him to face struggles beyond the norm. Being born in the era where WWIII started, 2040, Was probably not helpful.

It's established from the beginning that he has an immortal body, which leaves his only weakness at the non-physical level, his mind. Which lead me to question, what constitutes as an immortal mind?

And I can only theorize that since there's no such thing. You can only learn to cope. What I would toss in the ring... more>> as some coping methods, would be adopting a childlike mindset, cutting away or suppressing your emotions, or just going mad in a more obvious manner.

We see eternity as something to fantasize about because, it's not possible. If it were, we would be confronted with the cruel, obvious reality that. Facing eternity is in no way easy.

But enough about that. You've come to read this to get an idea of the story your getting into. Our main character is old, duh, but your curious about how old. Well, the year this story takes place is about 2300, give or take a decade.

And the name we are introduced to is Shin, but since it's practically a given that he changes his identity I'm suspicious if that's the first name was given in his life, and to be honest the chances that that's his real name are low.

Now, short summaries are honestly, a pretty clever tactic. It piques your curiosity and make you feel like you're a fish on a hook, now let me throw my own hook.

Humans are the fourth. <<less