Chien Nam: The Shedding Cicada

Overview

In the humid shadows of a city on the brink, a reclusive master craftsman known only as Chien Nam dedicates his life to an exquisite, impossible art: the creation of sentient mechanical cicadas. His creations, infused with a whisper of the soul, are not mere toys, but instruments of profound change, capable of altering perception and reshaping reality itself. As a powerful conglomerate seeks to exploit his genius for their own inscrutable ends, Chien Nam must confront the true cost of his inventions and the delicate balance he has so painstakingly maintained between the artificial and the alive.