Shift

Reality is not so rigidly defined.

Yuki Hayashi was a normal high school student with too many books and a few more quips about clichés. His meeting the strange teenage soldier, Ayumi, reveals imagination is a power they can wield to alter reality. Now faced with assassins and political machinations, he must learn how to control his wild power before something far worse happens.

Inspired by battle manga from Shounen Jump, Shift is a serialized long form story with a large cast of unique characters. Genre hopping, Shift is a battle adventure that pays homage to the classics while also breaking away from common tropes.

Chapters will be released daily until it's up to chapter 100, releases afterward will be scaled back to a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. Chapters will be about 2k-2.5k in length.

Shift is built with long story arcs with each arc fitting into a different tone and genre.

School Days Arc Chapter 1-Current
School Days Arc: Awakening Sub-Arc - Chapters 1-7
School Days Arc: My Brother's Keeper Sub-Arc - Chapter 8-22
School Days Arc: Like Spirits Sub-Arc - Chapter 23-29
School Days Arc: Ties that Link Sub-Arc - Chapter 30 - 32
School Days Arc: Dreamers Sub-Arc - Chapter 33 - 38
School Days Arc: Beast and Shade Sub-Arc - Chapter 39 - 45
School Days Arc: Difference in the Same Sub-Arc - Chapter 46 - 49
School Days Arc: World's Apart Sub-Arc - Chapter 50 - 60
School Days Arc: That Magic Touch Sub-Arc - Chapter 61 - 63
School Days Arc: Spiritual Misfortune Sub-Arc - Chapter 64 - 66
School Days Arc: Shades of War Sub-Arc - Chapter 67 - Current

Chapters will be released daily until it's up to chapter 100, releases afterward will be scaled back to a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. Chapters will be about 2k-2.5k in length.

Shift is built with long story arcs with each arc fitting into a different tone...

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Chapter 1: Stained Sand
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Chapter 2: Hidden Shield
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Chapter 3: A Fantasy of Reality
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Chapter 4: Blood Tinge
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Chapter 5: The Cracked Seal
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Chapter 6: Subconscious
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Chapter 7: Inheritance
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Chapter 8: Routines
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Chapter 9: Troubled Joy
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Chapter 10: Short One
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Chapter 11: Kasou-ryoku
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Chapter 12: Dream Void
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Chapter 13: Don't Think
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Chapter 14: Learning by Error
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Chapter 15: All Short One
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Chapter 16: The Broken Watch
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Chapter 17: Forgotten Child
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Chapter 18: Waking the Courage
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Chapter 19: Promises
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Chapter 20: My Brother's Keeper
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Chapter 21: Pieces that Remain
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Chapter 22: Return with Answers
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Chapter 23: The Watcher
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Chapter 24: Not So Divine
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Chapter 25: Faded Echoes
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Chapter 26: The Echoes of Nothing
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Chapter 27: Against Logic
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Chapter 28: Shattering Earth
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Chapter 29: Dropout Priest
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Chapter 30: The Warning
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Chapter 31: Unbroken Bonds
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Chapter 32: Matter of Self
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Chapter 33: Those Above
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Chapter 34: Far Enough
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Chapter 35: Lost and Found
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Chapter 36: The Little Things
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Chapter 37: Secret Lives
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Chapter 38: Gushing Imagination
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Chapter 39: Shattered Thoughts
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Chapter 40: Strength to See
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Chapter 41: Trouble in Different Packages
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Chapter 42: Stranger Still
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Chapter 43: Shadows that Scream
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Chapter 44: The Beast in the Forest
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Chapter 45: Child No More
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Chapter 46: Strange Meetings
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Chapter 47: The Fantasy You Want
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Chapter 48: Running Wild
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Chapter 49: Never Forgotten
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Chapter 50: Fading Light
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Chapter 51: Black and Blue
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Chapter 52: Calm Before the Storm
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Chapter 53: Family Matters
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Chapter 54: The Sealed Vault Opened
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Chapter 55: Strength of the Blind
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Chapter 56: Splitting the Dream
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Chapter 57: To Challenge Those That Threaten
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Chapter 58: The Soul of My Brother
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Chapter 59: The True Awakening
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Chapter 60: Reborn
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Chapter 61: Living in the New World
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Chapter 62: Staring Down the Beast
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Chapter 63: The Dreamer's Wish
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Chapter 64: The Returning Departures
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Chapter 65: The Porcelain Stare
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Chapter 66: The No Thinking Plan
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Chapter 67: Grave Intentions
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Chapter 68: Blood Under the Wicked Moon
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Chapter 69: Blood Stained Shadow
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Chapter 70: That Which has been Forgotten
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Chapter 71: The Farewell
Author
GenreActionAdventureShounenSupernatural
UpdatedMar 25, 2023
Chapters71
Writing StatusOngoing
Word Count164,478
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