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Some people inherit the world.
Others fight just to stay in it.
The Half Sans Halo series unfolds in Campbelton—a city where appearances often matter more than reality, and reputation is currency.
But the truth? Even that rarely survives contact with it.
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Love. Loyalty. Survival.
Nothing comes free.
When honour student Haruna Mitsukai is reluctantly pulled into Ryu Debiru’s orbit, the lines she’s always trusted begin to waver.
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What starts as resistance becomes something neither of them fully understands, let alone controls.
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Because reality isn’t separate from illusion—it depends on it.
West Side The Academy East Side
Campbelton, B.C.
The World
a city built on contradictions. And a high school that embodies it.
Campbelton looks like two worlds in one.
The divide isn’t as clean as it seems.
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On one side, everything is exposed—crime, corruption, the kind of problems no one bothers to hide.
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On the other, everything is refined. Quiet. Safe.
What doesn’t fit is kept out of sight.
One side is judged for what it shows.
The other survives on what it doesn’t.
THE FRACTURES
A city divided by glass and decay, where truth shifts and loyalty is the only thing that holds.
Chosen Loyalty
It isn’t given. It’s chosen.
And once it is, it reshapes everything around it.
Social Divides
Campbelton runs on invisible lines. Some move freely across them.
Others never do.
Moral Greys
When survival comes first, right and wrong stop standing apart.
What remains is what you can live with—
and what it turns you into
The Triangle
The Catalysts
David "Dhole" Singh
Privilege offered him power.
Pain showed him how to use it.
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David, AKA Wild Dog, knows the undersides of Campbelton better than most.
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Still, even he forgets how dangerous secrets can be.
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Especially his own.
Tyler "White Tiger" Kyojo
Striking. Fearless. Built for impact.
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Tyler doesn’t move quietly.
Where others calculate, he acts.
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Everyone makes choices.
Tyler just tends to choose the ones that leave the most damage behind.
Damon Long
Calm under pressure.
Easy to underestimate.
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Damon listens more than he speaks—and understands more than he lets on.
People trust him without thinking twice.
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And that’s exactly why he notices what others miss.
Haruna Catherine Mitsukai
Determined. At least on the surface.
Calm—until she isn't.
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Haruna has always known what her life is supposed to look like: success, stability, a clean break from West Campbelton.
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But when that certainty begins to fray, she’s forced to confront something far less defined—
Not who she’s meant to be, but who she is with the mask off.
Ryu "Devil Half" Debiru
Cool. Calculating. Notorious.
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Ryu doesn’t plan beyond what’s necessary. The next day, the next problem—just enough to stay afloat.
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He’s built to operate within the system, not question it.
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Until Haruna forces a shift he can’t ignore—
and for the first time, just floating might not be enough.
Emmanuel "Mani " Vangelis
Effortless. Charismatic.
Always in control—or so it seems.
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Son of a powerful CEO-turned-politician, Mani moves through West Campbelton like it was built for him.
In many ways, it was.
He thrives in a world Haruna believes she belongs to—and has no patience for anyone who forgets their place.
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Especially when they start reaching for what's his.
The Characters
Campbelton runs on rules.
Some are written by them. Others write their own.
And some learn they must.
