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Decades of Cold War nuclear testing has led to the evolution of a new form of bacteria: Revenants that live upon the hearts of their hosts and grant them superpowers. 

In the following years, Urasaria Academy is formed to house crime-fighting students who are tasked with investigating and killing criminal hosts. In modern America, the young loner lesbian Mia Schultz is kidnapped by a headless man and given Worldwide, the ability to summon a swarm of fire scarabs. As she begins her new life at Urasaria Academy, she is soon pulled into a mystery of Worldwide's true origins.

This story features a primarily-lesbian cast, although there are bisexual & transgender characters. Common themes in this character-based novel include emotional growth, loneliness and what it drives people to do, how memory alters perception, human selfishness, power and how it is wielded. 

If you are tired of self-insert harem isekai and want a mature story where realistic characters go through deep psychological drama (in-between murdering the absolute shit out of criminals), then Urasaria is for you. I also promise that the story is accepting of lesbians, bisexuals, and trans people. You will not be stereotyped or fetishized.

If you would like to read other disclaimers for this work, continue on below. While this is an LGBT+ story, it does not feature:

• Coming out: All female students are already assumed lesbians (although a few are bi).

• Excess homo/bi/transphobia: Villains may use slurs, but hero students are generally accepting.

• Gay burying: There are a few secondary characters who die, but couples are safe.

• Grimdark: My approach to writing is that art should depict reality in its full spectrum of human emotion: laughter, anger, absurdity, seriousness, frustration, sadness, grief, and joy. What is silly should be treated sillily and what is serious should be treated seriously. 

What this work does feature:

• Ultraviolence: Expect decapitations, ripping heads off, filling enemy's throats with scissors and snapping men as one snaps a wishbone.

• Untagged 'dark' subjects: Please note that there are characters with backstories involving trauma, abuse, or addiction. I do not intentionally provoke negative emotions in readers nor attempt to shock with trauma -- I am just trying to faithfully render all contours of an inner emotional landscape.

• I do not always agree with my characters & my characters do not always agree with me: I really shouldn't have to say this, but a character spouting an opinion does not equal me agreeing with their opinion. Read critically; sometimes, a character may be intentionally inconsistent or hypocritical to make a larger point about their character.

If you would like to create fanwork based on Urasaria Academy, please feel free so long as you link back to here.

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Cover by Konorin!

Urasaria Academy

"Who is it?" said Mia, her usual justified paranoia in full affect. 


"It's me!" replied Yuruko's voice, and Mia opened the door for her. "I need to talk to you about something."


Mia sat down. Yuruko sat across from her, her free hand scrunching. Mia had noticed this trait before, yet she had asked nothing of it; she assumed correctly it was a method of dealing with anxiety.


"I need to leave the Royal Four. And- and it isn't about you, or Samuel, it's… about my schoolwork."


Mia looked saddened, yet something told Yuruko that she had silently expected this. She realized that with how Mia had reacted with the brightness tester, her prematurely not asking Yuruko if she needed to leave was not out of malice. 


"…alright, Yuruko." she nodded. "I'm sorry if I made you feel pressured to stay. I've tried to ask Serena about you, recently, but... she always seemed a little reticent to discuss it. But, with how you were declining hunting, I should have… it's alright. I'll have them waive the once-a-month hunting requirement for you, as well, so you can focus on your research."


Yuruko smiled. "Thanks, Mia. That's... I don't know if I'll be able to come out for hunting, much, but -- maybe every now and then, with Serena."


"Please don't feel pressured to. You know that the staff will allow whatever I tell them to." Mia smiled, but seemed a bit distracted. "…Yuruko, can I ask you something about Serena, while you're here?"


"I've noticed lately that she's... does she not talk about being transgender anymore to you, either?"


"I've just noticed that, maybe after Kamon, she would... you know, she would tell me about being misgendered, or make jokes about it. I'm not saying that's all she talked about, but it's not something I've noticed recently out of her."


"…yeah. I've kinda noticed that too." Yuruko frowned. "I mean, like you said, she'd mention something every now and then. I haven't had that much time to spend time with her after her sex change, 'cause she was in the travel group." She seemed to almost imperceptibly wince at the mention. "But I don't notice that anymore."


"And I suppose she wouldn't, but... I wanted to check with you before I thought anything more of it. I wasn't sure if she was going through some dysphoria, still."


"I mean, it's not all about dysphoria. No offense, but you don't know how she gets treated around campus behind her back.  You don't get how lesbians on campus signal to each other that they don't consider her one of them. I saw how Naomi got treated for being straight. I see how I get treated for being bisexual. And I see how Serena gets treated for being transgender."


Mia frowned, but nodded. "I know I don't entirely understand what she goes through, or what you have to deal with as her girlfriend. And one of the things I've always liked about you is that you've been a good partner to her." She looked off. "…and, while I... don't think it's as pervasive as you believe - understandably! - I have started to notice a few problems with the culture here. I used to believe it was this sort of lesbian utopia, a land free from suffering. I've been rather surprised to see that some students' issues with homophobia and misogyny were only because they were the victims of it. I've come to think that it's almost a way for them to exert some sort of power over others, one that, most of the time, they feel they've been denied in their own life before Urasaria. But it's unacceptable, and please tell me if anyone does harass you, Naomi, or Serena. I don't want her feeling ashamed of being transgender."


"I just think most of the time she thinks it'd be nicer if she wasn't."


[NEXT ARC: FINAL ARC (OF MIA YEARS): THREAT LEVEL EXISTENTIAL]


Urasaria Days