Fleshcutters: Veins of Wrath

Once, a mysterious plague known as the Plague of Thirteen Veins broke out and ravaged the land. From its aftermath, a new terror rose, humans grotesquely mutated into mindless beasts known as the Fleshbound. The capital and imperial family nearly fell, saved only by a dying general who, against all odds, resisted the transformation and adapted. From his sacrifice, a brutal new military order was born: the Fleshcutters—elite warriors injected with the very plague they vow to destroy. Decades later, in a quiet mountain village beneath the looming shadow of Mount Kuroki, young Takigawa Tatsuo lives a peaceful life... until a single wound and a wild herb spiral his family into horror. Forced to slay his own mother after she transforms, Tatsuo is cast into a world of grief, guilt, and vengeance. When his unnatural strength and talent are discovered, Tatsuo is pulled into the ranks of the Fleshcutters. But their war is far from simple. As secrets buried in the blood-soaked history of the Fleshbound come to light, Tatsuo must navigate the line between humanity and monstrosity, vengeance and duty. He must avenge his family—and annihilate every last Fleshbound.