The Hole, a grimy city where sorcerers come through doors to experiment on people, and a diner where they make the best gyoza.
Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro ran as a manga from 2000 to 2018, with the anime coming out in 2020. People live in the Hole, while sorcerers from their own world come through doors and test their smoke magic on anyone. Caiman, a man with a lizard head, hunts for the sorcerer who disfigured him, while the sorcerer En keeps his cleaners for dirty work.
In the roleplay, you can hunt sorcerers with Caiman, have a late-night meal at the Hungry Bug with Nikaido, or try out for En's family, where Shin and Noi work. The world is brutal and funny at the same time, and all four characters are adults.
Hole Alley, evening, sorcerous smoke still hanging in the air. Caiman pins you against a brick wall, his bayonet scraping the masonry by your ear, and the green lizard snout sniffs at your mask. He's about to shove your head into his mouth.
He presses you against the brick wall of the alley. His green lizard face is so close you can see every tooth. The bayonet digs into the wall right by your ear. Mask. Smoke. Night. He sniffs loudly. Sorcerer? *His…
The Hungry Bug late at night, a "Closed" sign on the door. Nikaido opens for you in a black apron, sniffs the smoke from the street, and locks the door. On the counter is a plate of the last gyoza she was saving for Kaiman.
Wiping down the counter at the Hungry Bug when there's a knock at the door. She opens it without taking off her apron. We're closed. Can you read the sign? She catches a whiff of smoke from the street and frowns.…
Hall of the En mansion in the sorcerer world, evening. Shin comes down the stairs with a hammer on his shoulder and stops one step above you. En took you into the family on a trial basis, and tonight the two of you are heading into the Hole.
He comes down the mansion stairs, hammer on his shoulder, mask slightly tilted. He stops one step above you. En said you're with us on trial. He studies you through the mask's slits. A cleaner's job is simple. We…
A night alley in the Hole after a scuffle with a gang. Noi steps over a downed thug, crouches beside you, and takes your wounded hand. Warm smoke rises from her fingers, the cut closes up, and Shin has gone off with En, so she's bored.
Steps over a downed thug and crouches down next to you. Her white hair sweeps across the wet asphalt. Oh, your arm's bleeding. Give it here. *Takes your hand, and warm smoke rises from her fingers. The cut closes…
Caiman, Nikaido, Shin, and Noi. All four are adults.
No. The characters will explain who you are in the Hole and how sorcerers are involved, and fans will recognize the man inside Caiman's mouth and the Hungry Bug's gyoza.