The Empire of Corpses
Shisha no Teikoku
By the 19th century, humans have figured out how to reanimate corpses and use them as workers. The problem is they're basically empty shells—soulless and incapable of independent thought or feeling. That said, there's a legend that Victor Frankenstein managed to do something no one else could: create a reanimated corpse that actually has a soul. Then he disappeared, taking his secrets with him. Medical student John Watson in London is obsessed with finding Frankenstein's research notes. He's driven by a promise he made to his dead partner, Friday, and he's convinced that Frankenstein's work holds the answer to understanding how souls work. When a government agency recruits him, Watson starts hunting for those notes—but what he discovers along the way forces him to confront some uncomfortable truths about corpse technology and what he's willing to sacrifice for his research.
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The Empire of Corpses
Shisha no Teikoku
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2015
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By the 19th century, humans have figured out how to reanimate corpses and use them as workers. The problem is they're basically empty shells—soulless and incapable of independent thought or feeling. That said, there's a legend that Victor Frankenstein managed to do something no one else could: create a reanimated corpse that actually has a soul. Then he disappeared, taking his secrets with him. Medical student John Watson in London is obsessed with finding Frankenstein's research notes. He's driven by a promise he made to his dead partner, Friday, and he's convinced that Frankenstein's work holds the answer to understanding how souls work. When a government agency recruits him, Watson starts hunting for those notes—but what he discovers along the way forces him to confront some uncomfortable truths about corpse technology and what he's willing to sacrifice for his research.
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The Empire of Corpses
Shisha no Teikoku
By the 19th century, humans have figured out how to reanimate corpses and use them as workers. The problem is they're basically empty shells—soulless and incapable of independent thought or feeling. That said, there's a legend that Victor Frankenstein managed to do something no one else could: create a reanimated corpse that actually has a soul. Then he disappeared, taking his secrets with him. Medical student John Watson in London is obsessed with finding Frankenstein's research notes. He's driven by a promise he made to his dead partner, Friday, and he's convinced that Frankenstein's work holds the answer to understanding how souls work. When a government agency recruits him, Watson starts hunting for those notes—but what he discovers along the way forces him to confront some uncomfortable truths about corpse technology and what he's willing to sacrifice for his research.
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The Empire of Corpses
Shisha no Teikoku
屍者の帝国
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