The Wicked City

The events unfold in the final years leading up to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. The city is depicted as a tense, rapidly changing environment where anti-rapter operations intersect with daily life. The transfer of agents to the United Kingdom underscores the chaotic period surrounding the handover.

The story shifts between Tokyo and Hong Kong, with Tokyo exposing a hidden Rapter World beneath the surface of everyday life. In Hong Kong, the Anti-Rapter Special Police operate amid neon-lit streets and a city on edge. The backdrop of the 1997 handover adds political tension as factions vie for power and the city faces an energy crisis.

🌗 Dual Worlds

The film juxtaposes human and Rapter realms, exploring how lines between ally and adversary blur. Rapter and human societies collide in urban spaces, forcing characters to navigate loyalty, fear, and the possibility of coexistence. The narrative probes what it means to belong when worlds literally overlap.

💊 Power and Addiction

Happiness, a mysterious drug, drives not only addiction but control over economies and populations. The pursuit of this substance reveals who wields influence and who is expendable. Characters confront moral choices as dependency becomes a tool of manipulation and domination.

❤️ Love and Duty

Romantic bonds complicate loyalties, particularly for Taki and Windy, whose past and present commitments pull them in opposing directions. Half-human allies like Ken Kai face prejudice while weighing friendship against duty. The story uses personal relationships to question whether love can bridge a species divide.