Okay, imagine Earth. Yes, like the one you're on. Imagine it right now. ... ...... Okay, now imagine if it was funnier.
Welcome to the story of KARMANIA!! It takes place on the same exact planet you're living on, but with a few... important big changes. Like... Gods existing! Or, um... an entirely different political system around the entire world! Yeah, that's pretty important, isn't it? Here, we're gonna address that first thing, though. Political shenanigans can be read about down below~.
That green/blue fella you see on the right is God. Like... The God. They like to go by "River". Now, River has a rule every living species needs to follow: the rule of Karma.
Karma is pretty simple! Every lifetime (about 100 years or so), two living beings are selected. One, gets a life of "bad Karma", and the other gets a life of "good Karma". Basically, the two are each the luckiest and luckiest people on Earth for the next 100 or so years. Pretty simple! Well, until someone fucks it up.
You see, each civilization is supposed to have two protectors watching over it too. Earth's are named Kattison and Dennison. These two "protectors" are also supposed to make sure the good/bad Karma is given to the right person. For millions of years, these two have been doing that job correctly. That was, until the year of X660, when Luther Markov and Taisho Iwata were born.
The job was simple: Kattison would give Luther the good Karma throughout their life, and Dennison would provide Taisho with the bad Karma. This is exactly how it went for two or so years, no problems at all. Then, those two bozos started mixing them up.
After a while of not checking in on either of the Karma holders, Kattison mistakingly started giving Taisho all the good Karma, and Dennison gave Luther all the bad Karma. If only done just a couple times, this wouldn't mean anything. However, Kattison and Dennison never switched it back. Not until it got to the breaking point 30 years later...
I'd tell you about Luther, but even Luther Markov themself has no idea about who they are. They have been on the run for almost four years now, leaving behind memories, love, happiness--just so they can escape who they are and what they've done.
Although they can't give you a clear answer on who they are, but the rest of the world sure can: The Most Wanted Criminal in the World. That's who Luther is. Burgurly, ransom, grand theft auto, terrorism, arsonism, and even homicide are some charges that only scratch the surface of their record.
If you ask Luther though, they'll say they've been set up. Someone out there must be pinning all these horrible things onto them, and they have an idea of who...