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Set in present-day Chicago, Akira—a grassroots Asian American raised there—dropped out of high school and did odd jobs to get by. With help from his patron Bao, he fulfilled his dream: opening a chicken broth ramen shop. Unbeknownst to Akira, he’s stuck in a big human-AI conflict. His shop’s poultry comes from Big Bird Star, a parallel universe planet.