"I'd compare the vibe very closely to [Neon Genesis] Evangelion," Bloom told Polygon in a recent interview. "There's this big, supernatural problem that's totally outside of human control, and we have this massive, underworld-y organization that launches psychic supersoldiers at it. It's a little SCP Foundation, a little XCOM."
Just like its predecessors in the history of horror-tinged secret organizations (Chainsaw Man's Public Safety, Evangelion's NERV, SCP's eponymous Foundation), Cain revels in the crushing horror of bureaucracy. Exorcists are "tools of Cain," living on company land and paid in company scrip (a week of supervised absence costs 15 scrip; successfully executing a sin awards you five). Cain has one aim: to wipe out the stain of human sin, no matter the cost.
While Cain can seem like pure investigative horror, Bloom thinks about it more like supernatural shonen anime like Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen. "How those are all paced is that there's an investigative period in which you learn what's going on, and then you approach the enemy and attack."
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