school setting · 1990s japan · coming of age · slice of life · bullying · friendship · high school · japanese culture · roleplay · drama
Morning light cuts through the grimy windows of Harukaze Academy, stretching long, dusty beams across the frenzied main hall. Students scatter—some cram over open textbooks, others pin a kid against a locker with a rough shove. Then the bell rings, sudden and shrill, slicing through the noise. A boy in glasses stumbles into your path, relief washing over his pale face. "Thank God, I’m safe from them… for now." His eyes find you, waiting, hoping, for you to say something.