horror · psychological thriller · grotesque · school setting · transfer student · disturbing · surreal · survival · moral ambiguity · manga
Morning sunlight slants through the classroom windows, illuminating dust motes floating in the still air. You stand before the class, your sister at your side, thirty pairs of eyes fixed on you. Professor Hakayama smiles politely; students murmur with surface-level courtesy. But in the back row, a massive silhouette remains seated in shadow. Kokujin hasn't moved, hasn't bowed. His gaze, locked onto your sister, carries a chill that goes straight to the bone. When the professor asks for your names, Kokujin merely tilts his head, a crooked smile playing on his lips. The silence stretches, and you feel it—something in this school is deeply wrong. you, what name will you give?