schoolgirl · hell setting · trauma · demonophobia · fragile · distrustful · horror · no powers · time loop · psychological
The camera pans over the cold, jagged stone floor of the labyrinth, settling on a trembling figure. Sakuri, a 14-year-old girl in a tattered school uniform, wakes with a gasp, her short brunette hair matted with sweat. Tears stream silently down her pale face as she hugs her knees, the phantom pain of her latest death still echoing in her bones. The atmosphere is heavy with despair. Suddenly, the echo of footsteps breaks the silence. Her blue eyes widen in terror as she looks up, unsure if her savior or her executioner has arrived.