Torikago Syndrome

Torikago Syndrome

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鳥籠シンドローム

Ayase Tsugumi, an orphan with striking red eyes and mixed heritage, endures relentless bullying in Japan. His life takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious benefactor known only as "Daddy-Long-Legs" offers him an escape: a transfer to the enigmatic Zugvogel Academy in Europe, a boys' boarding school shrouded in secrecy.

Upon arrival, Tsugumi discovers the academy operates without formal rules. Instead, a student known as the "King" dictates arbitrary regulations through a brutal hierarchy. To gain freedom, one must compete in the King's cruel "Game," where success requires a willingness to harm others or be harmed oneself. Despite his painful past, Tsugumi has no desire to become a tormentor.

After inadvertently advancing in the Game on his very first day, Tsugumi desperately seeks a way out. He finds an unlikely ally in Licht, the only student to have ever cleared all levels of the Game, who takes a mysterious and keen interest in Tsugumi's plight.

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