Other Side of the Milky Way

PSYЯEN

Ageha Yoshina is a confident high school student who earns money by helping others. One day, after finishing a job, he finds a mysterious calling card with the word "Psyren" printed on it in a phone booth and decides to keep it. The next day, he discovers that his classmate Sakurako Amamiya has an identical card. When he asks her about it, she begs him to save her before vanishing without a trace. Determined to find out what happened to Sakurako, Ageha calls the number on the card. A strange voice asks him a series of questions, ending with a cryptic offer: "Would you like to go to Psyren?" Accepting the invitation, he is transported to a desolate and dangerous world inhabited by monstrous

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