FOOL NIGHT: trailer shows the horror of becoming a plant

Netflix released the official trailer for Fool Night, its new anime series adapting the manga by Kasumi Yasuda. The preview shows a world without sun where humans can transform into plants to produce oxygen, a procedure that hides a much darker reality than it seems.

The story is set in a dystopian future where sunlight has disappeared. Plants are scarce and oxygen is running out. Humanity's solution is transfloration, a scientific process that turns people into vegetation to keep the planet alive.

FOOL NIGHT reveals a dark sci-fi world where humans are turned into plants.geektyrant.com

The problem is who ends up undergoing that procedure. Many of the volunteers are people who have no other way to survive. They accept the transformation in exchange for financial compensation, and for those living in extreme poverty, becoming a plant can seem like their best option.

The protagonist is Yomiko Horai, a recruiter tasked with convincing people to undergo transfloration. Her childhood friend, Toshiro Kamiya, is among those willing to accept the procedure for money. But that's not all: a serial killer is attacking the transflorites, and that adds a criminal mystery to a world that was already disturbing.

The manga goes beyond the initial premise. It explores government conspiracies, betrayals, class inequality, and a society where people sell their humanity to survive. Some end up turned into trees or houseplants; others, into furniture.

Studio and premiere

The animation is handled by two studios with very different backgrounds: Sunrise, known for Cowboy Bebop and Mobile Suit Gundam, and Shaft, the studio behind Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The trailer shows the body horror and grotesque beauty of the transformations.

The 12 episodes of Fool Night arrive on Netflix on November 26. Those who want to get ahead can read several chapters of the manga for free on VIZ Media.