“Five friends trapped in a white room must play psychological games to repay a 20-million-yen debt.”
Tomodachi Game
トモダチゲーム
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Synopsis
Five friends trapped in a white room must play psychological games to repay a 20-million-yen debt.
High school student Yuuichi Katagiri cherishes his close circle of friends, composed of four classmates: Yutori Kokorogi, Shiho Sawaragi, Makoto Shibe, and Tenji Mikasa. However, when the funds for the upcoming school trip are stolen, the incident causes Shiho and Makoto—who had been tasked with collecting the money—to distance themselves from the rest of their class. Soon after, Yuuichi and his friends are deceived into meeting up and knocked unconscious by unknown assailants. After waking, the group find themselves confined in a white room with controversial figure Manabu-kun, who reveals that one of the five has gathered them together to clear their personal debt of twenty million yen. To pay off the amount, they must participate in a variety of psychological games that will test the true nature of their friendship and humanity. Distressed and isolated from the outside world, Yuuichi and his friends need to cooperate to complete the games. But as their concealed feelings and problematic pasts begin to surface, their seemingly unbreakable bond may soon shatter into irreparable pieces.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 112 sampled reviews
What 112 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.41 · split reception
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 2.7
↓ 1.08
Running avg · Apr 2022 → Jun 2025
- 9 “The anime was great 9/10 it just really hooked me to it and I just ended up binging it. It really was a good psychological thriller and everything was good . Highly recommended to watch this and I...”
- 8 “This shit was gas I was invested in the first ep. Not only does it give you a different perspective of certain ideas and thoughts but it lets you think for yourself too. Talks about friendships and...”
- 10 “Finished this anime in 2 days, I really liked the way the story went by and the evolution of yuuichi as a character, this anime is pretty good if you like mind games and manipulation and makes you...”
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- Format 12 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2022 – Jun 2022 Spring 2022
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-21347 catalog
Produced by
- Kodansha Producer
- Studio Mausu Producer
- Nippon Television Network Producer
- King Records Producer
Licensed by
- Crunchyroll Licensor