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High schooler Ataru is trapped in deadly Real Account, where follower count determines survival in virtual world.
Real Account is a popular social media app that enables its users to link their account to reality. From socializing to buying things in real life, the app has become indispensable in daily life, especially for second-year high school student Ataru Kashigawa. He uses Real Account as a means to escape reality and he feels a sense of belonging and connection to his followers, whom he considers as his friends. However, Ataru's world is turned upside down when he and thousands of other users are suddenly transported into the virtual world of Real Account. Here, they find themselves trapped in a deadly situation where the stakes are far more real than any online game. In this twisted realm, the number of followers one has isn't just about popularity—it's a matter of survival. As Ataru navigates this terrifying new reality, he must confront harsh truths about the nature of online relationships and what it truly means to have followers versus friends. With the rules of this virtual world proving merciless, Ataru faces a desperate struggle to survive while uncovering dark secrets about the platform he once used to escape his everyday life.
Real Account is a popular social media app that enables its users to link their account to reality. From socializing to buying things in real life, the app has become indispensable in daily life, especially for second-year high school student Ataru Kashigawa. He uses Real Account as a means to escape reality and he feels a sense of belonging and connection to his followers, whom he considers as his friends. However, Ataru's views on friendship drastically change when he gets plunged into the virtual world of Real Account and is forced to participate in horrific death games alongside ten thousand other users. But these are far from ordinary online death games as dying in the world of Real Account means that you and all your followers die in reality. To make matters worse, having no followers also means certain death. As Aratu begins to participate in these death games, he discovers the existence of Yuuma Mukai, a teenager who looks just like him. This discovery creates a twist in events. Betrayed by his so-called friends one by one, Ataru is left with one anonymous follower. In this virtual world where a single follower could be the difference between life or death, Ataru must survive and complete these games in order to return to the real world.
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