An Anime Girl

When a girl’s hand reached out from the monitor of esports player Ke Lei, everything he thought he knew was turned upside down. Hoshino Mirai, a popular character from Chronicles of the Phantom Realm, appeared in his apartment as a living, breathing girl, bringing a plea for help from a world beyond the screen.

Game characters began materializing in the real world, while the 2D world of “Aishiland” suffered an unprecedented data collapse. Two dimensions that should never have intersected were merging under the influence of some unknown force, and it all seemed connected to the mysterious game test Ke Lei took part in three years ago.

With a half-digitalized girl at his side, the tech geek and his 2D sweetheart set off to save both worlds. Before the System completely collapsed, they had to find the “gate” connecting the two worlds and confront the conspiracy hidden behind the game company, as well as the cruelest possibility of all: to save each other’s worlds, they might never be able to meet again.

“If saving you means losing you, what’s the point of making that choice?” Ke Lei clasped Hoshino Mirai’s hand. The fate of two worlds converged in that moment.