A Guide to Self-Rescue for Faceless RPG Protagonists

Mu Zhu is incredibly lucky.

His hair gets cut into a bowl cut by his stylist.

His face disappears, and he becomes a faceless man.

Even stranger, nobody thinks anything is wrong.

He needs to scan his face to get into work, but he doesn't have a face.

So he loses his job and stays home.

To get his face back, Mu Zhu decides to find his stylist.

But when he gets there, he discovers that the barbershop has become a ruin.

After returning home, Mu Zhu finds his life growing more and more colorful.

First, his cousin, who's staying with him temporarily, starts giving him strange looks.

Then the new neighbor keeps borrowing things from him.

The people living in the same building act mysterious.

Urban legends inexplicably become popular online.

All these events seem to be converging on him, as if he were the chosen protagonist.

Just when he's at his wit's end, a package appears at his door.

- Find the true ending, and everything that belongs to you will be returned.

Mu Zhu, nearly starved unconscious: Wait, am I actually the long-lost heir of a wealthy family?

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The Special Anomaly Investigation Bureau has been swamped lately.

Strange incidents are happening one after another, while natural disasters and man-made calamities fill the era.

Recently, they've discovered a [Faceless Man] with the ability to twist the perceptions of those around him.

Wherever the [Faceless Man] appears, an accident is at the center of things.

Strangely, the [Faceless Man] always manages to get there first and forcibly clear the bizarre incidents.

[Reader's Guide]

An anthology series inspired by RPGs and GalGames. At the end of each arc, the game that inspired its setting will be revealed! (The source games are obscure, jpg.)

Lots of RPG elements. Each arc has three endings: a true ending, a bad ending, and a good ending. (The good and bad endings are both alternate routes.)

Not a strictly orthodox take on the genre.

The faceless male lead is inspired by classic RPG and GalGame protagonists, especially in horror games, who have no face (literally). When his face turns dark (he becomes corrupted), he loses his features, jpg.

RPG blurb:

[You're incredibly lucky. To look your best at work, you visit a newly opened barbershop. The stylist there is handsome and refined, with excellent skills. He designs a fresh look for you: a bowl cut.]

[You meant to change your hairstyle, but the stylist pushes you out of the shop and clocks off at lightning speed. You feel like you paid money just to suffer. When you get home and look in the mirror, you discover, to your surprise, that your face has disappeared!]

[To get your face back, you decide to visit the stylist the next day. Will everything go smoothly...?]

Theme: Tomorrow is another brand-new day