Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestSevere internet addiction has become an epidemic infecting the nation's youth, ultimately resulting in their extreme dependence on the world wide web. Those who are too far gone are enrolled at Elite Reeducation Academy in order to help them grow into successful adults. Li Xiang(Hibiki in Japanese) is one such teenager who awakens in the facility unaware of how he came to be there. He learns from the head instructor that he was knocked out and brought to the school at his mother's behest, concerned with how belligerent her son was becoming as a result of his internet addiction. Stuck in a place more akin to a prison than an academy, and with no escape from the abuses of the instructors, Li Xiang decides to end his life by jumping from the roof. But as fate would have it, he meets a mysterious man named Shin who promises to give his life meaning...
Direction
Relentlessly bleak atmosphere that never lets you breathe.
Writing
Goes absolutely feral with the source material's premise.
Creator
Li Xiaonan
Li Lanling
Li Xiang (voice)
Teng Xin
Meng Jin (voice)
Ye Zhiqiu
Luo Zhi (voice)
Sheng Feng
Xian Shi (voice)
Li Xiaomeng
Jin Qianqian (voice)
Li Lu
Ai Wudou (voice)
Shen Nianru
Zhao Rouyi (voice)
Tong Yin
Liang Chenai (voice)
Baomu Zhongyang
Feng Bao (voice)
Yeqiao Yan
Chen Daqian (voice)
Chang Rongshan
Chen Xiaobei (voice)
Yuntu Cao
Yang Qi (voice)
Qingyang Li
Shen Mo (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a Chinese webcomic satirizing real 'internet addiction treatment camps' that operated until 2021, some using electroshock therapy.
The show's 5.2 rating reflects polarized reception—fans praise its unflinching darkness while critics call it edge-lord propaganda that misunderstands its own source material.
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