Shuhai Migong

“They say there’s a research institute at the foot of Mount Fuji studying the afterlife.” Intrigued by the half-believable rumor, Shiu invites the protagonist, Haryu Ryoushi, to explore the depths of Aokigahara. What was supposed to be a simple vlog shoot shifts the moment they step into the forest. As night falls and the mist thickens, they lose their sense of direction. Shiu vanishes without a trace, and Ryoushi is pulled into another “reality,” awakening inside a strange psychiatric hospital. Everyone inside mutters things that border on madness: “This place is a dream.” “This place is another planet.” “This place is the afterlife.” As the boundary between truth and illusion collapses, Ryoushi sinks deeper into the maze, and is soon entangled in a baffling murder case……