To others, Mayumi Mizuki lives lavishly like a princess in her prestigious mansion, coming from such a wealthy family when in reality, it's the opposite. She has never felt more trapped in her life and yearns to be free from the clutches of her family's lifestyle. She wants to be a normal girl, that has friends, goes on dates, visits shrines, and fully explore Tokyo, the city she grew up in all her life, but never saw before. Mayumi's suffocating life takes an exciting turn when she meets a mysterious info broker from Ikebukuro, hired by her father. This Izaya Orihara who tells her all the secrets of Ikebukuro that she hopes to see one day... is he the key to her freedom? Is this princess-like human, who knows nothing about society, going to be Izaya Orihara's ultimate social experiment? Or will the two unlikely pair, slowly fall for each as they come to accept one another..?
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(Y/N) moved back to the place she used to live in: the city of Ikebukuro. She moved back to city for some reasons: to live a better life, to get the job she's always wanted, to have a fun adventure, etc. She decides to move back into a dangerous city full of gangs, monsters, inhuman creatures, and dangerous organizations. (Y/N) sees familiar faces in Ikebukuro. Who are they? Will she be safe? What will happen? Will she fulfill the life that she has always wanted?