Step into the vibrant, often brutal, world of competitive fighting games, where the characters you love are more than just avatars-they're people grappling with real, unresolved issues. Behind the dazzling combos and triumphant victory screens, these fighters harbor unseen burdens and emotional turmoil, carefully hidden to maintain their public façade of strength and composure. But this act is a consuming one, slowly eroding them from the inside.
Enter Dr. Rainey, a compassionate and insightful therapist ready to take on the most challenging "patients" the fighting game universe has to offer. This unique series follows her journey as she conducts much-needed Fighting Game Therapy, helping these complex characters confront their inner demons, heal their old wounds, and solve their problems. Through her help, they can begin to shed their long-held secrets and truly live their lives, both online and in real life.
Inspired by the engaging YouTube series "Heroes with Issues," Fighting Game Therapy delves deep into the psychology of a fighter, proving that sometimes, the most formidable opponent a hero faces is their own mind.
Raine Antares should be dead. However, she was rescued and healed-- at least physically. She knows that she's only alive because her intelligence is valued in a world where intellect and skill is all that matters. To her parents and everyone else, Raine is just a resource to be used. Soon after she's fully recovered, Raine's shipped off to an elite academy. There, she finally finds people she can trust, who truly care about her and like her for who she is, something she never imagined would happen. Raine realizes that there might be things worth living for in the broken society she was born in, and that change needs to happen.
Chess prodigy Callen Vega has always been at the top of the hierarchy. He's intelligent, famous, and attractive. He has the life that people would kill for, but he's not satisfied with it. His life is dull and mundane and he's constantly craving a challenge, one he'll never get. But when the intriguing new transfer student arrives, his life starts to change in ways he never would've expected, and he knows he can never go back to the way things were before.