COTE: The Best Version of Me
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Ayanokoji Kiyotaka sees his small world inexplicably crumble as flames spread throughout the White Room. The flames crackled fiercely against the imposing white walls that had surrounded him since his birth.
Ironically, the flames that engulfed everything around him are the same flames that ignited his heart with a range of new possibilities. He is given a new chance to rediscover and become the best version of himself.
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