Blossoms of Quiet Despair

Naoya Shibata is just another ordinary high school student in an unremarkable town-until he discovers a cassette tape abandoned on the beach. The voice on the tape belongs to a girl named Eri, a sharp-tongued and enigmatic figure who claims to see through the lies and masks of the world. As Naoya becomes obsessed with her cryptic messages, his life spirals into chaos.

Drawn deeper into Eri's strange game, Naoya begins to question everything: his friends, his family, and even his own sanity. When his childhood friend Isla returns to town, she's determined to pull him back from the brink. But the more Isla uncovers about Eri, the more she realizes the truth might be something even she isn't prepared to face.

Is Eri real, or is she a figment of Naoya's fractured mind? As the tapes grow darker and the lines between reality and delusion blur, Naoya is forced to confront the horrifying depths of his own psyche-and the secrets that lie buried in his past.