LABYRINTH

📖 SYNOPSIS

Shiori Maezawa is a high school girl who wants to go viral. Relatable enough. But when her phone screen cracks, she doesn't just lose her device — she loses her entire life. Her digital self crawls out of the broken screen, steps into the real world, and starts living as her. Meanwhile, the real Shiori gets pulled into a deserted, glitched-out version of Yokohama, trapped in what's basically the internet's back rooms. Her only companion is Komori, a strange rabbit-man who seems to know more about this digital labyrinth than he lets on. Back in reality, her doppelgänger — going by SHIORI@Revolution — is blowing up as an influencer and pop icon, and nobody notices the switch. That's the part that stings.

This is directed by Shoji Kawamori, the mind behind Macross, which should tell you the ambition here is real. The tone isn't what you'd expect from the premise — there's a layer of horror underneath the pop-culture gloss, and SANZIGEN's CG work gives the digital world a genuinely unsettling feel. It's a movie, so it's a single sitting, no commitment required.

If you liked the digital worlds in Summer Wars or the identity crisis vibes of Serial Experiments Lain, this sits in that neighborhood. Paprika fans will recognize the dream-logic surrealism too. It's a story about who you are when the curated version of yourself doesn't need you anymore.