Grimm Connect: Akazugin no Shou

Mahiru Mikado is a young man burdened by a desperate reality: his sister suffers from an incurable illness. While spending time in the library of a juvenile detention center, he stumbles upon a striking crimson book. Driven by curiosity, he opens its pages only to discover a harrowing tale of tragedy that bears no resemblance to the familiar story of Little Red Riding Hood. Before he can process this disturbing narrative, Mahiru is abruptly transported into a vast, pure white void where a mysterious girl awaits him. She calmly informs him that the unfolding nightmare is, without question, his own story. Thrust into a twisted cycle of madness, Mahiru must navigate a deranged fairy-tale world consumed by insanity. The rules governing this realm are brutally unforgiving—failure results in death, and the agonizing loop repeats endlessly without pause. With no clear conditions for victory, overwhelming difficulty at every turn, and absolutely no allies to rely on, survival seems impossible. As he struggles to purify this corrupted world and uncover what lies at the end of his tragic tale, the enigmatic girl offers only a chilling farewell: a mocking cheer urging him forward, fully expecting him to die.