Evil or Live

A grim, claustrophobic descent into institutional cruelty that keeps you tense and unsettled throughout.

Created by

Li Xiaonan

Genres

Animation, Drama

Starring

Li Lanling, Teng Xin, Ye Zhiqiu

Overview

Severe internet addiction has become an epidemic infecting the nation's youth, ultimately resulting in their extreme dependence on the world wide web. Those who are too far gone are enrolled at Elite Reeducation Academy in order to help them grow into successful adults. Li Xiang(Hibiki in Japanese) is one such teenager who awakens in the facility unaware of how he came to be there. He learns from the head instructor that he was knocked out and brought to the school at his mother's behest, concerned with how belligerent her son was becoming as a result of his internet addiction. Stuck in a place more akin to a prison than an academy, and with no escape from the abuses of the instructors, Li Xiang decides to end his life by jumping from the roof. But as fate would have it, he meets a mysterious man named Shin who promises to give his life meaning...

How it feels

Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, trauma, power, survival

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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