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  • Published: 13 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781632362346
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $34.00

Real Account 1



After the death of their parents, Ataru Kashiwagi and his younger sister, Yuri, depend on each other. Ataru works hard at high school and his job, and spends his leisure time on a social media site: Real Account. Eventually, he hits 1,500 followers, but he sometimes wonders how much they really care about him. One night, the screen ominously begins to glitch, only displaying: The Game Will Now Begin. In the blink of an eye, Ataru finds himself transported into Real Account's loading screen - except now it's a 3-D lobby! Before them stands Marble, the smiley-faced announcer. With a sinister cheerfulness, Marble says, "If you die in here, you die out there...and so do all your followers!"

"An interesting take on a tired premise. Why not tweet your friends about it?" -Anime News Network

"Social commentary wrapped in [a] Battle Royale or Sword Art Online-esque 'death game' plot." - Kotaku

"Recommended! Between wanting to see the next game and curiosity about where writer Okushou is going with his social commentary, I’m looking forward to the next volume." -Otaku USA


UNFOLLOW OR DIE

Like many of his peers, Ataru Kashiwagi has found himself addicted to the newest social networking service, Real Account. But one day, Ataru and almost 10,000 other people, get sucked into the Real Account Zone, where they have become players in a series of deadly games. The basic rules of these games are simple—if you lose all your followers, you die in real life, and if you die, all of your followers die with you. As these depraved games decimate the players around him, Ataru must use quick thinking and his knowledge of Real Account to win each round and return to the real world. But when true friendship determines whether he lives or dies, can Ataru really survive when the only people he can count on are his Internet friends?

  • Published: 13 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781632362346
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $34.00

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Praise for Real Account 1

"Social commentary wrapped in [a] Battle Royale or Sword Art Online-esque 'death game' plot... It's an interesting concept - pointing out the virtual nature of online social experiences and society's infatuation with something that, when put to the acid test, is for the most part superficial." - Kotaku