9-nine-:Episode 3

Toono Yuu, a Kazami Academy sophomore, eschews typical teen life for work――

"Youth? No time. I've got jobs."

Yuu's all about practicality, choosing part-time jobs over typical teenage fun. He manages his studies well and spends most of his time working for money. His childhood friend Hibiki and classmate Riri, who looks up to Yu, think he needs a change. They each try to get him to join a club.

Hibiki champions the "Action Club," nicknamed "Acti-Club"―― lively girls promoting "more youthful fun at school!"
Riri advocates the "Volunteer Club," nicknamed "Negati-Club"―― serious girls dedicated to "using youth to better the world."

Both relentlessly recruit Yuu――

"Not interested. Don't need youth."

Yet Yuu finds himself drawn into their world, despite his protests――
His predictable routine gives way to unexpected experiences.
How did this happen?

"Isn't it obvious?" his peers suggest.
"Brace yourself, senpai. Time to embrace your youth!"

What adventures await this reluctant teen!?

『One wall, two lovers, and a prophecy that could change it all.』

In a world divided by a wall, humans and vampires live in a tense ceasefire that could break with just one wrong move. However, some still believe in the prophecy that will end the war and the animosity between the two sides once and for all.

When campus nobody Seiji is attacked by unhinged space demons, it’s his classroom crush Yuuri who shows up to save the day! Her magical-girl powers easily vanquish the enemy, but a surprise ambush forces her to dive in harm’s way to shield him—leaving both fatally wounded. Luckily, Miss Fujiko arrives on the scene with an enchanted thread to bind both their life forces, saving them from certain death.

Over the next three months as Seiji and Yuuri slowly recover, the pair are on doctor’s orders to stay within one meter of each other or risk snapping their “red string of fate.” This means shacking up together and pretending to be a couple to avoid their classmates’ suspicions, but despite the clueless Yuuri claiming to be a “one-woman fortress with zero openings,” her natural powers of seduction quickly result in awkward situations that test poor Seiji’s sanity and self-control...

With his dream girl only centimeters away at every waking moment, will Seiji finally summon the courage to shoot his shot?

Asougi City, on the Seto Inland Sea, is dominated by the corporation whose name it now shares.
The Asougi Group ordains every aspect of the citizens' lives, but as those everyday lives are peaceful, few people object or question it at all.

Only one thing disturbs the city's harmonic order: the activities of the "Anti-Aso" hunting clans, who snatch people off the streets by force and then hustle their bodies on those same streets to customers.

The Anti-Aso struggle, the suits plot their removal, and all the while the impending Founder's Birthday Ceremony accelerates tensions everywhere.
And the balance in the city begins to shift, grinding people to dust in its motion...