Plot: First-year student Urino Takahiko aspires to write something truly original for the school newspaper, Furnado Monthly. Encouraged by his girlfriend, Osanai Yuki —a seemingly average second-year student—Urino convinces the newspaper club to let him pursue an unusual story. A case of small-scale fires has escalated into serial arson, and Urino intends to predict the […]
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