Systembound

Coco Mizuno used to believe she could talk her way through anything. Persuasive, witty, and sharp-tongued, she could charm strangers and talk circles around problems but when life hit back, words weren’t enough.



After dropping out of college and struggling to find work in a society with impossible expectations, Coco finds herself spiraling deeper into hopelessness. Living in a rundown apartment with her overworked, bitter mother, Coco hides her pain behind sarcasm, late nights, and pachinko machines she can’t afford. But one night, after a brutal fight and a moment of utter despair, Coco makes a choice that changes everything.



Instead of darkness, she wakes in a world eerily similar to her own but twisted. Here, humans wield strange powers through something called the System, a force that shouldn’t even exist. In this alternate universe, power belongs to those strong enough to seize it, and Coco still fragile, still haunted has somehow been chosen by a fragment of the System itself.



Trapped in a reality where everything is stronger, faster, and deadlier, Coco must navigate a world built on strength and survival while battling the harshest enemy of all: herself.



Will she fall apart again, or finally become someone who chooses to live?