On a scorching August 14th, Shintarou Kisaragi reluctantly steps out of his room after a two-year hiatus. A squabble with the digital entity Ene residing in his computer leads to a soda mishap on his keyboard. Unable to procure a replacement due to the Obon festival closures, they embark on a nerve-wracking journey to the local department store. Despite his anxiety about the outside world, the fear of losing his computer forces Shintarou to confront the unfamiliar. Fate, however, has other plans as he becomes entangled in a harrowing hostage crisis on his inaugural outing. Fortunately, a peculiar clique of youths with enigmatic ocular abilities, the