Following her father's arrest for murder, Nanase finds herself singled out by a group of classmates who hold her accountable and insist she atone through total obedience to their directives. These encounters begin at school and quickly extend to more public settings such as crowded trains, leaving her little room to resist. When an anonymous source starts circulating a specialized newspaper filled with detailed reports of her situation, the added layer of campus-wide exposure intensifies her isolation and distress.