Character Relationship Map: Labyrinth

Characters

• Shiori Maezawa / Shiori@Revolution (voice) (played by SUZUKA) — protagonist

  Shiori Maezawa is a high school girl living in Yokohama who becomes trapped in a parallel version of the city inside her smartphone after breaking it. There she discovers an alternate version of herse...

• Komori (voice) (played by Taizo Harada) — supporting

  Komori is another person trapped in the strange city inside a smartphone. He joins Shiori and Kento as they try to find Kirara and stop Kagami’s plan to spread the XG signal at the festival. His share...

• Kirara Kurashina (voice) (played by Aoi Ito) — supporting

  Kirara is Shiori’s outgoing friend and a natural influencer whose video with Shiori attracts far more attention to her than to Shiori. Shiori initially resents this, but later learns Kirara is safe in...

• Suguru Kagami (voice) (played by Takuto Teranishi) — supporting

  Suguru Kagami is a researcher whose XG system uses special radio waves to connect smartphones directly to the brain. After seeing Shiori’s distress, he exploits it by promoting an idealized version of...

• Kento Yamada (voice) (played by Jun Saito) — supporting

  Kento is involved in the effort to help Shiori escape the smartphone labyrinth. He joins Shiori and Komori as they try to find Kirara and stop Kagami’s plan before the festival broadcast spreads the X...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Shiori Maezawa / Shiori@Revolution (voice) → Suguru Kagami (voice) (Conflict Manipulated Subject And Adversary) — Kagami exploits Shiori's distress and uses her image without her control; she becomes part of the effort to prevent his broadcast plan.

  Kagami sees Shiori's distress as an opportunity and promotes an idealized version of her as a sensational online personality. Shiori joins an effort t...

• Shiori Maezawa / Shiori@Revolution (voice) → Kento Yamada (voice) (Alliance Ally) — Kento joins Shiori's effort to locate Kirara and prevent the XG signal from spreading at the festival.

  Shiori joins forces with Kento Yamada, along with Komori, to find Kirara and stop Kagami's plan before the festival broadcast.

• Shiori Maezawa / Shiori@Revolution (voice) → Komori (voice) (Alliance Fellow Captive And Ally) — Their shared captivity becomes the basis for cooperation as they work toward finding Kirara and thwarting the planned broadcast.

  Shiori meets Komori in the smartphone city, where Komori is also trapped. Shiori later joins forces with Komori to find Kirara and stop Kagami's plan.

• Shiori Maezawa / Shiori@Revolution (voice) → Kirara Kurashina (voice) (Social Friendship Strained By Jealousy) — Their friendship is strained when Kirara receives attention that Shiori resents, but an honest conversation brings relief and a tentative possibility of understanding.

  They record a video together and joke that they will open a café if it reaches 100 million likes. Kirara later explains that she posted their childhoo...

Story Analysis

A teenager trapped in a smartphone city confronts online exploitation and the insecurity dividing her friendship.

Plot Progression

1. A Promise Lost in the Feed — Shiori and Kirara make a playful café promise in a video, but Kirara's greater online attention intensifies Shiori's insecurity. After losing her phone, Shiori is transported into a deserted smartphon...
2. The City Inside the Phone — A rabbit sticker describes the danger facing people who lose their phones. Shiori meets Komori and learns about Kagami's brain-linked XG system.
3. A Manufactured Sensation — Kagami turns an idealized version of Shiori into an online sensation, while the real Shiori watches her image and private life used without her control. Hostile comments and a cracked phone force her...
4. The Truth About Kirara — Shiori teams up with Komori and Kento to find Kirara and stop Kagami's festival plan. She discovers Kirara is safe in the real world, and the friends discuss the childhood video and the insecurities b...
5. The Festival's Unsettled Ending — The alternate Shiori rejects the idea that she needs Kirara, leaving the friends' reconciliation uncertain. At the festival, Shiori finds reason to hope others can be helped, while the alternate claim...