Applause From Nowhere
Unseen spectators watch from the shadows, drawn to a world the ordinary cannot perceive.
Angero Watanabe is an ordinary high school student—or so he believes. He spends his days in an acting club, rehearsing staged betrayals, fake heartbreaks, and scripted emotions, unaware that his school is about to become the stage for a deadly game.
In this hidden system, certain individuals—known as Hosts—perform for mysterious Audiences who are sustained by human emotion, cruelty, and misfortune. Every choice, every reaction, every failure becomes part of the spectacle, and survival is far from guaranteed.
As the ordinary halls of school twist into a place of tension and unseen danger, friends vanish, memories blur, and the line between performance and reality begins to fade. Angero must navigate this world carefully, where every step might be observed, every mistake exploited, and every decision could determine life—or death.
author- Ezra_The_Author2