Evil or Live

Category:	TV Series
Adult:	No
Titles:	理想禁区网瘾禁区
Runtime:	25 minutes
Aired:	Oct 11, 2017 [7 years 3 months ago]
Ended:	Jan 3, 2018 [7 years 2 weeks ago]
Language:	Japanese
Genres:	Action Comedy Ecchi
Tags:	Violence Angst Blackmail
Links:	MAL ANIDB ANN

* Adaption of Chinese web comic Wangyin Jinqu (理想禁区). In this modern society, a new kind of "illness" is striking young boys and girls; Loneliness, disbelief and outrage push this generation to get more or more attached to Internet and technologies. The experts called those symptom "Net Addiction". To prevent that, a certain Rehabilitation Facility has been set up to "Lead the young man back to the right path". Enrolled to treat is addiction, Hibiki had no idea that this Rehabilitation Facility is nothing more than a prison. In this place where it's not permitted to escape, how will Hibiki challenge despair in this hell? Note: The slightly different Chinese version was streamed a few hours before the Japanese version TV broadcast.

Episode 1: Standing on the Edge of Despair Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-10-11 The young man Hibiki, who suffers from severe internet addiction, is forcibly enrolled by his mother in Elite Reeducation Academy. After suffering terrible treatment at the hands of the instructors there, Hibiki heads for the school roof to commit suicide. But he's stopped by a mysterious stranger, who makes him a proposition... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 2: Between Cruelty and Kindness Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-10-18 Shin and Hibiki witness discipline officer Wudo attacking a female student named Jun over a contraband cell phone. When Shiori intervenes, Hibiki attempts to aid her, but gets beaten for his troubles. Later, Jun and Shiori both vie for the cell phone, but Shin will only hand it over to the woman who agrees to his proposal... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 3: Short-Sighted Justice Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-10-25 Hibiki refuses to become Shin's dog, then eads to his dorm room. He receives a warm welcome there from the dorm head and his roommates. But the minute they realize Hibiki isn't connected to Shin, their attitudes change... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 4: Walking a Thorny Path Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-11-01 In order to help his roommates, Hibiki resists Head Instructor Shian, but Shiori tells him to apologize. When Hibiki throws her off, the cell phone she's been hiding falls out of her pocket. Hibiki then learns that everyone in his class is to be punished for his actions, and he finally makes up his mind to act... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 5: Their Parting of the Ways Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-11-08 When Wudo is thrown into solitary confinement, Instructor Ryo grills him over the location of Jun's cell phone, then goes to see Shin. Meanwhile, Shiori meets the sisters Akane and Hoku. And Hibiki seeks the help of his classmates for Shin's next target... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 6: Further into Darkness Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-11-15 Seeking the cell phones that Wudo was smuggling, Akane and her team threaten Hibiki, the one who caused his downfall. Shin appears, then runs with Hibiki to the boys' bathroom. And when the girls follow... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 7: A Decision at Rock Bottom Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-11-22 As a former narcotics invesgitator, Shian once watched his entire team die as the result of his cowardice. As the sole survivor, Shian took it upon himself to help the wife and children of his old partner Kai, but what he found instead was a broken family. Meanwhile, Hibiki is locked away in solitary confinement... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 8: Budding Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-11-29 Hibiki, having been released from solitary confinement, returns to the school with a new mission. He proposes a way to work with the Hoku, Shiori, and Akane, and soon, the girls' class is challenging the newcomer boys to a sparring match... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 9: Evil Descending Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-12-06 To cement Shian's trust and his leadership over class four, Hibiki issues a challenge to Yoh. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 10: Secrets to Be Hidden Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-12-12 Hibiki is curious about why Shin isn't coming after him, following his defeat of Yoh. Shiori, also wondering why they haven't seen Shin for a while, asks Akane and Hoku about it. Meanwhile, mystery man Hyo arrives at the school on the order of Shin's older brother, beats up Shian, and declares that he'll be supervising the students in his place. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 11: The Icy Wall of Despair Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2017-12-27 After her mother and father died, Shiori and her little brother Shu were taken in by their uncle. Soon after, Shu was hospitalized with a hereditary disease, and Shiori was sent to the school as punishment for fighting back against her uncle's abuse. Meanwhile, Hibiki has taken over leadership of class four, and Hyo appears before him, to make him an offer he cannot refuse. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 12: Evil or Live Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2018-01-03