For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC—a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control—and helping him will throw Shion's life into chaos and start him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.Praise for the anime: Sadly beautiful in places, hauntingly violent in others, No. 6 [is] worth your time." —Anime News Network "No. 6 is science fiction the way it's meant to be—boundary pushing ... and completely spellbinding." —Inside AX"
Shion accidentally learning that his childhood friend Safu is under arrest and all because of him! Not wanting to get Rat involved, Shion sets out alone to save her. But how can he possibly infiltrate No. 6's secure correctional facility and escape with a highpriority prisoner all on his own?