SQUID GAME MEETS MEAN GIRLS IN THIS #1 JAPANESE BESTSELLER ABOUT KEEPING UP AND STAYING (BARELY) ALIVE IN A GIRL-EAT-GIRL WORLD NOW IN 20TH REPRINT WITH 150,000 COPIES SOLD Mishin Mizushima isn't nearly kawaii enough by Tokyo standards. Her emotionally stunted mum clearly isn't a fan of hers either, ditching their micro-apartment with a bye-bye note scribbled on My Little Pony stationery. Her case is one of thousands in the city's cutthroat girls' schools, where towering alpha females move and think as a single, terrifyingly beautiful organism on its third double eyelid surgery. The betas blend into the furniture. The rest grovel for scraps at the bottom of the sparkly food chain. In one classroom, a battle erupts between the barbies when a plaid-clad substitute teacher dares to flaunt the natural order by ordering the girls to form pairs with someone new. In the words of Hello Kitty, "you can never have too many friends" and everyone knows the best way to make friends is to play the game. Squid Game meets Mean Girls in this very kawaii survival drama where everyone must play by three rules: keep up, be liked, and stay (barely) alive in a girl-eat-girl world. SOON TO BE ADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM