Anime Like Lostorage incited WIXOSS

J.C.STAFF · 2016 · 12 eps · 24 min/ep · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

AniList 64/100 · MAL 6.69/10 · Ranked #6,515 · 60,880 members

Psychological

// WHY IT HITS

A girl tries to fix herself through a card game and ends up fighting to keep her own memories intact. The twist isn't that the stakes are high, it's that the show understands loneliness well enough to make you believe she'd risk everything to stop being invisible. Chinatsu matters because Suzuko has never had anyone who mattered, and the game forces that connection into something that costs.

SYNOPSIS

Homura returns to her hometown hoping for a fresh start, but isolation follows her back to school. When a card game called Wixoss catches her attention as a potential way to connect with classmates, she purchases a starter deck. The moment she opens it, the girl illustrated on one of the cards comes to life, addressing her as a "Selector." What begins as a casual hobby transforms into something far more sinister. Homura learns that Selectors compete in brutal matches to reclaim five coins that contain their most precious memories. Win them back, and you're free from the game. Lose, and you face a penalty that extends far beyond the cards themselves. As Homura gets pulled deeper into Wixoss, she discovers that other Selectors carry their own desperate reasons for playing. The game doesn't just steal memories,it warps reality, relationships, and identities. What seemed like a simple path to friendship becomes a psychological nightmare where the cost of victory might be her very sense of self.