Tokitsu isn't waiting for the men to save her, she's asking the right questions while they're still figuring out what side she's on. The show moves so fast it almost breaks itself, but that speed becomes part of the point: a girl learning forbidden magic while the boundary between worlds collapses doesn't have time to be uncertain. You get a reverse harem that actually respects your intelligence, one where the heroine's agency matters more than her love triangle, and the lore gets weird enough that you're three episodes in before you realize this isn't a typical otome adaptation at all.

A young woman comes to modern-day London to study abroad and is pulled into a strange incident just as she begins university. In this world, beings called Shadows take shape from human fear and anxiety. Alone in a city where she knows no one, she wanders into Café Forbidden, an odd café that opens its doors only at midnight. There she meets the good-looking men who work at the café, which serves as a meeting place for guardians who watch over the border between the human world and the realm of shadows. The series mixes supernatural action with romance.