The Ones Within

The Ones Within (Japanese: ナカノヒトゲノム【実況中】, Naka no Hito Genome [Jikkyōchū]) is a Japanese manga series by Osora, serialized online via pixiv Comic website since 2014. It has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes by Media Factory. An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired from July 7 to September 22, 2019. The story revolves around a group of teenage game streamers who are trapped in a mysterious live-streaming game where they must cooperate to complete dangerous challenges and gain 100 million viewers to return to the real world. The protagonist, Akatsuki Iride, unlocks hidden content while playing a game called "The Ones Within - Genome" and is transported to a strange world along with seven other streamers. They are forced to participate in a live-stream game hosted by a man in an alpaca mask called "Paca," and they must clear various stages and collect "chromosomes" to reach their viewership goal. Each character possesses unique gaming specializations and hidden pasts, making this survival game more complex and challenging.