SQUID GAME MEETS MEAN GIRLSTHE #1 JAPANESE HIT ABOUT KEEPING UP AND STAYING (BARELY) ALIVE IN A GIRL-EAT-GIRL WORLDA QUARTER OF A MILLION COPIES SOLDMishin Mizushima isn't nearly kawaii enough by Tokyo standards. Her developmentally stunted mum isn't a fan either, ditching her in their micro-apartment to shack up with a sugar daddy.Her story is one of thousands in a city where towering alpha females move and think as a single, terrifyingly beautiful organism with the perfect double-eyelid surgery. The betas know to lay low. The rest grovel at the feet of the sparkly food chain.In one school, a battle erupts between the barbies when the substitute teacher dares to question the natural order. In the wisdom of Hello Kitty, you can never have too many friends - and everyone knows the best way to make friends is to play a game...An unhinged parable for the age of live-streaming, Please Form Pairs is a bestselling survival drama where every girl must play by three rules: keep up, be liked, and stay (barely) alive in a girl-eat-girl world.
