Yuri Honjou is the protagonist of High-Rise Invasion and the moral center of every episode. She''s a normal high schooler — until she isn''t. One blink she''s in her room; the next she''s on top of a skyscraper that shouldn''t exist, surrounded by hundreds of other towers connected only by suspension bridges, stalked by masked killers. The rules of this world are brutal: either jump, or be killed.
What sets her apart
Episode one shows Yuri in pure panic — terror in her eyes, hands shaking, an ordinary 16-year-old shoved against the edge of the void. Then the show pivots. As she realizes her brother Rika is trapped in this city too, fear becomes drive.
Yuri''s strength isn''t physical — it''s analytical. She learns how the masks work; she discovers each mask carries a programmed rule; she looks for cracks in the system. The story''s hardest beats — jump or fall? — are won by her practical intelligence, not her swordcraft.
Her place in the story
Adapted from Tsuina Miura and Takahiro Oba''s manga, High-Rise Invasion (2021, Netflix) is a survival horror. Yuri differs from the shounen mold: she runs, hides, plans. Action isn''t her register; the show clings to her consciousness instead.
Her bond with her brother Rika is the series'' emotional spine. The thresholds she crosses to find him form the most beloved arc of the show.
Tracking on Episodo
High-Rise Invasion is on Netflix — single 12-episode season. With the Episodo extension, hitting play on Netflix flows the episode into your watchlist automatically; you never lose track between sittings. The manga goes well past the anime; if you want to keep going, the detail page links it.
