The reality that the real world is destroyed and that he and everyone he knows are just computer recreations of dead humans has driven Kyo into an existential crisis. What's the point of living in the false peace of Maihama or fighting in the ruins of the real world when all of humanity has been dead for decades?
But even as he pushes those closest to him away, Kyo encounters new allies who help to explain that in the end, even computer-generated ghosts like him are still real. As Kyo finally accepts who he is and the truth of the world, things finally start to look up for him. But there are still secrets to be learned and a painful truth yet to be faced.