“When Paul, a lonely high school student, starts seeing his negative emotions manifest in the form of people he will have to confront the greatest enemy of all: himself.”

When a teenager's negative emotions come alive as school bullies, he must vanquish each one until he faces the biggest bully of all: himself.

When a teenager's negative emotions come alive as school bullies, he must vanquish each one until he faces the biggest bully of all: himself.

YOURS: "When Paul, a lonely high school student, starts seeing his negative emotions manifest in the form of people he will have to confront the greatest enemy of all: himself." (29 words)

I've taken some liberties and extrapolated some plot details that seemed to fit:

"When a lonely high-schooler's negative emotions come alive, manifesting as new students, he must vanquish each and face the inevitable boss fight -- against himself." (25 words)

- We don't need his name.
- In the original, having his emotions manifest as people doesn't seem a particularly bad thing. What do the embodied emotions do? Must he defeat them or reconcile/befriend them?
- Sounds a bit like SCOTT PILGRIM V. WORLD
- The revision implies our lonely protag finds his solace in gaming.