Video Game Manga

One day, the dungeon apocalypse game, Dream Side, turned to reality. Having just completed university, I was stuck inside an elevator while delivering packages when a blue screen appeared before me, along with a monster! As I used to be the number 1 ranker of that game, I destroyed the extremely difficult tutorial and continued playing the game like an elite player... (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)

Nearly two months have passed since Kirito and Asuna found themselves trapped in the world of Aincrad. Kirito's experience with the beta version of the game has put him far ahead of the curve, but it has also attracted the attention of some dangerous players...For Asuna, his competence has been a god send in this harsh world, yet she can't help but feel like her overreliance on Kirito's skills is becoming an obstacle to their growing relationship. Even so, they'll have to work together to make it through the ancient ruins of the fifth floor, where all sorts of undead monsters—and player-killers—lurk in the shadows! (Source: Yen Press)

Raid, a newbie Edge Punisher in The World R:2 decides to sell all of his gear and items in order to buy a rare sword. Unfortunately the sword draws the attention of a group of PKers who decide to kill him and steal the sword for themselves. Dead, naked, and penniless it seems that it's all over for Raid, when he is suddenly saved by a group of players from the Seventh Division of the guild Moon Tree. (Source: .hack//wiki)

The world's first action game VRMMO FWO (Fantasy World Online). Our main character chose to become a Summoner. While not so much in particularly willing to go about aggressively capturing monsters or aim to be the strongest player. Just wanting to have an adventure to search for cute monsters and clothes' material. Without noticing in the flow of one situation after another, he becomes the top ranking Summoner. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

Forty-year-old Satoshi Osako is a farmer in the Japanese countryside—and a hardcore player of Swords & Sorceries, an online VRRPG. The day he finally manages to defeat the game's final boss, it curses him with its dying breath and kills him in real life! With a little help from a carefree goddess, Satoshi finds himself reincarnated into a mysterious new world as his in-game character, the incredibly powerful Great Sage known as Zelos Merlin. He accordingly decides to use his newfound powers to...continue living a quiet life on another farm! But first, he'll have to fight his way out of the vast, dangerous forest he woke up in—thanks a lot, goddess—and it won't be long before he's running into bandits, getting roped into teaching a young noble girl magic, and more. Will the almighty Great Sage be able to conquer the toughest quest of all: getting some peace and quiet? (Source: J-Novel Club)

Technology has now allowed the full integration of virtual reality in massive multiplayer gaming. Gamers can now immerse themselves in a fantasy world, and fully experience a role-playing game. The first game to implement this system was called "Eden." Gamers around the world flocked to their first chance of being part of this system. Three years have passed since the discovery of the bug in "Eden." This bug prevented anyone from "logging out" of this game. Players were forever trapped in the fantasy world of Eden, and now had to fight to survive inside the game. Our main character, nicknamed "Teacher," continues to follow the road of the beginners course inside the game. Tirelessly training his skills, he fights alone against any enemy to become the strongest player in Eden. (Source: MangaHelpers)

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Kaito Suzuki discovers a video game, Gamerz Heaven, that transports him to another different dimension. Upon arriving in the bizarre new world, Kaito discovers a cute little boy known as the "navigator," which he names Nata. Everyone in Gamerz Heaven is out to capture Nata, and Kaito can only beat the game by saving him. This will be difficult for Kaito, as Gamerz Heaven is only a beta version with a limited number of saves. Kaito soon discovers in that everything that happens in Gamerz Heaven affects the real world, and characters that die in the game are wiped from the memories of everyone in his dimension. (Source: ANN)

In an unexpected turn of events, dull high school student Hiro Yuuki obtains the full dive role-playing game Kiwame Quest. Created by the best of technology, the game claims to take "reality to its extremes," from stunning graphics, NPCs' behavior, to the scent of vegetation, and even the sensation of wind brushing against the skin—everything was the result of an ultimate workmanship. Except, the game is a little too realistic and messy to clear. Kiwame Quest features over ten quadrillion flags and reflects the players' real-life physical abilities in the game. Being hit in the game also hurts in real life and slash wounds take days to heal. The only reward here is the sense of accomplishment. Conquer the most stressful game in history that can't be played casually! (Source: MAL News)

When he lost his ability to taste and smell, Rim Lee's life as a chef ended. Just as he's sinking deeper and deeper into depression, Rim discovers [Real], an incredibly immersive VR game that simulates all five senses. There, he's able to regain his senses of taste and smell. Not only that, but he can cook, too! Although he does need to hunt his own monster ingredients down... Now, Rim is here to cook up delicious food, hunt some dangerous monsters, and maybe even build a whole new legacy along the way. Welcome to Rim Lee's new life as "Rice," the gourmet gamer! (Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

The main premise of the story covers the happenings that Midori and Adamas witness and experience in The World R:2, an extremely popular MMORPG that is a new version of the original game, The World. Midori meets numerous characters from .hack//Roots (most notably Haseo,) and .hack//G.U. (such as Silabus and Gaspard.) The main plot centers around Midori selling herself out to would-be PKers, and some real-world events that center around the girl who also bears the name Midori who is in a coma. (Source: Wikipedia)

Our protagonist, the speedrunning emperor of "Another Verse," suddenly feels sleepy in the middle of practice. When he awakens, the familiar opening of "Another Verse" is playing right before his eyes!? In this godly environment where the body is moving better than usual, you have to speedrun! Clearing the game world faster than anyone! Abusing bugs to fight, the "fastest" Isekai fantasy!! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Minoru's parents want to move to Las Vegas so her father can have a last shot at his fighting career. Minoru has recently started high school and doesn't really feel like leaving Japan, although she doesn't have much reason to stay either. While feeling down about the choice, she follows a girl from her school into an arcade out of curiosity. Minoru ends up playing against the girl at a fighting game. The girl introduces herself as Shijou and explains that she's aiming to become a pro-gamer. Shijou recognizes that Minoru has talent and invites her to team up with her. (Source: Batoto)

End of the World is a virtual Reality game praised for its extreme difficulty. Hansung was once a top-tier ranker, but he got trapped inside the game! It's hard to survive with his current stats. However, Hansung has a high level of luck! Obtaining SSS class skills from random boxes? That's easy! Hitting the jackpot from the slot machine? A piece of cake! He is overflowing with luck! So, can Hansung safely clear this game by only relying on his luck? (Source: Kakao Entertainment Corp.)

In the real world, Taehyun Kim has a boring low-effort life, but as a virtual reality gamer, he lives for a harsh challenge. Why become the best player in the world's hottest online game if you're going to do it the easy way? Warrior? Nope. Rogue? Nah. Taehyun wants to reach #1 as a blacksmith or, even better yet, unemployed. Unfortunately for him, his natural skills keep interfering, and this game likes him way too much! Seriously, how the hell did he end up as the god of luck?! (Source: Tapas Media)

A modern man is reincarnated into the world of a fantasy game he knows well: as Werner, the son of a powerful noble. The thing is, Werner isn't the hero or even the villain—he's a background character likely to die during a climactic siege! Werner seeks out and befriends the hero, but he doesn't have powerful enough skills to be a hero himself. Unwilling to die as a later plot point, Werner uses his knowledge of the game and his power as a noble to aid the hero and defend against evil attacks. That's when he realizes that when he does so, he saves other people who were doomed as he was, which changes the "plot" he thought was inevitable. As the hero's close comrade who can see the future, perhaps Werner will be a savior to this place, after all! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Han Jungwoo (a.k.a. Kai), was always picked on for being too nice. An avid player of "MID," the world's most realistic online fantasy game, he spends his time helping those in need rather than completing quests. But when he is unexpectedly given the chance to become a Solaris Cleric, a rare hidden character class, the game actually starts to reward him for doing good deeds. With ruthless characters all around him though, can this "Mr. Nice Guy" make it as a top-tier player? (Source: Tapas Media)

Prodigal pianist Morimiya Francois permanently injures his left hand and his musical career is brought to an abrupt halt. He plunges into despair with no other interests or skills to live for, but amidst the darkness, he stumbles across his video game doppelganger and is quite forcefully introduced to the world of fighting games. Where will this new hobby lead him? (Source: MU)

In an unexpected turn of events, dull high school student Hiro Yuuki obtains the full dive role-playing game Kiwame Quest. Created by the best of technology, the game claims to take "reality to its extremes," from stunning graphics, NPCs' behavior, to the scent of vegetation, and even the sensation of wind brushing against the skin—everything was the result of an ultimate workmanship. Except, the game is a little too realistic and messy to clear. Kiwame Quest features over ten quadrillion flags and reflects the players' real-life physical abilities in the game. Being hit in the game also hurts in real life and slash wounds take days to heal. The only reward here is the sense of accomplishment. Conquer the most stressful game in history that can't be played casually! (Source: MAL News)

Typical company employee Tanaka Daichi (38-years-old, single) loves games and plays a new type of VRMMO called "One More Free Life Online" under the username "Earth." Inside this free world he chose several skills that are generally regarded as useless. Be it wasting time crafting potions, cooking up pointlessly tasty food, or hunting monsters with some absurd weapon he crafted, he simply enjoys playing the game. (Source: MU)

Nikola is just a village girl working at the inn...until the day dragons invade, and she meets Haga, a scholar of everything around him. He's a part of an elite society called "Seeker," created to address a series of maladies plaguing their usually peaceful world. But both Nikola and Haga have secrets they hide...ones that will change each other's very existence... (Source: Kodansha USA)

Battle Mexia, an RPG fighting game where every action and feeling seems real. In a future where gaming dominates all class. If you are a professional player, the Government will take care of you forever. What will happen to the main character when he enters a school where Battle Mexia is the main subject?

Lara Hoerwick is visiting her uncle Harald, and starts playing a game on his computer while he is away. At first she is excited to find herself in the world of the Epitaph of Twilight, until she realizes that she's stuck in the game. To make matters worse, the game's world is about to be destroyed by the Cursed Wave. Lara's only hope is to set out in search of the Twilight Dragon. (Source: dothack.wikia)

When a hardcore gamer downloads an update that transports him into his favorite game, Dungeon Explorer Chronicles, he expects a life of pretty girls and epic fights. He starts as a student at Adventurers' High, the top school for budding adventurers, eager to dive into the fantastical dungeon that's appeared in modern-day Japan. But one glance in the mirror shatters his dreams of badassery! He's entered the game as Piggy, the love-to-hate overweight villain whose stalker-like obsession with his reluctant fiancée spells his doom. With elitist bullies roaming the school halls and cutthroat adventurers lurking in the dungeon, our hero has to act fast to lose weight and level up if he wants to survive and break free from his scripted fate. Using his peerless knowledge of the game, he's ready to exploit every trick to become the world's greatest unsung hero! (Source: J-Novel Club)

Makoto Sakura, sixteen years old, finds himself without a place after dropping out of high school. Suddenly, an otherworldly relic appears before him. On that day, dungeons began to appear all over the world. Humans acquired a level system that completely overturned their previous values. Amidst this revolution, Makoto finds his place inside the dungeons. Acquiring cheat skills like "Experience Points x1000" and "Level Free," he becomes a level 10,000 powerhouse. As the strongest "Player," he embarks on dungeon exploration! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Influenced by two of their friends, a pair of female high school students, Natsu and Kumiko, begin playing the popular MMORPG "Apocalypse Online." When they log in for the first time, they find they've been given a rare item, a pair of "marriage rings," which gives the two of them special bonuses when they are near each other. But while their "relationship" is a funny quirk of the game to Natsu, Kumiko secretly longs for it to become a reality... (Source: MU)

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While on their way to Zakkaria from Rulid Village, Eugeo and Kirito encounter a noble girl named Medina battling monsters on the highway. Medina Orthinanos is a noble whose family was banished to the borderlands due to being considered defects by the empress of Norlangarth. Having lost her father in an accident, Medina seeks to become an Integrity Knight to clear her family's besmirched name. Little did she know that the two boys she encountered on the road to Zakkaria shared her goal of becoming Integrity Knights but would one day go up against the Axiom Church and kill the supreme ruler of the church... (Source: MangaDex)

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A novel series that tells the story of a Long Arm named Carl, of what happened to Sora after he was trapped in The World by Morganna, and of Tsukasa's real life after being able to log out from The World.

Daejang Gong, aka Raid Leader, used to be rank one in the world's first VR RPG game Rou Online, but now he's trapped in a game called Astrom as an NPC due to the evil scheming of an AI! Now, Daejang must find a way to escape this sick metaverse, but will he be able to outsmart artificial intelligence? (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

Asuna and Kirito have made it to Aincrad's sixth floor, where in the town of Stachion they find something very odd—puzzles everywhere they look. New mysteries and complex riddles await, many of which can't be solved with a sword... Fighting against the odds, the two will have to put their heads together if they want to make it out alive. But as they focus their attention on confronting the challenges ahead, will they be ready for the sinister forces that lie in wait? (Source: Yen Press)

After suffering from a stalker, Yoon Ji-gu becomes extremely wary of people. Just in time, a man with a strange sexual orientation moved into the neighbor's house...? "Looks like there's a pervert living next door..." In reality, Lee Yeo-woon and Yoon Ji-gu are suspicious neighbors who are full of misunderstandings. In the game, they are the couple neutaaaa (Lee Yeo-woon) and ji9byeol. How will the relationship between the two change in and out of the game and reality? (Source: Lezhin Entertainment, translated)

The story centers on Kakeru Doumeguri, a loner who is at the lowest caste of his school. A certain incident makes him reincarnate as the Dark Lord Helschaft, who exists inside the virtual reality game "Exodia Exodus," though he also has the ability to turn back into human form. Ririko Asagiri, a girl who Kakeru has long had a crush on, is also trapped in the game, along with her classmates, who all swear a vow to defeat Helschaft and get back to their world. However, if Helschaft dies, everyone's lives will be in danger, so Kakeru/Helschaft meets them in battle. The other characters include Shuuko Aikawa, Kakeru's boss at his part-time job in the real world, and Helschaft's slave in the game; and Non Shizukuishi, a sharp-tongued cool girl who is interested in Helschaft. (Source: ANN)

The Bookworm: Soo-Hyuk. Reading is fun number one; he's always looking for a new way to read books. He even joined a new game, "Pangea," so no one could disturb him from reading books. The moment Soo-Hyuk finished reading his first book there and closed it, he received a notification: Wisdom +1 level... (Source: Kakao Entertainment Corp., translated)

Former matagi, Hitonari Yamano, lives a lonely life in the countryside. He once put down his gun, but what he found in his hands was a "FPS" battle royal game! A unique sniper game was created by combining the latest e-sports with the traditional skills of the matagi. An unprecedented legend of the greatest sniper ever created begins in rural Japan! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Having won a photon sword in a mini game, Yui decided that it would be the perfect gift for Kirito. However, convinced that a present is more impactful when it's delivered as a surprise, Yui enlisted the help of Asuna and the other girls. The girls would face Kirito in battle during a new GGO event and create an opportunity for the perfect surprise: using slime guns to blind him during the fight, thus allowing Yui to present her gift to the unsuspecting Kirito just as he regains his vision. However, Yui did not foresee one thing: that her surprise gift will have to compete in impactfulness with Kirito's mastery at getting himself into all kinds of ecchi situations... (Source: Dreadful Decoding)

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Mincheol's game Wings Online is going to be ruined for the sake of profit! But the new General Director has forgotten one thing: Mincheol knows every nook and cranny of his virtual world. Together with his trusty AI sidekick Oasis, will Mincheol be able to enact his revenge and create a Bad Ending for Wings Online's season 6 update? (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

Lee Seohyun is the #1-ranked player in the long-forgotten game "Asura Online." As he wonders why no one plays anymore, he stumbles upon the hottest new game, "Asrian Online." Based on the world of Asura, with similar maps and characters, becoming the best in Asrian should be a piece of cake. But after he picks his hidden class, he learns he has become a puny supporting character. Though Seohyun has his sights set on becoming a star again, the only way to the top this time will be as a supporter! (Source: Tapas Media)

The story centers around Powder, who has been enjoying the world of Dragon Quest X and spends every day playing with party members online. One day, Powder unexpectedly has to share a room in real life with a teammate named Gorō. They discover that their real-life personas are not quite the same as their game personas. (Source: ANN)

Seungho Joo's ability to hyper-focus makes him a god in virtual reality games, until the day his brain becomes overloaded and he falls into a coma. Forbidden from playing VR games, he can only watch as the most hotly anticipated new RPG comes online. But when a new technology gives him a second chance to play, Seungho dares to return to the world of VR. In this ever-changing environment, can Seungho use his gift to stay one step ahead of the other players without putting himself back at risk? (Source: Tapas Media)

Sanghwa is a shy introvert with a longtime crush on his handsome friend Ryeohan, but then again, EVERYONE likes him. Feeling like he can't compete for Ryeohan's affections, Sanghwa dives into The Legend of Saga, an online game where he plays as "idealize." He befriends "thegreatmirae," a cute healer who clearly has a soft spot for Sangwha... and who just so happens to be a real-life gangster. Could this tough guy be the ideal lover Sanghwa's been looking for after striking out in the real world? (Source: Tapas Media)

Having lost his ranked account to a hacker, Kang Yoohan wants to get even. Assuming his lost equipment was sold, he's hoping that as blacksmith Zig, it will come back to him through repairs and lead him to the hacker. After breaking many swords, however, he finds this is no walk in the park. Thankfully, he's able to see cracks in the equipment and enemies that show their vital points to make or break them! Armed with these skills, Zig is looking to get things shaking, or rather, smithing! (Source: Tapas Media)

Popular for being filled with bugs, the virtual-reality game New Communicate Online (a.k.a. Nekomimi Neko Offline). A die-hard fan of the game, Sagara Souma, is sent to the game world from the power of a mysterious device. Though surprised by the sudden turn of events, Souma conveniently knows the laws of the world. Mastering every bug, using the game's logic against it, he is soon known as "Maverick Swordsman Souma." (Source: NanoDesu Translations)

[Activating closed beta system. Current number of users: 1.] Bae Dohyun lost his life because of the major guilds' evil plan. He then possessed the main character in a game that's still in its beta service. He was reincarnated as a rich family's youngest son, Raul. "I'll take it all this time!" From Rank 1 player to the most powerful NPC, his new story begins. (Source: Kakao Entertainment Corp., translated)

Kishimine Kengo, a boy who moved into a high school that was an all-girls school until several years ago. In spite of the so-called harem environment where he was surrounded only by girls, he wasn't good at socializing and his sole hobby was immersing himself in reading. He lived a quiet life. But, he decided to participate in club activities that he hadn't done until now, and so his high school life changed into something stormy and full of drama. He joined the one where he played modern games – in short, the game club. Kishimine was supported by the beautiful student council head and a perverted teacher, and he displayed unexpected talent. Now the curtain has been raised on the exciting gaming life of an ordinary boy. (Source: Baka-Tsuki)

A spin-off of the Sword Art Online series focusing on Kibaou.

Save the Earth is the latest big thing in the game world. Players can experience the most realistic fights and adventures by simply equipping their VR headset, and the game's advanced AI constantly generates unique moves and challenges. However, this has caused the game's difficulty to rise abnormally, and an operations team employee is swarmed with bug reports and complaints. To resolve the issues, she logs in as a non-playable, immortal character—Shari Azriel, Dover Village's apothecary. As Shari, she suddenly notices something strange: though only a day has passed in the real world, she has been living inside the game for over two years. With her attempts at logging out proving futile, she becomes concerned for her real body's wellbeing. Shari contacts the game masters, but they are virtually useless. It soon turns out that Shari can only escape by beating the game: a feat nobody has accomplished before. Shari must now prevent Crown Prince Cassel Ludwig from falling asleep, or all his doomsday nightmares will come true—and if she fails, her death is certain in both worlds. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The story about the living legend of fighting games, Daigo Umehara in a comic format! The year is 1996. Shinya Oonuki is another gifted gamer living in the same era as Umehara. This man encounters the glamor of fighting games which leads him towards the path of obsession. This story covers the raging battles between Umehara and Nuki, two players who have carved their names into the history of fighting games! (Source: Batoto)

In 2022, a genius by the name of Akihiko Kayaba created the first FullDive VRMMORPG: Sword Art Online. However, this game has a terrifying secret: You can't log out until the game is beaten, and dying in game means death in real life... This is the story of a player trapped in this deadly game, dreaming of conquering Aincrad. Your story. (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Jin lost consciousness in a traffic accident and woke up to find himself transformed into a character in a game world. Moreover, he became one of the top-tier villains, the lowest of the low, which was so shocking that he almost passed out again. However, he realized that the story began about three years before and resolved to survive even if it meant changing this character's fate. Starting with planning to escape from his house, he was unexpectedly able to break free from the curse of his home and began to live in the outside world. Though he was the lowest of the low characters, he was also the strongest character in the game world. Utilizing his strength and knowledge of the game, Jin's life in the game world began. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

Die in the game, and you die in real life. The only way out is clearing the massive floating castle Aincrad. The pinnacle of heroic sagas kicks off here! (Source: Yen Press)

Yuika Kagami is a 15 year old schoolgirl that is in the search of thrilling and exciting experiences. She ends up meeting with her school's "Game Club" and realizes that she might be able to fulfill her youth by driving a GTR R34 just as the one her father used to race with. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

While leaving school on her way to a job interview, Nitta Akira sees someone jump from the third floor of her school. Suddenly she wakes up in a padded white room surrounded by ninety-eight other girls—and she shortly learns they all applied for the same job. All the girls' clothes have been changed to bloomers and a numbered shirt. Akira wears the number twenty while Akise Kaede, the strange freshman from the same university, wears the number ninety-nine. While the girls mingle amongst themselves, they notice the large TV screen at the front of the room. The game console below it is loaded with a cartridge called "Blue Bird." A loud noise fills the room and the girl whose shirt reads one disappears, soon reappearing on the screen dressed in a different outfit. She soon meets a gory end at the hands of a monster in the game world. As more girls continue to disappear, the others panic when they realize they will meet the same fate. Fearing for her own life, Akira tries to think of a way out. Kaede, however, seems to be enjoying their predicament, and she antagonizes the upcoming victims. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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The year is 2023, three years after the Immortal Dusk Incident. With the hacker-group Schicksal dissolved, having resigned from CyberConnect Corp., and the position of Network Trouble Consultant now vacant, Ryuuji Sogabe is forced to scrape together a living. However, when an unexpected request from a former colleague is put forward, the evil plot surrounding “The World” drags Ryuuji back into the fold. In this blood-stained final battle, will he come out the victor? (Source: dothackers.net)

A tale about a "realistic social networking service".

The past of one of the top five doll-makers in the world. Due to the evil act of those who envied his talent, "Iroha Sakura" is no longer able to move his right hand to its full capacity. One day, Iroha learns of the existence of a VRMMORPG—a virtual world of dolls called "Battle Doll." It seemed that Iroha had regained his own existence, but his encounter with Sara led to a conflict between him and Zik, who was targeting her persistently, and a duel with no chance of victory ends up taking place. Seeing Iroha backed into a corner, his doll begins to develop its own ego. When the doll maker, whose only purpose was to make dolls, comes face to face with Battle Dolls for the first time, an "elaborate fairy tale" is spun! (Source: TO Books, translated)

Casual gamers and skill gamers just aren't meant to get along. But what if the extremes of both are forced to team up? When Junghoon dives into the world's most mysterious new VR game, his craving for pure fun leads to a strange stroke of luck when his permanent patron spirit turns out to be Jinho Kang—a real-life hardcore gamer who's stuck serving as an NPC! Are they doomed to annoy the hell out of each other? Or is there more to this game than either one could have ever found on their own? (Source: Tapas Media)

A middle aged man reincarnates in another world and becomes the strongest tutor in the world! Satoshi Osako (40), who had become addicted to the game and rose to become a top player, had an accident while logging in that put an end to his life. In a world full of swords, magic, and monsters, he was reborn with all previous statuses and somehow ends up tutoring a young girl... The diary of a wise man who lives in a different world, where his motto is "Peace and tranquility every day." (Source: Square Enix)

Jee-Ha Kim comes from a good background with decent grades and test results; however, he has one big flaw—when it comes to official events like university interviews for example, he is horrible. To overcome his social awkwardness, he embarks upon the virtual reality game Trikia where he meets an eccentric high level undead Nine—his future guild master. (Source: MU)

LJO–aka Law of Justice Online–is the newest full-dive VRMMORPG to hit the market, and office worker Yuta—or Yuto, as he goes by in the game—is ready to spend his whole vacation immersing himself in the experience. His dream is to become the strongest Tamer, commanding the most powerful monsters, and he's even willing to shell out the cash to do so! But when he arrives in the world of LJO for the first time, Yuto is shocked to find that the special monster he planned to leave all the fighting to is...a monster dedicated to farming—without a shred of combat ability? Despite it all, Yuto quickly decides that his adventures in this world will involve way less fighting epic battles and way more harvesting plants, as he prepares to take the game at his own pace and with his adorable, trusty companion by his side! (Source: J-Novel Club)

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An alternative version of the Overlord series, based on a short story Kugane Maruyama released on their Twitter account.

In the VRMMO CtG (Cradle to the Glaive), Kasugai Yuu has married with Miifa, a girl whom he just met. But after that, a child named Haruha was born and started to grow up?! More over... "I'm coming, Papa!" "Oh, Kugimiya..." Even in the real world, the real Haruha and her mother Miifa, rather Kugimiya, also appeared! Living in the same roof, Yuu and Miharu, in-game and in real life, have to raise and educate Haruha, the one who can change the fate of humanity?!

Murakami Maki's doujin based on her manga series Gamerz Heaven.

Takes place after the events of Sword Art Online: Project Alicization. Kirito, Asuna, and the others have their accounts forcibly migrated to Unital Ring, a new VRMMORPG which incorporates locations from all the other environments they previously visited, and investigate the cause while meeting some familiar faces. (Source: Wikipedia, edited)

Sagimiya Keita is a heavy gamer of MMORPG without experience with girls. In his favorite game, he controls a female character, like most of the members of his guild. But when it comes to offline meetings, Keita plays the role of the "The Knight Lord," the only male character of the guild. He became famous in real life as in virtual life! The romantic comedy between the real world and the virtual one begins!

Yuu Shirogane is a hot blooded schoolboy who competitively plays the Nintendo DS game Pokémon Platinum in order to become the Battle King. (Source: Bulbapedia)

"Quest Hero" is a VR online game that has received attention worldwide. One day, one of their named users, Harang, was pulled into another world by an unknown sword-like object. No matter how hard he tried, he wasn't able to log out and was even attacked... Not only did he feel real pain, he also met the "real" Yuta instead of the NPC Yuta. Would Harang be able to complete the "7th Quest" and return back to the real world safely?! The journey of the "Teenage Swordsman" who fell into an unknown world! (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)

A side story of Only Sense Online that focuses on Myu.

Side story to .hack//Quantum.

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"1000 randomly selected humans from countries all around the world will be brought to a parallel world where all their actions will be broadcast to the whole world." God appeared suddenly in the world and randomly selected 1000 human beings... High-school student Hikaru, ever since his childhood friend Nanami had been chosen as a part of the 1000 humans, has been going around collecting information about the parallel world for Nanami's sake, in order to prepare Nanami to be transferred to the other world safely. On morning of the day of transfer, as Hikaru awaits to enter Nanami's home, something unimaginable happens... As more people tune into the isekai life streams, points can be earned to gain magic, items, etc. which then can be used to kill monsters! (Source: Square Enix, translated)

The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor is the story of a man, Lee Hyun, who is a slave to money. He was formerly known as the legendary God of War of the highly popular MMORPG, Continent of Magic. In an attempt to help his debt-ridden family, he auctions his character to find it sell at ₩3.1 billion. An unfortunate run-up with loan sharks causes Lee Hyun to lose almost all of his money, however. This caused him to step into the new era of gaming led by the first-ever Virtual Reality MMORPG, Royal Road, to help his ailing grandmother and save enough for his sister's future college tuition. (Source: Wikipedia)

Tooru Aikawa is a university student who spends his days going through the motions of attending school and working at a local convenience store. The only time he really feels alive is when he's playing the massive multiplayer VR game Real World Online. One day, he has a stroke of luck: he's hit by a runaway bus and reincarnated as his game character. But something's gone wrong... Instead of the invincible warrior he mains, he's in the body of Nacht Schatten, the alluring dragon princess he made as a joke! Nacht's build is anything but optimized—she would never survive in the cutthroat world of an isekai story! And more to the point, she's a girl! But perhaps things aren't as bad as they seem as Nacht Schatten is more capable than she appears. (Source: J-Novel Club)

The online game Glory has gained such popularity in China that the best players in the Glory Professional Alliance are known as gods by the fans. But among the gods, one stands out in particular. Glory Textbook, God of Glory, and Battle God are only a few of the names attributed to Ye Qiu, the mysterious captain of team Excellent Era. Under his leadership, Excellent Era once achieved three consecutive championships; in recent years, however, the team's performance has been on the decline. Seizing on the chance to replace their captain with a fresh face whom they can place in the spotlight, Excellent Era forces Ye Qiu onto the streets. Yet, the man behind the enigma, Ye Xiu, is unsatisfied with the glory he has attained thus far. He holds a half-forgotten dream from the past that he still longs to see realized. Starting from level 1 in the 10th server, Ye Xiu soon attracts allies and enemies alike, carving a path of chaos wherever he goes. As he sets forth on this new road with an unprecedented class and weapon combination, his desired destination remains the same: the Glory Championship. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

"If I become stronger than you, Shintaro, you'll stay with me forever, right?" I'm the world's number-one ranked player in that popular FPS game. I'm aiming to become a pro gamer and wanted to compete in the national tournament... My accomplice, the world's number-two ranked 2N, turns out to be my childhood friend Natsuki. A big-tiddy streamer and a handsome, blue-eyed, thoroughbred homosexual also join in, forming a team with too many quirks. FPS love-comedy about shooting and being shot at with a childhood friend who's a sharp-tongued tsundere. (Source: Hifumi Shobo, translated)

Midorimaru was born with green hair and rejected of social companionship since birth. Although he claims that he's gotten over his green hair, he often takes strolls at night because it hides his hairs color. One day, as he was taking his usual stroll, he meets Yukino Mizunomori, who said his hair was beautiful. The next day, he finds out that Yukino was dubbed the "Computer Girl" and anyone that beats her at any game can have a chance to date her. Later, he comes across a mysterious game called "Psycho+." Without ever having heard of the game, Midorimaru took a chance and challenged Yukino at it. When Yukino picked up the game, the screen told her she can't play the game; when Midorimaru took it from her hands, though, the screen displayed "OK." Suddenly, Midorimaru gained powers through the game, starting with the ability to move trees. As the plot unveils Midoimaru progresses to different stages of the game, he plays with different powers, but losing his previous one as he progresses. Why is Midorimaru the only person able to play Psycho+? And what is will be the social outcome of him having special abilities?

Patch is an elite video game agent working for a secret company that builds, operates, and guards the world of video game unbeknownst to game players. His perfect career as an elite agent starts to crumble as he gets spotted by the "Hungry Bird" game Player arriving unexpectedly to the game scene... (Source: LINE Webtoon)

A mobile game called Arcana Fantasy has taken the world by storm. However, individuals who log on to the game lose consciousness in the actual world and cannot escape the game until someone plays to the end. Can Yoon, the son of a pro gamer and policewoman, find his father in the virtual world and escape with the other victims? (Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

"We're now in a world... where it's acceptable for dudes to fool around together, right?" A certain occurrence brings a college student Tatsuya to wander into a parallel universe along with his rival and inseparable (want it or not) friend Wataru. What a place! It was a world mirroring an academy-setting of a BL game! In order to return to his home world, the protagonist, Tatsuya, needs to land a happy ending with one of the main characters(sex!?). But to top it all off, Wataru is also thrown into the mix! Hearing moaning from the adjacent room at the dorm, Wataru catches Tatsuya in quite the arousing predicament. "They say it feels good if you rub them together," Wataru says, reaching out a hand. Stroking in unison, Tatsuya is faced with immense pleasure for the first time! Furthermore, other main characters approach Wataru one after another. Who will join him in his happy ending...? And, will he ever find his way back home!? (Source: CLLENN)

The story follows the high school student Jintarou Futsu, whose confession was rejected by his crush. His misfortune continues, as news of a gender-change disease turns Jintarou into a beautiful silver haired girl. The shock of it causes him to try to escape from reality by playing the VRMMO, Clan/Clan... His game character uses the same girl appearance as in real life, and the Alchemy skill, which most players call a trash skill. He meets lots of fellow adventurers, and becomes stronger within the game world of Clan/Clan's slogan, "When one becomes an adventurer, they can fight, steal, control, explore, invent, create, and do anything as they like." He meets a wide variety of adventurers that help him grow, while hiding what happened to his appearance as a bug to his friends who also play the game, and hides the fact that he had become a girl in real life. When summer break is over, he will have to show his face at school. This is about one of the best National-class adventurers, the story of the Alchemist who won a war without even taking a single step. When a normal high school student suddenly turns into a beautiful girl, what would they do? The answer is to that is to become a net-game addict! (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

The conquest story of the final boss protagonist begins here! "Boot Hour, Shoot Curse" is a VRMMORPG that has no concept of levels or professions. Instead, players must farm experience points to gain new skills and increase their status. Rare, a girl who participated in the closed beta test, has acquired the hidden skill "Subordinate", which allows her to turn NPCs into her subordinates. The skill also transfers the experience points gained by the subordinates to Rare. She used the skill to gradually add new NPCs she encountered to her party. As a result of the unprecedented amount of experience gained from her minions, she was able to evolve into a Demon Lord. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

One day I suddenly got a chance to change the world, and without hesitation my wish came true. That’s right, all the branch off choices, events, and the lines of the characters of - everything I memorized about my beloved gal-game “Eternal Innocence” became reality. I originally wanted to go into the main heroine’s route, but somehow I ended up falling into multiple routes at the same time! And things that didn’t happen in the game started happening in real life! Will my heroine and I reach the true end?! Running through the infinite choices of real world, this is the 10th annual Entame Excellence Award story!! (Source: Baka-Tsuki)

Overlord: Prologue is a short story that takes place before Yggdrasil's final days. It tells the story about the founding of the guild "Ainz Ooal Gown," Momonga becoming a guildmaster and the conquering of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Sky World takes place in the eponymous world of the MMORPG, Sky World. One day, thousands of players woke up to find themselves in the world. Junichirou Mikimori is one of these players who has now come to live in Sky World. The story begins with Junichirou on Altaria Island. There, he encounters an all-female guild and befriends two of its members. Together, they decide to leave Altaria Island and journey to the highest point of the world: Aion Island, in hopes of being able to find a way back to the real world. (Source: NanoDesu)

Taeyang must use his godlike gaming abilities to traverse the stages of roguelike virtual reality game "Dantalian" to find his trapped sister. The only catch is, in Dantalian, your life is synced to your character. If you die in the game, you die in real life. (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

Past trauma leads Kai Shiraseki to abandon the world of social game development, so he transfers to Maikun High School to start a new life. But on his first day he meets Nanaka Aoi, the president of a low-tier social game club, and finds out that the club is on the brink of disbanding—and is also populated by total weirdos! The programmer, Aya Oushima, is a crazed gacha addict, and the illustrator, Eru Kuroba, faints from the cuteness of her own drawings?! Kai joins the club, which gives them enough members to continue... or so they thought. The student council hands down an ultimatum: "Win a competition against another school or disband!" Now their management talents will really be put to the test. With the skills that he's nurtured and his new set of friends, can Kai face his fears to create the ultimate social game?! (Source: J-Novel Club, edited)

While immersed in a virtual reality MMORPG game, Yuuki was transported to another world where he adopts the name of his character Grosse Hendler, his goal being to make the most of his unique ability "Mail Order" to be a great trader in another world! All this while trying to enjoy a quiet life... will that be possible for him? (Source: MU)

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Naoki is an older guy, 40 years old to be exact, lives a mundane single life in the real world but enjoys venturing into the VR world as a female avatar. One day in the VR world he meets a young happy-go-lucky girl named Honami, whom he slowly becomes attracted to... But who is the real Honami and what will become of their relationship? (Source: Kodansha USA)

The Law of Justice Online, also known as LJO, is the hottest new VRMMORPG of the season, and office worker Yuta Sasaki is one of the lucky few granted access to the official launch. After some careful research, Yuta is chomping at the bit to start his virtual life as a Tamer, a class that harnesses the powers of wild monsters. Luckily, upon building his character, Yuta manages to land not only his chosen class, but a heap of bonuses to boot! He soon finds, however, that his abilities are not all they're cracked up to be, and that the talents of the rare first monster he is granted lie not in combat...but gardening! Already well behind the other adventurers, and facing a long and slow progression path ahead of him, Yuta is left with two choices—start over from scratch, or make the best of what he has been given. For Yuta the choice is obvious: When life gives you manure...start up a farm! (Source: J-Novel Club)

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This story is set in a Japan that developed a little differently from ours. This is how a Japanese princess relieves her daily stress by using the latest VRMMORPG, and while playing the villain there, the first town turns into whirlpool of chaos. She smashes the underground organization in one hand and aims for a coup. It's literally a playtime diary of a girl who is called "Genocider-san," "Roaming Last Boss," "Lone Player," "Raid Boss," "Ruthless," "Calamity," and such by the players. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

Kyuyeon Kim plays a female character in the online game, Arcana, under the name "Yorong" with one main motive which is to seduce male players and freeload off them. However, things take an interesting turn when Yorong seduces a certain male player, "Yummin." This is because, unbeknownst to Kyuyeon, this player turns out to be Kimin Yum, his classmate and one of the most popular guys at his school. Strangely, as time passes, Yummin gets increasingly clingy to Yorong, and Kimin also starts getting extra friendly with Kyuyeon. With things beginning to get more deeply entangled both in the online and offline world, can Kyuyeon figure out how to get out of this mess? (Source: Tappytoon)

He was a low level office worker reincarnated as a low level adventurer, but he had the "game" skill. Having wallowed in games until his reincarnation, a second life with no future would be... This is the chronicle of the life of a middle-aged man who makes a huge comeback from rock bottom. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

The main protagonist, who progresses through the game while enjoying it at his own pace, will be recognized as the strongest. Instead of progressing through the main story at a typical pace, he would rather take the shortest path to conquer everything. The protagonist, without actually trying to become liked, gains popularity from NPC men, women and inhumane beings alike. Even among the serious moments that may appear, while everything is just one step from being destroyed by the protagonist, the game will continue to progress as a carefree paradise. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)