A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life

A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (とあるおっさんのVRMMO活動記, Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudōki) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiina Howahowa and illustrated by Yamaada. It began serialization online in January 2013 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and it moved to the AlphaPolis website in August 2016. It was also later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published twenty-nine volumes since February 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Shūya Rikudō began serialization online via AlphaPolis' manga website in June 2014 and has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga. An anime television series adaptation produced by Maho Film aired from October to December 2023.

Characters

Earth (アース, Āsu) / Daichi Tanaka (田中 大地, Tanaka Daichi)

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Earth), Daisuke Namikawa (Daichi)

Fairy Queen (フェアリークィーン, Fearī Kwīn)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda

Zwei (ツヴァイ, Tsuvai)

Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka

Milly (ミリー, Mirī)

Voiced by: Miho Okasaki

Ryū-chan (龍ちゃん)

Voiced by: Shiori Izawa

Pikasha (ピカーシャ, Pikāsha)

Voiced by: Chitose Morinaga

Nora (ノーラ, Nōra)

Voiced by: Ayaka Asai

Reiji (レイジ)

Voiced by: Tarō Kiuchi

Kazamine (カザミネ)

Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai

Rona (ロナ)

Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora

Ward (ウォード, Wōdo)

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Myun (ミュン)

Voiced by: Mutsumi Kaneko

Grad

Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe

Black (ブラック, Burakku)

Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba

Skeleton Knight (スケルトンナイト, Sukeruton'naito)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino

Elizabeth (エリザヴェート, Erizabēto)

Voiced by: Rina Hidaka

Zephana (ゼファーナ, Zefāna)

Voiced by: Saho Shirasu

Zetan (ゼタン)

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama

Ulna (ウールナ, Uruna)

Voiced by: Yurika Kubo

Karen (カレン)

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi

Mina (ミーナ)

Voiced by: Asami Seto

Natalnia (ナタルニア, Natarunia)

Voiced by: Hina Kino

Igraon (イグラオン, Iguraon)

Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka

Media

Light novel

Manga

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 10, 2023. The series is produced by Maho Film and directed by Yuichi Nakazawa, with Touko Machida handling series composition, Yūko Watabe and Yūko Oba designing the main characters, and Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund composing the music. It aired from October 3 to December 19, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Saji performed the opening theme song "Magic Writer", while Miho Okasaki performed the ending theme song "Kibō no Recipe" (キボウノレシピ, "Recipe of Hope"). Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.

Reception

The series won "The AlphaPolis 6th Fantasy Novel Grand Prize" reader award, and has 1.5 million copies in circulation.

Volumes of the manga adaptation have ranked on the Oricon bestseller chart.

See also

• Re:Monster, another light novel series with the same illustrator

References

External links

• Light novel and manga official website (in Japanese)
• Light novel official website (in Japanese)
• Manga official website (in Japanese)
• Anime official website (in Japanese)
• A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia