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-eight volumes since February 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Shūya Rikudō began serialization online via AlphaPolis' manga website in May 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 premiered in October 2023.

A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life
First light novel volume cover
とあるおっさんのVRMMO活動記
(Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudōki)
Novel series
Written byShiina Howahowa
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō (January 2013–August 2016)
AlphaPolis (August 2016–present)
Original runJanuary 2013 – present
Light novel
Written byShiina Howahowa
Illustrated byYamaada
Published byAlphaPolis
DemographicMale
Original runFebruary 10, 2014 – present
Volumes28
Manga
Written byShiina Howahowa
Illustrated byShūya Rikudō
Published byAlphaPolis
English publisherAlpha Manga
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 2014 – present
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byYuichi Nakazawa
Written byTouko Machida
Music byTechnoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund
StudioMaho Film
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, AT-X
Original run October 3, 2023 – present
Episodes4

Characters
Earth (アース, Āsu) / Daichi Tanaka (田中 大地, Tanaka Daichi)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[1] (Earth), Daisuke Namikawa[1] (Daichi)
Fairy Queen (フェアリークィーン, Fearī Kwīn)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[1]
Zwei (ツヴァイ, Tsuvai)
Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka[1]
Milly (ミリー, Mirī)
Voiced by: Miho Okasaki[1]
Ryū-chan (龍ちゃん)
Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[2]
Pikasha (ピカーシャ, Pikāsha)
Voiced by: Chitose Morinaga[2]
Nora (ノーラ, Nōra)
Voiced by: Ayaka Asai[2]
Reiji (レイジ)
Voiced by: Tarō Kiuchi[2]
Kazamine (カザミネ)
Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai[2]
Rona (ロナ)
Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora[2]
Ward (ウォード, Wōdo)
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino[3]
Myun (ミュン)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Kaneko[3]
Grad
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[4]

Media

Light novel
No. Release date ISBN
1 February 10, 2014[5]978-4-43-418839-8
2 June 4, 2014[6]978-4-43-419309-5
3 September 9, 2014[7]978-4-43-419602-7
4 December 28, 2014[8]978-4-43-420138-7
5 March 31, 2015[9]978-4-43-420448-7
6 July 4, 2015[10]978-4-43-420760-0
7 October 4, 2015[11]978-4-43-421059-4
8 March 1, 2016[12]978-4-43-421681-7
9 June 5, 2016[13]978-4-43-421997-9
10 October 3, 2016[14]978-4-43-422427-0
11 December 30, 2016[15]978-4-43-422805-6
12 May 3, 2017[16]978-4-43-423235-0
13 October 5, 2017[17]978-4-43-423774-4
14 December 30, 2017[18]978-4-43-424119-2
15 April 1, 2018[19]978-4-43-424459-9
16 September 2, 2018[20]978-4-43-425054-5
17 December 3, 2018[21]978-4-43-425389-8
18 April 3, 2019[22]978-4-43-425790-2
19 September 2, 2019[23]978-4-43-426413-9
20 December 3, 2019[24]978-4-43-426781-9
21 April 30, 2020[25]978-4-43-427332-2
22 November 28, 2020[26]978-4-43-428005-4
23 March 31, 2021[27]978-4-43-428662-9
24 October 31, 2021[28]978-4-43-429119-7
25 March 1, 2022[29]978-4-43-429992-6
26 September 5, 2022[30]978-4-43-430569-6
27 March 1, 2023[31]978-4-43-431647-0
28 September 30, 2023[32]978-4-43-432653-0

Manga
No. Release date ISBN
1 May 31, 2015[33]978-4-43-420480-7
2 March 31, 2016[34]978-4-43-421653-4
3 February 28, 2017[35]978-4-43-422885-8
4 November 30, 2017[36]978-4-43-423867-3
5 September 30, 2018[37]978-4-43-425008-8
6 July 31, 2019[38]978-4-43-426172-5
7 July 31, 2020[39]978-4-43-427628-6
8 March 31, 2021[40]978-4-43-428669-8
9 December 31, 2021[41]978-4-43-429736-6
10 February 28, 2023[42]978-4-43-431658-6
11 September 30, 2023[43]978-4-43-432665-3

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 10, 2023.[44] 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 premiered on October 3, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[1] 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").[2][45] Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[46] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[47]

No.Title [48][49]Directed by [48]Written by [48]Storyboarded by [48]Original air date [50]
1"Earth Logs In"
Transcription: "Āsu, Rogu In Suru" (Japanese: アース、ログインする)		Yuichi NakazawaTouko MachidaYuichi Nakazawa
Takeshi Mori		October 3, 2023 (2023-10-03)
2"Earth Joins His First Party"
Transcription: "Āsu, Pāti ni Hatsu Sanka Suru" (Japanese: アース、パーティに初参加する)		Naoyoshi KusakaTouko MachidaTakeshi MoriOctober 10, 2023 (2023-10-10)
3"Earth, Fairy-playah?"
Transcription: "Āsu, Yōsei o Tarashikomu?" (Japanese: アース、妖精をたらしこむ？)		Ryūta YamamotoShunma HaraKunihisa SugishimaOctober 17, 2023 (2023-10-17)
4"Earth Receives a Reward He's Not Sure He's Happy About"
Transcription: "Āsu, Anmari Sunao ni Yorokobenai Hōshū o Morau" (Japanese: アース、あんまり素直に喜べない報酬をもらう)		Masayuki IimuraKunihiko OkadaYasuo IwamotoOctober 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)
5Transcription: "Āsu, Joō-sama to Dohade ni Tatakau" (Japanese: アース、女王様とド派手に戦う)Naoyoshi KusakaKōji BandaiDojagagenOctober 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)

Reception

The series won "The AlphaPolis 6th Fantasy Novel Grand Prize" reader award,[51] and has 1.5 million copies in circulation.[52]

Volumes of the manga adaptation have ranked on the Oricon bestseller chart.[53][54]

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

References
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