Net juu no Susume (Recovery of an MMO Junkie)

I'm home.

Oh, yeah. I don't have to go in anymore.

Morning!

Morning. You're gonna be late!

Wait!

Service Terminated

Oh. Well, I haven't played in half a year.

MMO recommendations...

Fruits de Mer?

Start Playing

The characters look cute, and the art is really pretty.

Install

I'm Morioka Moriko.

Thirty years old. I'm a recent corporate dropout and NEET.

I'm not your average NEET schmuck.

I chose the NEET life.

I'm an elite NEET.

Perfect.

My hot guy character is complete.

Log in!

Episode 1

♀ IRL, ♂ Online

LV 1 Hayashi

Lightning of the Black Darkness Beast Shadow Darkness Knight Heavy Nightmare Cross of Darkness Yuki

Why did I go with a name like Hayashi?

I thought about it too much and ended up just confusing myself.

You got a new quest.

All right. Let's do this!

Amen.

I'll get you this time.

Take this!

Amen.

This time for sure!

Amen.

This is pretty hard.

It's completely different from Nanter SG.

New Message

Um, are you okay?

Are you okay?

She's an angel!

Um...

I'm okay.

I'm just stuck on a quest. I died and came back here.

So that's what happened.

Sh-She's so cute!

I see. That quest is a bit difficult.

And you've only just started, right?

Yes.

This game can be a handful when you're trying to get the hang of it.

But...

The scenery is so pretty.

It's a totally new world.

And...

It lets us meet totally new people.

It makes me feel like role-playing this journey on my own two feet is just so much fun.

So, Mr. Beginner...

They say no road is long with good company.

Even a chance meeting is due to fate.

We were lucky enough to meet like this,

so would you care to adventure together?

You have received a friend request.

Add Lily-san to your friends list?

Yes

No

Yes!

That's it, Hayashi-san!

By using your shield skills at the right time,

you can reduce the damage you take quite a bit!

Now!

I did it!

That went really well!

Congratulations on leveling up!

It looks like you're about ready to head to the boss room.

Th-The boss?

It'll be fine! I'll be right by your side.

Right! Let's go!

This time for sure.

Hayashi-san!

Leave the healing to me.

Breath of Healing!

My wounds are healing right before my eyes...

I can do this.

I... I did it!

Yay! You did it, Hayashi-san!

Yeah! Thanks a lot!

Oh, it's a rare drop.

It's a silver sword. That's a pretty good weapon.

Now then, Hayashi-san, you've got one more shot to test your luck.

Hopefully we'll find something good there, too.

A thousand gold and bracelets?

Does this count as good luck?

Hmm... A little bit?

Oh, but now we're a matching pair... or something?

Of course! I'll keep it equipped my whole life!

You can unequip it once you find something better!

No. I'll wear them forever!

Th-That was really fun.

I had so much fun. Lily-san, thank you. Thank you!

Lily-san! Lily-san!

You can go inside these sea anemones!

Look!

I fit right inside.

I want to go inside, too!

It's snowing...

What's this?

It looks like it's for Christmas.

Even in Fruits de Mer, things can get festive just like this.

It kind of gets you excited, doesn't it?

It does.

Christmas...

I know!

Hayashi-san, good evening!

Lily-san!

Let's go hunting. I heard some new monsters spawned.

Sure.

Oh, um... There's actually somewhere I wanted to go today.

Later!

Hayashi-san?

The Next Day

Hayashi-san!

Sorry, I'm in a hurry to get somewhere!

Poko-chan, you playing from a net cafe?

Yeah, on the way home from work.

It takes me three hours to get home, so I'm taking a break.

Three hours?!

It's a bit of a trip, right?

You should hurry on home! Don't you have someone waiting for you?

Yup. You've got a point.

Hayashi, you fit in completely these days.

Remember when you first started?

You'd get killed by super weak enemies...

Take this!

And you had trouble with the controls.

You'd run off randomly at full speed in the middle of a fight.

It's all thanks to the help I got from you and everyone in the guild.

Come on, let's put the formalities behind us.