평범한 직장, 절친 그리고 한 잔의 커피. 평화로운 일상 속 때론 총격전과 날강도가 나타나는 버라이어티한 ‘프리시티’에 살고 있는 ‘가이’. 그에겐 뭐 하나 부족한 것이 없었다. 우연히 마주친 그녀에게 한눈에 반하기 전까지는… 갖은 노력 끝에 다시 만난 그녀는 ‘가이’가 비디오 게임 ‘프리시티’에 사는 배경 캐릭터이고, 이 세상은 곧 파괴될 거라 경고한다. 혼란에 빠진 ‘가이’ 그러나 그는 ‘프리시티’의 파괴를 막기 위해 더 이상 배경 캐릭터가 아닌, 히어로가 되기로 결심한다.
그날, '너브기어' 를 우연히 머리에 쓴 '유우키 아스나' 는 원래 인터넷 게임과는 무관하게 살고 있는 중학교 3학년 소녀였다. 게임 마스터는 통보했다. '이건 게임이지만 놀이가 아니다' 게임 속에서의 죽음은, 그대로 현실에서의 죽음으로 이어진다. 그 말을 듣게 된 모든 플레이어들이 혼란에 빠지고, 게임 속은 아비규환의 도가니가 되었다. 그중 한 사람이었던 아스나였지만, 그녀는 세계의 룰조차 모른 채 정상이 보이지 않는 강철의 부유성 '아인그라드' 공략에 나선다. 죽음과 맞닿아 있는 세계에서 살아나가던 와중에 아스나에게 찾아온 '만남'. 그리고 '이별'. '눈앞의 현실'에 휘둘리면서도 꿋꿋이 싸우는 그녀 앞에 나타난 건, 고독한 검사 키리토였다....
세계 최초의 VRMMORPG <소드 아트 온라인>이 데스 게임으로 변하면서, 1만 명의 플레이어들이 게임 세계에 갇혀 버린 이후, 이미 한 달 이상이 경과했다. 강철의 부유성 '아인크라드' 제1층을 공략한 아스나는 키리토와 콤비를 맺고 최상층을 목표로 여행을 이어가고 있었다. 정보상 아르고의 협력도 더해져서, 공략은 순조롭게 진행되는 것 같았지만... '아인크라드' 공략을 선도하는 2대 길드의 대립이 발생하고, 새로운 위협이 아스나와 키리토를 끌어들이기 시작한다.
개발한 세계 최초의 풀 다이브 전용 디바이스 ‘너브기어’. 그 혁신적인 머신은 VR세계에 무한한 가능성을 가져왔다. 그로부터 4년 후... ‘너브기어’의 후계 VR머신 ‘어뮤스피어’에 대항하는 것처럼 하나의 차세대 웨어러블 멀티 디바이스가 발매되었다. ‘어그마’. 풀 다이브 기능을 배제하는 대신, AR 기능을 최대한으로 확대한 최첨단 머신. ‘어그마’는 깨어있는 상태에서 사용할 수 있는 안전성과 편리성을 바탕으로 순식간에 유저들에게 확산되었다. 그 폭발적인 확산을 견인한 것은 ‘오디널 스케일’로 불리는 ‘어그마’ 전용 ARMMO RPG였다. 아스나와 동료들도 플레이하는 그 게임에 키리토도 참전하려 하는데...
Rakuro Hizutome only cares about one thing: beating crappy VR games. He devotes his entire life to these buggy games and could clear them all in his sleep. One day, he decides to challenge himself and play a popular god-tier game called Shangri-La Frontier. But he quickly learns just how difficult it is. Will his expert skills be enough to uncover its hidden secrets?
Gunpla Battle Nexus Online (GBN) is a network game that lets people have adventures with their Gunpla in a virtual cyberspace dimension. Middle-school students Riku Mikami and Yukio Hidaka recruit their classmate Momoka Yashiro and dive together into this vast world. Becoming "Divers," or inhabitants of GBN, they meet a mysterious girl named Sarah who has an amazing sensitivity to Gunpla. As they meet new friends and allies, the force known as Build Divers is born!
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...
When it comes to the fantasy MMORPG Cross Reverie, none can match the power of the Demon King Diablo. Possessing the game’s rarest artifacts and an unrivaled player level, he overpowers all foolish enough to confront him. But despite his fearsome reputation, Diablo’s true identity is Takuma Sakamoto, a shut-in gamer devoid of any social skills. Defeating hopeless challengers day by day, Takuma cares about nothing else but his virtual life—that is, until a summoning spell suddenly transports him to another world where he has Diablo’s appearance! In this new world resembling his favorite game, Takuma is greeted by the two girls who summoned him. They perform an Enslavement Ritual in an attempt to subjugate him, but the spell backfires and causes them to become his slaves instead. With the situation now becoming more awkward than ever, Takuma decides to accompany the girls in finding a way to unbind their contract while learning to adapt to his new existence as the menacing Demon King.
Fantasy and reality collide when a surprisingly diverse group of online video-game addicts struggle to balance the game with personal relationships.
.hack follows several young players as they navigate the vast, mysterious MMORPG known as “The World” – a place, it turns out, that is sometimes impossible to leave.
Akira Oono awakens in the body of his online character: Demon Lord Hakuto Kunai. With powerful game mechanics and abilities on his side, this gamer turned badass plots his course through a new world filled with saints, demons, and charming companions!
Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old single NEET woman. After dropping out from reality, she has taken off in search for a fulfilling life and ended up in a net game or "netoge." In the netoge world, she began her new life as a refreshing and handsome character named Hayashi. While starting out as a beginner, a pretty character named Lily reached out to help her. Meanwhile, in the real world, awaits a shocking encounter with a good-looking elite company employee, a mysterious blue-eyed blonde.
Just when Masato thought that a random survey conducted in school was over, he got involved in a secret Government scheme. As he was carried along with the flow, he ended up in a Game world! As if that wasn't enough, shockingly, his mother was there as well! It was a little different from a typical transported to another world setting, but after some bickering, "Mom wants go on an adventure together with Maa-kun. Can mom become Maa-kun's companion?" With that, Masato and Mamako began their adventure as a mother and son pair. They met Porta, a cute traveling merchant, and Wise, a regrettable philosopher. Along with their new party members, Masato and co. start on their journey.
One day, a gamer played video games until he fell asleep...and when he woke up, he found himself in the game world—as a skeleton! Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar but stuck with its frightening skeletal appearance, Arc has to find a place for himself in this new, fantastical land. All his hopes for a quiet life are dashed when he crosses paths with a beautiful elven warrior, setting him on a journey full of conflict and adventure.
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!
A new Internet service has been born in the world of Gunpla. Within the Metaverse realm, the user can control their own avatar, interact with other users, play Gunpla Battle, and purchase actual Gunpla. Rio Hojo is a boy who has dived into this new world. Studying Gunpla building techniques in the real world with Seria Urutuski, and absorbing Gunpla Battle know-how from Mask Lady in the Metaverse world, he has been honing his skills day by day. After completing his own original Gunpla, the Lah Gundam, Rio happens to encounter some past champions of Gunpla Battle in the Metaverse realm.
Thousands of years ago, the 5 Kings guarded the land of the Xia Dynasty with magic artifacts. Later, the leader of the Dragon Clan, Zu Long, helped humanity by establishing the Yun Chui Empire. The empire overlooks the calm ocean where Xi and the Black Water Clan have maintained it for 1,000 years in peace. Now, waves are surging from below and chaos will rise once again.
The year is 2800 and Lufas Maphaahl—The Black-Winged Tyrant, Great Conqueror, and leader of the Twelve Heavenly Stars—has returned. A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he's stuck in her body. But this isn't a game, it's real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her "death" unleashed upon the world...
