Recovery of an MMO Junkie

Plot

Moriko Morioka, a 30-year-old former corporate employee, becomes an elite NEET and joins the MMORPG Fruits de Mer as a male knight named Hayashi. There she meets Lily, a high-level female conductor, who helps her learn the game. They become close friends, and Hayashi joins Lily's guild, @HomeParty. In the real world, Moriko encounters Yuta Sakurai, a handsome elite businessman who may be connected to her online life.

Characters

Moriko Morioka is an unemployed 30-year-old single woman who quit her corporate job disillusioned with the real world and plays MMORPGs almost nonstop as Hayashi, a male knight. Yuta Sakurai is a 28-year-old British-Japanese businessman and elite employee at his trading company who is socially awkward and plays Lily, a female conductor.

Homare Koiwai is Yuta's co-worker and Moriko's former co-worker; he held Moriko in high regard and was upset when she quit. Kazuomi Fujimoto is a college student working part-time at Moriko's convenience store who plays Kanbe, a male assassin and guild leader. Other characters include Lilac, Pokotaro, Himeralda (Pokotaro's spouse), Harumi (Koiwai's muscular female warrior), Yuki, and Harth.

Media

Rin Kokuyō wrote and illustrated the manga, which ran on the Comico app from October 16, 2013, to June 30, 2018, collected into two volumes. A hiatus began in July 2018 due to Kokuyō's health.

Signal.MD produced the anime adaptation, which premiered on GyaO on October 6, 2017, and began airing on Tokyo MX and other stations on October 9, 2017. Megumi Nakajima performed the opening "Saturday Night Question," and Yūka Aisaka performed the ending "Hikari, Hikari." Crunchyroll simulcast the series, and Funimation started a SimulDub on October 30, 2017. The ten-episode run included an OVA released with the Blu-ray box, which Crunchyroll streamed on December 15, 2017.