Bofuri

Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense (痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います.) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuumikan and illustrated by Koin. It was initially serialized online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from May 2016 to February 2025. It was acquired by Fujimi Shobo, which published the first light novel volume in September 2017 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. 19 volumes have been released as of March 2025.

A manga adaptation with art by Jirō Oimoto has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since May 2018, and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired from January to March 2020. A second season aired from January to April 2023.

Plot

Urged on by her friend, Kaede Honjou begins playing the VRMMORPG NewWorld Online under the name Maple. Not wanting to get hurt, Maple opts to be a shield user with maxed-out defense stats, and continues putting every status point she earns in the game into increasing only her defense level.

Characters

Maple Tree

Maple (メイプル) Kaede Honjou (本条楓)
The main protagonist, who has just started playing NewWorld Online. Since she does not like to get hurt, she puts every skill point she earns into boosting her defense, allowing her to acquire new skills and level up simply by withstanding attacks. Even with her lack of gaming experience, Maple remarkably gains enough resistance to almost anything and seems to have innate luck in locating rare items, hidden dungeons, and unique quests and skills. This gives the game admins many headaches as they try to devise ways to slow her down; to which, her unorthodox methods overcome the developers' adjustments. In the first event, she becomes the third-ranked player after defeating over 2,000 players. During the second event, she finds a monster egg which later hatches into a turtle, which she names Syrup. Due to her high defense, she has been nicknamed "the Walking Fortress" by other players. She is the guild master of Maple Tree.
Sally (サリー) Risa Shiromine (白峯理沙)
Kaede's real-life friend who introduced her to NewWorld Online. She plays the swashbuckler class, which specializes in evasion and high-speed offense. Risa previously won a championship online game reward; all the trophies in her room, as well as gaming knowledge, hint that she is a pro gamer. She had to join Maple late in the game because her mother forbade her from gaming, wanting her to pass her proficiency exams. Sally could also be described as a genius tactician as she seems to always be able to develop plans to lead her guildmates to victory and how to best use Maple's bizarre skills. She has a strong fear of ghosts; Maple jokes she could not handle haunted houses despite being in-game. During the second event, Sally found a monster egg which later hatches into a fox she named Oboro. After annihilating many players on the final day of the second event, she earned the moniker of "Untouchable Blue Monster".
Kasumi (カスミ)
A samurai whose speed is on par with Sally. She was ranked sixth in the first event. The Flame Emperor guild intended to recruit her, but Maple got to her first. She and the Flame Emperor's Split-Sword Shin have faced each other multiple times in the past and she defeated him every time.
Kanade (カナデ)
An androgynous male mage player, who specializes in intel gathering and puzzle solving, which allows him to access secret places and items in the game. He uses a Rubik's Cube-like staff called the "Akashic Records," which grants him a random skill each day. He also has a library of spells that he can prepare ahead of time.
Kuromu (クロム)
A great shielder like Maple and one of the first players that Maple meets in the game. He is recognized as a top player, having ranked ninth in the first event. He usually hangs out with Iz. He later gains the "Undead Lord" gear after soloing a hidden dungeon designed for players who have died and revived a certain number of times. He is usually involved in the game chat where the chat presses him for information about Maple. It is implied he is the oldest among the guild as he states he has to act as the girls' big brother and protector just to make sure no one takes advantage of them.
Iz (イズ)
A crafter who creates made-to-order equipment. She becomes the guilds crafter, but still accepts private commissions. Being in the guild inspires her to craft unique gear, an opportunity she never was given originally. She usually hangs out with Kuromu. In battle, she specializes in demolition equipping herself with various explosives; she also uses a pickaxe for close range.
Mai (マイ)
A rookie player who, unlike Maple, put all of her skill points into strength instead. This allows her to wield heavy weapons and deal maximum damage. She wears a green ribbon in her black hair and wields two giant hammers with the same color scheme. Many of her skills were earned in boss rushes and time trials.
Yui (ユイ)
Mai's younger sister, who put all of her skill points into strength, much like Mai. Her hair is white with a pink ribbon and her hammers are also the same color as her hair. Like her twin sister, her skills are earned through boss rushes and time trials, which allows her to wield heavier weapons and deal maximum damage.
Syrup (シロップ)
Maple's turtle familiar, whose egg was awarded to her after Maple and Sally defeated the Silverwing boss. After the second event, Maple uses her rewards to allow Syrup to grow in size using the Metamorph skill, as well as fly by means of Maple equipping herself with the Psychokinesis skill. Ironically, Syrup's mobility is far superior than Maple due to her zero agility. Syrup is used as the guild's form of transportation as a flying fortress. It can only say the word "Kame" (カメ).
Oboro (朧)
Sally's fox familiar, whose egg was awarded to her after Maple and Sally defeated the Silverwing boss. Oboro specializes in speed and fire spells. She also has the ability to split Sally into shadow clones.

Order of the Holy Sword

Payne (ペイン)
A swordsman who is the Order of the Holy Sword's guild master and NewWorld Online's top player with the highest level in the game.
Dread (ドレッド)
An assassin type and the second-ranked player in the first event. Like Sally, he acts as a high speed attacker.
Frederica (フレデリカ)
A magician and one of the first users Maple meets in the game, giving Maple advice on how to level up. She later develops a friendly rivalry with Sally. She is also the guild's information gatherer.
Drag (ドラグ)
A warrior type axeman who is the fifth-ranked player in the first event. He excels in brute force attacks.

Flame Emperor

Mii (ミィ)
Nicknamed "Flame Empress", she is a high ranking mage and the Flame Emperor's guild master. She is considered one of the most powerful and charismatic players and one of the few players who could compete with Payne in combat. While she usually acts cool and confident, she became flustered after being beaten by Maple.
Shin (シン)
Nicknamed "Split-Sword", due to his special skill of splitting his sword's blade into multiple projectiles. He fought Kasumi several times in the past and lost. Originally, he wanted to recruit her to the Flame Emperor, but Maple recruited her first.
Marx (マルクス)
The guild's Trap Master.
Misery (ミザリー)
The healer of the Guild. She is popular within the guild for her skill and beauty.

NewWorld Online (NWO)

The Administrators
A boardroom consisting of developers, designers, and programmers. This group is constantly driven crazy by Maple's shenanigans and describe her as "more of a last boss than their last boss". They constantly struggle to make adjustments to compensate for Maple, only to be thwarted by her unorthodox strategies and creative playstyle as well as her absurdly good luck.
Dorazou (ドラぞう)
NewWorld Online's little dragon mascot exclusive to the anime, who acts as host to the various player events.

type	tv series
director	Shin Oonuma Mirai Minato (S1)
producer	Kentarou Inoue Satoru Shimosato Kenichi Tokumura Kazusa Umeda Soujirou Arimizu (S1) Kousuke Arai (S1) Noritomo Isogai (S1) Kousei Kawamoto (S1) Takumi Morii (S1) Masao Oohashi (S1) Naruki Fukuya (S2) Takayoshi Ishiguro (S2) Hayato Kaneko (S2) Sora Kimura (S2) Chiho Shibayama (S2)
writer	Fumihiko Shimo
music	Taro Masuda
studio	Silver Link
licensee	Crunchyroll
network	AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, BS11
first	January 8, 2020
last	April 19, 2023
episodes	24
episode list	List of Bofuri episodes

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Maple Tree

Order of the Holy Sword

Flame Emperor

NewWorld Online (NWO)

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