Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?, (通常攻撃が全体攻撃で二回攻撃のお母さんは好きですか?) also simply referred to as Okaa-san Online, (お母さんオンライン) is a Japanese light novel series written by Dachima Inaka and illustrated by Pochi Iida. It was published by Fujimi Shobo under its Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint from January 2017 to April 2020 for a total of eleven volumes. The story focuses on teenager Masato Oosuki's relationship with his mother Mamako as they are both transported to a fantasy world within an online game.

A manga adaptation by Meicha was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's digital manga magazine Young Ace Up from September 2017 to January 2021. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An RPG browser game based on the series was released in April 2017. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July to September 2019, with an original video animation (OVA) episode released in March 2020, the same month a collaborative study book was launched. The anime is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.

Premise

Masato Oosuki is a teenager who is usually annoyed by his overly doting mother, Mamako, until both are teleported to a fantasy-themed world inside an online game. Masato tries his hardest to show his prowess inside the game, but constantly finds himself flustered by the fact that his mother possesses much higher stats, thus she can easily defeat all opponents with her twin swords, leaving little room for him to act. On their way, they befriend three girls who join their party. As they take quests inside the game, they later discover that it was originally designed to help strengthen the bonds between parents and their children.[3]

Characters

• Mamako Oosuki (大好 真々子)
• Mamako is Masato's mother. She comes across as giddy and silly, but is very loving, doting, and caring of her son, so much so that it frequently annoys him. She carries two swords that are extremely powerful. She treats the other members of their party as her own adoptive children.
• Masato Oosuki (大好 真人)
• Masato is a teenager who was enthusiastic about the move to the video game world. However, he does not like when his mother interferes or succeeds at everything he wants to do. Over the course of the series, he slowly grows to appreciate everything his mother does for him.
• Wise (ワイズ)
• Wise is a member of Masato's party and a mage. She is very proud and occasionally spiteful, but has been known to display a kinder side. Her own mother appears as a powerful, man-charming adversary who abandoned Wise once she found out she was much stronger than her daughter. Her real name is Genya (玄夜).
• Porta (ポータ)
• Porta is a member of Masato's party and a craftsman. She is supportive of Masato and his mother, and is shown to be adept in collecting and storing items. Her real name is Moeko Hotta (堀田 萌子).
• Medhi (メディ)
• Medhi is a classmate of Masato's at the in-game school. She is kind to Masato and is shown to be very powerful mage in her own right. Her mother is very strict and interferes at every available chance to ensure Medhi succeeds at every task. If one of the plans backfire, Medhi mutters snide and derogatory remarks under her breath about how she actually despises her mother. Her real name is Airi (愛莉).
• Masumi Shirase (白瀬 真澄)
• Shirase is the distributor of the video game world. She appears frequently over the course of the series as different authoritative characters, who have the same name as her. She speaks matter-of-factly and informs Masato's party of their next destination. A running gag in the series involves her being found lying dead in coffins during the game.
• Kazuno (カズノ)
• Kazuno is Wise's mother and the first boss encountered. She sees her daughter as a burden and rejects her. Kazuno also was very popular with men when she was younger, and sees the game primarily as a way to hook up with younger men that she loves. She uses magic to keep her young looking and make the men around her handsome. She is also known as the Empress of the Night (夜の女帝).
• Medhimama (メディママ)
• Medhimama is Medhi's mother. She likes to brag about her daughter and will do anything to ensure that she is the best. Unbeknownst to Medhimama, however, her overbearing nature has cause Medhi to despise her.
• Amante (アマンテ)
• Amante is a member of an anti-mother party called "Ribele" (リベーレ). She is known as the Betrayer of Mothers because she does not like how the game favors mothers. As such, she wants to get rid of them.

Publication

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? began as a light novel series written by Dachima Inaka, with illustrations provided by Pochi Iida.[11] It started publication under Japanese publisher Fujimi Shobo's imprint Fujimi Fantasia Bunko, with the first volume released on January 20, 2017,[12][13] while the last volume was released on April 17, 2020, making a total of 11 volumes published.[14] During their panel at Sakura-Con on March 31, 2018, North American publisher Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for an English version, which was translated by Andrew Cunningham,[15] and released from November 27, 2018 to November 16, 2021.[16][17]

Japanese voice actress Ai Kayano provided the voice of Mamako Oosuki, the titular mother, in a series of promotions for Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?;[18][19] Kayano would eventually reprise her role in the anime adaptation.[4] As part of a promotional campaign for the series, Animate announced that they would give away a 16-page short story booklet to anyone who brought their mother to purchase one of the four winners of the 29th Fantasia Prizes.[20]

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Reception

See also

• The Elder Sister-like One, a manga series written and illustrated by Pochi Iida

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