Recovery of an MMO Junkie

Recovery of an MMO Junkie (ネト充のススメ) is a Japanese manga series by Rin Kokuyō released as a webtoon on the Comico app. An anime television series adaptation directed by Kazuyoshi Yaginuma and animated by Signal.MD aired from October to December 2017.[1]

Plot

Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old successful career woman who decides to quit her taxing corporate job and become an elite NEET and find a more fulfilling life. She joins Fruits de Mer, an MMORPG, and creates a male character named Hayashi as her avatar. In the game, Hayashi meets another character, Lily, a high-level player who helps him learn the game. Hayashi and Lily become close friends and he joins her guild, @HomeParty. Meanwhile, in the real world, Moriko has a chance encounter with a handsome elite company employee, Yuta Sakurai, who may have ties with her online life.

Characters

• Moriko Morioka (盛岡森子)
• [3]
• An unemployed 30-year-old single woman and Hayashi's player. She quit her corporate job being disillusioned with the real world and started playing MMORPGs almost nonstop as a way to find meaning in her life.
• Yuta Sakurai (桜井優太)
• [3]
• A 28-year-old British-Japanese businessman and Lily's player. He is elite employee at his trading company. Outside of work, he is socially awkward and has a hard time communicating with others.
• Lily (リリィ)
• [3]
• Yuta's character in Fruits de Mer, a female conductor.
• Hayashi (林)
• [3]
• Moriko's character in Fruits de Mer, a male knight.
• Homare Koiwai (小岩井誉)
• [3]
• Yuta's co-worker and Moriko's former co-worker. He and Moriko used to know each other through their working calls, though they never met personally while she was employed. He holds Moriko in high regard as an employee and was upset when she suddenly decided to quit her job, leading him to find another job at the trading company Yuta works at.
• Kazuomi Fujimoto (藤本和臣)
• [3]
• A college student who works part-time at the convenience store Moriko frequently visits and Kanbe's player. He also plays the MMO game and is aware that Moriko is also a player because she usually purchases electronic money for the game every visit.
• Kanbe (カンベ)
• [3]
• Kazuomi's character in Fruits de Mer, a male assassin, and the guild leader.
• Lilac (ライラック)
• [3]
• Pokotaro (ぽこたろう)
• [3]
• Himeralda’s spouse in real life.
• Himeralda (ヒメラルダ)
• [3]
• Pokotaro’s spouse in real life.
• Harumi (はるみ)
• Koiwai's character in Fruits de Mer, a muscular female warrior.
• Yuki (ユキ)
• [3]
• Harth (ハース)
• [3]

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