Rooming with a Gamer Gal (ゆうべはお楽しみでしたね) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Renjuro Kindaichi. The premise focuses on people who play the MMORPG Dragon Quest X. It began serialization on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website in June 2014. It also began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan the same month. A six-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired from January to February 2019.
Plot
The series is centered around two gamers who are members of the same party in the MMORPG Dragon Quest X. Takumi Satsuki, a man in his early 20s who plays the game using a female Poppet avatar named Powder, and Miyako Okamoto, a gyaru who plays the game using a male Ogre avatar named Goro. The two befriend each other while playing DQX, and decide to move in to a shared house complex, without any prior knowledge of the other's real gender. The series focuses on their relationship, and interactions with other members of their party.
Characters
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Renjuro Kindaichi, Rooming with a Gamer Gal began serialization on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website on June 20, 2014. It also began serialization in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan the following day.[1] The series' chapters have been compiled into twelve tankōbon volumes as of November 2025. The series is published in English on Square Enix's Manga UP! Global app.[2]
Drama
A six-episode live-action television drama adaptation aired on MBS TV and other networks from January 7 to February 11, 2019. The series starred Amane Okayama as Takumi Satsuki (Powder) and Tsubasa Honda as Miyako Okamoto (Goro).[15][16][17]
Reception
In 2019, the series, alongside Oni o Kau, won the Men's Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2019".[18]
See also
- Haré+Guu, another manga series by Renjuro Kindaichi
- La La La, another manga series by Renjuro Kindaichi
- Liar × Liar, another manga series by Renjuro Kindaichi
External links
References
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