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The story follows the high school student Jintarou Futsu, whose confession was rejected by his crush. His misfortune continues, as news of a gender-change disease turns Jintarou into a beautiful silver haired girl. The shock of it causes him to try to escape from reality by playing the VRMMO, Clan/Clan... His game character uses the same girl appearance as in real life, and the Alchemy skill, which most players call a trash skill. He meets lots of fellow adventurers, and becomes stronger within the game world of Clan/Clan's slogan, "When one becomes an adventurer, they can fight, steal, control, explore, invent, create, and do anything as they like." He meets a wide variety of adventurers that help him grow, while hiding what happened to his appearance as a bug to his friends who also play the game, and hides the fact that he had become a girl in real life. When summer break is over, he will have to show his face at school. This is about one of the best National-class adventurers, the story of the Alchemist who won a war without even taking a single step. When a normal high school student suddenly turns into a beautiful girl, what would they do? The answer is to that is to become a net-game addict! (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

Self-proclaimed "part time warrior" Nanaka Futayado has too much time on her hands after all the places she worked at went out of business. It was then that her her pro gamer and live-streamer friend invited her to play "WorldLive-ONLINE," the world’s first VRMMO with an integrated live-streaming function. This is the exhilarating blugeoning story of an IRL cheat girl (age 21) who goes on a rampage in the VR world with a blunt weapon, striking fear into her live-stream viewers! (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

One day I suddenly got a chance to change the world, and without hesitation my wish came true. That’s right, all the branch off choices, events, and the lines of the characters of - everything I memorized about my beloved gal-game “Eternal Innocence” became reality. I originally wanted to go into the main heroine’s route, but somehow I ended up falling into multiple routes at the same time! And things that didn’t happen in the game started happening in real life! Will my heroine and I reach the true end?! Running through the infinite choices of real world, this is the 10th annual Entame Excellence Award story!! (Source: Baka-Tsuki)

Life is all about taking the easy way for Seokwoo, who feels zero guilt over robbing thousands of players as "Luke" in the VR game, Argus. Just when he's leveled up to a master criminal, however, he gets caught and is sentenced to life in prison! Luckily, Luke discovers the will of the vanquished Night King in his cell, which lets him start the game over in exchange for getting revenge on the king's enemies. Though his level and stats have been reset, it's only a matter of time before Argus' infamous thief steals his way back to the top! (Source: Tappytoon)

After a falling out with his team, the Guild Master of the greatest guild quits the game. As the top player, he had pioneered the creation of a unique plot item that is required to open a new area of the game. After 2 years he returns to find that his items and gold have been stolen by hackers and the unique plot item he made unavailable by leaving, was never replaced, and so he is hated by everyone in the game. Our accessories-loving hero is however very relaxed, and simply goes back to his old ways of trying to create/purchase the most interesting items. (Source: MU)

The game that had been Han Aram's only refuge as a child: Last Eden. Together with Eve, an NPC who looked just like him, he climbed to the top of the rankings. But when the game shut down, he lost everything. Then, just as he wished the boundary between reality and the game would disappear, Eve appeared before him with an offer: "Let's merge the two worlds... and rule them together." "Why would I join forces with... myself? I'm already the strongest." The world's top-ranked player from the game, Han Aram, begins tearing apart the real world itself. (Source: Naver, translated)

I, Anan Naoyoshi, joined Last Boss Korin, Co. in pursuit of Nobu-san, the game planner I've long admired. Things, however, are sour between us. Our strained relationship aside, the two of us went on an overseas business trip. But then whyyyyy are we on a desert island?! And as if that wasn't bad enough, he now tells me we're stuck in a game of his own creation. Wait—we're in a whaaaaat?! (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)

Mov Saga Online is an MMORPG based in virtual reality. Zerry has been a player since the game's early days, yet he's still stuck as a low-level novice. That's because the idea of running through dungeons and completing quests has never interested him. He'd much rather stay cooped up in his virtual home, eating snacks all day. However, his gaming life takes a one-eighty when he suddenly stumbles upon a rare weapon that grants him exclusive access to an epic quest! With the encouragement and anticipation of his friend, Tana, Zerry finally begins leveling himself up to take on the challenge. But this epic quest will soon turn out to be much more than both players bargained for... (Source: Tappytoon)

"MAKOTO" is a middle-aged man and newbie gamer who's excited for his offline meeting with "Ao," a veteran adventurer who has always been helping him out. However, the one who appeared for the meeting was... an elementary school boy!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Parallel World, the latest holographic online game, has been officially released in recent days. Gu Fei, a sports teacher, intended to play the game as a Fighter. After he logged into the game with the account sent by his student Ah Fa, Gu Fei found that he just became the last character he wanted to be, a Mage. (Source: Webnovel)

Sky World takes place in the eponymous world of the MMORPG, Sky World. One day, thousands of players woke up to find themselves in the world. Junichirou Mikimori is one of these players who has now come to live in Sky World. The story begins with Junichirou on Altaria Island. There, he encounters an all-female guild and befriends two of its members. Together, they decide to leave Altaria Island and journey to the highest point of the world: Aion Island, in hopes of being able to find a way back to the real world. (Source: NanoDesu)

Past trauma leads Kai Shiraseki to abandon the world of social game development, so he transfers to Maikun High School to start a new life. But on his first day he meets Nanaka Aoi, the president of a low-tier social game club, and finds out that the club is on the brink of disbanding—and is also populated by total weirdos! The programmer, Aya Oushima, is a crazed gacha addict, and the illustrator, Eru Kuroba, faints from the cuteness of her own drawings?! Kai joins the club, which gives them enough members to continue... or so they thought. The student council hands down an ultimatum: "Win a competition against another school or disband!" Now their management talents will really be put to the test. With the skills that he's nurtured and his new set of friends, can Kai face his fears to create the ultimate social game?! (Source: J-Novel Club, edited)

The Law of Justice Online, also known as LJO, is the hottest new VRMMORPG of the season, and office worker Yuta Sasaki is one of the lucky few granted access to the official launch. After some careful research, Yuta is chomping at the bit to start his virtual life as a Tamer, a class that harnesses the powers of wild monsters. Luckily, upon building his character, Yuta manages to land not only his chosen class, but a heap of bonuses to boot! He soon finds, however, that his abilities are not all they're cracked up to be, and that the talents of the rare first monster he is granted lie not in combat...but gardening! Already well behind the other adventurers, and facing a long and slow progression path ahead of him, Yuta is left with two choices—start over from scratch, or make the best of what he has been given. For Yuta the choice is obvious: When life gives you manure...start up a farm! (Source: J-Novel Club)

A modern man is reincarnated into the world of a fantasy game he knows well: as Werner, the son of a powerful noble. The thing is, Werner isn't the hero or even the villain—he's a background character likely to die during a climactic siege! Werner seeks out and befriends the hero, but he doesn't have powerful enough skills to be a hero himself. Unwilling to die as a later plot point, Werner uses his knowledge of the game and his power as a noble to aid the hero and defend against evil attacks. That's when he realizes that when he does so, he saves other people who were doomed as he was, which changes the "plot" he thought was inevitable. As the hero's close comrade who can see the future, perhaps Werner will be a savior to this place, after all! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

The main protagonist, who progresses through the game while enjoying it at his own pace, will be recognized as the strongest. Instead of progressing through the main story at a typical pace, he would rather take the shortest path to conquer everything. The protagonist, without actually trying to become liked, gains popularity from NPC men, women and inhumane beings alike. Even among the serious moments that may appear, while everything is just one step from being destroyed by the protagonist, the game will continue to progress as a carefree paradise. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

A burned-out office worker meets a former otaku group princess who still hangs out at arcades. A cringe-comedy about observing the heroine! (Source: MANGA Plus)

This story is set in a Japan that developed a little differently from ours. This is how a Japanese princess relieves her daily stress by using the latest VRMMORPG, and while playing the villain there, the first town turns into whirlpool of chaos. She smashes the underground organization in one hand and aims for a coup. It's literally a playtime diary of a girl who is called "Genocider-san," "Roaming Last Boss," "Lone Player," "Raid Boss," "Ruthless," "Calamity," and such by the players. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)

At the recommendation of her younger brother who lives with her, Mari Akizuki decides to play the massively popular VRMMORPG "Mebius World Online." Being a beginner, she had only wanted to enjoy the game at a leisurely pace... But before she knows it, she ends up battling a boss monster, earning a rare skill, and becoming the center of attention?! And so begins the kind-hearted Mari-nee's VRMMO life, as she bonds with both players and NPCs alike! (Source: Square Enix, translated)

Cheaters get punished—that's how the rules work in most games. However, in the VR MMORPG First Land, exploiting bugs is an open secret, allowing players to gain powerful abilities, expensive items, and level up with ease. Even First Land's top-ranked player, PotatoFistKim, is a bug user who cheated his way to the top. For Jihan, the user behind PotatoFistKim, the stakes are high as he needs to earn money to treat his sick sister. But he's eventually forced to face the consequences of his actions, as he encounters a "bug eater" charged with punishing cheaters... (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

Due to the virtual reality creation item "Real Play" (Ripple), rank 1 pro gamer Hyun-soo leaves the gaming scene. Unlike his peers, he despises Ripple and is bullied for it, spending his days barely getting by working part time jobs. Thanks to his friend who pities him, he reluctantly begins to play Ripple. With his frame by frame reaction times and the strength of a berserker, he becomes the focus of attention. (Source: Kakao Entertainment Corp., translated)