What is Virtual Reality manga?

A virtual reality is a place where the character interacts with a computer (or some other device)-simulated environment, be it real or imagined. The condition for a virtual reality to exist is the existence of real world for the character. In some cases, a virtual reality where characters can get harmed physically is depicted.

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Overlord

(Overlord)

8.24

Description:

The story begins with Yggdrasil, a popular online game which is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) begining to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become. (Source: ANN)
Type

novel

Volumes

17

Status

current

Started

2012-07-30

Tomodachi Game

()

8.23

Description:

Katagiri Yuichi believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that they will all go together. However, after the class's money is all collected, it is stolen! Suspicion falls on two of Yuichi's friends, Sawaragi Shiho and Shibe Makoto. Soon afterward, the five of them are kidnapped, and wake up in a strange room with a character from a short-lived anime. Apparently, one of them has entered them into a "friendship game" in order to take care of their massive debt. But who was it, and why did they have such a debt? Could they have stolen the money from class to pay for entry into the game? Katagiri and his best friends will have to succeed in psychological games that will test or destroy their faith in one another. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2013-12-09

Overlord

(Overlord)

8.19

Description:

The story begins with Yggdrasil, a popular online game which is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) begining to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2014-11-26

Overgeared

8.19

Description:

[Shin Youngwoo (Username: Grid)] The world's greatest VR game Whether in reality or in the game, misfortune has always befallen upon him... An unexpected reward he discovered during a quest, 'Pagma's Rare Book'. Changing into a one of a kind, strongest, Legendary class amongst +2 billion users. "How are you still alive...?!" "Well, it's nothing complicated..." "I'm Overgeared." (Source: Mangadex)
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2020-04-01

Imawa no Kuni no Alice

(Alice in Borderland)

8.16

Description:

Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this "Borderland," people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

87

Status

finished

Started

2010-11-25

Murim Login

8.16

Description:

An era where hunters thrive on hunting monsters that come from Gates. Jin Tae-Kyung is a low-rank hunter who picks up a VR machine, and accidentally logs into the game, which is set in the world of Martial Arts. After many ups and downs, Tae-Kyung is able to escape this world. The strength and skills, which he received in the Murim were able to be carried over back to the real world. This allows him to continue making a living a hunter... but he decides to return back to the world of Murim, out of care for his NPC friends. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Status

current

Started

2020-05-01

Liar Game

8.14

Description:

Wishing she would live up to the ideal, Kanzaki Nao's father named her thusly for “honesty”. Nao has more than lived up to her father's wishes—even exceeding them and earning the label of "a foolishly honest girl". This makes Nao the least qualified candidate for the high stakes 'Liar Game', where winning requires deceiving the opponent out of their money and losing means receiving massive debt. However, that doesn't stop a box containing a hundred million yen in cash and a card informing her of her participation in the game from arriving at her doorstep, nor does it stop her from being promptly tricked out of the entire sum of money. Upon hearing that a genius swindler, responsible for the bankruptcy of a major corporation, is being released from jail, Nao goes to the swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, to enlist his help. With that, the two are drawn into the dark, greed-filled, and deceptive world of the Liar Game. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Type

manga

Volumes

19

Chapters

203

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2005-02-17

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen

()

8.14

Description:

In the aftermath of the disclosure game that won two Mahjong anomalies, the villainy "17 steps" game. Kazuya sets forth a gamble of 1,200,000,000! How will Kaiji survive?!
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

154

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2013-04-27

Usogui

(The Lie Eater)

8.12

Description:

There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kagerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Bak Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kagerou itself. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

49

Chapters

541

Status

finished

Started

2006-05-11

Ten: Tenhou-doori no Kaidanji

(Ten: The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenhou)

8.12

Description:

It is 23 years after Akagi Shigeru's deadly battle with Washizu Iwao. Ten Takafumi is living his life as a rep mahjong player. A kind person at heart, he also possesses a ingenious talent in mahjong. One day Ten meets Igawa Hiroyuki, a student player who 'plays by logic'. Hiroyuki is overwhelmed at Ten's playing style which involves anything besides logic, and soon becomes one of his close friends. Being the rep player he is, Ten had to play against some Yakuza. The chance of victory seemed to be on Ten's side, then the yakuza decides to call their secret weapon, a legendary rep player called..
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

164

Status

finished

Started

1989-08-01

Hikaru no Go

8.1

Description:

After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. In his pursuit of the "Divine Move," Fujiwara-no-Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped interest and genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed Go prodigy Akira Toya! (Source: Viz)Note: There are 197 chapters total in the original release.
Type

manga

Volumes

23

Chapters

197

Status

finished

Started

1998-12-08

Sword Art Online: Progressive

(Sword Art Online: Progressive)

8.1

Description:

"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..." One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in doing so, survive? Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna's epic adventure—on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad! (Source: Yen Press)
Type

novel

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2012-10-10

Siksahago Gaseyo!

(Please Have a Meal)

7.97

Description:

A growing period of experiencing the five senses in [Real.], a virtual reality game, while cooking and adventure and re-challenging the chef's dream in re-ability. Source: MU
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2021-04-30

Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

(Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji)

7.94

Description:

Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well... (Source: AniDB)
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

158

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1996-09-01

Mudazumo naki Kaikaku

7.93

Description:

Global political figures such as The Pope, Kim Jong Il, George W. Bush and recent Japanese Prime Ministers play riichi mahjong against each other.
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

144

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2006-02-08

.hack//Another Birth

7.94

Description:

While the original four .hack video games followed the tales and travels of Kite, these books tell the story all over again, from the view of Akira Hayami, also known as BlackRose in The World. When her younger brother, Fumikazu, falls into a coma while playing The World, Akira decides to figure out why it happened, and launches herself into the most exciting, and dangerous, journey she will ever have to encounter. Where she meets the twin blade Kite whose friend Orca has fallen into a coma too. Together they venture to find out The World's innermost secrets meeting new friends along the way who aid them in their journey. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

novel

Volumes

4

Chapters

28

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2004-02-01

Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai

()

7.88

Description:

While mahjong is a game that is often played with family and friends, it is also a game that is played in the darkest corners of society. Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over three million yen. In a last ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death. When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded upon by Shigeru Akagi, a young boy on the run from the police. Desperate to turn the game around, Nangou hands the game over to Akagi after teaching him a few of the rules. The mafia can only smirk as Akagi sits down to play. However, they soon come to learn that Akagi is a natural born gambler. An imposing figure who does not fear death. One who is destined to become a legend. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

306

Status

finished

Started

1992-05-01

1/2 Prince

(1/2 Prince)

7.86

Description:

Set in 2100 A.D., where games feel 99% like real life. Follow Feng Lan in her adventure as the first player to play as the opposite sex in the game "Second Life" to prove to her brother that she can beat the game without using the "female benefits". But after she offends her family in a game and even meets her real life friends and acquaintances in game, can she continue to keep herself out of trouble by keeping her identity a secret?
Type

novel

Volumes

9

Chapters

76

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2004-10-04

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuya-hen

()

7.86

Description:

A direct sequel to Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji, picking up immediately after Part 3 ends. After his tremendous victory in 2-Player Mahjong against the villainous President, Muraoka Takashi, Kaiji is being driven home by Kazuya, the son of Chairman Hyoudou. However, in the car, Kazuya asks Kaiji if he would be interested in one more gamble that night, and Kaiji accepts. What surprises lie in store for our dear Kaiji, and what will the gamble be?! (Source: Batoto)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

101

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2009-06-01

Psyren

7.82

Description:

Yoshina Ageha is a high school student who offers to help people with their problems for 10,000 yen. He'll take care of your stalkers, find your lost animal, whatever you want. One day when he's heading home, a nearby pay phone rings, and he picks it up. The only thing he hears however is his own voice echoing. After finding a mysterious card with the word 'Psyren' printed on it, his life suddenly changes as he is drawn into a crazy new world.
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

145

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2007-12-03

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