Anime: Netoge No Yome Wa Onna no Ko Ja Nai to Omotta

With same premise as "Sword Art Online" and "Danmachi" comes the series "Netoge No Yome wa Onna no Ko Ja Nai to Omotta" (whew... that was a mouthful).

The series revolves around the online and real-life adventures of the Alley Cats, a guild in the MMORPG 'Legendary Age'.

The main male protagonist, Nishimura (online name: Rusian) once proposed to another player only to find out that she was actually a man, so he swore off online marriage and began to think of other players as male.Two years later, another player by the name of Ako, who is also a member of the Alley Cats,  persisted that they get married... and after the tenth time, he reluctantly accepts. In one discussion, Ako claims to be a real girl, and the guild ends up meeting in real life. To Nishimura's surprise, all members of the Alley Cats were high school girls... from the same school he's in. Then began the roller coaster escapades of the group, who formed a real life bond, to help Ako, who seems to blur the line between in-game life and real life... and holds on to the fact that she is married to Nishimura.

...but then... Nishimura fell in love with her. (kyaaaa!!!)

I definitely love the series... from the premise of the story.. to the characters...to the development of the plot. Its a nice light comedy romance school life story with not much plot twists aside from discovering that the players were, in fact, females. Its not your typical harem type of anime. There are a lot of female characters to one male lead, but they show no romantic feelings towards him... just as friend and a companion in the game.

It also helped that the characters were cute.. specially Ako (who reminds me of a character from a hentai I watched before), but she could still do without those big bosoms...they're just a distraction on how cute and pure she is.

But underneath all that fluffy fluffy love story adventure are real threats within the net. Especially when playing MMORPG. From identity theft, bullying, to 'social withdrawal' syndrome... and having friction with people who do not have the same values as you.

"Netoge..." is a series I definitely recommend.

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