Bofuri

Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Japanese: 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。, Hepburn: Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuumikan and illustrated by Koin. It began serialization online in 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Fujimi Shobo, which published the first light novel volume in September 2017 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. Fifteen volumes have been released as of January 2023. A manga adaptation with art by Jirō Oimoto has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since May 2018, and collected into six tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from January to March 2020. A second season premiered in January 2023.

Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
First light novel volume cover ft. Maple / Kaede Honjō
痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。
(Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.)
GenreComedy[1]
Serial novel
Written byYuumikan
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run2016 – present
Light novel
Written byYuumikan
Illustrated byKoin
Published byFujimi Shobo
English publisher
ImprintKadokawa Books
DemographicMale
Original runSeptember 8, 2017 – present
Volumes15
Manga
Written byYuumikan
Illustrated byJirō Oimoto
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 26, 2018 – present
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
  • Kousuke Arai
  • Soujirou Arimizu
  • Kentarou Inoue
  • Noritomo Isogai
  • Kousei Kawamoto
  • Takumi Morii
  • Masao Oohashi
  • Satoru Shimosato
  • Kenichi Tokumura
  • Kazusa Umeda
Written byFumihiko Shimo
Music byTaro Masuda
StudioSilver Link
Licensed byCrunchyroll[lower-alpha 1]
Original networkAT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, BS11
Original run January 8, 2020 – present
Episodes18

Plot

Urged on by her friend, Kaede Honjō begins playing the VRMMORPG NewWorld Online under the name Maple. Not wanting to get hurt, Maple opts to be a shield user with maxed-out defense stats, and continues putting every status point she earns in the game into increasing only her defense level. As a result, she is left with slow foot speed and no magic, but her high defense allows her to endure most hits without taking any damage. This, along with her basic-level creative thinking, allows for her to make unexpected accomplishments in the game, its quests and events. By doing this, she ends up earning all kinds of equally unexpected skills and becomes one of the strongest players in the game.

Characters

Maple Tree
Maple (メイプル, Meipuru) / Kaede Honjō (本条 楓, Honjō Kaede)
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo[2] (Japanese); Megan Shipman[3] (English)
The main protagonist, who has just started playing NewWorld Online. Since she does not like to get hurt, she puts every skill point she earns into boosting her defense, allowing her to acquire new skills and level up simply by withstanding attacks. Even with her lack of gaming experience, Maple remarkably gains enough resistance to almost anything and seems to have innate luck to locate rare items, hidden dungeons, and unique quests and skills. This gives the game admins many headaches on how to slow her down; to which, her unorthodox methods overcome the developers' adjustments. In the first event, she becomes the third-ranked player after defeating over 2,000 players. During the second event, she finds a monster egg which later hatches into a turtle, which she names Syrup. Due to her high defense, she has been nicknamed "the Walking Fortress" by other players. She is the guild master of Maple Tree.
Sally (サリー, Sarī) / Risa Shiromine (白峯 理沙, Shiromine Risa)
Voiced by: Ruriko Noguchi[4] (Japanese); Jad Saxton[3] (English)
Kaede's real-life friend who introduced her to NewWorld Online. She plays the swashbuckler class, which specializes in evasion and high-speed offense. Risa previously won a championship online game reward; all the trophies in her room, as well as gaming knowledge, hint that she is a pro gamer. She had to join Maple late in the game because her mother forbade her from gaming, wanting her to pass her proficiency exams. She has a strong fear of ghosts; Maple jokes she could not handle haunted houses despite being in-game. During the second event, Sally found a monster egg which later hatches into a fox she named Oboro. After annihilating many players on the final day of the second event, she earned the moniker of "Untouchable Blue Monster".
Kasumi (カスミ)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami[5] (Japanese); Tia Ballard[6] (English)
A samurai whose speed is on par with Sally. She was ranked sixth in the first event. The Flame Emperor guild intended to recruit her, but Maple got to her first. She and the Flame Emperor's Split-Sword Shin have faced each other multiple times in the past and she defeated him every time.
Kanade (カナデ)
Voiced by: Satomi Arai[7] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski[6] (English)
An androgynous male mage player, who specializes in intel gathering and puzzle solving, which allows him to access secret places and items in the game. He uses a Rubik's Cube-like staff called the "Akashic Records," which grants him a random skill each day. He also has a library of spells that he can prepare ahead of time.
Kuromu (クロム)
Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama[5] (Japanese); Anthony Bowling[3] (English)
A great shielder like Maple and one of the first players that Maple meets in the game. He is recognized as a top player, having ranked ninth in the first event. He usually hangs out with Iz. He later gains the "Undead Lord" gear after soloing a hidden dungeon designed for players who have died and revived a certain number of times. He is usually involved in the game chat where the chat presses him for information about Maple. It is implied he is the oldest among the guild as he states he has to act as the girls' big brother and protector just to make sure no one takes advantage of them.
Iz (イズ, Izu)
Voiced by: Satomi Satō[5] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass[3] (English)
A crafter who creates made-to-order equipment. She becomes the guilds crafter, but still accepts private commissions. Being in the guild inspires her to craft unique gear, an opportunity she never was given originally. She usually hangs out with Kuromu. In battle, she specializes in demolition equipping herself with various explosives; she also uses a pickaxe for close range.
Mai (マイ)
Voiced by: Ai Kakuma[5] (Japanese); Sara Ragsdale[6] (English)
A rookie player who, unlike Maple, put all of her skill points into strength instead. This allows her to wield heavy weapons and deal maximum damage. She wears a green ribbon in her black hair and wields two giant hammers with the same color scheme. Much of her skills are earned in boss rushes and time trials.
Yui (ユイ)
Voiced by: Nanaka Suwa[5] (Japanese); Kristen McGuire[6] (English)
Mai's younger sister, who put all of her skill points into strength, much like Mai. Her hair is white with a pink ribbon and her hammers are also the same color as her hair. Like her twin sister, her skills are earned through boss rushes and time trials, which allows her to wield heavier weapons and deal maximum damage.
Syrup (シロップ, Shiroppu)
Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro[8] (Japanese); Natalie Hoover[6] (English)
Maple's turtle familiar, whose egg was rewarded to her after Maple and Sally defeated the Silverwing boss. After the second event, Maple uses her rewards to allow Syrup to grow in size using the Metamorph skill, as well as fly by means of Maple equipping herself with the Psychokinesis skill. Ironically, Syrup's mobility is far superior than Maple due to her zero agility. Syrup is used as the guild's form of transportation as a flying fortress. It can only say the word "Kame" (カメ, turtle).
Oboro (朧)
Voiced by: Akiha Matsui[9] (Japanese); Samantha Herek[6] (English)
Sally's fox familiar, whose egg was rewarded to her after Maple and Sally defeated the Silverwing boss. Oboro specializes in speed and fire spells. She also has the ability to split Sally into shadow clones.

Order of the Holy Sword
Payne (ペイン, Pein)
Voiced by: Kensho Ono[10] (Japanese); Clifford Chapin[6] (English)
A swordsman who is the Order of the Holy Sword's guild master and NewWorld Online's top player with the highest level in the game.
Dread (ドレッド, Doreddo)
Voiced by: Takumi Yamazaki[10] (Japanese); Mike McFarland[6] (English)
An assassin type and the second-ranked player in the first event. Like Sally, he acts as a high speed attacker.
Frederica (フレデリカ, Furederika)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[10] (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel[3] (English)
A magician and one of the first users Maple meets in the game, giving Maple advice on how to level up. She later develops a friendly rivalry with Sally. She is also the guild's information gatherer.
Drag (ドラグ, Doragu)
Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna[10] (Japanese); Jarrod Greene[6] (English)
A warrior type axeman who is the fifth-ranked player in the first event. He excels in brute force attacks.

Flame Emperor
Mii (ミィ, Mī)
Voiced by: Rina Satō[10] (Japanese); Terri Doty[6] (English)
Nicknamed "Flame Empress", she is a high ranking mage and the Flame Emperor's guild master. She is considered one of the most powerful and charismatic players and one of the few players who could compete with Payne in combat. While she usually acts cool and confident, she became flustered after being beaten by Maple.
Shin (シン)
Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi[10] (Japanese); Derick Snow[6] (English)
Nicknamed "Split-Sword", due to his special skill of splitting his sword's blade into multiple projectiles. He fought Kasumi several times in the past and lost. Originally, he wanted to recruit her to the Flame Emperor, but Maple recruited her first.
Marx (マルクス, Marukusu)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[10] (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke[6] (English)
The guild's Trap Master.
Misery (ミザリー, Mizarī)
Voiced by: Yūko Minaguchi[10] (Japanese); Morgan Garrett[6] (English)
The healer of the Guild. She is popular within the guild for her skill and beauty.

NewWorld Online (NWO)
The Administrators
A boardroom consisting of developers, designers, and programmers. This group is constantly driven crazy by Maple's shenanigans and describe her as "more of a last boss than their last boss". They constantly struggle to make adjustments to compensate for Maple, only to be thwarted by her unorthodox strategies and creative playstyle as well as her absurdly good luck.
Drazō (ドラぞう, Dorazō)
Voiced by: Sakura Tange[10] (Japanese); Monica Rial[6] (English)
NewWorld Online's little dragon mascot exclusive to the anime, who acts as host to the various player events.

Media

Light novels

The series originally began on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō by Yuumikan in 2016, being viewed more than 60 million times on the site. The following year, the series was acquired by publisher Fujimi Shobo to be published as a light novel with illustrations by Koin on the Kadokawa Books imprint, with the first volume being released in September 2017. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press.[11]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 8, 2017[12]978-4-04-072441-6April 6, 2021[13]978-1-9753-2273-1
2 December 10, 2017[14]978-4-04-072443-0June 29, 2021[15]978-1-9753-2354-7
3 April 10, 2018[16]978-4-04-072688-5October 5, 2021[17]978-1-97-532356-1
4 August 10, 2018[18]978-4-04-072697-7January 18, 2022[19]978-1-97-532358-5
5 December 10, 2018[20]978-4-04-072698-4May 10, 2022[21]978-1-97-532360-8
6 April 10, 2019[22]978-4-04-073115-5August 16, 2022[23]978-1-97-532362-2
7 August 9, 2019[24]978-4-04-073116-2October 18, 2022[25]978-1-97-532364-6
8 December 10, 2019[26]978-4-04-073117-9February 21, 2023[27]978-1-97-532366-0
9 March 10, 2020[28]978-4-04-073118-6May 23, 2023[29]978-1-97-532369-1
10 August 7, 2020[30]978-4-04-073759-1——
11 January 9, 2021[31][32]978-4-04-073760-7
978-4-04-073891-8 (SE)		——
12 August 10, 2021[33]978-4-04-074129-1——
13 March 10, 2022[34][35]978-4-04-074131-4
978-4-04-074365-3 (SE)		——
14 August 10, 2022[36]978-4-04-074630-2——
15 January 10, 2023[37][38]978-4-04-074812-2
978-4-04-074813-9 (SE)		——

Manga

A manga adaptation by Jirō Oimoto began serialization on the seinen magazine Comp Ace by publisher Kadokawa Shoten in May 2018. The manga is also licensed by Yen Press.[11]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 24, 2018[39]978-4-04-107718-4May 4, 2021[40]978-1-9753-2386-8
2 August 26, 2019[41]978-4-04-108577-6December 7, 2021[42]978-1-97-532388-2
3 February 22, 2020[43]978-4-04-108578-3January 18, 2022[44]978-1-97-532390-5
4 January 26, 2021[45]978-4-04-110920-5June 7, 2022[46]978-1-97-534274-6
5 October 26, 2021[47]978-4-04-111912-9November 22, 2022[48]978-1-97-534948-6
6 August 26, 2022[49]978-4-04-111913-6May 23, 2023[50]978-1-97-536913-2
7 February 25, 2023[51]978-4-04-113329-3——

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced by Kadokawa on December 6, 2018.[52] The series was animated by Silver Link, and directed by Shin Oonuma and Mirai Minato, with Fumihiko Shimo handling series composition, and Kazuya Hirata designing the characters.[2] The series aired from January 8 to March 25, 2020, on AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, and BS11.[5] Afilia Saga performed the opening theme "Kyūkyoku Unbalance" (究極アンバランス!), while Rico Sasaki performed the ending theme "Play the World."[10] It ran for 12 episodes.[53]

Funimation had licensed the series for a SimulDub.[54][55] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[56] Muse Communication streamed the series on its Muse Asia YouTube channel in Southeast Asia and South Asia.[57]

A second season of the anime was announced at the end of the first season's final episode, and was originally scheduled to air in 2022,[58] but was later delayed.[59] It premiered on January 11, 2023.[60] Junjō no Afilia performed the opening theme "Kono Tate ni, Kakuremasu" (この盾に、隠れます。), while FRAM performed the ending theme "Step for Joy".[61]

On February 13, 2023, the official anime website announced the seventh episode would be delayed by two weeks till March 8, 2023. The broadcast schedule for episodes 11 and 12 will be announced at a later date.[62]

Season 1
StoryEpisodeTitle [63][lower-alpha 2]Original air date [64]
11"Defense and First Battle"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Hatsu Sentō." (Japanese: 防御特化と初戦闘。)		January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08)
At the behest of her friend Risa Shiramine, Kaede Honjō begins playing the virtual reality MMORPG NewWorld Online. Not wanting to get hurt, Kaede creates a shield-wielding avatar named Maple and puts all of her skill points towards defense. Although this leaves her with low speed and weak attack, her high defense allows her to earn new abilities and extra skill points for defense simply by letting enemies attack her. After meeting Kuromu the shielder and Iz the crafter, Maple decides to go to a dungeon to face against the powerful Poison Dragon. Using potions given to her by Kuromu, Maple manages to withstand the dragon's poisonous attacks long enough to develop a complete immunity to poison, allowing her to defeat the dragon by eating it. As a result, she not only gains the Poison Dragon's abilities, but also a one-of-a-kind set of equipment.
22"Defense and Friends"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Otomodachi." (Japanese: 防御特化とお友達。)		January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15)
Maple decides to take part in a battle royale event, managing to easily defeat everyone who comes to attack her and winning third place. The next day, Risa joins the game as Sally, a swashbuckler specialising in evasion, and the two go to a cave to fish for materials for a new shield. After Sally finds an underwater cave behind a locked door, the two begin visiting the cave each day to allow Sally to explore the cave and improve her underwater skills, allowing her to defeat the boss and earn her own set of equipment.
33"Defense and Reaching Second Level"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Ni-sō Kōryaku." (Japanese: 防御特化と二層攻略。)		January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22)
While at a café, Maple and Sally hear about the next event from players Dread and Drag, who tell them about a quest in the forest. Finding a basement in an abandoned house, the girls find a man tied up in a chair and heal him to the afterlife, earning a Super Speed skill. Then they relax at a hidden beach area which always has a beautiful sunset. The next day, Maple and Sally head to Level 2 to face off against a deer boss, which Sally manages to defeat after Maple gets knocked out. Afterwards, Maple receives the Snow White shield she ordered from Iz before Sally takes her to a special area where they have a star-filled meal together. The second event, a party-based treasure hunt, soon begins.
44"Defense and Second Event"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Dainikai Ibento." (Japanese: 防御特化と第二回イベント。)		January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29)
As the event begins, Maple and Sally discover a hidden dungeon complete with its own boss, allowing them to earn their first few medals. Heading to the mountains next, the two comes across Kuromu's party, letting them go ahead through a warp. Going in after them, Maple and Sally face off against a powerful ice bird boss Silverwing, whose overly powerful moves start to overpower Maple's defenses. Pushing their skills to their limits, Maple and Sally eventually manage to defeat Silverwing with minimal health remaining. Along with more medals and crafting materials, the girls find a pair of Monster Eggs that eventually hatch into turtle and fox companions, which they name Syrup and Oboro, respectively. Later, the girls reach a desert oasis, where they are challenged by Kasumi the swordswoman.
55"Defense and Spoils of War"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Senri hin." (Japanese: 防御特化と戦利品。)		February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05)
As Maple tries to catch up with Sally and Kasumi as they fight each other, they all end up falling into an underground dungeon, where they are bound together by a cursed chain that will kill all of them if just one of them dies. Working together to avoid some unbeatable snail monsters, the three clear the dungeon and free themselves from their chains, sharing the spoils of their victory between them. Later on in the event, Maple and Sally meet a player named Kanade, who gives them a hint that leads them to an underwater squid boss, which Maple defeats by poisoning the sea. With Sally earning the remaining medals needed through PvP kills before the end of the event, Maple uses the skills she earned to enhance Syrup into a mobile fortress.
66"Defense and Reinforcements"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Shin Senryoku." (Japanese: 防御特化と新戦力。)		February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12)
Managing to earn the right to purchase a guild house, Maple and Sally find a house in the forest and form a new guild named Maple Tree, recruiting Kasumi, Kanade, Kuromu, and Iz as members. Needing more members for an upcoming guild event, Maple recruits two beginner players, Yui and Mai, who both maxed out their strength stats.
77"Defense and Upgrades"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Kyōka." (Japanese: 防御特化と強化。)		February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19)
With Maple's help in clearing a dungeon super fast, May and Yui gain new skills letting them dual-wield double-handed weapons and boost their damage. Later, Kanade gains an upgrade to his staff while Kuromu clears a hidden dungeon and earns a new set of equipment. Maple soon comes across a set of quests involving helping an NPC mother cure her daughter. As a result, she gains the "Loving Sacrifice" skill allowing her to share her defense with her guild members, ordering a new set of armor from Iz to match it. Meanwhile, the other guilds decide to keep their eye on Maple Tree during an upcoming event.
88"Defense and Third Event"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Daisankai Ibento." (Japanese: 防御特化と第三回イベント。)		February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)
As the guild takes part in the third event, in which they must obtain bells from cow enemies, Maple encounters a boss in the church she visited before. Gaining new skills that let her transform into a giant monster, Maple leads her guild into Level 3. After hearing about the area's Machine Lord from an NPC, Maple gets lost and winds up in the Graveyard of Dreams, where she encounters yet another boss. Before the boss goes berserk, it gives Maple the Machine God skill, allowing her to defeat it.
99"Defense and Fourth Event"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Daiyonkai Ibento." (Japanese: 防御特化と第四回イベント。)		March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)
In the runup to the guild event, Sally notices Frederica of the Order of the Holy Sword guild scouting them and challenges her to a duel. After Sally manages to evade all of her magic attacks, Frederica surrenders and tells her about the Flame Emperor guild, unaware that the "skills" Sally used against her were fake. The guild competition soon begins, which each guild tasked with stealing orbs from other guilds while defending their own. Sally uses her stealth and cunning to gain a few orbs, having a brief brush-in with the Holy Sword's Dread before managing to steal an orb from the Flame Emperor. With several orbs under their control, Maple Tree take advantage of Maple's defense to defend their base from all attackers.
1010"Defense and Attack"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Shutsugeki." (Japanese: 防御特化と出撃。)		March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11)
Sally and Kanade go hunting for more orbs while Kuromu and the others prepare an ambush on any attackers, leaving Maple with Mai and Yui to defend the base. Sally soon finds herself surrounded by Frederica's forces, prompting Maple to leave the base to come to her aid and allowing Dread to attack the base. Although Dread manages to deal Mai and Yui their first defeat, Maple manages to stop him before he steals any orbs. As Sally gets some rest, Maple, Mai, and Yui launch an attack on the Flame Emperor, breaking through all of their traps before eventually coming up against Mii, Markus, and Misery.
1111"Defense and Mighty Foe"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Kyōteki." (Japanese: 防御特化と強敵。)		March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)
Mii and her team uses a barrage of attacks to try and push Maple out of attack range, giving Mii enough time trap Maple in a Prison of Flame that deals continuous damage. This prompts Maple to bring out her Machine God form, which manages to defeat Misery and Markus, while Mii uses a Self-Destruct in a failed attempt to take Maple out. With most of the other guilds already eliminated, Maple Tree are confronted by the main members of Holy Sword; Payne, Dread, Frederica, and Drag, with Maple receiving heavy damage from Payne.
1212"Defense and Bonds"
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Tsunagari." (Japanese: 防御特化とつながり。)		March 25, 2020 (2020-03-25)
Brought down to minimal health, Maple uses a risky counter move to deal Payne's damage back at him. Payne manages to withstand the attack, forcing Maple to bring out her Atrocity form to defeat him and the rest of Holy Sword. With all their trump cards out in the open, Maple makes use of her Atrocity form to help her team eliminate other guilds to prevent the bigger guilds from gaining more orbs, assisting the Flame Emperor to achieve that goal, prompting other guilds to do the same. As the event comes to an end with Maple Tree in third place, the admins decide to leave Maple alone as she has drawn many new players into the game and many are going to try to be the first to beat her. Maple invites both Holy Sword and the Flame Emperor to join everyone for a celebration and watch the highlights of the event.
Season 2
StoryEpisodeTitle [65][lower-alpha 3]Original air date [66]
131"Maxing Defense and Christmas."
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Kurisumasu." (Japanese: 防御特化とクリスマス。)		January 11, 2023 (2023-01-11)
Maple Tree reach the newly added Level 4, a Japanese-themed area set in permanent night. While Sally engages in another duel with Frederica, Maple comes across Mii going into a cute creature café, learning that she has a cute side that she keeps a secret from her guild. A week later, Kasumi obtains a new sword, the Purple Phantom Blade, only to discover that using it causes her to end up in a temporary childlike form. Later, Maple teams up with Payne for the game's fourth event, after which she invites everyone over for a Christmas party where they open the Christmas-themed items they got during the event.
142"Maxing Defense, Level 5, and Level 6."
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Go-sō to Roku-sō." (Japanese: 防御特化と五層と六層。)		January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)
Having missed out on reaching Level 5 with the others due to a cold, Maple decides to take on the Level 4 boss by herself. Coming up against an oni boss, Maple defeats it and gains the Pandemonium skill, only to find it was not actually the entrance to Level 5. Joining up with Frederica's party, Maple faces the actual Level 4 boss and defeats it mercilessly with her Pandemonium skill. Joined by Yui and May on Level 5, Maple helps them fight a lightning monster that was giving them trouble before, earning Maple yet another skill. The next week, Maple Tree set forth to Level 6, which turns out to be a horror-themed level that Sally is not too keen on facing until she hears about an item she can obtain. Joined by Maple, the pair head into a haunted mansion that they are inevitably forced to escape, although Sally earns a skill from staying there for a certain amount of time. Back in the real world, Risa finds she is all alone in her house and calls up Kaede for some comfort.
153"Maxing Defense and the Seventh Event."
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Dainanakai Ibento." (Japanese: 防御特化と第七回イベント。)		January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25)
Maple clears the haunted mansion and obtains the items Sally wanted, along with a set of clothes with telekinetic skills. Afterwards, Mii calls Maple to support her while she fights against monsters on Level 6 to gain more skills before they go to a café, where they are joined by Kasumi and Frederica. Maple and Sally team up for the seventh event, in which each party must climb up unique battle towers over five days, unaware that the monsters in Maple's towers were chosen specifically by the admins to take her down. Despite this, Maple and Sally manage to defeat the monsters on the first three floors, a dragon, a skill-stealing book, and an elemental-changing golem.
164"Maxing Defense and Tower Conquest."
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to tō Kōryaku." (Japanese: 防御特化と塔攻略。)		February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01)
On the second day of the event, Maple and Sally, along with the other teams, continue to make their way through their respective towers. Reaching the tenth floor, Maple and Sally face off against the event's final boss, who possesses powerful attack and speed. Despite struggling against its various phases, the pair manage to defeat the boss, earning more skills as a result.
175"Maxing Defense and Tentacles."
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Shokushu." (Japanese: 防御特化と触手。)		February 8, 2023 (2023-02-08)
Maple Tree arrive on Level 7, where it is possible to tame certain monsters into becoming companions, which will allegedly prove useful for the game's eighth event. While Kasumi takes on a newly added quest on Level 4, Yui and Mai try to track down a pair of bear companions, but struggle to defeat a tree monster that holds the bears captive. Meanwhile, during a search for potion ingredients, Maple gets ensnared by a tentacled monster that tries to swallow her whole, only to get devoured by her instead, awarding her with a new skill to produce tentacles. Initially struggling against their respective enemies, Yui, Mai, and Kasumi persevere and eventually manage to overcome their obstacles and earn new companions, Tsukimi and Yukimi the bears and Haku the snake, respectively.
186"Maxing Defense and Tame Monsters."
Transcription: "Bōgyo Tokka to Teimu Monsutā." (Japanese: 防御特化とテイムモンスター。)		February 15, 2023 (2023-02-15)
Kanade fights against a Mirror Slime, which can transform to match their opponent, and makes it their companion, naming it Sou. Meanwhile, Maple and Mii accompany Iz as she goes to various areas in search of items for a quest, which grants her the spirit monster companion Fay, while Kuromu completes his own quest to earn the armor monster companion, Necro, which he can equip to himself.
197TBAMarch 8, 2023 (2023-03-08)[62]

Reception

The web novel version of the story on Shōsetsuka ni Narō has over 60 million views since its original publication on the site.[67]

Notes
  1. Formerly known as Funimation.
  2. All English titles are taken from Funimation.
  3. All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

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