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Paying to Win in a VRMMO #1
VRMMOをカネの力で無双する 1 [VRMMO wo Kane no Chikara de Musou suru 1]
課金は、能力<チカラ>だ。
ツワブキコンツェルンの御曹司、石蕗一朗はすごいお金持ちである。
ゲーム内での人捜しを手伝ってほしいとハトコの石蕗明日葉にお願いされた彼は、新世代VRMMO「ナローファンタジー・オンライン」の大地に降り立った。
しかし、すべてにおいて頂点を極めなければ気が済まない一朗は、その才能&財力を使い、ゲーム世界で無双しはじめる!
ツワブキコンツェルンの御曹司、石蕗一朗はすごいお金持ちである。
ゲーム内での人捜しを手伝ってほしいとハトコの石蕗明日葉にお願いされた彼は、新世代VRMMO「ナローファンタジー・オンライン」の大地に降り立った。
しかし、すべてにおいて頂点を極めなければ気が済まない一朗は、その才能&財力を使い、ゲーム世界で無双しはじめる!
317 pages, Paperback
First published February 28, 2014
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March 21, 2017
One of the more lighthearted J-Novel Club localization, Paying to Win in A VRMMO focuses on exactly what the title hints at, a rich man using his monetary worth to pay for any and everything needed to succeed in a microtransaction-laden Massively Multipayer Online Role Playing game.
This story doesn't take itself too seriously, though there is some minor character melodrama between the younger crew of characters, specifically Asuha and the friend she is searching for in the game. Our hero is more of an antihero or villain, a cunning individual, pompously arrogant about talents and not afraid to flaunt his net worth. Think Byakuya Togami from Danganronpa, or any other affluent character out there. The main character I believe is supposed to be 19, a graduate of Harvard at the age of 9 (LOL), so we're dealing with an older character here.
The biggest weakness of the story I thought was that the world didn't really seem that well thought out or described. The VRMMO setting does get some support in the way of technical gameplay elements late in the book, but setting wise, you don't get much of an idea for what the player is seeing scenery wise iirc, and what is there is generic (starting town, dungeon). It wouldn't be so much of a problem if this were just a browser game, but they chose to go with a Virtual Reality backdrop for some reason (I guess to further highlight the Sword Art Online parody). It also doesn't help that the game, Narrow Fantasy, is supposed to be this super popular MMO surpassing all others. Seems pretty boring / generic to me.
Despite these issues though, I still think this is a lot of fun. I would love to go back through and grab some lines from our hilarious cast some time, but I'll keep my review brief and mostly spoiler free for now just so you can experience first hand the dumb parody series that this is.
Edit: One additional negative aspect. In the afterward, the author claims that he wants his readers to decide if the androgynous warrior in the story is a man or a woman, as this wasn't decided in the web novel. I was kind of hoping that character would factor into (win) a shipping war, but now they seem less significant in that aspect (unless he plans to turn this into a Yaoi / Yuri Light Novel romance). We'll see how that goes.
This story doesn't take itself too seriously, though there is some minor character melodrama between the younger crew of characters, specifically Asuha and the friend she is searching for in the game. Our hero is more of an antihero or villain, a cunning individual, pompously arrogant about talents and not afraid to flaunt his net worth. Think Byakuya Togami from Danganronpa, or any other affluent character out there. The main character I believe is supposed to be 19, a graduate of Harvard at the age of 9 (LOL), so we're dealing with an older character here.
The biggest weakness of the story I thought was that the world didn't really seem that well thought out or described. The VRMMO setting does get some support in the way of technical gameplay elements late in the book, but setting wise, you don't get much of an idea for what the player is seeing scenery wise iirc, and what is there is generic (starting town, dungeon). It wouldn't be so much of a problem if this were just a browser game, but they chose to go with a Virtual Reality backdrop for some reason (I guess to further highlight the Sword Art Online parody). It also doesn't help that the game, Narrow Fantasy, is supposed to be this super popular MMO surpassing all others. Seems pretty boring / generic to me.
Despite these issues though, I still think this is a lot of fun. I would love to go back through and grab some lines from our hilarious cast some time, but I'll keep my review brief and mostly spoiler free for now just so you can experience first hand the dumb parody series that this is.
Edit: One additional negative aspect. In the afterward, the author claims that he wants his readers to decide if the androgynous warrior in the story is a man or a woman, as this wasn't decided in the web novel. I was kind of hoping that character would factor into (win) a shipping war, but now they seem less significant in that aspect (unless he plans to turn this into a Yaoi / Yuri Light Novel romance). We'll see how that goes.
April 10, 2017
This was surprisingly enjoyable, and I certainly didn't expect the SAO spoof. But by far the best part is the (tentative) exploration of real world accomplishments vs in-game accomplishments. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.
Full review eventually appearing on ANN.
Full review eventually appearing on ANN.
June 10, 2017
The Tsuwabuki Concern
Let me start out by stating that I began reading this book, because I thought it was going to be silly and crazy fun. And we all know how I love me some crazy. But, what I found in these pages was much more than that. It's a story within a story. The author weaves a story of great magnitude that others would let fall short. The ending is amazing. If you like gaming and great story telling pick this one up, have an open mind and let the drama unfold.
Let me start out by stating that I began reading this book, because I thought it was going to be silly and crazy fun. And we all know how I love me some crazy. But, what I found in these pages was much more than that. It's a story within a story. The author weaves a story of great magnitude that others would let fall short. The ending is amazing. If you like gaming and great story telling pick this one up, have an open mind and let the drama unfold.
February 6, 2017
A lot of light novels in recent years have been about players getting caught in a virtual reality MMO, Sword Art Online being the most popular example. It turns out that the story works just as well when it's just about a bunch of friends playing a VRMMO.
October 8, 2021
The fabulously wealthy heir to the Tsuwabuki Concern, Ichiro Tsuwabuki, has arrived inside the next generation virtual reality MMO, Narrow Fantasy Online. His cousin Asuha has asked for his help in finding someone inside the game, and he's come to help her out (Copy paste)
I first read half of this when Bookwalker had it as free to read for a limited time, I unfortunately did not finish it within the timeframe and that disappointed me a bit, because at the time I didn’t have money to buy it and wouldn’t for quite some time and by then I totally forgot about it and happened to re-stumble upon it during a sale, which I quickly leapt at and have really enjoyed my time rereading to refresh my memory and am happy to have finally finished it (I look forward to reading the rest of the volumes!)
This was a very enjoyable read, I liked the characters, they were fun and pleasant, I find it funny that the author has a couple of characters role-playing as Kirito, especially since I remember playing NeverWinter long ago and coming across such a player myself (fun times).
Ichiro’s character I will say is the one that I am currently enjoying the most, his self-confidence and unwilling to compromise on what he wants to do with his life while still being helpful and kind to his cousin Asuha (I can’t help but, read her name as Asuna at times and I suspect that could be what the author was going for maybe), it’s also quite fun for me to read how he acts with his belief in being a superior being (does anyone else think that this could have been how DIO would have turned out had he been a kinder and better person? No, just me?)
Matsunaga comes in as my second favorite character within this story despite not seeing much of him because I love characters who role-play villains (idk, I just do), I like his character’s design and how he tries to make Sera’s character into some kind of hero in the story.
There isn’t a thing in Paying to Win in a VRMMO that I can think of that I didn’t like and enjoy which made this a great read for me that I went through with such ease (it also helped that I was lazy and didn’t do much that day so I could read to my heart’s content ☺️)
I find it a shame that the author couldn’t keep Sera’s gender a mystery/vague like they did in their WN and still desired to do, but couldn’t with the LN (I can’t recall the reasons why)
(I can’t think of anything else to say so, I’ll end it here with a, I really hope that this gets an anime someday!)
I first read half of this when Bookwalker had it as free to read for a limited time, I unfortunately did not finish it within the timeframe and that disappointed me a bit, because at the time I didn’t have money to buy it and wouldn’t for quite some time and by then I totally forgot about it and happened to re-stumble upon it during a sale, which I quickly leapt at and have really enjoyed my time rereading to refresh my memory and am happy to have finally finished it (I look forward to reading the rest of the volumes!)
This was a very enjoyable read, I liked the characters, they were fun and pleasant, I find it funny that the author has a couple of characters role-playing as Kirito, especially since I remember playing NeverWinter long ago and coming across such a player myself (fun times).
Ichiro’s character I will say is the one that I am currently enjoying the most, his self-confidence and unwilling to compromise on what he wants to do with his life while still being helpful and kind to his cousin Asuha (I can’t help but, read her name as Asuna at times and I suspect that could be what the author was going for maybe), it’s also quite fun for me to read how he acts with his belief in being a superior being (does anyone else think that this could have been how DIO would have turned out had he been a kinder and better person? No, just me?)
Matsunaga comes in as my second favorite character within this story despite not seeing much of him because I love characters who role-play villains (idk, I just do), I like his character’s design and how he tries to make Sera’s character into some kind of hero in the story.
There isn’t a thing in Paying to Win in a VRMMO that I can think of that I didn’t like and enjoy which made this a great read for me that I went through with such ease (it also helped that I was lazy and didn’t do much that day so I could read to my heart’s content ☺️)
I find it a shame that the author couldn’t keep Sera’s gender a mystery/vague like they did in their WN and still desired to do, but couldn’t with the LN (I can’t recall the reasons why)
(I can’t think of anything else to say so, I’ll end it here with a, I really hope that this gets an anime someday!)
December 3, 2020
If you love VRMMO novels whose focus is not necessarily the game itself but what the game brings or means to the people who play it, read this novel.
If you love a good spoof at a genre that’s both well written with serious moments and finely crafted with comedic moments, then read this novel.
Really, if you love light novels, you should read this novel.
That’s all.
If you love a good spoof at a genre that’s both well written with serious moments and finely crafted with comedic moments, then read this novel.
Really, if you love light novels, you should read this novel.
That’s all.
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