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A Wild Last Boss Appeared! #1
A Wild Last Boss Appeared!, Vol. 1
The year is 2800 and Lufas Maphaahl – The Black-Winged Tyrant, Great Conqueror, and leader of the Twelve Heavenly Stars – has returned.
A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he's stuck in her body. But this isn’t a game, it’s real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her “death” unleashed upon the world...
A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he's stuck in her body. But this isn’t a game, it’s real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her “death” unleashed upon the world...
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First published February 15, 2016
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June 16, 2025
I’ve read the entire series, and it became one of my absolute favourites in the action-isekai genre.
It starts with a typical isekai setup, but the story keeps getting richer as the hero gathers allies and uncovers plots far deeper than they first appear.
I especially loved the absurd, over-the-top battles and action scenes (especially the one against the vampire queen — not in this volume, but pure chaotic fun).
I can't recommend this series enough to fans of action-packed, playful fantasy!
It starts with a typical isekai setup, but the story keeps getting richer as the hero gathers allies and uncovers plots far deeper than they first appear.
I especially loved the absurd, over-the-top battles and action scenes (especially the one against the vampire queen — not in this volume, but pure chaotic fun).
I can't recommend this series enough to fans of action-packed, playful fantasy!
July 15, 2020
Good, brain dead read
The characters have no wants, and don't have any time spent on getting any depth into their personalities. Likewise, settings are barely described as well, leaving most things to the imagination.
Nonetheless, it's a fun read that I enjoyed.
The characters have no wants, and don't have any time spent on getting any depth into their personalities. Likewise, settings are barely described as well, leaving most things to the imagination.
Nonetheless, it's a fun read that I enjoyed.
August 7, 2020
Ok establishing volume. I enjoyed the initial setup with a human from our world and with a player character in a game being sent forward to a world 200 years in the future from when their character is said to have died in lore. But then I felt like we didn't really get to witness Lufas do much of anything the rest of the way (besides build an RV motor home). Her greatest attacks were basically punches that left enemies on death's door step.
The narrative does like to throw out numbers, and while they do establish what powerful warriors are and what Lufas, an absurdly powerful person, is, I don't recall them establishing what an average person is. Either way, the numbers are just so ridiculous and the reasoning for them is all over the place (for instance, the main character makes a golem at one point, and somehow it has random stat gains for its shape and make-up that aren't at all even zero ending numbers). I did kind of like the idea that the devil king can lower the heroes' stats, which is making things a bit more even. Other characters we learn much more about their ability sets, for instance the fire based rainbow sheep monster Aries of the Heavenly Stars and the water based elf mage Megrez who leads the kingdom of Svel iirc.
Speaking of the heroes and the Heavenly Stars, the novel establishes some more numbers with them being made of 7 (4 living?) and 12 members respectively. It seems that the plot is going to mainly focus on Lufas re-establishing support from those Heavenly star monsters
World building is maybe just ok, but the myth building is pretty good. It was kind of fun how the wacky designs human players came up with have to have lore excuses (things like rainbow wings or jet black wings that would look out of place are in fact strange mutations or something). Visiting the library and seeing the way Lufas and the heroes battle was thought of after 200 years, it was interesting. Even the way some characters would turn on everything she established (joining up with demons) was intriguing, though that's as far as it went. I didn't feel like anything in this volume was that "fun" or "rewarding" as a reader, just neat. Probably the most intriguing element was Dina's ability sets and the reaction to her from other members of team Lufas, most not remembering her from the castle despite her claims to have been there the whole time. I'd guess she's in league with the demon king, or trying to overthrow them to establish her own rule. Her mind wiping abilities in particular could be used for all sorts of shenanigans from changing the history books to even wiping out Lufas' 200 years of history (if she didn't "die"). Her knowledge of doujin and also referring to an enemy as an "NPC" makes me think she could also be a developer or a player, but we shall see.
More than half the story felt "vignette" like, with perspectives from a child in a random village to a younger 20 (well, in elf equivalent years) something Megrez from the past. I would have liked a bit more in the present day, and it would have been nice to get just a bit more on what's going on with the demon realm.
In terms of content warnings, there's some really incel sounding crud in the early going with the main character. As the main character was a man in the real world, and now has the body + shares the mind + brain chemistry of his female avatar, he undergoes some changes in terms of his libido. And (please read this sarcastically, this is horrible) what better way to talk about this change in his mojo than when he's thinking about the naked bodies of two Goblin victims he just saved... Yeah. He also proceeds to gloat about how men who play female avatars are more popular than actual women online because "men know what other men want to hear". Yeah, I'm sure the women are broken up about not appealing to these dudes online. Finally he proceeds to call the goblins, who mind you kidnapped the women to have babies with them, proper gentlemen when it comes to wooing them and compares their plight to others unfortunate enough to be born by God with a raw deal in looks... ie, incels. That part was pretty entertaining in how awful it made the MC look, and I don't think that reaction was at all intentional. Some folks in the story are also sympathetic to dictatorial rule, looking back to the control + order of Lufas' rule as ideal, but I think it handled that better (Lufas basically saying that she didn't deserve to rule and has no say in future affairs, that the heroes should be proud and humanity should move forward). Kinda reminded me of how Dracul is venerated in certain countries in Europe while he was known as a vicious tyrant in his time.
The writer is kind of harsh on himself in the outro, a bit defeatist in saying to buy this for the illustrations. But they clearly did something right for this series to go as many volumes as it did. There were some elements that it sounded like they added to chase popularity though (the "boy that looks like a girl" side character), which I don't really care one way or the other about, just should be noted as I know some don't like when stories have a sort of "by popularity / by demand of contests" stuff in them. I will read more, but volume 1 was just a bit forgettable.
The narrative does like to throw out numbers, and while they do establish what powerful warriors are and what Lufas, an absurdly powerful person, is, I don't recall them establishing what an average person is. Either way, the numbers are just so ridiculous and the reasoning for them is all over the place (for instance, the main character makes a golem at one point, and somehow it has random stat gains for its shape and make-up that aren't at all even zero ending numbers). I did kind of like the idea that the devil king can lower the heroes' stats, which is making things a bit more even. Other characters we learn much more about their ability sets, for instance the fire based rainbow sheep monster Aries of the Heavenly Stars and the water based elf mage Megrez who leads the kingdom of Svel iirc.
Speaking of the heroes and the Heavenly Stars, the novel establishes some more numbers with them being made of 7 (4 living?) and 12 members respectively. It seems that the plot is going to mainly focus on Lufas re-establishing support from those Heavenly star monsters
World building is maybe just ok, but the myth building is pretty good. It was kind of fun how the wacky designs human players came up with have to have lore excuses (things like rainbow wings or jet black wings that would look out of place are in fact strange mutations or something). Visiting the library and seeing the way Lufas and the heroes battle was thought of after 200 years, it was interesting. Even the way some characters would turn on everything she established (joining up with demons) was intriguing, though that's as far as it went. I didn't feel like anything in this volume was that "fun" or "rewarding" as a reader, just neat. Probably the most intriguing element was Dina's ability sets and the reaction to her from other members of team Lufas, most not remembering her from the castle despite her claims to have been there the whole time. I'd guess she's in league with the demon king, or trying to overthrow them to establish her own rule. Her mind wiping abilities in particular could be used for all sorts of shenanigans from changing the history books to even wiping out Lufas' 200 years of history (if she didn't "die"). Her knowledge of doujin and also referring to an enemy as an "NPC" makes me think she could also be a developer or a player, but we shall see.
More than half the story felt "vignette" like, with perspectives from a child in a random village to a younger 20 (well, in elf equivalent years) something Megrez from the past. I would have liked a bit more in the present day, and it would have been nice to get just a bit more on what's going on with the demon realm.
In terms of content warnings, there's some really incel sounding crud in the early going with the main character. As the main character was a man in the real world, and now has the body + shares the mind + brain chemistry of his female avatar, he undergoes some changes in terms of his libido. And (please read this sarcastically, this is horrible) what better way to talk about this change in his mojo than when he's thinking about the naked bodies of two Goblin victims he just saved... Yeah. He also proceeds to gloat about how men who play female avatars are more popular than actual women online because "men know what other men want to hear". Yeah, I'm sure the women are broken up about not appealing to these dudes online. Finally he proceeds to call the goblins, who mind you kidnapped the women to have babies with them, proper gentlemen when it comes to wooing them and compares their plight to others unfortunate enough to be born by God with a raw deal in looks... ie, incels. That part was pretty entertaining in how awful it made the MC look, and I don't think that reaction was at all intentional. Some folks in the story are also sympathetic to dictatorial rule, looking back to the control + order of Lufas' rule as ideal, but I think it handled that better (Lufas basically saying that she didn't deserve to rule and has no say in future affairs, that the heroes should be proud and humanity should move forward). Kinda reminded me of how Dracul is venerated in certain countries in Europe while he was known as a vicious tyrant in his time.
The writer is kind of harsh on himself in the outro, a bit defeatist in saying to buy this for the illustrations. But they clearly did something right for this series to go as many volumes as it did. There were some elements that it sounded like they added to chase popularity though (the "boy that looks like a girl" side character), which I don't really care one way or the other about, just should be noted as I know some don't like when stories have a sort of "by popularity / by demand of contests" stuff in them. I will read more, but volume 1 was just a bit forgettable.
October 30, 2020
Fun
So far it is a fun story. The MC is OP but they do it in way to were that isn’t the main focus. It doesn’t seem like it’s one of those “hey look what I can do and everyone else is trash” novels.
So far it is a fun story. The MC is OP but they do it in way to were that isn’t the main focus. It doesn’t seem like it’s one of those “hey look what I can do and everyone else is trash” novels.
February 9, 2021
Common sense is that candy?
Neither the mc or their avatar has common sense so what happens when they end up merged in a world 200 years from the game? Cleaning up the mess that was left that’s what.
Neither the mc or their avatar has common sense so what happens when they end up merged in a world 200 years from the game? Cleaning up the mess that was left that’s what.
November 5, 2022
Another adventure in the game-like world. The main character transmigrated and became a girl, a character he created in the video game he play before. Here his adventure as a girl in the other world 😅
May 24, 2025
ganz nett, aber leider nicht mehr
October 22, 2025
The writing in this book is awful, but it was an enjoyable read
October 29, 2025
eh. I gave up on this several times before the anime adaptation captured me. It's an okay read.
September 10, 2020
Lufas Maphaahl is infamous in-game as the conqueror who put all the human races under her rule, before the heroes betrayed her and cast her into a sealed space. The true last boss, players joked, unlike the demon king no one cared about. But when the gamer who created Lufus finds himself now living as his character, he finds his new reality has put a lot more weight on the war he and his friends started because they were bored. Now he's living in that world 200 years after everything he knew, facing all the consequences of those story-driven decisions . . .
I've been keeping my eye on this since I read the web novel, and I'm so happy to finally have a copy in print (well, digital print). The art is fantastic, and the story is well-crafted.
I appreciate that the unnamed male gamer who inhabits Lufas doesn't turn the gender-swap into a chance to perv on all the girls. In fact, the change has more or less killed any romantic drive he might have. Which leaves the story with a LOT more room for the more interesting stuff.
This is the kind of LitRPG I would recommend to people who don't actually like the genre. The stats and skills are there, but Lufas STARTS as someone as strong as the last boss, so there's no need to level up or learn skills. The stat sheets merely highlight how ludicrously overpowered she is compared to everything that stands in her way, and they're relatively infrequent. Some game mechanics carried over, but some things just don't, because this is a reality of its own.
In addition, the story's focus is more on various questions. Who was Lufas Maphaahl, really? What was her life like? Why would someone dedicate her life to becoming the powerhouse she is now, and what was the real purpose behind her imprisonment? As Lufas is re-discovering the world, she's becoming aware of so many things that, although you would expect to have them in a game, imply something is desperately wrong with this world.
Humanity is losing to the monsters and the demons. And Lufas's former subordinates are contributing to it.
The one small downside is that the prose does tend to over-explain some things that will be very familiar to gamers, in order to catch up anyone who might not be as familiar with how these things work (the multiple paragraphs explaining how to split humans, demons, monsters, and other stuck out to me as the most redundant---that could have been a sentence or two).
Overall this is a fantastic first book, with some fun short stories packed in at the end that further explore some small events. The J-Novel Club premium version also includes an extra short story. I rate this book Recommended.
See my reviews and more at https://offtheshelfreviews.wordpress....
I've been keeping my eye on this since I read the web novel, and I'm so happy to finally have a copy in print (well, digital print). The art is fantastic, and the story is well-crafted.
I appreciate that the unnamed male gamer who inhabits Lufas doesn't turn the gender-swap into a chance to perv on all the girls. In fact, the change has more or less killed any romantic drive he might have. Which leaves the story with a LOT more room for the more interesting stuff.
This is the kind of LitRPG I would recommend to people who don't actually like the genre. The stats and skills are there, but Lufas STARTS as someone as strong as the last boss, so there's no need to level up or learn skills. The stat sheets merely highlight how ludicrously overpowered she is compared to everything that stands in her way, and they're relatively infrequent. Some game mechanics carried over, but some things just don't, because this is a reality of its own.
In addition, the story's focus is more on various questions. Who was Lufas Maphaahl, really? What was her life like? Why would someone dedicate her life to becoming the powerhouse she is now, and what was the real purpose behind her imprisonment? As Lufas is re-discovering the world, she's becoming aware of so many things that, although you would expect to have them in a game, imply something is desperately wrong with this world.
Humanity is losing to the monsters and the demons. And Lufas's former subordinates are contributing to it.
The one small downside is that the prose does tend to over-explain some things that will be very familiar to gamers, in order to catch up anyone who might not be as familiar with how these things work (the multiple paragraphs explaining how to split humans, demons, monsters, and other stuck out to me as the most redundant---that could have been a sentence or two).
Overall this is a fantastic first book, with some fun short stories packed in at the end that further explore some small events. The J-Novel Club premium version also includes an extra short story. I rate this book Recommended.
See my reviews and more at https://offtheshelfreviews.wordpress....
January 13, 2022
Fairly typical story of a former player getting placed into his overpowered player character from a RPG in what appears to be a real version of the game. It is 200 hundred years after his last game event and he decides to gather his former companions. Two problems: his character is female and ended up being seen as the villain.
No ecchi, gender bender does not come into play, no harem either, just a simple story witj simple characters. OP character making mincemeat of opponents while trying to find out what is going on. It was mildly entertaining and there is something more going on, but it was not particular funny, nor well-developed world and the character development lacked oomph. The MC shpuld question events a bit more than he does.
So, I enjoyed reading it, but nothing sets it apart hence 3 stars.
No ecchi, gender bender does not come into play, no harem either, just a simple story witj simple characters. OP character making mincemeat of opponents while trying to find out what is going on. It was mildly entertaining and there is something more going on, but it was not particular funny, nor well-developed world and the character development lacked oomph. The MC shpuld question events a bit more than he does.
So, I enjoyed reading it, but nothing sets it apart hence 3 stars.
July 14, 2020
The main story is good the 2 short stories after it are not. I do hope that the main story will be which one is continued on in volume 2.
Good book has a slight twist on the "i got sucked into my video game body" and gender swap themes. I do enjoy the twist but to say what it is will basically be a spoiler in and of itself.
Good book has a slight twist on the "i got sucked into my video game body" and gender swap themes. I do enjoy the twist but to say what it is will basically be a spoiler in and of itself.
August 6, 2020
the art isn't very good, the story is intriguing but overall also not very good and the characters are also poor
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