Bofuri : Je suis pas venue ici pour souffrir alors j'ai tout mis en défense T01

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Manga) #1

by Koin (Illustrator), Aline Kukor (Translator), Jiro Oimoto (Drawings)

Personne n'aime avoir mal, non ?! Kaede est invitée par son amie Risa à se lancer dans le nouveau MMORPG à la mode. Cependant, Kaede n'est pas une gameuse et si elle ne déteste pas les jeux, ce qu'elle n'aime vraiment pas, c'est avoir mal !
Aussi, lors de la création de son avatar " Maple ", elle décide de mettre tous ses points de caractéristiques en Défense pour minimiser la douleur. Véritable forteresse ambulante, quasi invulnérable, elle se traîne comme un escargot, incapable de jeter le moindre sort ! Cependant... elle n'encaisse aucun dégât ! À la surprise des développeurs du jeu, Maple parviendra à éliminer ses ennemis avec une compétence de contre particulière, gagnant ainsi de l'expérience et de nouvelles capacités toutes plus loufoques les unes que les autres...

Véritable hommage aux RPG, Bofuri fera revenir les lecteurs à leurs débuts dans le genre, à travers une quête épique, drôle et riche de nombreuses références.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Humor, Fiction, Seinen

Pocket Book

First published November 24, 2018

About the author

Koin (狐印)

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am unreasonably filled with anger by Maple's play style. It's probably a better read if you were never an obsessive MMORPG player.

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I watched season 1 of the anime while sick at home during the early days of COVID. And even though I was stressed out of my mind, this series gave me so many opportunities to smile and to laugh. And so when I saw the manga on my library's shelf, I knew I had to revisit.

It was really cute, and pretty much what I remember. But, I liked it better as an anime, with all the colors and sound. Looking forward to reading (and watching) more!

[Azbaqiyah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plot - 4 ⭐
Character - 4 ⭐
Writing Style - 4 ⭐
World Building - 4 ⭐
Art - 4 ⭐
Cover - 4 ⭐

Overall - 4 ⭐ / 5 ⭐

[Joaquin Escudero-Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute little romp

The story was adorable and full of sugary sweetness. Love the interesting take on her build stats and I am very curious to see where the rest of the story goes.

[Violet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've only been reading about Maple for an arc and a half but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this game and then myself.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

We watched the first two episodes of the anime in my University's anime club a few months ago, and I immediately fell in love and binged the entire season. As someone who is also trash at video games and sometimes my friends convince me to play them only for me to end up doing just as horribly as I said I would, I loved Kaede (aka Maple) and how, even with her adorable but terrible idea, she still ended up becoming a boss at the game (even though, as one of the club officers said repeatedly, this would never work in a real MMO).

Anyway, after bingeing the first season and craving more material before the second season came out (which is supposed to happen at some point this year) I bought the three currently existing English translated mangas for the anime and started reading. I had to stop for a while because of school, but finally went back and finished the remaining few pages.

My opinion is that... a concept such as this cannot be very well translated into manga. It doesn't work as well when we can't SEE Maple destroying the monster, second by second, bit by bit. It's not something that can be switched into two dimensional art on non-moving pieces of paper. I would get confused at several parts about what exactly was happening and had to think back to how it happened in the anime because otherwise I'd have no clue what was going on.

In addition, I feel like the manga does not show as much of Maple and Sally's friendship as the anime does. In the anime they spend a lot of time in the game together, whereas in the manga it seems like they don't spend as much time together and spend a lot more time solo. There are also other little moments with side characters in the anime that don't happen in the manga that I really missed (like Frederica telling Maple where to go fight some monsters and earn points; in the manga, Maple just finds them on her own).

I read on Wikipedia that before this was an anime OR a manga it was a light novel, so it makes sense, I suppose, why not everything could be stuffed into the manga accurately. Still, I really wish the manga had more of Maple and Sally's friendship like the anime, because that was the main thing that kept me watching the entire first season (that, and wanting to know what ridiculous thing Maple would do next).

One thing I'm grateful to the manga for is that now I can finally understand the "chatrooms" (or I should say forum posts) that would be at the very end of each episode but would move way too fast for me to be able to read every single translation in time.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a weird play off of the trend of popularity of isekai manga. Here, rather than transporting the main character to another world, or into a game world, she knows she's playing a game, and could exit at any time, but like many gamers, she's quickly become hooked on the experience and doesn't want to leave, except when she has to.
Technically, that means she has less at stake, but on the other hand, she's finally experiencing gaming with her close friend, and in addition, there's that whole new addiction thing.
Because she's so new to the idea of gaming, though, she does stuff that makes sense to her that would have the game designers banging their heads on their keyboards. That's how, with total non-gamer logic, she accidentally creates a game character that's so one-sided that the game wasn't meant to deal with the effects. Literally, she's created a character designed to survive, at the cost of actually doing much of anything. Within the story, she gets enough other benefits that she could get better at, say, moving around or fighting, but because she's so new to the concepts, and playing alone at first, she keeps building her "fortress" character.
As a longtime gamer myself in various forms, this was really, really funny, because I've met new gamers who have done things just as "strange," simply because they're coming at a game from a different viewpoint and a lack of experienced perspective to influence their choices. What makes it funny in this case is that her choices actually work, just in weird ways, like defeating monsters that get exhausted trying to hit her.
Definitely worth reading if you like games and if you like people who think outside the box.

[Alexandra Hyde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kaede or “Maple” is entirely focused on raising her defense that she neglects everything else, nevertheless, she collects rare items and skills every other panel. Every monster she fights, no matter how weak is a new skill acquired. Her instant gains are boring.

Maple’s build is for a tank, they call her a “walking fortress.” Yet, she’s only high in defense because she doesn’t want to get hurt—the roll of a tank—to take the damage and protect your team. Her motivation is incongruous. I guess having absolutely every point in vitality means attacks don’t have an impact. She need only be careful not to stumble across a monster capable of taking her out in one hit.

She has no compelling character traits, her entire personality is cheerfully pleasant and nothing else. Though she does have a weird fetish for eating creatures alive, be it a hydra or an exploding ladybug - that alone is merely an oddity.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but there are no stakes. I grabbed this one without knowing anything but the title, so I was expecting an isekai plot, but no, it's just a girl playing a video game. In places it makes no sense to have it be a video game, like at one point she's eating something in game and commenting on its taste. Like, how would she know and why would she care. Something that would be solved if she was actually there. The issue of stakes would be solved too, as since it's a video game she's playing for fun, who cares how well she does? It has literally no impact on anything.

For that reason, I won't continue with the series. Why would I want to watch someone else play video games?

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A manga set in an virtual RPG game world. Unlike other manga that take the "game" seriously, this is a breezy read about Maple, a girl who doesn't like getting hit and just wants to have fun. She decides to put all her skill in building up her defensive skills in order to avoid getting hit, something normal players don't do, and somehow ends up becoming one of the top players in the game. Her friend joins in and they start to form an unbeatable duo. There's no sexual content or true violence (it is just a game). Somehow the the story keeps me reading with new plot twists and new characters introduced one after the other.

[Ashe Catlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was suprised that this wasn't an Isekai, it's actually an RPG. Two friends agree to play a game together and one gets stuck studying, so our lead Maple starts it without her. She is pretty clueless when it comes to games so she puts all her points into her HP, some creatures try to attack her and end up damaging herself, cause her XP to boost.

I liked all the RPG elements, they even had a live stream event which was pretty cool. Definitely pick up the second volume, as her friend has just joined and I'm curious where the story goes.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved how zany Maple's build is and how she doesn't follow any real MMORPG guidelines when she makes her character or chooses skills. Unfortunately, whenever I tried that tactic I never ended up OP and instead was horribly unbalanced.

Cute art and a refreshing slice-of-life gaming manga.

[Beni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maple is so cute and I love how shes op and doesn't know it . I like how shes knew to the game and not a I have played this game so much I am super powered I am gonna have to read the light novel now.

[XZ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maple is so fun~
The manga may be a bit disjointed for someone who hasn't either read the light novel or watched the anime though! Recommend to pick up either of the other first to get used to what's happening first.

[Elis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A perfect retreat from heavy reality and series you might be reading. Silly and over powered but fun and delightful to read.
Will recommend for people who need a break from serious or heavy literature.

[Yuiko · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is fun and cute
Just a lil manga about a girl that doesnt really plays games and while figuring out how to play as she goes :) no deep story yet can't wait to read more

[Jason Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this with my 8yo daughter. We loved the show. High interest, kid friendly manga.

[Vince · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, kind of a one-joke story but it's got a chuckle out of me. I don't know if I'll continue reading it but I sure know who to recommend it to.

[ReadingFrog · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable little tank girl does adorable little tank things with her friend.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again, Kindle did not automatically add my book. Read it sometime in 2021.

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good start to this series, its one I've already watched but now to the reading and it's just as enjoyable.

I really like the forum chats at certain points, a really good touch

[Casey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Look, it isn't bad. It's still entertaining. But it just felt rushed to me. I found the light novel to be more my style. I'll read more of it, but I'm not dying to.

[Mike Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read if you are a fan of the anime and light novels. It reads like a fun summary of the light novel with Maple’s shenanigans translated very well in manga form.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun concept. So many skills to boost vitality. Two extreme character builds.

I'm glad I had enough defenTH.

[Devyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely hilarious, the only thing I wasn't a fan of was when they would talk in the third person.

[Camille Pons · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 ✨
Un manga très mignon à lire

[Skye (Skye's Scribblings) · Rating 3 out of 5]

10/25 Library discovery. While it's a little heavier on the VG details than my very limited knowledge could fully enjoy, it's a fun story with a fun MC so I'm game for more.

[R · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cool read! I wish there weren't bag language. I love these characters and the monsters to be defeated!

[basogus only a trim · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute but heavily overpowered mc. the power lever rising is a bit too fast.