Second-year high school student Rakuro Hizutome loves nothing more than finding so-called “trash games” and beating the crap out of them. When he decides to change things up by playing a new, “god-tier” VR game known as Shangri-La Frontier (a.k.a. SLF), he does what he does best: min-maxes, skips the prologue, and jumps straight into action! Rakuro may be a seasoned gamer, but a meeting with an old rival will change the fate of every SLF player forever.Clad in nothing but shorts and a bird mask, Rakuro (player name: Sunraku) launches into the world of SLF. Things are going well at first as he takes down a goblin, a bunny, and even a python. But then Sunraku comes up against a huge, hard-hitting wolf known as Lycagon the Nightslayer. Will Sunraku’s years of “trash game” experience be enough, or is he about to suffer a rude awakening just a few hours into his SLF adventure?
Sunraku’s got his hands full preparing to compete in the GGC while also trying to figure out how to beat Ctarnidd’s unique scenario. Sneaking some play time in SLF while at the GGC is all well and good, but Sunraku’s focus returns to Galaxia Heroes Chaos when Kei drops a bomb about his ability to compete. Sunraku and Pencilgon scheme up a desperate plan that just might work, but even if everything goes as planned, Silvi looms as an unbreakable wall…