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?
After diving into the god-tier VR game Shangri-La Frontier, Sunraku (a.k.a. Rakuro Hizutome) suffers a crushing defeat by the unique monster Lycagon the Nightslayer. Sunraku comes away from the encounter with a mark that prevents him from equipping anything on his legs or torso. But don’t count him out yet! Joined by Emul, the gregarious vorpal bunny, he presses on along a path that will bring him face to face with terrifying new foes, and even some familiar names from the gaming world.