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?
Fresh from hours of level grinding, Sunraku embarks on a quest with fellow gamers Pencilgon and OiKatzo to defeat Wethermon the Tombguard, one of the mighty Seven Colossi. Pencilgon introduces them to an NPC known as Setsuna of Bygone Days, who begs them to put Wethermon’s soul to rest. Though the three friends vow to fulfill Setsuna’s wish, the undead swordsman will prove more terrifying than they could ever imagine.