Seems like your everyday josei anime, right? WRONG. Hayashi and Lily becomes close friends and he joins her guild, Meanwhile, in the real world, Moriko has a chance encounter with a handsome elite company employee, Yuta Sakurai, who may have ties with her online life. In the game, Hayashi meets another character Lily, a high-level player who helps him learn the game. She joins an online MMORPG Fruits de Mer and creates a male character named Hayashi as her avatar. Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old successful career woman who decides to quit her taxing corporate job and become an elite NEET (there’s that word again) and find a more fulfilling life. Prior to this, Recovery of an MMO Junkie had been on a hiatus since 2015. On June 30, 2018, it was announced that Comico has ended the manga due to Rin Kokuyō’s failing health.
An anime television series adaptation directed by Kazuyoshi Yaginuma and animated by Signal.Md aired from October to December 2017. Recovery of an MMO Junkie, subtitled “Recommendation of the Wonderful Virtual Life” is a Japanese manga series by Rin Kokuyō released as a webtoon on the Comico app.
OK SO WHAT’S THE POINT? you may ask… Today I wanna talk about one of the most highly underrated, undervalued, unseen but MOST AMAZING josei anime ever: Recovery Of An MMO Junkie. I’m not calling you guys NEETS, I’m sure you’re all very well educated, driven weebs. The term N.E.E.T.is an acronym for “Not in Education, Employment, or Training”, and refers to a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training. What is up NEETS? I bet you are wondering what that means… well I’ll tell you.