What is this genre all about? A virtual reality is a place where the character interacts with a computer (or some other device)-simulated environment, be it real or imagined. The condition for a virtual reality to exist is the existence of real world for the character. In some cases, a virtual reality where characters can get harmed physically is depicted.
We present you the list of Virtual Reality manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Virtual Reality manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Murim Login
- 18. Overgeared
- 17. Ranker's Return (2021)
- 16. Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki
- 15. Level 999 Goblin
- 14. Moto Sekai Ichi'i Subchara Ikusei Nikki: Hai Player, Isekai wo Kouryakuchuu!
- 13. Jamman Jado Ranker
- 12. Usogui
- 11. Leveling Up, by Only Eating!
- 10. Ore no Genjitsu wa Renai Game?? ka to Omottara Inochigake no Game datta
- 9. Daejangjangi Jigeu
- 8. Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita
- 7. Overlord
- 6. Tomodachi Game
- 5. Liar Game
- 4. Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
- 3. Taming Master
- 2. Cong Renzhen Wan Youxi Kaishi Jueqi
- 1. Mudazumo naki Kaikaku
19. Murim Login
An era where hunters thrive on hunting monsters that come from Gates. Jin Tae-Kyung is a low-rank hunter who picks up a VR machine, and accidentally logs into the game, which is set in the world of Martial Arts. After many ups and downs, Tae-Kyung is able to escape this world. The strength and skills, which he received in the Murim were able to be carried over back to the real world. This allows him to continue making a living a hunter... but he decides to return back to the world of Murim, out of care for his NPC friends.
Murim Login is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Murim Login
18. Overgeared
[Shin Youngwoo (Username: Grid)]
The world's greatest VR game
Whether in reality or in the game, misfortune has always befallen upon him...
An unexpected reward he discovered during a quest, 'Pagma's Rare Book'.
Changing into a one of a kind, strongest, Legendary class amongst +2 billion users.
"How are you still alive...?!"
"Well, it's nothing complicated..."
"I'm Overgeared."
Overgeared is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Overgeared (2020), Overgeared (Team Argo), 템빨 (Team Argo), Temppal
17. Ranker's Return (2021)
In the early days of the virtual reality game, Arena, MeleeGod was the strongest ranked player! He deleted his character and suddenly left. In order to restore his bankrupt family, he returned to Arena! "Do you want to create a character?"
Ranker's Return (2021) is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Ranker's Return, Ranker’s Return (Remake)
16. Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki
Typical company employee Tanaka Daichi (38-years-old, single) loves games and plays a new type of VRMMO called "One More Free Life Online" under the username "Earth". Inside this free world he chose several skills that are generally regarded as useless. Be it wasting time crafting potions, cooking up pointlessly tasty food, or hunting monsters with some absurd weapon he crafted, he simply enjoys playing the game.
A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: とあるおっさんのVRMMO活動記, A Certain Middle-Aged Man's VRMMO Activity Log
15. Level 999 Goblin
Cheol-Su is a loser in life and a loser in-game... until he’s suddenly promoted to Goblin Summoner. He’s shocked when he discovers that his goblin summon is a hideous, max-level monster capable of obliterating any foe with a single attack! There’s just one catch, though--his new buddy can’t be unsummoned, and it draws way too much attention. Now stuck with an overpowered pet following him everywhere, he has to get crafty and channel his inner goblin to manipulate and claw his way to the top in pursuit of greatness and riches.
Level 999 Goblin is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Lv.999 哥布林, ก็อบลินเลเวล 999
14. Moto Sekai Ichi'i Subchara Ikusei Nikki: Hai Player, Isekai wo Kouryakuchuu!
The protagonist who was rarely ever at school during his middle school and high school days, is unemployed even as an adult. From morning till night, it was video games. For him who was ranked first worldwide, it was his life.
One day, his character is suddenly hacked. The data was unrecoverable and there was nothing that could be done. Feeling great despair at having lost his rank that he had bet everything to achieve in a world that controlled his life, the protagonist attempts suicide.
When he awakens, he finds himself inside the video game, no, it was a real world that resembled it. There, he notices that he has reincarnated into the the body of a sub character that he had created and bought premium benefits for long ago but had left neglected.
The Former Top 1’s Sub-Character Training Diary ~A Dedicated Player is Currently Conquering Another World!~ is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 元・世界１位のサブキャラ育成日記 ２ ～廃プレイヤー、異世界を攻略中！～, Moto Sekai Ichi'i Subchara Ikusei Nikki ~Hai Player, Isekai wo Kouryakuchuu!~, The Former World Number 1's Alt Character Training Diary
13. Jamman Jado Ranker
We’re only taking a break for about 30 seconds? I’m not imagining things, right?” “…Yes.” After 15 hours of hunting, Hyunsung asked to rest for a while, and after 30 seconds, he had to get up again and started hunting. Actually, Hyunsung has a special skill. [Thananos’ narcolepsy skill is activated.] [You’re being forced into a sleep state.] After sleeping for a while and waking up, I got an item? Pay close attention to the story of the God-Rank Class, the descendant of Thananos, the unstoppable Hyunsung.
Source: MU
Sleeping Ranker has finished publishing and it has 154 Chapters. It is also Known as: Ranker, Even if I Sleep, Even if I Sleep, I Rank, The Slumbering Ranker, 眠りのチートランカー, แรงเกอร์จอมนิทรา, 躺平也能登顶
12. Usogui
There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kagerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Bak Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kagerou itself.
The Lie Eater has finished publishing and it has 541 Chapters. It is also Known as: 嘘喰い, Igyou Tobakusha Usokui, Yakou-san, The Lie Eater
11. Leveling Up, by Only Eating!
Kang Min-Hyuk suffers from a rare disorder that makes it impossible for him to stop eating. Despite strict diet and exercise, Min-Hyuk's weight is now life-threatening. As a last resort, his doctor recommends a unique treatment—Athenae, a VR game where one can eat as much as they want without consequence. Crispy fried chicken! Scrumptious samgyetang! Inside Athenae, all food tastes real, but earning it is no cakewalk. In order to live, Min-Hyuk must go on the ultimate fantasy gourmet adventure!
Note: Includes eight extra chapters.
Leveling Up, by Only Eating! has finished publishing and it has 208 Chapters. It is also Known as: Gourmet Gaming, Babman Meoggo Level Up
10. Ore no Genjitsu wa Renai Game?? ka to Omottara Inochigake no Game datta
One day, 25-year-old Hasegawa Ryou wakes up to see a holographic screen floating in front of him. The screen prompts him to save/load files and an item shop, as well as his stats. It seems like he’s been sucked into some erotic love game, since his stats depend on seducing women and “capturing” them.
After finding a target and going through game-like options, Ryou thinks he knows what he has to do to “capture” his target. Surely he needs to have sex with her, right? And yet when the woman turns out to be a murderer, Ryou finds out the shocking truth: he has to capture these women and unveil their secrets! And if he fails, he dies...
A Dating Sim of Life or Death is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺の現実は恋愛ゲーム??かと思ったら命がけのゲームだった, Ore no Genjitsu wa Ren'ai Game?? ka to Omottara Inochigake no Game datta, Is My Reality a Love Game?? ~I Thought it Was a Life Like Game~
9. Daejangjangi Jigeu
Having lost his ranked account to a hacker, Kang Yoohan wants to get even. Assuming his lost equipment was sold, he’s hoping that as blacksmith Zig, it will come back to him through repairs and lead him to the hacker. After breaking many swords, however, he finds this is no walk in the park. Thankfully, he’s able to see cracks in the equipment and enemies that show their vital points to make or break them! Armed with these skills, Zig is looking to get things shaking, or rather, smithing!
Zig the Blacksmith is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Blacksmith Jig, Blacksmith Zig, Blacksmith Zigg, Legendary Blacksmith's Vengeance, The Blacksmith Zig, ซีค ช่างตีเหล็ก, 鍛冶師ジグ〜元最強ソロプレイヤー、鍛冶屋をはじめる〜, 鐵匠齊格的復仇
8. Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita
Kou Mitsuki is a gamer with god-like skills who also goes by the nickname "Headhunting Crim". He participates in a test of a new game device for his father's new game, "Destiny Unchained Online". But the game was filled with bugs at the start and he ends up as a vampire girl. Meeting amazing allies, and taking the game by storm, the story of a top-tier gamer where anything and everything can change....begins!
Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Destiny Unchain Online ～吸血鬼少女となって、やがて『赤の魔王』と呼ばれるようになりました～ , Destiny Unchain Online
7. Overlord
The story begins with Yggdrasil, a popular online game which is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) begining to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.
Overlord has finished publishing and it has 83 Chapters. It is also Known as: オーバーロード, Over Lord
6. Tomodachi Game
Katagiri Yuichi believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that they will all go together. However, after the class's money is all collected, it is stolen! Suspicion falls on two of Yuichi's friends, Sawaragi Shiho and Shibe Makoto.
Soon afterward, the five of them are kidnapped, and wake up in a strange room with a character from a short-lived anime. Apparently, one of them has entered them into a "friendship game" in order to take care of their massive debt. But who was it, and why did they have such a debt? Could they have stolen the money from class to pay for entry into the game? Katagiri and his best friends will have to succeed in psychological games that will test or destroy their faith in one another.
Tomodachi Game has finished publishing and it has 129 Chapters. It is also Known as: トモダチゲーム, Friend Game
5. Liar Game
Wishing she would live up to the ideal, Kanzaki Nao's father named her thusly for “honesty”. Nao has more than lived up to her father's wishes—even exceeding them and earning the label of "a foolishly honest girl". This makes Nao the least qualified candidate for the high stakes 'Liar Game', where winning requires deceiving the opponent out of their money and losing means receiving massive debt. However, that doesn't stop a box containing a hundred million yen in cash and a card informing her of her participation in the game from arriving at her doorstep, nor does it stop her from being promptly tricked out of the entire sum of money. Upon hearing that a genius swindler, responsible for the bankruptcy of a major corporation, is being released from jail, Nao goes to the swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, to enlist his help. With that, the two are drawn into the dark, greed-filled, and deceptive world of the Liar Game.
Liar Game has finished publishing and it has 203 Chapters. It is also Known as: LIAR GAME, Liar Game
4. Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends!
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! has finished publishing and it has 343 Chapters. It is also Known as: 遊☆戯☆王, Yuu Gi Ou Shadow Games, Yugioh Duelist, Yu-Gi-Oh! Millenium World, Game King, King of Games
3. Taming Master
The best-known VR game in the world, 'Kaillan'. A certified game addict well known in the virtual world, Ian. Despite having a Level 93 Archer character in the top leaderboards of Kaillan, Ian decides to delete it despite everyone around him telling him not to. All to convert to a hidden class he obtained by chance. The class he chose is the most worthless class in Kaillan, the Summoner class. If he wants to avoid getting an F in college, he needs to level up to his previous level within two months... Kaillan is notorious for its very cruel leveling system, where it is said to take over a year to reach level 100. His struggles to reach level 93 in only two months unfold... Level quickly, thoroughly and persistently. The legend of the 'Taming Master' begins!
Taming Master is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Taming Master
2. Cong Renzhen Wan Youxi Kaishi Jueqi
One born as an ant out to have will and ambition. Fate has not yet been determined; each of us are a black horse. When the game [Yuan World] descended into reality, players gained the ability of their in-game characters. As such, the world became chaos. Liu Yi — forbearing, ambitious, yet afraid of fighting— time travels to an era before the game had become reality. Armed with the knowledge of the future, starting from the bottom to overcome his fear of fighting, Liu Yi rises up to the top, ultimately becoming the Savior and resolving the crisis of the apocalypse.
Source: MU
It All Starts With Playing Game Seriously has finished publishing and it has 199 Chapters. It is also Known as: Cong Renzhen Wan Youxi Kaishi Jueqi
1. Mudazumo naki Kaikaku
Global political figures such as The Pope, Kim Jong Il, George W. Bush and recent Japanese Prime Ministers play riichi mahjong against each other.
Mudazumo naki Kaikaku has finished publishing and it has 144 Chapters. It is also Known as: ムダヅモ無き改革, Mudadzumo naki Kaikaku, Reform with no Wasted Draws, The Legend of Koizumi, Ritz, Oretachi Kenou Shineitai, Lacross Shoujo Katagiri Ririn-san wa Totemo Moteru, The Legend of Koizumi, Ritz
