And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？)

I'll ask again.

Would you please marry me, Rusian?

I fear I must decline.

Oh no...

May I ask why?

I swore to myself I would never fall in love again.

I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is.

I understand.

Then we should consider getting married.

Ah!

Did you bother listening to a single word I said?

I heard you, and yet I dare to dream!

That's pretty tame, as far as dares go.

If we get married, we'll have even more fun!

'Cause It's dangerous to go alone!

Look. I'm glad you've found

this sudden surge of confidence, but my answer is still no!

Why won't you say yes?!

Here they come!

Now, Schwein!

I'm on it!

Lightweight chumps.

Rusian!

I won't let you die like this! I cast Cure 3!

Hey, dummy! That spell pulls aggro!

Ako!

Thanks, Rusian!

You stay back and worry about healing.

Oh, poopie.

Hey, Master, what's the hold up?

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Behold! Ha!

Witness the magnified firepower of my extra buffed up staff!

Amazing, Master! Way to take out the mob trash!

You One Hit KO'ed the whole area?

How much did you drop on that fancy staff of yours?

Actually, I think it was from this little magic booster.

When you buy ten, they throw in the 11th free.

Don't use it on mobs. It's a waste.

Then again, perhaps if I had been quicker,

we wouldn't have had any unnecessary casualties.

I'm so sorry, Rusian! I'll bring you back right away!

Revive!

Please forgive me, Rusian!

Hey, it's fine. What's done is done.

Thank you for not holding your death against me!

I love you!

Uh...

Sweet, thanks.

Breaking news!

At long last, I have found myself a wife!

You say the exact same crap every three months, Romeo.

Oh yeah? Isn't your body pillow gonna be jealous?

That's different and you know it.

Hey, Nishimura, got any anime recommendations this season?

You bet I do!

This season's gonna be extra hot with The Dogra Magra Chronicles.

You're pretty hardcore into this geek stuff, aren't ya?

There's no use tryin' to hide it.

Hide it? Hideki's an open otaku, man.

So? What's the big deal?

I'm still into anime and video games. Get over it.

Tch. Gross.

The whole "Otaku appeal" thing is absolutely revolting.

How mean!

Easy now, Akane.

Wait, just think about it.

There are wine otakus, and flower otakus, you name it!

Someone somewhere is nerding out over it.

And still, you remain disgusting, Nishimura.

Hey, take it easy!

He doesn't need to hear that!

We're all thinking the same, but still!

You guys just made it, like, 20 times worse!

How could you say that about me?

And you couldn't even try to sugar coat it?

Geez, Akane.

What would you know, Four-Eyes?!

I'm done listening to this.

Okay, listen up! There's an all-school assembly today!

It's time for everyone to head to the gym!

Have you guys heard? Maeda in Class 3 told her he loved her.

That dude's brave.

And?

He crashed and burned.

Yeah, well, that's what happens.

Seriously?

I thought she'd be just your type!

She's all cute and petite, and rockin' the twin tails.

If she were the shy standoff-ish type,

but that chick's just straight up mean. Uh!

Keep talkin' like that, and I'll punch your lips out your butt.

I don't think she's bluffing.

Sorry! Are you all right?

I'm-- Oh no.

She didn't have to do that.

Good morning, everyone.

I'm student council president Goshoin.

I'd like to extend my gratitude to you all

for attending this assembly.

Hi, I'm home!

The game that we play is an MMORPG

called Legendary Age .

It gets reduced to LA in most chat channels and game forums.

It's a way to have some fun online.

Parts of it cost actual money, but the core game is free.

With multiple people accessing it at the same time,

we can share in adventures in this virtual world.

Do it now!

So anyway, I declared my love on a pier

looking over a romantic sparkling lake.

You mean he made the girl come out and say it?

Wuss doesn't even begin to describe him.

-- --

I can't believe he made you ask him.

Ha! But he made up for it by giving me this gold ring

that increases my resistance to all types of damage!

Hey, guys! I pulled those mobs! A little help?

I can't tank if you're chatting!

Are you okay, Rusian?

Am I okay?

Not really. Mostly because of your fumbling, Ako.

You miss your targets and heal mobs.

You get lost because you were too caught up in chatting.

Do you have any idea what my armor repair costs have been

because of you?

Look, I'm really sorry.

Well, my experience points were barely on the plus side,

so it's no big deal.

Rusian, you're so kind!

I, uh--

You're an armored knight.

Tanking is your responsibility.

Though, even when you die,

it doesn't affect this bad mamma-jamma in the slightest.

If only our attacker knew what they were doing,

then this wouldn't be a problem.

You sucking's my fault?

Just feel free to leave the mob annihilation to yours truly.

I can do it.

As long as I have my stash

of pricy, real money buffing items and artifacts,

it won't be a problem!

Lousy stinking premium player scum.

It's been nearly a year

since the four of us formed this guild.

We've done a lot of questing together.

We get along pretty well,

which makes playing together more fun.

And Ako here is, for lack of a better term, my waifu.

Although, our marriage is only in the game.

I just couldn't bring myself to turn her down again

after the last time she proposed to me.

So, in this fantasy world, I have a beautiful wife.

Which does not match my luck with women in real life.

"I am now speaking directly into your mind

so that we can have a little privacy."

This is no time to be chatting with the other guild members.

Instead, you should be paying attention to your loving wife.

Your loving wife...

Ako? Hello?

Man, she's always doing things her way.

Seems like the two of you are stuck together

like glue today, huh?

That's just 'cause Ako won't leave me alone.

Heh. Like a couple of normies.

It's not in real life, okay?

It's just in the game, you get me?

Hmm... Sure, I guess.

Now that I think of it,

I might be the biggest normie in the whole group.

The other day, someone declared their love for me in IRL.

For real?

Schew must be a real looker. I always had a hunch.

I know I shouldn't be, but I'm getting jealous!

[AKO Wow, really, Schew?

Good-looking guys can all piss off!

Why don't you shove off and die?

Huh?

Ako?

Freaking normies are the absolute worst.

And anybody who gets confessed to

ought to just get out of the game.

Just being close to one of them makes me sick to my stomach.

And those are the people who can die off.

They're nothing more than a plague on the rest of us.

I said no, you psycho!

This bad mamma-jamma ain't got time for that stuff!

You're creepin' us all out, calm down!

Hey, Ako, come back to us!

I freaking hate normie losers too,

but you shouldn't take it out on your guildmates.

Please forgive me, you guys.

Sure, but I get what you were saying about normies.

I feel the same way as you.

By and large, I concur.

This guild is too bent out of shape.

Mm-hmm.

I don't know we've enjoyed some peace and quiet

for a couple minutes now.