Ressentiment - Recommendations

• Vol: 3
• 2001 - 2009

Ever since the Pharmaceutics Law passed, everyone in the country has unlimited access to a dizzying array of mind and mood-altering drugs. A shot of Slumberine helps you sleep, and any emotion you can imagine is just a pump away. Even vacations can be replaced with shots: take one dose, and your mind is bathed in a relaxing hot springs experience. Amidst all this drug-addled merriment is Kabu, a world-weary twenty-something man, with nothing to do but chase his next big high. But one day, after running out of P, his drug of choice, he experiments with a new super-drug, Ultra Heaven, which completely re-writes his sense of reality and changes his life forever...

• Vol: 8; Ch: 40
• 2003 - 2007

For years, paranoid Satou Tatsuhiro has shut himself away in his apartment for days on end, with barely any social contact whatsoever. Then one day when he answers the door, he is greeted by an older woman and a girl called Misaki, who are going from door-to-door to inform people of the recent social problems of hikikomoris. In a fit of depression about his way of living, Satou decides that the only way to escape his current life cycle is to muster up his courage, face his fears, and go outside to find a job. However, instead of employment, he finds Misaki waiting for him; she intends to make Satou her ‘project' so that he can reconnect with society. Now with the help of his friend Yamazaki and Misaki's evening meetings, will Satou be able to escape his hikikomori lifestyle, or will he simply fall deeper into the clutches of conspiracy and his own demons?

• Vol: 5; Ch: 36
• 2007 - 2012

Life begins at 40… even for pathetic losers. Shizuo Oguro is living his dreams… sort of. A complete waste of a human life until now, 40-year-old Shizuo breaks free from the corporate rat race and charts himself a fairly random and new career course: to become a published manga artist. Sure, he lacks the talent, discipline, or any other skill necessary to become a success in the manga industry—but that’s not enough to stop Shizuo!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2011 - 2012

That's what Kirishima Haru had in mind when he entered the virtual world of a dating sim. Haru's had it all since childhood - looks, charisma, good grades, athletic talent and girls, but in this virtual world, Haru would meet the only thing he wants and unable to attain. At the edge of the incomplete world, the love story of a player and a NPC unfolds.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 41
• 2019 - 2020

It's 2029 and virtual reality has taken the center stage in work and in play. Jin Tarou toils away at a convenience store attached to an university hospital, supplementing his income while he tries to get his virtual reality server up and running. His sole consolation is a young resident, Hiiragi Maika, who comes in and orders the same lunch and drink every day. But when he was doing a routine maintenance check on his server, he finds Maika logged in and playing, and working as a waitress?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 9
• 2009 - 2010

Kazuma isn't physically strong in real life, but in OZ, a virtual reality world that touches every corner of the globe, the boy is a fighting champion with his avatar, King Kazma. He's defeated countless foes online – often resulting in classroom bullying – and now has his eyes on winning the famed OZ Martial Arts Championship. With the help of friend Wataru's informational network, Kazuma might just be able to claim the ultimate prize: a rare King's Belt avatar item, and a cash reward. That is, if he can beat the mysterious and unbeatable 'Queen'...

• Vol: 6; Ch: 28
• 2008 - 2011

In a not too distant future, the world is confronted with a host of issues: pollution, resource depletion, population expansion, and so on. In response, the Japanese government developed sensory simulation capsules (“beds”) and successfully launched a virtual reality program — “Gaia.” Interestingly, the designers omitted the concept of pain from the program, and as a result, there are no such things as pain or death in this new virtual world. On a day that started as any other, Oono Yuuri stumbles across a mysterious card, which sets off a chain of strange events that evolve into a tale of conflicting dreams, unlikely friendships, and reluctant vengeance.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 11
• 2012 - 2013

In the near future, a BCI controller that reads your brain signals and allows your consciousness to dive into the virtual world of the Internet has become extremely popular. Katsuro, who was arrested for a certain crime, was adopted by police officer Yumeji and serves his prison term while living with his adoptive sister, Rin. However, at the request of his adoptive father, Katsuro investigates Internet crimes in exchange for reducing his punishment, bit by bit.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 28
• 2018 - 2019

High school first-year Takuto has been selected as a beta tester for the new sandbox-style video game Cube Arts, and he couldn’t be happier. As soon as he puts on the game’s VR headset, Takuto finds himself immersed in a sprawling world made entirely of blocks, where he can mine, build, and hunt to his heart’s content. But when a logout error traps him and his friends inside the game, Takuto discovers that even sandboxes can be deadly!

• Vol: 15+; Ch: 93+
• 1999 - ?

Tomomi is a high school dropout who was tragically responsible for crippling a beautiful girl he had just met; Kiyoharu is an ex track star whose bone cancer confined him to a wheelchair as a child; and Takahashi is newly handicapped due to an accident on his bike, stripping him as captain of the basketball team and his status as the alpha male of his gang of friends. Each of these young men shares something in common – their love for basketball. Though society may look down on them, these new friends will come to terms with themselves and their situations, and show their love of the game.