Yoshio is thirty years old, and his life is a mess. A shut-in living with his parents, he has no job, no relationship, and no prospects. When he receives a new sim computer game that boasts characters created with a new kind of A.I., he doesn’t think much of it–until he gets drawn into a fantasy world so vibrant and lifelike that its residents can’t just be game characters. Suddenly finding himself the benevolent god of a scrappy fantasy village is a lot for Yoshio to handle, but it might be the key to the change he is desperate for.
“I was unemployed and in my thirties. […] I’d been so stupid. I’d always told myself I could try again tomorrow, but when tomorrow became today, I never acted. Even when my mom encouraged me, when my dad got mad at me, when Sayuki laughed at me, I’d stayed idle. But this game was my chance to finally make a difference—maybe my last chance. If I couldn’t bring myself to work for my villagers, this might be my life until I died.
‘I promised myself I was going to change. I want to change!’”
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