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“Expert gamer Rakurou conquers "shitty games" and now tackles VR Shangri-La Frontier's hidden secrets.”
Shangri-La Frontier
シャングリラ・フロンティア～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～
8.23
438 rank · 31,475 readers · 816 favorites
Shounen
Video Game
Action
Adventure
Award Winning
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Expert gamer Rakurou conquers "shitty games" and now tackles VR Shangri-La Frontier's hidden secrets.
Second year high school student Rakurou Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best—min-maxes and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But can even an expert gamer like Rakurou discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides...? (Source: Kodansha USA)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.45
Running avg · Jun 2021 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “''Considering the future is good and all, why make the 'now' boring?'' Shangri-La Frontier just isn't one of the best video game manga ever written; from consistent and powerful story to...”
- 8 “This work is very original for this genre, the beginning is catchy and the characters are rather well drawn and in harmony with their character. The goal of the hero is presented rather quickly but...”
- 10 “Excelent series! This series is about a guy who likes bad videogames finally challenging a god-tier game with all the gaming skills he acquired while playing sh1tty games. The characters are...”
Verbosity
Short · 27%
Medium · 45%
Long · 27%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jul 2020 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55162 catalog