“Salaryman Momonga stays logged into dying MMO, becomes trapped as undead guild leader in new reality.”
Overlord
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Synopsis
Salaryman Momonga stays logged into dying MMO, becomes trapped as undead guild leader in new reality.
Momonga is an average salaryman who spends his free time playing Yggdrasil, a DMMO-RPG (Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) well-known across Japan for its immense world and limitless customization. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end, and Yggdrasil's servers shut down in the year 2138. Wanting to witness the game’s final hours, Momonga, the leader of the guild Ainz Ooal Gown, logs in for the last time and heads toward the guild’s headquarters. After reminiscing about his comrades and adventures, Momonga prepares for the server to automatically log him out as the clock strikes midnight. However, he is not forcefully booted out of the game. Instead, he finds himself in a new world—now trapped in the body of his avatar and where non-player characters are aware of their feelings. Left with no other options, Momonga takes on the name of his guild in hopes that other players would recognize Ainz Ooal Gown. Determined to make sense of the bizarre situation, Momonga embarks on a journey to unravel the mysteries hidden in this uncharted world.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Jul 2015 → Jan 2026
- 8 “The manga adaptation of Overlord adapts the light novel directly. So, if one came to the manga after anime series, which has multiple seasons of it, one would discover subtle differences. But the...”
- 9 “Where to start with this little beauty of a gem without revealing any spoilers. So our hero gets trapped in an mmorpg as his player character, yet his player character is some skeleton lich...”
- 5 “In a branding standpoint, this title seems to be highly appreciated by its readers and viewers alike. I haven't personally watched this series but I can sense how up to par this series is with...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 19 vol ch × vol
- Published Nov 2014 – May 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M30945 catalog