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“Girl plays male avatar in ultra-real VR game to prove skill while hiding identity from friends and family.”
½ Prince
½ 王子
7.93
1,023 rank · 7,641 readers · 245 favorites
Martial Arts
Parody
Video Game
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
Sci-Fi
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Girl plays male avatar in ultra-real VR game to prove skill while hiding identity from friends and family.
Set in 2100 A.D., where video games feel 99% like real life. Follow Feng Lan in her adventure as the first player to play as the opposite sex in the VRMMO "Second Life" to prove to her brother that she can beat the game without using the "female benefits." But after she offends her family in a pvp match and even meets her real life friends and acquaintances in-game, can she continue to keep herself out of trouble by keeping her identity a secret?
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.47
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σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.33
Running avg · Nov 2009 → May 2014
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The Storyline for 1/2 Prince is unlike anything I have read before, the art is so so, but is okay when they show a 'bishie' drawing. The characters are original and make a strong impression. I...”
- 10 “The story is about a girl who, in order to prove that she doesn´t need anyone´s protection and help, makes her game character male and the result is that the character´s looks are just stunning...”
- 9 ““Are you discriminating against clams?” What do you get when you have an adventurers' party consisting of a perverted Game Master, a beastman priest, a loli angel necromancer, a gay demon bard and...”
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Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 76 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 08m approx
- Published Oct 2004 – Aug 2005
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M9249 catalog