Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss! Vol. 01

Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss! Vol. 01

Hashimoto spends all day at his job redoing work for his boss–who’s never happy!

His only refuge is an online game, where his buddy “Uma” gives him a sympathetic ear. What he doesn’t realize is… his demon boss and Uma are one and the same!

A nerdy workplace BL dramedy manga perfect for fans of Cherry Magic!, Candy Color Paradox, and Yagi the Bookshop Goat, from the creator of The Yearning Fox Lies in Wait. Over 300 pages of manga in one volume!

Hashimoto is a perfectly average salaryman, working a repetitive office job, made all the worse by his stylish, strait-laced boss, who insists everything be done by the book. Whatever he does for this perfectionist, it’s just not good enough! Thankfully, Hashimoto can go home to his favorite online video game, where he can unload on the forgiving shoulders of his best friend, whom he knows only by the name “Uma.” The duo make plans to meet in person, but when they do, Hashimoto is horrified by a revelation that will change his entire life…

Biographical Notes:

Nmura is best known for being the author & artist of Kinpatsu Obotchama to Nihonjin Shitsuji, BL First Crush Anthology: Five Seconds Before We Fall in Love, Kigurumi-kun, Machigitsune to Hito no Ko, and Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss!.

Title Notes:

The twist spoiled in the description isn’t the only one! There’s a long, convoluted jaunt ahead for two adorable opposites who have to reconcile a work relationship and a friendship on the way to romance.

Nerdy pursuits+workplace omance  is the combination that electrified readers of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, and this has common DNA with non-BL romances like Sweat and Soap, too.

This series is from the same creator as The Yearning Fox Lies in Wait, another BL oneshot, and ran in the same magazine in Japan as Nagisa Furuya’s works, including My Summer of You.

More details on Nmura:

Nmura’s Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account