“Overlord” is a Japanese light novel series created by Kugane Maruyama and adorned by So-bin. The series was first published online in 2010 and later in print in 2012. It has since been adapted into a manga, an anime series, and several video games.
Overlord follows a young man named Momonga, the leader of a powerful guild in a popular online game called Yggdrasil. Momonga agrees to stay logged in until the servers close down but wakes up the next day to find that the game is still running, and he is now trapped in the virtual world. As he explores this new world, Momonga realizes that he has been transformed into a powerful skeletal mage and that the game’s NPCs (non-playable characters) have gained personalities and free will.
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- Open-world gameplay
- Character customization
- Combat system
- Dark themes
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