History Manga / RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie

* {{NEET}}: Moriko becomes a recluse after quitting her office job. Another member of the guild @Home Party, Nico, vents frustratedly about work and proclaims she also might just become NEET.

** [[spoiler:Koiwai]] after joining the game. His avatar is an extremely busty, muscular, giant of a woman.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Moriko has shades of this, though it's usually framed to show how she's a CuteClumsyGirl, draw attention to her [[ShrinkingViolet shyness]], and how much time she spends inside. She's accustomed to being barefoot, though sometimes uses socks or cat slippers. During her fever in Episode 6, she tries to put on sandals and trips because she's not used to wearing them. When she's at Sakurai's apartment and has a shower and a change of lent clothes, she takes to walking around barefoot without giving it any thought, even though it's chilly for that. Sakurai notices and shows her he left her a pair of slippers by the entrance to his place just like the ones he's wearing, causing Moriko to notice them for the first time, only to once again neglect them when he heads for the dryer and she barrels ahead of him to avoid letting him see her underwear, and ''then'' she finally puts the slippers on. Really, it's all just set-up to show how flustered she is around him.

Has a 10-episode anime adaptation with a special by [[Creator/ProductionIG Signal.MD]], which premiered on October 6th, 2017 and is simulcast on both Website/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/{{Funimation}}.

* TriangRelations: A form of type 11. Sakurai develops a hard-hitting crush on Moriko, who in return finds herself drawn to Sakurai. But, she has a shared history with and longstanding gratitude for her former co-worker Koiwai. Meanwhile, Koiwai definitely finds Moriko physically attractive, shows interest in her health and wellbeing, and he even decides to start [[spoiler:playing the MMO she seems to enjoy so much]]. But he's ''far'' more interested in setting her up with Sakurai who is his current co-worker and who he's also quite fond of.

* GagBoobs: Harumi, [[spoiler:Koiwai's game avatar]], has a noticeably substantial ''bouncing'' chest, contrasting with every other female character and/or game avatar, even Moriko, despite her having a large chest herself.

* ChristmasCake: Not referenced by name, but Moriko states that because she's 30, she is practically an old maid. So she wonders why anyone would be interested in her, let alone two men. Koiwai jokes that he(32) and Sakurai(28) aren't exactly young, either, implying he doesn't buy into the DoubleStandard associated with this trope.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Episodes 5 and 8 end on them.

** During a heart-to-heart with Lily, Morioka tells her about the events of her meeting and trip to the hospital with Sakurai, except that she flips the genders to avoid being mistaken for a girl as Hayashi. Contrary to how how these types of moment are usually handled in media, [[spoiler: Sakurai, who actually is Lily, deduces right away that the situation being described can't be a ContrivedCoincidence because of how similar his experience with Morioka was. Almost right away he realizes that Hayashi is actually Morioka because of this.]]

* ArtShift: Hayashi’s ImagineSpot in Episode 3 after receiving Lily’s gift is portrayed with art reminiscent of 70’s shoujo manga like ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' to emphasize Moriko's skewed/idealized view of how a man should treat a woman, especially in regards to gift giving.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** Fitting for an MMORPG, a good number of the ''Fruits De Mer'' players have made their characters hair colors from all points in the spectrum. Hayashi's hair is bright turquoise and Lily's hair is a a shade of pink.
** In real life, Moriko has purple hair, Koiwai has blue hair, and Fujimoto has green hair. Take note though that these 'odd' colors are [[HairColorDissonance all noticably darker or more subdued than they are in the game world]].

* BeautyMark: Moriko has a mole on the left side under her lip.

''Recovery of an MMO Junkie'', or ''Net-juu no Susume'', is a web manga series by Rin Kokuyo.

* BigFancyHouse: Sakurai's family had a large Japanese-style house. He had to sell it after they passed away, [[RealityEnsues partly because it was too large for him to take care of by himself]].

* RealityEnsues:
** During a heart-to-heart with Lily, Morioka tells her about the events of her meeting and trip to the hospital with Sakurai, except that she flips the genders to avoid being mistaken for a girl as Hayashi. Contrary to how how these types of moment are usually handled in media, [[spoiler: Sakurai, who actually is Lily, deduces right away that the situation being described can't be a ContrivedCoincidence because of how similar his experience with Morioka was. Almost right away he realizes that Hayashi is actually Morioka because of this.]]
** What motivated Morioka to quit her job wasn't just her love of video games, but being overworked to the point of breaking down while on the job. No matter how well the job might pay, being worked overtime in a stressful job will lead people to quit. Especially when you consider how similar the issues are to real world jobs in Japan.
** Sakurai has to sell his family's home after his parents pass away, partly because it's too large for him to take care of by himself.

* RunningGag: Whenever Sakurai and Morioka meet in person, Morioka's stomach will grumble.

* {[Expy}}: In Episode 4, Pokotaro mentions a guildmate named Nico, whose long blonde hair, white-bluish dress and bunny-ear headband, is quite an obvious reference to Chitoge Kirisaki from ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}''

* AmazonChaser: It's suggested that Koiwai is one of these, since the female character he made rocks the HeroicBuild.
** Koiwai does state in the manga that his 'type' is usually along the lines of brazen and strongwilled, which could potentially serve as more evidence.

* SneezeCut: While Moriko and Koiwai are out chatting and having drinks, Koiwai mentions that Sakurai is pretty passionate when it comes to gaming, even if he doesn't look like the type. Cut to Sakurai suddenly sneezing in his apartment.

* BlackComedyRape: During Moriko and Koiwai's date in episode 6, Moriko falls asleep after drinking too much wine. Koiwai decides to take a picture of Moriko sleeping and texts it to Sakurai, telling him he's going to bring her home with him. When a horrified Sakurai rushes over to his home, Koiwai is quick to let him know that he was just trolling him, and only dropped Moriko off back at her apartment.

** While it is a major theme of the series, the English title makes the show sound more pejorative than it actually is. If anything, its playing MMOs - becoming an MMO Junkie - that aid Morioka in recovering from her nervous breakdown. The story explores the reasons people game, in particular how Moriko retreated into an MMO after suffering a nervous breakdown at work and becoming depressed. While the show does treat excessive gaming as a problem, gaming itself is considered a perfectly valid hobby, and Moriko's friendships with her guildmates are shown to be perfectly healthy and help contribute to improving her mental state. Overall the [[AnAesop Aesop]] that can be taken away from the series is "Everything in moderation".

* ZettaiRyouiki:
** Lilac's typical outfit includes thigh-high socks and a skirt.
** Lily wears a skirt and thigh-high socks [[spoiler:as part of her coordinated outfit with Hayashi]].

** During a heart-to-heart with Lily, Morioka tells "her" about [[spoiler:the events of her meeting and trip to the hospital with Sakurai, except that she flips the genders to avoid being mistaken for a girl as Hayashi. Contrary to what you might think, Sakurai deduces there isn't a way the same situation happened to Hayashi but gender flipped, mainly because of how specific Morioka was about the situation and that it can't be a ContrivedCoincidence. This allows him to figure out that Hayashi is actually Moriko since only Morioka would be able to know the specific information about what happened.]]

* OneHundredAndEight: In the loot boxes, the booby prize of health potions is ranked 108th.

* {{Adorkable}}: Moriko is adorably awkward almost any time she socializes, usually fretting over what she's saying and how it may be interpreted by others.

** While it is a major theme of the series, the English title makes the show sound more pejorative than it actually is. The story explores the reasons people game, in particular how Moriko retreated into an MMO after suffering a nervous breakdown at work and becoming depressed. While the show does treat excessive gaming as a problem, gaming itself is considered a perfectly valid hobby, and Moriko's friendships with her guildmates are shown to be perfectly healthy and help contribute to improving her mental state. Overall the [[AnAesop Aesop]] that can be taken away from the series is "Everything in moderation".

* RomanticWingman: Koiwai somehow manages to be the world's most obnoxious wingman for Sakurai and Moriko while still being effective. He teases relentlessly, yet he assists in getting Sakurai back in touch with Moriko when it seems like their interactions dead-ended. He also helps boost Moriko's near-nonexistent confidence while putting in a good word for Sakurai at the same time.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Episode 5 has Moriko putting care into her appearance again [[spoiler:after being asked out on a date by Koiwai.]]

** Likewise, Sakurai[=/=]Lily is