.hack

To kick off my Manga blog I'm going to start with the popular .hack//. It's pronounced dot hack but the way it's presented is relevant. The book is about unique RPG or role playing game. The characters in the various stories play the game using a VR headset. Once the VR headset is on they are instantly taken to The World. The World is a fictional, virtual world where there are towns, caves and mountains to explore and quest in or on. The rules of RPGs apply such as levelling up etc. All is well until one day someone dies playing the game and it's up to main characters to find out why. There are many .hack books and stories, I have them all except a few, and all are fantastic books. I recommend them as a starting point for newcomers to the Genre.