Akane Kinoshita, a University student, was struck with tragedy when her boyfriend Takuma ended their relationship with the words, “I’ve fallen for someone else.” To make things even worse, it seems the other girl he fell for is someone he met through the online game “Forest of Savior (FOS),” which was a game that Akane also started playing in order to spend more time with Takuma. Unable to hold in her stress, she goes on to relieve her distress onto weak mobs in FOS. Then, YAMADA from the same guild happens to find her. She spills what she had just gone through with her now broken up boyfriend but has no idea that this is going to change her life drastically.

Thanks to the intervention of the guild members led by Yamada, the predicament caused by Runa’s prank was resolved. Akane also accepts Runa’s apology who takes such a liking to Akane that she starts to visit Akane’s home frequently. Now that the two had developed a good friendship, Akane also begins spending lots of time playing FOS, and finally becomes friends with Yamada in-game. However, after spending so much time playing the resource heavy online game on her laptop, it suddenly explodes--.

Akane recovered from her cold thanks to Yamada’s care, and she is finally able to log into FOS again. There she meets the new guild member, TSUBAKI, in her FOS avatar. The two go to challenge a boss battle straight away but are overcome by its incredibly "solid" defense. They reach the time limit, and unfortunately, the boss gets away. But after fighting alongside each other, Akane deepens her friendship with TSUBAKI. After logging out, Akane calls Yamada to ask him for advice on strategizing against this boss, which turns into a very long phone call. Once the call ends, Akane finds new determination within herself.