The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (MobuSeka)

*See also: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Wikipedia)*
**The World of Otome Game is Tough for Mobs** (乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です, *Otome gē Sekai wa Mobu ni Kibishī Sekaidesu*) or **Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs** for the official English title, abbreviated as **MobuSeka** (もぶせか, *Mobu Seka*), is a light novel series written by Yomu Mishima and illustrated by Monda. It originally started as a web novel hosted on Shōsetsuka ni Narō between 2017-2019. The series was acquired by GC Novels (Micro Magazine), who published the first light novel volume in 2018 with **9 volumes+Drama CD** so far and manga adaptations illustrated by Jun Shiosato with total **7 volumes** so far serialized by Dragon Comics Age (Kadokawa) & both adaptations are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment.

## Story

Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire…of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside!

## Media

### Web Novel

***Main: Web Novel***

The series started from a web novel, written by Yomu Mishima was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It began on October 1, 2017 and was completed on October 15, 2019. The original web novel can be read at Shōsetsuka ni Narō.

### Light Novel

***Main: Light Novel***

Yomu Mishima originally began the series as a web novel hosted on Shōsetsuka ni Narō between February 2017 and January 2019. The series was acquired for print publication by Micro Magazine, who published the first light novel, with illustrations by Monda, under their GC Novels imprint in May 30 2018.

Later, Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the novels and is set to publish an English translation in November 2020 for digital and February 2021 for physical/paperback under the title **Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs.**

### Manga

***Main: Manga***

A manga adaptation was made/illustrated by Jun Shiosato and was published in Dragon Age Comic's Monthly Dragon Age on June 8, 2019 Japanese release. The adaptation also release free chapter to read monthly in Comic Walker.

The adaptation also licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment and the publish begin on July 2021 for both digital and physical format.

### Anime

***Main: Anime***

***\*Information will be added soon later.\****

## Reception

The light novel series has sold at least **100,000** copies in total as of January 6, 2020. On the very same year, the series has exceeded to approximately **300,000** copies sold on September 16, 2020. On the next year March 16, 2021 the copies exceeded to **350,000** in total, the same year the series skyrocketed to at least **760,000** copies on June 18, 2021. On March 15, 2022 the copies boosted up the latest sales number—**1.3M** copies.

## References

1. ↑ https://book-rank.net/rank/data.cgi?mode=rank&word=4896377532

## External Links

* Original Web Novel (JP)
* Official Light Novel website (JP)
* Official Manga website (JP)
* Official Light Novel website (EN)
* Official Manga website (EN)
* Official Anime website (JP)