Gamers!
Plot. Keita Amano, a high school student and video game player, meets the beautiful school idol Karen Tendō, and joins the school's Gaming Club. After finding it is centered around competitive gaming, he declines her offer. This rejection sets off a chain of events in the lives of Keita and his friends in matters of both video games and romance with several misunderstandings along the way. Characters. In the light novels, each characters take turns narrating the chapters. Media. Light novel. Sekina Aoi first published the series in 2015 through Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko with illustrations  by Saboten. Twelve volumes were released between March 20, 2015, to October 19, 2019. Manga. A manga adaptation with art by Tsubasa Takahashi was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's "Shōnen Ace" from October 2016 until September 2019. The seventh and final volume was released on October 26, 2019. Anime. An anime television series adaptation directed by Manabu Okamoto and produced by Pine Jam was announced. It aired in Japan from July 13 to September 28, 2017. The opening theme is "GAMERS!" by Hisako Kanemoto, Manaka Iwami and Rumi Ōkubo. The ending themes are "Fight on!" for all episodes except for  episode nine and ten which is , both performed by Luce Twinkle Wink☆. Crunchyroll streamed the series, while Funimation had licensed it in North America and streamed an English dub. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll. Reception. The light novel ranked seventh in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!", in the "bunkobon" category. It ranked eighth in 2018. The anime ranked fourth in popularity on Crunchyroll in summer 2017, an unheard of ranking for a show that was not a long-running Shonen Action series. Gamers