Log Horizon

If you are looking for the guild, see Log Horizon (Guild)

Log Horizon is a Japanese novel series by Mamare Touno. It was originally posted on a site called Shōsetsuka ni Narō, but was later published by Enterbrain in 2011. There have been four manga adaptations and an anime adaptation is set to air October 5, 2013.

Plot
The story takes place in a universe where 30,000 Japanese players and several hundreds of thousand players worldwide are trapped in a fantasy online game world called Elder Tale. For these players, what was once a "sword-and-sorcery world" is now the "real world"! The main character is a male named Shiroe who teams up with his old friend Naotsugu and a beautiful assassin named Akatsuki as they try to survive in this new world.

Characters

 * Shiroe
 * Naotsugu
 * Akatsuki
 * Nyanta
 * Touya
 * Minori
 * Rundelhaus Cord
 * Isuzu

List of Light Novels

 * Log Horizon 1: The Beginning of a Different World, 31 March 2011, ISBN 978-4047271456
 * Log Horizon 2: Knights of Camelot, 30 May 2011, ISBN 978-4047272989
 * Log Horizon 3: The End of Game 'Part I', 31 August 2011, ISBN 978-4047274136
 * Log Horizon 4: The End of Game 'Part II', 30 September 2011, ISBN 978-4047275430
 * Log Horizon 5: Sunday in the District of Akiba, 30 November 2011, ISBN 978-4047276697
 * Log Horizon 6: The Stray Child of Daybreak, 30 March 2013, ISBN 978-4047282353