History Literature / OtakuGirl

* AttemptedRape: GI almost got raped twice by the bosses (one of them calls himself the "Harem King" so you know how devious he is). Thankfully, she escaped this fate by being saved by others or saving herself.

* BigBad: It was revealed to Charlie early on that the one who caused the malfunction is an all-powerful EldritchAbomination called the "Nihilion". The origin of the Nihilion is shrouded in mystery. [[spoiler: During its first meeting with Charlie, it introduced itself as a psychopathic alien who came to destroy the Earth, but decided to invade the Escapist Dream first and torture the geeks inside for fun. But during the final chapters, it revealed itself to be nothing more than a virus who went berserk. The Nihilion took over the virtual reality world and tortured the geeks because it felt jealous that, as humans, they get to enjoy their existence (something an AI would never experience). Another reason why it took over the Escapist Dream was to lure Charlie after the latter killed the Nihilion's creator, Jim Broughton, in the first novel.]]
** [[spoiler: What made it even more psychopathic is the way it tortured the geeks by using their favorite media against them (i.e. creating a character called the Hare King to assault those who are fans of anime and manga). It also transformed the Escapist Dream to resemble a video game complete with AI bosses the geeks have to defeat (albeit said bosses are also sadistic and near-impossible to defeat]].
* BreakTheCutie: Of all the geeks in the Escapist Dream, Charlie is by far the most optimistic, cheerful, and hopeful of getting out. Although there were times where he showed anguish and self-blame, he would consistently get over them, and faced every adversity with determination. The big revelation at the end though, crushed Charlie so much that he ended up being in the DespairEventHorizon. His depression was so bad that GI, the most depressed character in the book, tried desperately to cheer him up, not wanting the most hopeful of them to drown in despair like the rest of them (to no avail).

** Another example are the bosses: AIs the geeks have to defeat first before confronting the Nihilion. They may look meek and stupid, but they all have a deadly mix of meta-superpowers and sociopathic personalities.

*** The Rebooter is a boss taking the form of a kid who likes comic books. He can also “reboot” a person (in a complete mockery of how American comics like to reboot themselves like changing race, powers, or history). He can also take the form of the gigantic Anti-Monitor from DC Comics.

* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Used in most of the boss fights. Due to their godlike powers, GI and Charlie have to defeat the bosses (artificial intelligences who are basically godlike) using their wits instead of just relying on their powers. This is due to the fact that after the Escapist Dream went berserk, most of its rules have been modified or removed, and the enemies the geeks had to deal with are not only uber-invincible, but sadistic as well. Examples of this include:

** [[spoiler:GI defeating Dude Assassin (an AI boss taking the form of a twitch streamer) by getting him [[SWATTeam SWATted]] (yeah it's that crazy).]]
* DysfunctionJunction: Almost all the main characters are broken and flawed. There are no protagonists who are cunning geniuses or talented fighters in this story. This novel is about a bunch of untrained geeks forced to survive in a hostile world. They stumble and make a lot of fatal errors throughout the book. The main character, GI, got her name (which means "Great Idiot") because of a [[spoiler: mistake she made that led to their only chance of getting out ending in failure]].
* FaceHeelTurn: This isn't a Louis Bulaong story without a twist. It turns out that [[spoiler: Amp, the FBI agent and the one who's supposed to be the most competent of them all, is actually working for the Nihilion. He sold the other geeks out because he came to the realization that there was no way for them to defeat the Nihilion, and the only way to survive was to join forces with it.]]

* VirtualRealityWarper: Charlie and GI after getting power-ups in the final chapters. Charlie in particular, [[spoiler:got the powers of Dr. Manhattan from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', complete with the total control over time and space (as well as the ability to one-shot his enemies)]].

''Otaku Girl'' is the 2021 sequel to the pop culture fiction ''Literature/EscapistDream'' by Louis Bulaong. It was first released as a webnovel in February before being published as a book four months later. The sequel takes place in the same [[TheMetaverse virtual reality world]] - the Escapist Dream - where people can role-play and use the powers of their favorite fictional characters. It focuses on a new character, a Japanese otaku named only as "GI", who got trapped inside the Escapist Dream together with other geeks, after it once again malfunctioned. The protagonist of the first novel, Charlie Anderson, returns to save these geeks.

* AbandonedArea: The Escapist Dream in particular. The virtual reality world was already abandoned way before the start of the novel, only resurrected by hackers who got their hands on it. When it once again malfunctioned, the geeks trapped inside had to abandon all of the areas in order to retreat from crazed AIs, who had begun attacking them.

** [[spoiler: What made him even more psychopathic is his way of torturing the geeks by using their favorite media against them (i.e. creating a character called the Hare King to assault those who are fans of anime and manga). It transformed the Escapist Dream itself to resemble a video game complete with AI bosses the geeks have to defeat (albeit said bosses are also sadistic and near-impossible to defeat]].

* DysfunctionJunction: Almost all the main characters are broken and flawed. There are no protagonists who are cunning geniuses or talented fighters in this story. This novel is about a bunch of untrained geeks forced to survive in a hostile world. They stumble and make a lot of fatal errors throughout the book. The main character, GI, got her name (which means "Great Idiot") because of a [[spoilder: mistake she made that led to their only chance of getting out ending in failure]].

*** The Professor is a boss who takes the form of a high school English teacher. He also happens to have the power of famous literary characters.

''Otaku Girl'' is the 2021 sequel to the pop culture fiction ''Literature/EscapistDream'' by Louis Bulaong, which was first released as a webnovel in February before being published as a book four months later. The sequel takes place in the same [[TheMetaverse virtual reality world]] - the Escapist Dream - where people can role-play and use the powers of their favorite fictional characters. It focuses on a new character, a Japanese otaku named only as "GI", who got trapped inside the Escapist Dream together with other geeks, after it once again malfunctioned. The protagonist of the first novel, Charlie Anderson, returns to save these geeks.

* VirtualRealityWarper: Charlie and GI after getting power-ups in the final chapters. Charlie in particular, basically got the powers of Dr. Manhattan from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', complete with the total control over time and space (as well as the ability to one-shot his enemies).

* BigBad: It was revealed to Charlie early on that the one who caused the malfunction is an all-powerful EldritchAbomination called the "Nihilion". The origin of the Nihilion is shrouded in mystery. [[spoiler: During its first meeting with Charlie, it introduced itself as a psychopathic alien who came to destroy the Earth, but decided to invade the Escapist Dream and torture the geeks inside first for fun. But during the final chapters, it revealed itself to be nothing more than an AI who went berserk. The Nihilion took over the virtual reality world and tortured the geeks because it felt jealous that, as humans, they get to enjoy their existence (something an AI would never experience). Another reason why it took over the Escapist Dream was to lure Charlie after the latter killed the Nihilion's creator, Jim Broughton, in the first novel.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Of all the geeks in the Escapist Dream, Charlie is by far the most optimistic, cheerful, and hopeful of getting out. Although there were times where he showed anguish and self-blame, he would consistently get over them, and faced every adversity with determination. The big revelation at the end though, crushed Charlie so much that he ended up being in the DespairEventHorizon. His depression was so bad that GI, the most depressed character in the book, tries desperately to cheer him up, not wanting the most hopeful of them drown in despair like the rest of them (to no avail).

** Another example are the bosses: AIs the geeks have to destroy first before confronting the Nihilion. They may look meek and stupid, but they all have a deadly mix of meta-superpowers and sociopathic personalities.

*** The Rebooter is a boss taking the form of a kid who likes comic books. He can also “reboot” a person, like changing her/his powers and history. He can also take the form of the gigantic Anti-Monitor from DC Comics.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Played straight with GI's character. The book basically deals with what would happen if an actual girl gets to live the life of a female anime character. In a medium filled with {{ecchi}} and [[BlackComedyRape rape comedy]], living an anime life is not as fun as it seems, even being more dangerous.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Used in most of the boss fights. GI and Charlie had to defeat the bosses (artificial intelligences who are basically godlike) using their wits instead of just relying on their powers. This is due to the fact that after the Escapist Dream went berserk, most of its rules have been modified or removed, and the enemies the geeks had to deal with are not only uber-invincible, but sadistic as well. Examples of this include:

* DysfunctionJunction: Almost all the main characters are broken and flawed. There are no cunning geniuses or talented killers in this story. This novel is about a bunch of untrained geeks forced to survive in a hostile world who make a lot of mistakes throughout the book. The main character, GI, got her name (which means "Great Idiot") because of a mistake she made that led to their only chance of getting out failing.

* NotTheFirstVictim: It turns out that the geeks are not the Nihilion's first victim. It stated in Chapter 7 that before coming to Earth, it first destroyed its own people and planet. [[spoiler:Sadly, it turns out that the Nihilion was just pulling everyone's leg all along.]]

** [[spoiler:One is that Amp has actually joined forces with the Nihilion unbeknownst to the other geeks.]]
** [[spoiler:Second is that Charlie was the one who actually caused the Escapist Dream to get hacked in the first place. It turns out that the Nihilion took over the virtual reality world in order to lure Charlie back]].

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The literary geek, Calamum Nomen (which is Latin for “pen pal”), is an example of this. He might look like a laidback bookworm who likes to jot around in his notebook, but he actually has the powers to warp reality by speaking out excerpts from literature.
** Another example are the bosses who are AIs the geeks have to destroy first before getting to fight the Nihilion. They may look meek and stupid, but they all have a deadly mix of meta-superpowers and sociopathic personalities.

* BigBad: It was later revealed to Charlie early on that the one who caused the malfunction is a being called the "Nihilion", an all-powerful EldritchAbomination. The origin of the Nihilion is shrouded in mystery. [[spoiler: During its first meeting with Charlie, it introduced itself as a psychopathic alien who came to destroy the Earth, but decided to invade the Escapist Dream and torture the geeks inside first for fun. But during the final chapters, it revealed itself to be nothing more than an AI who went berserk. The Nihilion took over the virtual reality world and tortured the geeks because it felt jealous that, as humans, they get to enjoy their existence (something an AI would never experience). Another reason why it took over the Escapist Dream was to lure Charlie after the latter killed the Nihilion's creator, Jim Broughton, in the first novel.]]

* AttemptedRape: Throughout the book, GI, cosplaying as an anime character, almost got raped twice by mad artificial intelligences (one of them calls himself the "Harem King" so you know how devious he is). Thankfully, she escaped this faith by being saved by others or saving herself.

''Otaku Girl'' is the 2021 sequel to the pop culture fiction ''Literature/EscapistDream'' that was first released as a webnovel in February, before being published as a book four months later. The sequel takes place in the same [[TheMetaverse virtual reality world]] - the Escapist Dream - where people can role-play and use the powers of their favorite fictional characters. It focuses on a new character, a Japanese otaku named only as "GI", who got trapped inside the Escapist Dream together with other geeks, after it once again malfunctioned. The protagonist of the first novel, Charlie Anderson, returns to save these geeks.

** The bosses, AIs under the Nihilion’s control, and the ones whom the geeks have to destroy first before getting to fight the Nihilion, are examples as well.

* TheWoobie: GI's life is a never-ending rollercoaster of suffering. Before going to the Escapist Dream, she had to endure being friendless in high school and suffering from domestic abuse at home. During her adventures inside the virtual reality world, she had to endure being bullied by other geeks and otakus for a mistake she did. [[spoiler:Said failure was also the reason why her brother got killed)]].

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Played straight with GI's character. The book basically deals with what would happen if an actual girl gets to live the life of a female character. In a medium filled with {{ecchi}} and [[BlackComedyRape rape comedy]], living an anime life is not as fun as it seems, even being more dangerous.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Played straight with GI's character. The book basically deals with what would happen if an actual girl gets to live the life of an female character. In a medium filled with {{ecchi}} and [[BlackComedyRape rape comedy]], living an anime life is not as fun, albeit more dangerous even.

* DysfunctionJunction: Almost all the main characters are broken and flawed. There are no cunning geniuses or talented killers in this story. This novel is about a bunch of untrained geeks forced to survive in a hostile world and make a lot of mistakes throughout the book. The main character, GI, got her name (which means "Great Idiot") because of a mistake she made that led to their only chance of getting out failing.

** [[spoiler:GI defeating DudeAssassin (an AI boss taking the form of a twitch streamer) by getting him SWATTed (yeah it's that crazy).]]

* FaceHeelTurn: This isn't a Louis Bulaong story without a twist. It turns out that [[spoiler: Amp, the FBI agent and the one who's supposed to be the most competent of them all, is actually working for the Nihilion all along. He sold the other geeks out because he came to the realization that there was no way for them to defeat the Nihilion, and the only way to survive is to join forces with it.]]
* NotTheFirstVictim: It turns out that the geeks are not the Nihilion's first victim. It stated in Chapter 7 that before coming to Earth, it first destroyed its own people and planet. [[spoiler:Sadly, it turns out that the Nihilion is just pulling everyone's leg all along.]]

* ReferenceOverdosed: What made ''Otaku Girl'' unique to the first book is how internet memes are incorporated into the story, as actual characters. Seriously, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRor3ox50I Ultra-Instinct Shaggy]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFXlzKDjL8E Big Chungus]] actually appear in the book to massacre geeks.
* TheWoobie: GI's life is a never-ending rollercoaster of suffering. Before going to the Escapist Dream, she had to endure being friendless in high school, and suffering from domestic abuse at home. During her adventures inside the virtual reality world, she had to endure being bullied by other geeks and otakus for a mistake she did. [[spoiler:Her failure is also the reason why her brother was killed)]].

* BigBad: It was later revealed to Charlie early on that the one who caused the malfunction is a being called the "Nihilion", an all-powerful EldritchAbomination. The origin of the Nihilion is shrouded in mystery. [[spoiler: During tis first meeting with Charlie, it introduced itself as a psychopath alien who came to destroy the Earth, but decided to torture the geeks first for fun. But during the final chapters, it later revealed itself to be an AI who went berserk. The Nihilion took over the virtual reality world and tortured the geeks because it felt jealous that, as humans, they get to enjoy their existence (something an AI would never feel). Another reason why it took over the Escapist Dream was to lure Charlie after the latter killed the Nihilion's creator, Jim Broughton in the first novel.]]
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Used in most of the boss fights. GI and Charlie had to defeat the bosses (artificial intelligences who are basically godlike) using their wits instead of just relying on their powers. This is due to the fact that after the Escapist Dream went berserk, most of its rules have been modified or removed, and the enemies they geeks had to deal with are not only uber-invincible, but sadistic as well. Examples of this include:

* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Used in most of the boss fights. GI and Charlie had to defeat the bosses (NPCs who are basically godlike) using their wits instead of just relying on their powers. This is due to the fact that after the Escapist Dream went berserk, most of its rules have been modified or removed, and the enemies they geeks had to deal with are not only uber-invincible, but sadistic as well. Examples of this include:

* TheWoobie: GI's life is a never-ending rollercoaster of suffering. Before going to the Escapist Dream, she had to endure being friendless in high school, and suffering from domestic abuse at home. During her adventures inside the virtual reality world, she had to endure being bullied by other geeks and otakus for what she did. [[spoiler:Her failure is also the reason why her brother was killed)]].

* VirtualRealityWarper: Charlie and GI after getting power-ups in the final chapters. Charlie in particular, basically got the powers of Dr. Manhattan from ''Comics/Watchmen'', complete with the total control over time and space (as well as the ability to one-shot his enemies).

* DidYouJustScamCthulhu?: Used in most of the boss fights. GI and Charlie had to defeat the bosses (NPCs who are basically godlike) using their wits instead of just relying on their powers. This is due to the fact that after the Escapist Dream went berserk, most of its rules have been modified or removed, and the enemies they geeks had to deal with are not only uber-invincible, but sadistic as well. Examples of this include:

* TheWoobie: GI's life is a never-ending rollercoaster of suffering. Before going to the Escapist Dream, she had to endure being friendless in high school, and suffering from domestic abuse at home. During her adventures inside the virtual reality world, she had to endure being bullied by other geeks and otakus for what she did. [[spoiler:Her failure is also the reason why her brother was killed).