My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999

My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (山田くんとLv999の恋をする) also known as Loving Yamada at Lv999! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mashiro. It began serialization on Comic Smart's Ganma! manga website in March 2019. As of April 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected into nine volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired from April to June 2023.

Plot
The story follows the daily life of college student Akane Kinoshita. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, she continues the MMORPG Forest of Savior (FoS) they once played together and attended an offline event of the game. There she encounters an emotionless and handsome high school student named Akito Yamada. Yamada happens to belong to the same guild in the game as Akane, and after this encounter Akane begins to get closer to other members of the guild, especially Yamada.

Characters

 * Akane Kinoshita (木之下 茜)
 * Akane is a college student and a casual player of FoS, which she started playing for her ex-boyfriend (who ironically cheated on her with fellow game player). She is mature, although sometimes a bit naive. She has a habit of keeping things and letting them pile up, as she treasures the presents she receives so much. In FoS, she uses her real name as a nickname. She belongs to a guild called "Chocolate Rabbit."
 * Akane is a college student and a casual player of FoS, which she started playing for her ex-boyfriend (who ironically cheated on her with fellow game player). She is mature, although sometimes a bit naive. She has a habit of keeping things and letting them pile up, as she treasures the presents she receives so much. In FoS, she uses her real name as a nickname. She belongs to a guild called "Chocolate Rabbit."


 * Akito Yamada (山田 秋斗)
 * A member of Akane's guild under name "Yamada," his avatar is an emotionless afro male character. Akito is a 3rd year high school student who hardly expresses his emotions and thoughts. He is locally popular as a pro-gamer, a player who gets sponsored to play a game. FoS is his "casual game," while mainly playing FPS games.
 * A member of Akane's guild under name "Yamada," his avatar is an emotionless afro male character. Akito is a 3rd year high school student who hardly expresses his emotions and thoughts. He is locally popular as a pro-gamer, a player who gets sponsored to play a game. FoS is his "casual game," while mainly playing FPS games.


 * Eita Sasaki (佐々木 瑛太)
 * A 19 year old college student who runs the guild "Chocolate Rabbit" under a girl avatar named "Rurihime." Akito's childhood friend, he created the guild so his little sister could play in ease.
 * A 19 year old college student who runs the guild "Chocolate Rabbit" under a girl avatar named "Rurihime." Akito's childhood friend, he created the guild so his little sister could play in ease.


 * Runa Sasaki (佐々木 瑠奈)
 * Eita's younger sister who is the model of Rurihime's appearance. She hates new people and thinks Chocolate Rabbit as her second home and initially wanted to kick Akane after their first meeting, though she becomes attached to her instead, even supporting her and Akito. She has several characters in FoS, one of them being a good-looking male avatar.
 * Eita's younger sister who is the model of Rurihime's appearance. She hates new people and thinks Chocolate Rabbit as her second home and initially wanted to kick Akane after their first meeting, though she becomes attached to her instead, even supporting her and Akito. She has several characters in FoS, one of them being a good-looking male avatar.


 * Momoko Maeda (前田 桃子)
 * (Japanese); Lauren Landa (English)
 * Akane's best friend Momo, who likes going to gokon. She's sharp, sometimes sarcastic, and is totally opposite to Akane personality wise. Nevertheless, she always stand beside Akane, and would listen to her troubles. It seems that the reason she can't get a boyfriend is because her standard is too high.


 * Takezo Kamota (鴨田 たけぞう)
 * (Japanese); Brook Chalmers (English)
 * The deputy guildmaster of Chocolate Rabbit going by the name of "Takezo." His avatar is a small, cotton-like creature which grows to monster-size during battle. In real life, he is a middle-aged man who owns a strawberry farm and inexplicably has a lot of connections.


 * Yukari Tsubaki (椿 ゆかり)
 * Akito's classmate who gets closer to him after they both matched in an FPS game battle. She fears falling in love with him because she knows she will be rejected like the other girls. She later inevitably falls for him and gets rejected.
 * Akito's classmate who gets closer to him after they both matched in an FPS game battle. She fears falling in love with him because she knows she will be rejected like the other girls. She later inevitably falls for him and gets rejected.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Mashiro, the series began serialization on Comic Smart's Ganma! manga website on March 7, 2019. Media Factory is publishing the series in print under their MF Comics imprint. As of April 2024, nine tankōbon volumes have been released.

Mangamo is publishing the series in English digitally simultaneously with its Japanese release, initially under the title Loving Yamada at Lv999!, before changing it to match the anime's title. In June 2023, Mangamo announced that they would release the series in print in collaboration with Penguin Random House's Inklore imprint. The first volume was released on April 2, 2024.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced during the Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event on September 24, 2022. It is produced by Madhouse and directed by Morio Asaka, with scripts written by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, character designs by Kunihiko Hamada, and music composed by Mito and De De Mouse. The series aired from April 2 to June 25, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Gradation" (ぐらでーしょん) by Kana-Boon featuring Yūho Kitazawa, while the ending theme song is "Trick Art" (トリック・アート) by Ryujin Kiyoshi. Crunchyroll licensed the series.

Reception
In the 2020 Next Manga Award, the series ranked ninth in the web manga category. In the same month, the series was nominated for pixiv and Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, Inc's Web Manga General Election. In the 2021 Next Manga Award, the series ranked fourth in the web manga category. At AnimeJapan 2021, the series ranked ninth in a poll asking people what manga they most wanted to see adapted into an anime. In the 2021 Tsutaya Comic Award, the series ranked sixth. In the 2022 Tsutaya Comic Award, the series won the grand prize. In the 2022 Anan Manga Award, the series won the grand prize.

By April 2022, the series has one million copies in circulation between its digital and print releases. By October 2022, the series had two million copies in circulation.