Trapped in a Dating Sim is an intriguing new series of the Spring 2022 anime season, and it is always welcoming new fans. This is a fairly standard isekai anime series, but with a few minor twists and some unexpected genre mashups to make for a fairly fresh viewing experience. This is no Re:Zero or Reincarnated as a Slime power fantasy.
Trapped in a Dating Sim is a fascinating shonen tale available as an animated series streaming online, a light novel paperback series and an ongoing manga series, and new fans can try it in any of those three forms or even a combination thereof. However fans of any medium choose to approach it, they're sure to like what they find in Trapped in a Dating Sim.
The Plot of Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World Of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs
Trapped in a Dating Sim tells the tale of the hapless protagonist Leon Bartfort, who died in real life after tripping and falling down a flight of stairs, only to find himself reborn in the otome game he had been playing for days on end. This is no ordinary video game -- it somehow blends the traditional otome dating formula with Final Fantasy-inspired combat and even giant robots, making for a unique gaming experience for Leon. But now it's his real life, and the odds are stacked against him.
This is a matriarchal world where women hold the power, and young men can only hope to marry up and live off the influence and power of their wives and their families. And it's even tougher for a third-born son like Leon Bartfort, the countryside son of a minor noble family. Leon must enroll at the local academy and navigate the vicious social jungle of rumors, bullying, gossip and feuds to survive, and there might even be a second isekai character on the loose who is plotting his downfall. Leon will need all his allies, wits and weapons to make it as a background "mob" character in this otome game world of giant robots and jealous girlfriends.
Where To Read The Trapped In A Dating Sim Manga/Light Novels
The story of Trapped in a Dating Sim is told through the manga volume series and the light novel series alike, both of which are ongoing and widely available from major retailers in the West. To begin with, interested fans can find the volumes of both series on Amazon's online catalog, with the manga series having seven volumes and counting and the light novel series having nine so far. Barnes & Noble's own online catalog features these volumes as well, as does Right Stuf Anime's online catalog. Interested fans should take care to tell the manga volumes and light novel volumes apart and not mix them up if they buy one but not the other.
These volumes are all available in paperback format, but if preferred, buyers can get the Trapped in a Dating Sim light novels and/or manga volumes as digital copies instead, and often at a lower price. In particular, Amazon offers the manga digitally with its Kindle and ComiXology feature, although the light novels are print only. Barnes & Noble likewise offers these volumes both in print and digitally via Nook.
Where To Watch The Trapped In A Dating Sim Anime
So far, the anime version of Trapped in a Dating Sim has only a limited release, but fortunately for anime fans, it's still easy to stream, and in a variety of languages, too Western fans can find it on Crunchyroll, with new episodes streaming every Sunday in North America. There is not yet a Blu-ray DVD release of this anime.
Trapped in a Dating Sim can be streamed in a wide variety of languages, starting with the original Japanese dub, which offers subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and several more. The anime is also dubbed in a handful of languages, these being English, German and French.