BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.

Kaede joins the VR RPG New World Online and creates a shield-wielding character who can't do anything except defend. This proves unexpectedly useful.

Maple heads to her first player-versus-player event, where her defensive ability proves so powerful that onlookers wonder if the game is broken.

Maple and Sally hear about a quest in the forest and head there to obtain a rare skill. Later, they proceed to Level Two, but Maple is knocked out.

The event begins and Maple and Sally earn a few medals in a hidden dungeon. Later, a powerful avian boss pushes Maple's defenses to their limit.

Maple, Sally and Kasumi's fight is interrupted by a fall into an underground dungeon, where a cursed chain forces them to fight for survival together.

Maple and Sally agree to establish a new guild and start hunting for a property. Deciding on a place, the pair must now recruit reliable members.

Thanks to Maple's help, May and Yui gain some super skills. Later, Maple assists a mother in need and gets a boost to her already-formidable defense.

The guild joins the third event, in which participants collect bells by hunting adorable cows. Maple soon gets lost and must face a boss on her own.

Before the guild competition begins, Sally notices that the Order of the Holy Sword's Frederica is spying on them and challenges her to a duel.

Sally goes hunting for more orbs, but soon finds herself outnumbered by Frederica's forces. Maple rushes to her aid, leaving the base vulnerable.