My Post-Apocalyptic Life as a 16-Year-Old Catgirl
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic, Isekai, Comedy, Gender Bender, Sci-fi
Virtual Hunter:
The world as we know it ended three years ago, not with a bang, but with a silent, magical shimmer. Mysterious portals appeared all over the globe, a source of initial wonder that soon became the harbinger of humanity's doom. From these portals emerged legions of mythical and monstrous creatures, unleashing a brutal apocalypse that nearly wiped out civilization.
In humanity's darkest hour, a new breed of hero emerged—the Virtual Hunters. These weren't soldiers or special operatives; they were ordinary people who, upon the monster invasion, awakened to special powers linked to their virtual alter egos. They were the Vtubers, and the characters they had created now became their real-life avatars. They gained the strength, abilities, and weapons of their on-screen personalities, transforming them into the only force capable of fighting back.
At the heart of this new world is Takanashi Kado, a 26-year-old office worker whose life was a monotonous cycle of work and despair. He used to be a shut-in who found solace in creating a Vtuber character he cherished—a 16-year-old catgirl named Luna. But when the world changed, Kado's transformation went wrong. While other male Vtubers became a male version of their characters, Kado's system glitched. He didn't transform into his current self; instead, he became his former self's avatar: a 16-year-old catgirl with the same cute ears, tail, and tiny body.
Now, in a world overrun by chaos and monsters, the former loser office worker must learn to survive and fight as a teenage catgirl. Armed with the ridiculous but potent powers of his virtual persona, Luna must navigate a post-apocalyptic reality where the rules of the game are made up on the fly, and every monster—and sometimes, even other Virtual Hunters—is a new challenge. This is the story of how a man, who had given up on reality, found a new life as a hero he never expected to be.