Bofuri
Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuumikan and illustrated by Koin. It was initially serialized online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from May 2016 to February 2025. It was acquired by Fujimi Shobo, which published the first light novel volume in September 2017 under their Kadokawa Books imprint. 19 volumes have been released as of March 2025.
A manga adaptation with art by Jirō Oimoto has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since May 2018, and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired from January to March 2020. A second season aired from January to April 2023.
Plot
Urged on by her friend, Kaede Honjou begins playing the VRMMORPG NewWorld Online under the name Maple. Not wanting to get hurt, Maple opts to be a shield user with maxed-out defense stats, and continues putting every status point she earns in the game into increasing only her defense level. As a result, she is left with slow foot speed and no magic, but her high defense allows her to endure most hits without taking any damage. This, along with her basic-level creative thinking, allows for her to make unexpected accomplishments in the game, its quests and events. By doing this, she ends up earning all kinds of equally unexpected skills and becomes one of the strongest players in the game.Characters
Maple Tree
;Maple Kaede Honjou;Sally Risa Shiromine
;Kasumi
;Kanade
;Kuromu
;Iz
;Mai
;Yui
;Syrup
;Oboro
Order of the Holy Sword
;Payne;Dread
;Frederica
;Drag
Flame Emperor
;Mii;Shin
;Marx
;Misery
''NewWorld Online'' (''NWO'')
;The Administrators;Dorazou
Media
Light novels
The series originally began on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō by Yuumikan on May 24, 2016, being viewed more than 60 million times on the site. The web novel published its final chapter on February 20, 2025. The following year, the series was acquired by publisher Fujimi Shobo to be published as a light novel with illustrations by Koin on the Kadokawa Books imprint, with the first volume being released in September 2017. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press.Volumes
Manga
A manga adaptation by Jirō Oimoto began serialization on the seinen magazine Comp Ace by publisher Kadokawa Shoten in May 2018. The manga is also licensed by Yen Press.Volumes
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced by Kadokawa on December 6, 2018. The series was animated by Silver Link, and directed by Shin Oonuma and Mirai Minato, with Fumihiko Shimo handling series composition, and Kazuya Hirata designing the characters. The series aired from January 8 to March 25, 2020, on AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, and BS11. Afilia Saga performed the opening theme "Kyūkyoku Unbalance", while Rico Sasaki performed the ending theme "Play the World." It ran for 12 episodes.Funimation had previously streamed the series. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Muse Communication streamed the series on its Muse Asia YouTube channel in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
A second season of the anime was announced at the end of the first season's final episode, and was originally scheduled to air in 2022, but was later delayed. It aired from January 11 to April 19, 2023. Junjō no Afilia performed the opening theme "Kono Tate ni, Kakuremasu", while FRAM performed the ending theme "Step for Joy".
On February 13, 2023, the official anime website announced the seventh episode of the season and beyond would be delayed by two weeks till March 8, 2023. The animation staff announced on March 29, 2023 that they scheduled the 11th and 12th episodes for April 12 and 19, to maintain the quality of the footage.
Games
A free-to-play mobile game titled Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu: Line Wars! was released for iOS and Android devices on January 9, 2020. It ended service on September 21, 2021.A pachislot machine by Sammy Corporation was released in 2024.