Overgeared () is a South Korean web novel series written by Saenal. It was serialized on Kakao's web novel platform KakaoPage from November 2014 to April 2024. A manhwa adaptation, which was released as a webtoon, adapted by Monohumbug and illustrated by Team Argo, began serialization on KakaoPage in April 2020. An Japanese anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff premiered in October 2026.

Plot Shin Young-woo works odd jobs to make money while spending several hours a day playing the virtual reality game Satisfy under the moniker "Grid". He is not very skilled at the game and levels up slower than other players. However, one day Young-woo is granted an S-rank quest, which he completes and earns a scroll that allows his character to advance to legendary class as a reward. Using this new class, Young-woo is able to reverse his fortunes.

Characters Shin Young-woo/Takumi Nagamine/Grid

Yura

Euphemina

Huroi

Jishuka

Toban

Regas

Vantner

Pon

Faker

Irene

Isabel

Production Saenal was a fan of reading books and playing video games as a child, and so they desired to create a book with a setting similar to a video game. Saenal also stated that the basic premise was inspired by the novel Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, while the details were inspired by the video game Lineage. Saenal intentionally created the protagonist as lacking skills from the beginning so that they could show the character's growth as the story progresses. Saenal believed that this approach would allow the reader to empathize with the character.

Media Novel Written by Saenal, the web novel was serialized on Kakao's platform KakaoPage from November 14, 2014, to April 26, 2024. Maru Publishing published the novel in print in 57 volumes. Wuxiaworld published the novel in English digitally.

Manhwa A manhwa adaptation, which was released as a webtoon, adapted by Monohumbug and illustrated by Team Argo, began serialization on KakaoPage on April 1, 2020. It is published in English digitally by Tapas. At Sakura-Con 2023, Yen Press's Ize Press imprint announced that they would be publishing the webtoon in print.

Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 3, 2026. It is produced by Egg Firm, animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Ayako Kōno, with Kenta Ihara handling series composition, Ryousuke Tanigawa designing the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the music. The series premiered on October 2, 2026, on Tokyo MX other networks. The opening theme song is "SATISFY" performed by Re:name, and the ending theme song is "Ray of Emotion" performed by Tao. Crunchyroll is streaming the series.

Episodes

Video game A video game adaptation, developed by Gray Games and published by Nexon, is in development under the codename "Project T".

Reception In South Korea, the series has been viewed 1.3 billion times and generated in revenue.

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External links at KakaoPage at KakaoPage