The story takes place in the year 2020, just three years after the events of .hack//G.U. It not only takes place in the new version of "The World" known as "The World R:X", which has become popular, but in the real world as well. The lead character is a middle school student named Tokio Kuryuu. He lives a normal life as a gamer until a mysterious girl named Ayaka Amagi transfers to his school and takes him in the game world.

The story takes place in the year 2020, just three years after the events of .hack//G.U. It not only takes place in the new version of "The World" known as "The World R:X", which has become popular, but in the real world as well. The lead character is a middle school student named Tokio Kuryuu. He lives a normal life as a gamer until a mysterious girl named Ayaka Amagi transfers to his school and takes him in the game world.