I found this cute manga at Barnes and Noble. It's based on a light novel about a high school girl who finds herself reincarnated - as a spider in a magical D&D-type world...

I was an avid D&D player for many years, so the game-mechanics parts of the story entertained me more than they might a non-gamer - but there are plenty of bits that might amuse and/or terrify non-gamers too. And I really enjoyed the perspective twist; there have been several books and manga series about people being drawn in to their game-worlds, but I don't recall one where the person started out as one of the very, very low-level monsters!

Here, our heroine seems to cope fairly well with her new situation, and soon realizes that she needs to take advantage of game mechanics in choosing her new abilities - and in forcing herself to eat the creatures she kills in combat, however nauseating she finds them, as that gives her strength *and* new abilities. The general tone is humorous, but there are times when the spider's peril seems imminent, and she can seldom rest for very long without some new threat surfacing. So, yeah, a typical dungeon-monster's life!

There's a bonus short story at the end, for a text version of "incident in the life of Spider".

[There's a TV Tropes page on the original web series and its adaptations.]

I plan to leave this book on or near one of the colorful pianos on Main Street; hope the finder enjoys it!

[See other recent releases in NH here.]

*** Released for the 2018 You're Such an Animal release challenge. ***