Level Up by Gene Luen Yang

A young Asian-American man about to begin a medical residency finds himself torn between his parents’ expectations to become a doctor and his own dream of making video games; as stress and obligation manifest in literal video-game–style monsters and quests, he must confront what heroism and adulthood really mean, weigh personal passion against family duty, and learn how to grow into his own life while honoring the people who shaped him.