The light novel market is constantly expanding, but the isekai genre never stops offering new stories one after another. Because this genre is oversaturated, there is a much greater chance that a somewhat successful work will get an anime adaptation, it is a simple matter of the market.
And the fact that there are so many novels of this genre means that authors have to add more and more creativity so that their stories do not seem recycled from another, This has taken isekai plots to an increasingly absurd level, with invincible protagonists fulfilling the “power fantasies” that readers of this genre so want to see.
And this is where it comes in Tsuyoshi Fujitakaauthor of the “My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! (Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyou sugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga Marude Aite ni Naranai n desu ga.)”. If you don’t know this story, it is inspiring an anime adaptation currently airing and its description writes:
- Yogiri Takato wakes up in absolute chaos during a school field trip and discovers that everyone in his class has been transported to another world. Somehow, he himself had managed to sleep through the entire experience, missing out on the gifts bestowed upon the others by a mysterious sage who appeared to transport them. Worse still, he and another classmate were ruthlessly abandoned by their friends, left as bait to distract a nearby dragon. Although he is not very worried about dying, he reluctantly decides to protect his only companion. After all, a level 1000 monster has nothing to do against its secret power of invoking instant death with a single thought. If you can stay awake long enough to bother using it, that is…
Well, it turns out that Tsuyoshi Fujitaka-sensei made a post on Twitter where he stated that, no matter the method, you can never defeat Yogiri, the protagonist of his work. But he also asked his readers a question, what would happen if he faced the protagonist of another franchise? In their words, no matter if the characteristics of the worlds they come from were maintained, there is no way they can defeat Yogiri.
In fact, fans of the franchise have taken it upon themselves to list any possible situation, but none of them are capable of defeating the protagonist. with the power to invoke instant death with just the thought:
- Enemies die instantly just by thinking about it and cannot defend themselves.
- Instant death thought automatically upon noticing enemy killing intent.
- Automatic use even if time is stopped.
- Even if a nuclear bomb surrounds it from afar, it kills radiation, explosion and heat.
- The world, the universe, the gods, the demigods, the physical laws and everything else can die instantly.
- Anyone can die if there is a possibility of death, even if there is no intention to do harm.
- The character dies as soon as he tries to attack, even though he can ignore time.
- If you try to go back in time or go to the future, you die.
- The enemy dies even though the concept of death does not exist for him.
- The character dies even though he is ubiquitous in multiple dimensions.
- The character dies even if it is a spongy entity, such as matter, space or concept.
- The death of a person who is not trying to attack you is common.
- Characters who resurrect infinitely from a state in which all the matter that makes up their bodies has disappeared also die.
- Characters who try to attack from outside the world (another dimension) also die.
- He can kill fluffy objects, including concepts, with a thought.
Certainly a character who can invoke instant death even automatically upon detecting certain aggressive intent may seem virtually invincible, but, What did the fans think about it?
- «What if they eliminate this guy’s parents in a time travel? Would it disappear?».
- «So he would be on the same level as Zeno-sama? Although the God does not require murderous intent to eliminate entire universes».
- «Neither Satoru Gojo, nor Saitama, nor Ainz Ooal Gown, nor Giorno Giovanna, nor Son Goku, nor Rimuru Tempest, nor Ultimate Madoka, nor Zeno-sama are capable of defeating this guy».
- «And what kind of hobby would an invincible guy have?».
- «Can the undead be defeated?».
- «I thought he was a sick otaku, but he is the author of the work».
- «It’s curious because it kills zombies and even gods that are beyond the concept of death. I mean, how far would you go with that?».
- «Power relationships with publishers and authors determine who wins and who loses».
- «Best argument I’ve heard in a long time.».
- «I find this quite embarrassing. I wonder why they can do it with impunity».
- «Readers are too stupid to notice the almighty contradiction».
- «His only abilities are to cause the death of a specific target and detect his own killing intent. Cannot detect killing intent unless you are the direct target of the attack».
- «If a Dragon Ball character destroys the sun, they would freeze and die».
- «The protagonist does not try to kill people. He’s only doing it in self-defense, which makes it interesting.».
- «Publication is determined by the editor’s selection process, so the moment a story like this is published, it is considered unsellable. In this sense, this work is hopeful for amateur novelists.».
- «What if I told you that everyone should die?».
- «This is a great hero with instant death traps».
Fountain: Yaraon!
