(Hi) My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Not sure this will be all that interesting based on the summary. But it'll be worth giving a shot to when it airs. Kind of feel bad for the main character. Such a broken ability that his very existence is even boring to himself.

"If he can stay awake" is a bit of an exaggeration. He's just kind of elemental. It's never been possible to really stop him from doing what he wants since he can literally kill anything with a moment's thought, so he kind of does whatever he wants, but he's more stoic and frank than dull or bored. There's plenty of interesting stuff going on too, it's just that any attempt to attack him directly immediately results in the would-be attacker collapsing.

[Lex79]

Your mileage may vary, but I always have lots of fun reading this series. It's much better than it might sound from the synopsis. Without giving spoilers, I'd say to try watching at least one or two episodes, even if one is not a fan of overpowered protagonists.

[teddychan]

I want Volume 14 of the novel =_=

because i want to know the ending

[Stark700]

PV

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Stark700

PV

Pretty casual Isekai experience .

Yui Horie really just walking in, giving some kids powers, and then abandoning the ones that don't ?

The leads' banter seems fun. And all the casual killing .

Witch lady is quite easy on the eyes .

[Kamijou Touma IB]

I am in Satou Rina is in it. I think I might be a bit obsessed with her.

[stray]

Oh I remember this one now the manga was kinda fun until I got bored of it. I'll probably check it out at least.

[Lex79]

And of course it has to be on a platform I'm not subscribed to...I have to keep my finger crossed that Yamato Animation buys the streaming rights for Italy.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Yui Horie really just walking in, giving some kids powers, and then abandoning the ones that don't ?

And of course, what they cut, instantly vaporizing the first guy that speaks up against her without the slightest change in demeanor. Kind of establishes from the start the "sages" are not exactly "human" anymore.

Also, I hope they're able to handle the deaths properly. For the most part it's instantaneous, no shock or struggle, just instant drop. Thing is that it balances comical "battles" where anything that even looks at the guy with too much anger is suddenly dead with a very deeply chilling impact from the realization that yeah, it is instantaneous and absolute. It looks funny for enemies to just keel over, but at the same time it's a demonstration of his power beyond power: he IS death, the end of all somehow formed into a conscious entity. I imagine it can be a hard balance to make an audience struggle between mirth and fear.

[Nvis]

Got my eye on this.

[Frontier]

Spoiler:

Starting off straight with a little boy walking around a destroyed lab with various people dead! And then he just casually walks in on his mother(?) figure being held at gunpoint by another lady! Who then keels over! Did I mention this is all before the actual Isekai plot ?

Yogiri is such a mood. I mean, Kouki Uchiyama knows how to voice casual and stoic guys, but it takes a lot to just wake up, off a dragon, and then just sit down and game with your Switch which you had the whole time. Meanwhile Miyu Tomita is still playing a straight woman like Karane, only now she has a bigger chest .

The OP is pretty fun and lively featuring Yogiri and Tomochika's adventures together in this other world and Yogiri just casually offing things, as well as all the quirky characters they'll meet along the way. Also can't wait for samurai girl Tomochika !

The only thing more sudden than ending up in an Isekai world out of the blue is Yui Horie just walking in, casually offing the only two adults in the bus, and then gifting you with powers and explaining you're now going to become a "sage" in this world. Did not have psycho and cute Hocchan on my bingo card for this show .

So, like, is it the powers that made the classmates so much worse? Like abandoning all the non-powered kids and using them as bait...that's really scummy. Tomochika can't believe her best friend went along with it, but despite some hesitancy, Mikoshi really did leave her there. Is it related to how the trio in this episode talked about being in that world before? Did they awaken to their "true" memories and turn into different people ?

I see that Yogiri's go-to move is gaming and just casually offing anything that inconveniences or troubles him, like a bunch of jerks who came to have their way with Tomochika. It also helps that he can read killing intent .

Oh hey, Hiro Shimono as Hankawa! Dudes' pathetic and doesn't stand any chance, and now he's stuck being Yogiri's slave! The funny thing is he probably intended to use that slave collar on Tomochika but failing that wanted to be her slave...and she wants nothing to do with him. Can't say he didn't have it coming though .

I like that Tomochika is grateful enough to Yogiri that she doesn't judge him for just killing people even if it seems like she'd rather that not be his first option to solving their problems. She also was wondering if there might be a chance he likes her and he...likes the feel of her boobs, at least? Tough going if you want to meet nice guys in this show, girl .

I'm expecting Yogiri's Instant Death Ability is going to cause Shion more headache than she thinks .

The ED is pretty nice with Yogiri living out his daily, dull, life with Tomochika being the only thing that can wake him up, which is cute .

[BWTraveller]

Honestly, I kind of wish they didn't have any of those effects with the death. No opening gates, no shining eyes, no waves, just "die" and they're dead. That was part of the fun, and part of the terror, as there was absolutely no "power" behind it at all. He doesn't actually "do" anything, he just decides someone should die and that someone dies. The absolute, instantaneous inevitability of it is kind of terrifying, even while his nonchalant attitude about something that's kind of hard to even call an "ability" makes it oddly comical. Overall though, pretty good adaptation so far. Though they kind of screwed up the translation. "That dragon just died, what the heck?" "We just crashed and now we're dead"... Yeah, not "we", "it".

One thing I'm pretty sure I remember being stated in the manga, if not the original, that I didn't see here: the "Gift" doesn't just give people powers, it kind of warps their sense of humanity. Other people don't matter as much anymore, thus the casual willingness of the candidates to leave the "failures" behind to die. I imagine the closer they get to full-on Sages, the less "human" they'll become, until as full Sages humans will be like insects, meaningless existences that can and should be killed if ever it suits your mood.

[stray]

Pretty much how I remember it from the manga. This is definitely an isekai dumpster dive but I'll probably stick with it at least for now.

[grecefar]

I knew it was too good to be true having 2 uncensored animes this season.

With the censorship, the scumbag class and that scene with the fat boy it was a headache, it's a drop for me.

[Alchemist007]

If it keeps up with the silliness I'll keep watching.

[FlareKnight]

The title is the best part of it. So far that's my feeling.

An overpowered protagonist can certainly work. It has and will continue to work. But the downside...is when the main character is fairly uninteresting despite being overpowered. The most intense reaction we got out of him was thanks to Dannoura's breasts . Besides the instant kill ability the only stand out thing about him...is that he's not as much of a psychopath as his classmates. At most I'd say he just doesn't care about much of anything.

Also why is everyone including the main character an utter psychopath? What the heck is wrong with this class!? Did the gift install actually drive everyone insane? Considering the person handing out abilities was killing people for no reason...that seems possible I guess. Some were clearly here before but was the whole class?

My condolences to the two classmates that didn't get powers and were left to die. What a garbage day for them.

[shmaster]

Any one read SCP here?
For those who do, treat the MC as a K Class SCP and the setting of the story as a post K Class End of World Scenario.
Things will be much easier to digest this way.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

The title is the best part of it. So far that's my feeling.

An overpowered protagonist can certainly work. It has and will continue to work. But the downside...is when the main character is fairly uninteresting despite being overpowered. The most intense reaction we got out of him was thanks to Dannoura's breasts . Besides the instant kill ability the only stand out thing about him...is that he's not as much of a psychopath as his classmates. At most I'd say he just doesn't care about much of anything.

Also why is everyone including the main character an utter psychopath? What the heck is wrong with this class!? Did the gift install actually drive everyone insane? Considering the person handing out abilities was killing people for no reason...that seems possible I guess. Some were clearly here before but was the whole class?

My condolences to the two classmates that didn't get powers and were left to die. What a garbage day for them.

Really, that's part of the joke: he's extremely deadpan. Even more than shown. As I said, in the original there was no glowing eyes or waves emanating or inner doors opening. He just thought something should be dead, and it would be dead. Really the whole "ability" thing is just semantic; there's really zero action involved. If anything, pointing or looking at individuals and telling them to die is just a way to control himself.

And as I've said, I think it's supposed to be interesting in part due to the extreme deadpan combined with the extreme horror of an absolute "power". There is no escaping him, there is no comparing power, there is no measurement that has any meaning; as I said, it's not a power, it just IS, and while that can be very funny when you're on his side, it can be terrifying if you're not 100% sure he likes you.

And yeah I've confirmed...

Spoiler:

the schoolmates are psychopathic as a side effect of the "Gift". It makes them much more ready to resort to violence and more indifferent to minor things like body counts and innocent victims. Pre-Gift, they were probably just normal kids, but once they gained their power it seemed like common sense to leave the "useless" ones as bait after making sure they'd be the most desirable target in the field, to such a degree that they'd do all this with a cheerful smile. Might have been better if they'd shown a little of them before they became candidates, show the contrast between their behavior before and after, but at least it's apparently supposed to be part of the plot.

[Lex79]

Well anime is a visual medium so I can get why they decided to add some special effects to Yogiri's power. They are also likely only clues for the viewers and not something that's actually part of the story.

A different heroine would have probably started a lengthy lecture about how killing is bad and one should try to always be friend with everyone, but Tomochika is better than that. The fact that the three classmates wanted to do things that can't be mentioned to her probably helped a lot.

But the real heroes (or heroines?) of this episode are Tomochika's boobs. They are the reason she's still alive, after all.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Lex79

Well anime is a visual medium so I can get why they decided to add some special effects to Yogiri's power. They are also likely only clues for the viewers and not something that's actually part of the story.

A different heroine would have probably started a lengthy lecture about how killing is bad and one should try to always be friend with everyone, but Tomochika is better than that. The fact that the three classmates wanted to do things that can't be mentioned to her probably helped a lot.

But the real heroes (or heroines?) of this episode are Tomochika's boobs. They are the reason she's still alive, after all.

Thank goodness she only shares a voice and straight woman traits from Karane .