I think that’s the translation of the Japanese title. They shortened the English one to “My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!”
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, but Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha Got Lvl 9999 Friends and Am Out for Revenge on My Former Party Members and the World
This is a legit title of an anime currently airing
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m actually cool with this. It tells me all I need to know, although a shorter title like “generic pseudo-fantasy schlock with video game mechanics #3456” would’ve worked as well.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Its also is exactly as trashy as it sounds :D
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Maybe a hot take, but having read the manga and novels, I would describe this as one of the lesser trashy series of this type. Its geopolitics, world history, and artifact/weapon systems are expanded way, way, waaaay beyond what is normal for trashy fantasy slop.
It also doesn’t even have romance, which is rather uncommon when you have an OP protagonist in a fantasy setting. The protagonist has zero interest in dating anyone despite the endless number of cute women around him who are desperate to pounce on him (it’s got plenty of great male side characters too btw, shout-out to my man Gold).His objectives and his focus remain consistent throughout: plan out his revenge to the most minute detail, expand his political influence to liberate humanity, and discover the truth of the world.
Obviously I’m not saying this is a 10/10 underrated masterpiece, I know this is still a revenge power fantasy at the end of the day, but damn does the lore and the development go above and beyond what you’d expect for something like it.
(spoilers if you want more details)
Spoiler
I think the first moment where I felt really enthralled with its lore was when it was shown that weapons and other magical artifacts are integrated in a universal hierarchical power system that ranks from basic weapons with little to no special properties, to weapons that can literally rewrite the laws of the universe (a class that is at first thought to not be real but is later revealed that the protagonist has one, and it’s so powerful he sealed it because he can’t control it). There is also an overarching mystery revolving around the world, as we later discover there was a whole advanced civilization with the modern technology of our world in the past that somehow went extinct, and this all ties back so some mysterious personality (or personalities, we don’t know the number yet) only referred to as “C”, who the protagonist could theoretically be. And amidst all this there is the geopolitical game to gain influence across the difference race factions/nations, which the protagonist enters as a way to finally liberate humans from literal slavery. There are treaties, coercion, backdoor deals, and all sorts of stuff that’s discussed in much more detail than you’d expect.
All this to say that I hope people give it a try. I have not watched the anime because the source material is so far ahead, but if it follows the source even remotely closely, it should be on pair in terms of entertainment.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 4 hours ago
So I started reading it, and its also surprisingly inclusive. At least where I am in the 2nd book (they aren’t particularly long).
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Ive only watched the first few episodes of the anime and they really bungled some stuff. My biggest complaint is probably the intro. It makes me cringe so hard because the vocals are just completely out of tune. Whoever approved that should find a different job.
But story wise im just annoyed by the harem filler stuff. The base plot would be entertaining enough, so it just feels like cheap filler to add all this gushing over the MC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=THmeko1lb5Q