100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru

Okay first, this is my first time reviewing a manga, sorry if my words is kinda weird. (Also my English is so so...)

So this manga 100-man no inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru (Or I just call it 100-man no inochi), first impression: Interesting

I found out this manga from the anime PV itself. So when it comes out I watched the PV and it's pretty interesting so I checked out the manga, read the first 10 chapters and I say it's a pretty decent story 6/10. But then when the first arc ends, around chapter 13 or 14, the story becomes so good. YES IT'S SOO GOOD.

The art is also good (the same illustrator as Trinity Seven). I like it.

The character is also so good, I love how each character complements each other. (At least from my point of view, it develops better than other 'famous' characters such as Kirito.) I haven't read SAO LN (the aincrad arc, I just read the alicization.)

Do I enjoy it? Yes, I do. Do I recommend it? Of course! You shouldn't read the first arc only but also read the second arc.

Overall : 8

I've started reading this, because I watched the first episode of the Anime and thought this was a Konosuba-lite.


It is not.


It's more like Darwin's game (the Manga). If you liked Darwin's Game you'll like this one, I'm sure.

After the first chapters the tone gets darker and darker, the MC is a little edgy but it's played painfully straight. He is a misanthrope at his core, he hates humans and himself - but stil tries to do the right thing.


I don't want to spoil too much here, so I give you some things that I liked:

1. It's Isekai without being overpowered

2. They return to their real world on a regular basis

3. It has actual twists and shifts in genre

4. The world being designed like a video game is actually plot relevant

5. The group gets a quest each time they go to the other world, the quest is longer each time and harder too.

6. The MCs aren't overpowered. The odds are always staked against them and they have to make it through. The quests are unusual as well.


The art is nothing special, but it's clearly not bad.


I give this a 8/10 and am actually shocked that this is so unknown.




So I wrote this review when I was halfway through. Now I am caught up with the Manga and I gotta say... this is amazing. The MC is smart, but not "good". He has morals, but he's stil cold blooded.

They introduce a new person for every "quest" they get, so the Group grows one person at a time. Every member has their own strenght and weaknesses.

I'll up this to 9/10 for now. What I hate is, that this releases in Volumes, so I'll probably wait a year for the next chapters. I hope I don't forget the story until then.

Don't let the MAL ratings fool you, this is far from your usual collection of trash generic isekai. If you want a quick summary about this manga, then I can give it to you. "Boring, but addicting" Now the next thing your gonna question is how f'ing retarded can this summary be, well now I'm gonna tell you why I gave this summary. Right after I finish my review of course.

Story: Anyway, our MC Yotsuya was having a normal highschool day and while cleaning up the chalkboard after school there were also two other girls present. Then all of a sudden they disappeared in front of his eyes by a beam of godly rays and then after a blink he was transported too. Now to the main part, apparently the two girls were transported to the other world one by one but in the end they survived a few rounds (There are 10 rounds in total to complete the game). There is also this game master that looks like some pervert, but he also serves as the god of that world (He also takes form of a loli in later chapters). This game master offers you one question to make after clearing a quest and he will answer it as given. The game master also says that by the end of the game you would have ten players since every round that is cleared you are granted a new player. Besides the rules of the game, the world is actually very detailed thanks to the author's magnificent writing and there is a new change of setting which each round. I don't want to get into full detail any more than the basics, but I forgot to say that each time a round is cleared the players are then transported back into their world for some time then brought back in a time skip of 15 years or so. Anymore writing than this is just gonna fry my brain even more so I'll stop now.



Art: Okay I'm not gonna go too critical on the art here, it's decent and clean enough to get the okay sign.It's kinda unique in it's own way and the artist is also the same one for trinity seven. We do get to see lots of blood and gore (including many, many deaths) so that's my conclusion.


Characters: Okay I now understand why this considered (Underrated Isekai Masterpiece) is granted such a shitty rating in mal (Like seriously a 6.91, for a story thats put up a hell of an effort) This story's weak start which puts the rating where it is now is all because of the useless harem squadron of the MC Yotsuya-sama. I didn't have the slightest care about these characters in the beginning, because all they did was follow the assign cliche given to most women in anime. But if you waited and read forward, you can actually see these characters grow and become more reliant which the MC Yotsuya-sama approves of and if he didn't then he would value their lives at zero.

Now that these insignificant characters are out of the way, let's talk about our boy YOTSUYA-SAMA. First of all many can take his "I hate people" quote as something stupid, like where would you have been if humanity isn't here. This simple thought leads to a train of ideals and different viewpoints in which will sometimes contradict to his thinking/actions, and at this point this character starts to try viewing things from another perspectives while creating new ideals with him, even if he knows some of his views is very flawed it's still something he believes in and he has the willpower to carry that out so no matter how wrong or right it is perceived. Basically, this guy thinks logically and doesn't play idiot meaning throwing away his humanity at times in order to carry out his deeds. He also has different persona for the people he interacts with and this is something in which I can relate to as well, I mean having a fresh start in life while meeting new people is something you don't take for granted if your a lonely weeaboo with an embarrassing that you would want to remove from your memory, but it's permanently stuck in your head till your grave.

Overall: 9/10 The effort put into such a generic setting is insane!

Update 9/23/20: What type of review is this goddamn it's horrible, anyway here's the main point, the beginning is pretty mediocre as it introduces its' set of clunky rules but the author decided to improve and with each arc we get a whole different setting which I compare to Hunter x Hunter and I guess all the rules that the author made at first are starting to make sense. Each arc is based off a real life event and real world problems, so it's pretty interesting to see. The main characters are in a situation like Subaru from Re:Zero except if they all die without being revived by the time the cooldown timer hits zero, they will remain dead. There's a lot of vague mystery questions going around and every villain is pretty difficult to deal with, so if you want to give this a read go ahead.

A bit of a foreword: At the time of writing, only six chapters are available through fan scanlations. Kodansha is publishing it digitally in English fortunately, and hopefully they continue to, so seek those out if you want to read. The review is somewhat short. But it’s only for the first 29 chapters. Through this review, I just wanted to introduce others because this doesn’t to seem be very popular.

This is one of the better-planned and well-written “transported to another world” manga (not exactly isekai, though they too are included in any comparisons I make). No doubt about it. Fan of that genre? Go ahead and read it. If you’ve lost trust after reading the countless other sad excuses of shitpiles that infest the manga world right now, this one might just be the saving grace of the genre for you.

Without going into spoiler territory, essentially, heroes are repeatedly summoned and returned from ‘another’ world after progressively difficult rounds with the party size incrementing each round and the peace of their own world (city?) dependent on their success. The systems of summoning, leveling, revival, jobs, and the flow of time are somewhat unique. I did feel that a plot device was used only once, but it is easy to see the extent of thought the author (it’s an author/artist combo) put into this story of his. The afterwords are always worth a read, no matter how wordy they are. While throughout the first volume the system seems somewhat shallow, and certain elements unexplained, it gets sufficiently fleshed out gradually, sometimes through those afterwords. The main characters themselves are also somewhat more bearable than your typical tropes and from what I can tell, it is likely that they will grow out of their base molds in future volumes completely. That still doesn’t mean they can’t be infuriating though. Especially one bespectacled JK I’d rather not focus too much on.

While I implied that the characters can be somewhat trope-y, the MC is anything but. I can’t quite put my finger on his personality yet, but he’s somewhat conflicting in nature (which can/may be good). At one point, you’ll see him declaring himself a misanthrope, and then later on you’ll see him behave absolutely buddy-buddy with his countryside hometown friends. It is stated early on that his beef is somewhat only with city people, but then his ‘I despise humans’ doesn’t make much sense. It isn’t angst though, and the MC is definitely likable and his logic understandable, if a bit confused. Regardless, I’m interested in seeing how the author deals with him coming to terms with saving the people he hates in future volumes. We haven’t seen as much of the other characters yet but they also exhibit such potential in terms of depth. The interactions between the main party more often than not are really good, though, and I increasingly feel it’s an innate flaw of the medium itself, sometimes I did find it generic.

The ‘NPCs’ also have some good characterization and, surprisingly, growth that is partially forced by the accelerated flow of time in the other world. Said flow also leads to some interesting world building and character choice consequences as well. Like I said, well-planned and well-written. In terms of romance, there is nothing between the main party yet, but it’s funny that our ‘misanthropic’ hero manages to make two NPC girls fall in love with him. It is definitely sad realizing that their love for MC will never pan out but it is treated satisfactorily (I am hopeful that some romance eventually develops between the main two. Can’t see it yet tho). And I use the term NPC for ease here, not to say they feel any less real and the term doesn't do them justice. There are quite a few such side characters who I think are better than one or two of the actual main cast. Now that can be good or bad depending on the way you look at it.

While at first blush the art is not very pretty, it definitely flows well. The actions sequences are really good with some heavy gore. Character designs, especially enemies, are varied which is enough for me to say that the art is good.

So there, it’s a good story, with a good mc, good side characters (except one out of many) and is very enjoyable. I binge read it in a single night and what do you know, its 6 AM in the morning (thankfully, on a Sunday). There is absolutely no reason you shouldn’t give this a try. It might not be breaking grounds, but it is definitely very good at what it is and a welcome breath of fresh air in a very saturated genre.

It is difficult to have no aim in your life. Every single day is like a poison and it makes it worse and worse, to the point that one day you do not care about anything. Yotsuya Yuusuke is exactly that person. He has no aim in his life, he does not know who he wants to be, where to continue his education, nothing. And one day it gets even worse, he finds himself, together with the two girls he knows, in a new world. As soon as they arrive in the new world, the three meet a Game Master, who then grants them a time-limited quest. Death is not a problem, if the party does not get completely wiped. You can even resurrect your allies within 30 seconds. However, the problem arises, when his party members get the roles of a Magician and a Warrior, but Yotsuya Yuusuke randomly gets a Farmer. How can you even survive battles as a Farmer?!

Before starting my review, I want to point out that it is not yet another isekai manga, while it is still possible to assess it as one and the most important thing is that it has nothing to do with games and the last thing I will say, it has nothing to do with harems, sorry to disappoint you, but enough with that. I am standing on 1,000,000 lives uses the concept called the many-worlds interpretation, a term that is used in quantum mechanics. Long story short, it means that the universe splits into multiple realities that exist in parallel at the same space and time as our own. If you toss a coin, it lands heads, but also tails. This is a very interesting discussion topic and there are many theories about it, however, this is not the main point of this review. What is more, I am not going to tell you the connection between the many-worlds interpretation and the manga I am reviewing, but I hope it is enough of a reason for you to take interest in the storyline.

Character wise, it starts off ridiculously weak, the characters are just nothing but clichés, on top of that, they are so boring that the only reason for me to keep going was the story. However, do not be like me, please. I am standing on 1,000,000 lives does have a somewhat weak start, but with time, the characters show so much development that from average and blunt, they change so much that you start to worry about them, you like them so much that you do not want anything bad to happen to them. In addition to this, the most important thing for me to stress is that this manga also pays enough attention to even supporting characters.

All in all, I am standing on 1,000,000 lives reminds me of Solo Leveling, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World and Goblin Slayer, however, at the same time they are completely different. Anyways, I have said it many time in my previous reviews, it is a no secret to anyone today that shounen is extremely overloaded with clichés and is also kind of a cursed genre, since in most cases, let us be honest, the new shounen series are barely watchable. However, shounen is also the genre with the greatest potential among other genres. I mean, as I have already mentioned it, this genre is overloaded and, in order to give a viewer something new, mangaka decide to make something that will somehow stand out and be better than the most of the shounen that are drowning in clichés. Sometimes these mangaka take risks. I am standing on 1,000,000 lives is exactly a perfect example of what I am talking about. I am enjoying reading this manga and you, too, should join the feel train in October, 2020. It will be worth it!