Goodbye! Isekai Tensei

Our main character Yuuya Kamigasaki is a seemingly normal high school student, however he is also known to have the tendency to open unlocked doors and drawers. It is no surprise that one day he is told that he will reincarnate into another world as a hero. Don't all RPG heroes open every door, drawer and chest etc to get all the loot? And so the princess from another world tell him he can reincarnate in another world as a hero. Sounds cool right?

However there is a twist and spoilers ahead. (Spoiler is only for until Chapter 3)

What she didn't tell him is that he needs to die; It's reincarnation after all, how can you reincarnate when you are still alive and well on Earth? And so in an epic twist the princess is trying to get him killed to be reborn in another world. As the chaos ensues the demon lord comes over as well, for the purpose of protecting Yuuya Kamigasaki from dying and preventing him from reincarnating. Suddenly the good guys are the bad guys and the bad guys are the good guys.

Oh, there is also a childhood friend involved and a lot of plot.

Honestly, I think this is a great premise.

With the overabundance of isekai out there it's almost refreshing for a story to be about not becoming an isekai. I thought it was a cool twist (you'll learn this in the first or second chapter) to have the heroine be the antagonist and the antagonist become the heroine...if that makes sense. Basically, the daughter of the human kingdom is trying to kill the main character so that he can reincarnate and wipe out the demons. The daughter of the demon lord is trying to protect the main character so that he isn't reincarnated and wipe out her race. On paper, this is a really cool subversion of an isekai where the protagonist is trying to stay alive and not be reincarnated.

However, this isn't that good.

It's decent. I wouldn't necessarily say it's bad or a waste of a read, but it really lacks a lot after a premise as cool as that.

Technically, this is an ecchi and a harem, though those aspects are underwhelming too. A lot of the comedy comes with Yuya (the main character) being upfront about his ogling of women and the women either trying to protect or kill him. It does get serious for very brief moments, but first and foremost this is a light series that is meant for pure enjoyment.

That said, it's super weird.

Every aspect of the story doesn't feel like it's been thought out that well nor done much with. What's frustrating is that it's not even what you'd expect, it lands one step away from expectations.

Not much character work was presented and I don't think I understand the rushed explanations for everything, but it filled an afternoon.

At the end of the day, I can only see a wasted premise, and don't even get me started on what happened in the last few pages because...sigh.