Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN)

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Suzuki, an adult programmer, suddenly notices that he’s been thrown into a different world while wearing casual clothes at level 1. He gained high levels and treasures after using the 3 times use-disposable-magic, Meteor Shower, at once. After that, he intends to do different world “sightseeing tours”?

He meets 3 beast girls, beautiful purple and black-haired sisters, and an eccentric blonde-haired elf girl along with various people during his trip. Although there are occasional fighting with demons and demon lords, this is a heartwarming fantasy story at heart.

Associated Names
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Death Marching to the Parallel World Rhapsody
Desumachi
デスマーチからはじまる異世界狂想曲
从死亡之旅开始的异世界狂想曲
爆肝工程師的異世界狂想曲
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Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (LN) (Light Novel)
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Fishofrank
Fishofrank rated it
July 30, 2022
Status: --
While the story is okay, my biggest issue is the harem. I suppose that's what I get for reading one labeled as harem, but at least make the girls have some sort of personality? And if the only personality your able to give is japanese reincarnated loli that tries to r*pe MC and than it's covered over like trying to r*pe a guy is nothing wrong than sure this story is awesome. Otherwise I really can't understand how your brain didn't melt when reading
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Shiga
Shiga rated it
October 18, 2021
Status: Completed
Best slice of life, best adventure, the fight scene isn that good, but its not that bad, really good to read when you want to rest/refreshing from dark/heavy story, really reccomend this, I've reread this wn so many time, its worthy believe me.

Sorry for my bad English
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magiclaser
magiclaser
October 1, 2021
Status: v8c1
Be aware this is more Slice o life (SOL) full with s*xual innuendos and pedo references. It has all the expected isekai troves and somewhat interesting story line. Overpowered MC but it is not much of a bother since he dedicate to power level his companions.
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Aubergine
Aubergine
June 24, 2021
Status: c143
mia can suck my nuts. She's the worst character in all of isekai. Perhaps one of the worst if we compare it to all fiction in general. The amount of hate I have for this 3 year old girl is unmeasurable. Why is a 3 year old elf princess part of a harem. There is nothing positive about her. She's just a plot device that screws up the situation most of the time, and she ruins all of the MCs relationships. The mc's character development is halted because he has... more>> to babysit this hellspawn. All the other harem members are cute young girls who act that way. But Mia just wants to ruin everyone's time by forcefully destroying the MC's relationships.

Warning: been over a year since I read it so some info may be wrong but you get the point

The MC gets no breaks after he is transported to another world. So what does he do? He thinks of something reasonable. Go to a brothel to release his s*xual urges. Nothing descriptive just a passing note. Remember he is a like 30 year old neet, and being surrounded by "beautiful girls" doesn't help. He being a decent human being doesn't do anything s*xual with his s*aves. But what does Mia do? She decides to head out during the middle of the night to find him "because she can smell/notice that he's going to do stuff with other women?" it doesn't make any sense.

Bad character

Ruins the novel entirely. I actually dropped the novel because of this single character. <<less
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Hijikata
Hijikata rated it
May 19, 2021
Status: Completed
Fun at the same time boring... Meh
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SeventhTale
SeventhTale rated it
April 5, 2021
Status: v18c19
Damn nice. Very very nice.

I've read this a long time ago and stop, now that I read it again to finish, I can say that Death March is really one of the most solid isekai out there. An adventure that starts from Seryuu city

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then up to godhood.

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Everything might be an easy mode because of Satou's OP skills, but for me it all comes to the execution and the quality of the characters. This might be the best Slice of Life/Adventure Isekai out there that manage to complete the story while keeping it's quality. At least for me.

Satou is kind and normal person. He don't like to kill, gore, and seeing someone he knows dies or hurt. He has a very OP skills but he don't like fame nor a battle junkie. If I were to say, he's a normal workaholic person. He saves and saves those he knows, though he won't involve in someones battle, unless it involves a lot of people and it's happening in front of him. These are the things I like about him. The side characters like Arisa, Tama, and Pochi also adds a color to the story, same with the relationships and bonds he created throughout their journey.

This is your typical hero story. Meeting people and creating allies, becoming strong, fighting demon lord then up to the gods. An adventure and slice-of-life, it's not surprising if some people find this story boring. But for me a plot that starts from small like touring around cities to large, like involving Gods and Dragons phase by phase is one of the best. <<less
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Krekmate
Krekmate rated it
May 10, 2020
Status: Completed
Decent story. Most of the main characters are at least likable. But entirely predictable, self-insert wish fulfillment type of isekai, but inevitably doesn't go any where interesting. Satou literally ... more>>
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works to become divine to marry Aze, the high elf, but the conclusion to that arc comes literally at the end with just a couple paragraphs.

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All in all, not terrible, not great. <<less
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Aislinger
Aislinger rated it
November 16, 2019
Status: c40
I would give it 4.5/5 if I could because that would represent my actual enjoyment of the novel
For me it was a smooth reading, all in go (took me about a week I think?)
Off the top of my head, I found the story compelling, most of the characters likable, the world and its systems well built and constructed upon as the story went on, the slice of life bits are ok despite not being my jam, I liked the "political" parts played in the first half and... more>> I missed them since the plot moved away from the courts of Shiga.
Oh, and despite the fact that he's broken OP from the very beginning, he is still gated in his OPness by some obstacles he will have to overcome

But that said..

If you're not bothered by how ludicrous the power the MC has in terms of completely breaking the world around him and every shred of common sense you could try to apply to problem solving
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Casually putting the moon in his storage to solve a world crisis comes to mind

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i still find the novel comes with a series of issues, and for me they were mostly revolving around the MC himself and how he awkwardly interacts with his girls and his surroundings.

Some might only have the brain cells to distinguish between an alpha male and a beta male with no inbetweens, in that case, the MC definitely is of the beta category, and honestly, I think the worst kind at that

Among the things we like or dislike about characters are the relation between how they act and how solid the reasoning behind the act was, and how relatable the choices and reasoning in themselves were
Some of them are or might be the consequence of a cultural difference
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But I still find it hard to stand by the assumption that you only want ONE girl so you won't touch anybody else, but going to brothels is fine. If it's a relief service it doesn't count as sex?

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some are straight up all over the place or self serving logic
The MC contradicting himself every other chapter, giving a different meaning to his own words to his convenience and purposefully playing dead to the feelings of people that love him, all the while bringing the topic of well being of the very same people comes off at the very least as alienating to some people, sometimes causing active damage to his or the girls circumstances
EX #1
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He only likes girls older than him, but gets turned on by anything from his physical age onward, stops himself with the Aze almighty plot shield, then girls older than him physically appear "oh but you're still younger that my ACTUAL hidden age considering the time before my reincarnation" then there's plenty of girls around his age "oh but I'm actually into girls AT LEAST 1000 years older than me, F off, this is just bending your words to justify your choices, just say you don't want to

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EX #2
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"I don't want to get involved" then proceeds to get involved anyways in the most roundabout and most annoying to deal with way he possibly can, you might think he's not getting involved for the sole purpose of finding a way to make the problem harder to solve, especially in cases where it's obvious he will have to face the problem sooner or later

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EX#3 (and this one could be long)
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He seemingly believe he can skip around with an harem of girls that by the last chapters is entirely composed of superpowered soldiers who are also nobles, recognized as genius spell casters or warriors (and it's all on him for trying is hardest to divert the attention from himself and shoving it all to the girls) and leading/important figures of some sort, and expecting that NO ONE will try to snatch them through some political plot or pressing offers even if he doesn't CLAIM them as his, whatever the mean
As a result, Zena who was offered to him multiple times as a bride for favorable terms, ends up being used in a political ploy against him so he still has to take her as bride, without any advantage, and the girl ends up feeling used as a pawn (thankfully she didn't seem to feel like she was unwanted, which would have been even worse)
Karina's feelings (regardless if one likes her or not) end up hurt God knows how many times just cause he can't be honest with her, Sera is hurt, even more so because the feeling of being unattractive to the MC is worsened by her inferiority complex, Liza is hurt because she just wants to be useful as his spear, and yet it's only thanks to Heiron that she regains some motivation, the list could go on forever and the only development I see so far is the forming of his Knightly order at LEAST locks down the offers from military groups and such

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If you didn't read the spoilers, let it suffice that he even straight lied to the one request his "true loved" made, even if it was an offer I think any man on heaven or earth would have taken, "because so"
The conclusion of this in my opinion is that some characters "routes" or developments are completely halted by the lack of a clear response from the MC, since some of them are so hung up on their love that they simply can't move on with half assed answers like "if you're still unmarried in 10 years, I will marry you" while the MC is basically hoping they give up on him in that time and is "worried" that they aren't
Not taking responsibilities of this sort, while being absolutely human, is a terrible fit for this MC that is supposedly primarily worried about having the best life along with his girls, all the while acting selfishly out of mere convenience

Let's not even get started on his 54 fake identities when the only entities in this universe that don't know who he really is are apparently the most arrogant Gods, everyone else and their mothers know fully well

Overall, I think the story and universe are just that good, and I got to like so many characters that despite a flaw I consider very big in the MC and character building this novel is still very worth reading <<less
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Lazy Lord
Lazy Lord rated it
September 1, 2019
Status: --
I've been reading this novel for a while and I can say that its a good way to pass time if you don't have anything else to read.

It's the typical isekai novel where MC gets transported to another world with awesome cheats and get to meet lots of girls (most of them turn into harem members).

The disappointing part about this novel is that it's plot is going nowhere. It already have over 600+ chapters and it's still ongoing. The MC turned so overpowered that he can easily travel worlds (though... more>> with some requirements) and beat up any enemies that comes his way. He can create holy swords like making bread and learn skills too damn fast I can't even remember half of them. By the way, the MC is also an hypocrite who goes in a roundabout way to take care of things he can easily do. (In my own opinion)

Overall it's not particularly good or bad, just don't expect anything from it cause it's mostly slice of life kind of novel. <<less
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Death__Virus
Death__Virus
August 28, 2019
Status: v10c1
I don't write reviews often since very few novels I've read seem like they need an objective review: They're stories to read to pass time and enjoy yourself. It's not like you're paid to read through them... drop them if you don't like them.

On with the short and simple review.
Firstly, I quite often see reviews like "The MC is boring. Most of the story is just him and his companions travelling around and living life normally. Where's the intense action? He's an MC!!" To that, I kindly remind, this... more>> is a slice of life novel. The Genres for this novel are action, adventure, fantasy, harem, and slice of life. If we were to split them up a bit, however, it would be this:

Directive Genre: Action, Adventure
Descriptive Genre: Fantasy
Life Style Genre: Harem, Slice of Life

While the story is an action/adventure story, for action, that doesn't mean that the MC has to constantly be doing something crazy like fighting, scheming or training. It just means that the novel will include (Include, not constantly having) things like fights and fast-paced content. Meanwhile, adventure means the MC is travelling rather than being in one location constantly.

Secondly, I've seen some reviews like: "He has a harem yet he isn't touching any of the women??" This is a result of not understanding the 'Harem' genre properly- 'Harem' purely means one man having multiple women attracted to him. Nothing to do with s*x or s*xual activities furthermore, 'Harem' doesn't require the man to be interested in any of the woman involved. He could be completely aromantic or as*xual and it would still be a harem.

Thirdly, I've seen a review which talks about how bad the game system is. While I do agree with this, the only reference to 'Game' in the tags or genres of the story, is 'Game Elements' which purely means the MC has to have a status screen.. nothing else. If we had the tags 'Reincarnated into a game world' or 'Transported into a game world' then the game system would matter... however, that system isn't the focus of the novel at all, so you shouldn't pay much thought to it.

There are a few other reviews which have questionable points, but going into each and everyone would take too long, so I'll just do a quick TLDR.

As for my personal opinion on it?

It's a very long novel (I myself am only at Volume 10, Chapter 1) which I read on and off. I've been reading it for a while now. I believe I started it in 2016, however, I didn't add it to my reading list until much later. It's not a novel I'd be able to read start to finish in one go, I'd need to read some other novels to fresh things up a bit every so often. However, it is a novel I personally enjoy reading.

TLDR:

It's a slice of life novel with Action/Adventure aspects. Focus only on what the tags and genres describe. If a tag isn't featured for something, that probably isn't an important aspect of the novel. If you don't like it, feel free to drop it- You're not being paid to read this novel after all... (Unless you are, in which case have fun reading 17 volumes :D) <<less
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jkmj
jkmj rated it
July 8, 2019
Status: v9c17
Wow, I'm not really one who can/would read walls of texts without being bored and falling asleep. I always sleep early even when having fun playing games and watching stuff. Still, I can't believe this one actually entertained me and forced me to stay awake even past midnight!

I first encountered Death March as an anime and it intrigued me because it's strange thinking that the MC is already OP at the start, unlike other stories where the MC starts from one (1) or zero (0) and then they gradually empower... more>> themselves etc "hard work will give rewards" and all that mainstream stuff. Like the usual story stuff where the MC is weak, got almost defeated, and then simply by just thinking about his friends, family and whatnot, he somehow got more power and as expected he defeated the opponent. Then that will repeat itself again and again and again with almost no end to the number of opponents who are stronger than the MC. But here, the MC became OP in just the opening with no one seemingly capable of eliminating him! How unorthodox!

Then later on it shows how the MC try things out with his crazy abilities, how he hide his identity and abilities, how he try to have fun with everything new to him without worrying too much about everyone else not related to him. It's all just about what would an average and simple guy will do when suddenly thrown into another world with cheat like abilities. It's just crazy, much more hilarious are some people's reaction when they encounter his abnormal capabilities and how unbelievable he is. No serious stuff like saving the world or everyone in it, which is too much of a hassle). He might have done it but that is not his goal nor is he even trying to do so (I'm still at vol.9).

Next his companions, the MC is not that into romantic relationships from what I can see and I think that's fine. If he did get into one at the start or something then that may somewhat destroy his carefree adventure life and limit what he can do, so I'm cool with him not getting too deep into that because if he did, the story might get too focused with the girls (non-s*aves) and romance rather than his adventure. I don't really consider this a harem because he himself purposely tells them that he won't get into a romantic/s*xual relationship with them. If he did but with only one (1) or maybe two (2) of them then that is still not a harem in my opinion. Anyway, the MC is simply helping and raising his companions so that they won't get back to their past unfortunate situation and so I consider it as fascinating.

The action and fight scenes are entertaining and fun for me because that's the kind of battles that I want, where the MC mows down or toys with his opponents who are so s*upid they don't know who they are going-up against. It's hilarious. What more is that the MC is not someone who will boast and is not egoistic therefore if his opponents did lose and survive, none of them will really bear grudges on him, or at least have one that is justified. And so that will be it and none of them will try to avenge their loss by taking it out on to the people close to him.

All-in-all, 5 stars. It is one heck of a story and I love it. After this I might try out the LN version for more.

For those who didn't like this because of the lack of action, romance, plot/goal, or any excessive stuff like that then go read something else. This one is for those who just want the points like OP MC, cheating in life, enviable foods, and a slow but relaxing adventure. Real life is too serious and annoying so I'm tired of stories trying to put in too much logic and realistic stuff in their world. Luckily, this story is not that focused about those. <<less
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AceMin
AceMin rated it
March 27, 2018
Status: v16c41
This doesn't really get a 5 but better than a 4 star. The series is pretty simple. Satou the main character becomes and OP and tries to live a life in a new world. I think what this series is different is Satou wants to live a life of comfort rather than going defeat demon kings like many Isekai's series. This is a bold move that could make readers dislike but this one works. The series usually follow other plots and poor Satou's is drag into some of these plots.... more>> People are complaining of Satou being bland which they're not completely wrong but its what makes Satou different from other Isekai's protagonist. <<less
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Dima1
Dima1
March 19, 2018
Status: --
Great other world with a game system novel that somehow turns into a bad cooking novel. Read it, it’s enjoyable. Then stop reading when it’s not. It’s endless, won’t have regrets unless you don’t stop reading at some point.
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Laco
Laco rated it
June 13, 2017
Status: --
This novel has some issue with the MC as usual.

MC is overpowered, Check; but MC is low brain as usual, and cant manage it (ironic, the MC is a game developper.. very bad?? looking how he is using his power. (I wish more MCs like WMW)

MC 29 years old (mental) but acting like a kiddo, I guess due to the summon he got some issue with his brain.

... more>> This novel is tagged Slice of life... but the plot is so obvious

Harem, heroic knight, compasion etc... Check, Check, Check.... etc

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Deffjeff87
Deffjeff87 rated it
February 16, 2017
Status: v15c42
This is a novel that has a MC that is smart, patient, and isn't a dick. Along with a clear goal in mind (sure its a slice of life goal/not clear and far away). With the MC already being overpowered he is more concerned about making sure his close friends are strong enough to protect themselves which is cool. The MC seems to not have any danger like OPM and can even fly in space wield a sword that can make a crater in the moon but it isn't exaggerated... more>> or forced. One thing I don't really care for in the novel is the side stories that aren't with the Main group. Something that always bugs me about these Trans to a Dif World is that whenever they get space/dimension magic they usually if not always build some rustic mid evil type of setting instead of using their modern knowledge to create a modern place. Its not a real negativity just something that I realized. <<less
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Ayuyu
Ayuyu
January 21, 2017
Status: --
The protagonist was so OP.... and here I thought Son Goku was most OP. Okay, let us get to the point. It was more of slice of life than adventure. The protagonist jist wanted to travel the world afterall, and "dispose" of Demon who would ruined the enjoyable travel along the way. MC was not the naive kind who would be sad or guilty for any death infront him, but it was okay, this was not a tragedy story. At times you would find this story very boring, but hey... more>> just read in your spare time, and there are many chapters left to go around. The changes of PoV was nice, and it made the reader understood the side characters better. But there were parts of the story where people might dislike, such as harem made of mostly his s*ave, quite the pe*verted female side characters, or how OP the protagonist is. It still enjoyble read worth to be put on your reading list at least. <<less
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BrotherofHavok
BrotherofHavok
January 18, 2017
Status: v15c40
Death March is what I would consider in the purest sense of the word, a web novel. It really feels like the author wrote the story on a chapter by chapter basis to get the readers interested enough to read the next chapter. A light-hearted adventure story that's full of comedy, drama, fluff and...
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... near the end a strong feeling of impending and utterly complete destruction. Really feels like the author is ready to end this series.

Enjoyed the harem route. Not a Beta male MC, but just keeps getting thwarted by the loli's in his group that want him to jump them. Really pretty funny when the MC gets other characters to think of him as pe*verted when really he wants someone who couldn't be his own child. He even makes a full statement about using professionals, but I thought it would have been better if he had some kind of contract with the brothels for them to collect information and he pays them well and leaves them passed out. lol!

MC seems to be more like the focal point of the story. The people around him and the interactions they have with him (not him with them) and with other people seem to be the MC's.

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Would recommend this as a time waster. Its good, but there is plenty of room for improvement <<less
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simmon
simmon
September 27, 2016
Status: v14c10
It is a light reading... good to kill time when you got nothing to read, but don't expect much. There are hardly any drama, sometime the MC's heroic act is just annoying. The atmosphere in the story is kinda nice, but I am sure that many reader won't like it that much. It the kind of thing that the MC seem to enjoy every moment in that world, so it is another of those cliché story with a nice atmosphere.
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BapukBgt
BapukBgt
August 6, 2016
Status: v14c29
This is my favourite novel. The story not only focused on MC, but also the other characters as well. At first this novel is about action and adventure, but lately it became a casual novel about the OP MC just sightseeing the world while casually kills many Demon Lord. Still, I give this novel 5 star rate for the solid writing and consistent mark of the other characters, nodesu...
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Ovannion
Ovannion rated it
July 26, 2016
Status: v14c26
I recommend it if you like fantasy and slice of life. The story is pretty laid back which could be enjoyed. I giggle sometimes on the development of the character other than the protagonist It's very interesting to watch people with common sense getting shocked or what our protagonist doing.

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Nothing serious happened since the MC will solve it anyway, but the story still enjoyable to read even I know it.

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