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Over Powered Main Character (OPMC for short): Is a genre of anime where the main character is more powerful then anyone else. Usually avoiding the power up/training stages popular in shounen.
Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku
Love Tama and Pochi, definitely my favorites.
ATM V13CH15. I read the web novel, not the light novel (I did try the light novel translation but... I did not like the changes, felt like they made it far to "generic"). The story is a nice slice of life story about a guy that is pretty much a god, its not about saving the world, or life and death, or any urgent event, its all about travel, inventing and fun. The main character does end up with a harem easily, but its a nice harem as the MC does not like "little girls" and has no real interest in anyone in his harem. Whats great is its proven true by his love found later on in story, which is the big break from a normal harem, thats what makes it so perfect. The girls are more like his family then anything, Tama and Pochi (my favorite little two) are like his daughters. The main characters "OP-ness" is obvious sort, the story reminds you often enough by his nonchalant attitude about things.
World Teacher
Our main character is the black haired one.
ATM CH.32. The biggest disappointment with this is the slow translation, its not that I blame or hate them for it, its just that Im dying for new chapters, d.y.i.n.g.. The story's main character is reincarnated, in his previous world he was an old well trained assassin (I think). In the new world the story follows him from... THE WOMB! Haha. Yes from birth. Its not bad, its actually very nice slow good start to story that introduces you to stuff. The main character uses his other world knowledge to train magic (imagine training) and his body. The best part of this series is the main characters maturity, he doesn't act like a kid, he even takes in two children and makes them his disciples (he was a teacher in the other world). The main character does have some restrictions that make him fall short of being a god, but his use of what magic he has makes him pretty close, which is great.
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
Can you pick out the MC from the pic???
ATM CH.120. Im still not finished with this one. Its your standard "I REINCARNATED INTO ANOTHER WORLD!!" story, if by standard you mean wake up as a monster not a human and have no idea wtf is going on. Its a nice change from standard stories of the same ilk, sadly though it devolves into a fairly standard story pretty far in. Its not that I dislike how the story becomes, as its still a good story with lots of world/city building and organization and event moderation (basically a slice of life alternate world type), but I miss how new and different it was in the beginning before it became basically like a normal "reincarnated as a human" type story. That said try it out, its probably my least liked of all the ones here but its still good. The story is mainly about learning new skills (learned same way as many others, by experiencing the skill), getting stronger (though he starts with an OP skill that makes him OP from start) and building a society. Its not to heavy on details concerning construction or technologies or anything really, so if you like details best stay away and pick up another, but if you like light hearted fantasy world building then this would suit you perfectly.
Yobidasa Reta Satsuriku-sha
Most amazing, badass, awesome hero summon story ever!
ATM CH.31. Like World Teacher, this one suffers from a lack of chapters, but it does have more than World Teacher, I still need to catch up. Now Im going to say, I have reread this twice so far, I really love the main characters personality, hes direct and to the point. I mean when summoned to another world the MCs first order of business is to put a sword to the throat of the summoner and threaten to kill for the crime of kidnapping him from his world. I don't do that scene justice, trust me its better than I describe. This story is all about the MC, any and everything he encounters only serves to be destroyed by him, or used by him, which is great, as his goal is to basically "improve" war and combat basically. Now, now, Im not saying he is heartless, he doesn't like killing innocent bystanders or anything, but if you attack him you die, if you get in his way he will warn you, then kill you. Hes simply a direct no bullshit MC who doesn't care what you think. That character attitude, that almost "bad guy" feel to the main character is the main reason I LOVE this. There is more to the story of course, theres some world building (the MC introducing his weapons/techniques and even technologies), and theres a steadily increasing harem (theres no romance or harem focus though).
The Man Picked up by the Gods
Sorry for the pic, theres really no illustrations for this.
ATM V4CH3. Long title, and it doesn't really properly depict the story within. Imagine the shittiest life possible, then imagine finally dying and being freed from it (in your sleep at that!), how nice would it be if some gods from the other world near by pick you to solve a little problem they have? Our MC gets the chance, and even meets the gods and has a discussion with them, hes not the first, nor will he be the last. They help him out with some gifts (abilities) but turns out he starts out with a huge amount already! The story is good, the MC is a bit childish and lacking but overall its more about what hes doing and other characters then himself. The main feature of this fantasy world story would be the MC using slimes for everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. Anyway, the story doesn't have a demon king (suppose to already be long and gone) or any other great overall arch, even the gods themselves tell the MC to live his life. The stories focus is on creation, building, being a business man comes to mind, though he really just invents new things and comes up with new ideas based on our world. The MC even keeps in contact with the gods, has a party with them every week (I think it was weekly anyway) and befriends them. Lots of details and thinking in this one, not a whole lot of combat (I think you might see a trend of OPMC novels).
Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
Seems more fan art, when i read this light novel the MC looked more badass, and the tech (his arm) was more magical and medieval.
ATM CH.123. Starts slow, takes about five to ten chapters to really get to the good stuff. This story has a badass MC who will stop at nothing to protect those close to him, though that doesn't include his former classmates he came to the new world with. There is an overall story and sense of impending doom, despite the MC and his group ignoring it for the most part for their own goals. The story focuses more on adventure and travel so far, and a bit of side inventiveness, it was more the opposite in the beginning, but slowly switches later on. I must say that the most memorable lines from a character are from this translation, the character (not the MC) was being tortured for information (beaten) and instead of anything else he taunts the torturer calling him names, telling him why he punches like a little girl, telling him to do it harder, etc. Its hilarious and something I will always remember when ever I read or watch a torture scene anymore. The MC is OP more so for his inventions than his own abilities (though his own abilities are nothing to scuff at). The "OP-ness" of the MC drops off in later chapters, much to my disappointment, as new enemies seem to appear that cause trouble. Don't get me wrong, he keeps on ticking and comes back stronger, I just really hope its not the start of a standard trend of powering up, which would ruin the entire thing for me.
To keep up with all my current readings I use a combo of rainmeter rss I made, and a site which I plan to review at some point called Novel Updates. The site is also great for just finding new stuff to read. There are other light/web novels and translations I have read that should have made it to this small list, but I have trouble remembering some from before Novel Updates was discovered. That said stories often found on WuxiaWorld ARE NOT OPMC STORIES. Stuff like BTTH, ISSTH, ATG, TDG, these are more shounen, yes the are "OP" when compared to their own generation, but thats it, they still constantly need to power up, they constantly challenge new more powerful enemies and they even loss and run away at times.
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