Tsumiya Higeri spent 23 years watching heroes from the sidelines. One night, he was attacked in an alley over an anime figure, and in the moment before death, something pulled him into another world.

Not because he was chosen. Because in that final instant, he wanted to live more desperately than he had ever wanted anything.

He arrives with no magic, no legendary weapon, and no system. Just two abilities he barely understands, a borrowed sword, and a head full of anime tropes convincing him he's the protagonist of a story that doesn't follow his rules.

But when the fantasy finally breaks — what's left of the man underneath?