What's your favorite Isekai "Cheat"?
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If you want to hear my original Cheat power I would have if I was "Isekaied," then it would be; the power of plot convenience. if I need/want to talk to a certain guy then it turns out that he is just right there, if I need an antidote for some venom then it turns out there is the antidote just lying there, If I am stabbed it turns out I had a book or pocket watch blocking that stab.
edit: I was planning on making a post about what we would want our power to be if we were swept into another world. I will just create it now.
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A cheat I found extremely fun was "Hero" Masayuki's in the Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken webnovel. Essentially, his "Hero" skill makes his every action to be misunderstood as heroic and gives him great charisma and luck, and while his fighting skills are rather mediocre, his "lucky aura" affects his party as well... and as you could guess, a "Hero" has quite a decent party, so they get quite a benefit from this skill. And in the end, because of the skill, most of the credit goes to him. And his party members don't even get mad because "He's being kind enough to let us take the spotlight!! What a humble hero!!"
But this guy is just a side-character that would get manhandled by the time-controlling, reality-benders that are the top tier in that world lol.
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There's a WN where a guy gets the power of a Visual Novel protagonist. He can save and reload, so he feels free to do whatever the heck he pleases first time through. This isn't too dissimilar to Re:Zero's ability, but this guy actually has control over save points.
I haven't read through much of it, I think it goes to a dark place early, but yeah, that sounds like an enticing power to me. I love Visual Novels.
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@terrence do you know what it is called? and by dark, what kind of dark cuz I can think of a few places it can go. the Hentai kind of dark, or the Overlord or Re:Zero kind of dark.
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@drone205 said in What's your favorite Isekai "Cheat"?:
@terrence do you know what it is called? and by dark, what kind of dark cuz I can think of a few places it can go. the Hentai kind of dark, or the Overlord or Re:Zero kind of dark.
The perverse dark, yeah. Think of how visual novel characters get responses like 1) Rush in for a Kiss, 2) Hold Her Hand, and 3) Say Goodnight. He'd choose option 1 then keep escalating it until he winds up in jail, then reload.
Of course, I forget if that's what happens in this particular one, or I'm remembering something else, but yeah, it's "Neet Receives a Dating Sim System".
Edit: I checked, and he talks about doing controversial stuff, but says he has the self-control not to. So maybe I made up that scenario from there. I think there are other VN cheat protags out there, so maybe some of them have.
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I think most unique has to be "Turned into a Vending Machine". Literally needs people to put in more coins to power his abilities, and can only produce things that a vending machine sells. Good thing that the main character was from Japan and they sell just about everything in vending machines there.
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@chi-c and for some reason thats the isekai Yen Press wanted to license.
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It's been a while since I've read it but I just want to mention the Great sage skill in Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken.
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I find one of the most interesting cheats is actually just superior knowledge. This is a common thing but is only done really well in a few cases and even when used in a significant or interesting way it usually leaves something to be desired in terms of realism. That said, it is the knowledge and perspective from the previous world that sets isekai apart from a general fantasy OP story. Zipang is perhaps one of the best examples of using superior knowledge in a well thought through way, although one might argue that it is not a true Isekai. Realistic Hero majors in it and that greatly improves the story, but it certainly uses it in a very cheaty way.
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The Save / Load "cheat" I mentioned earlier, I found the LN I was actually thinking about. It is on Syosetu. It has a manga adaptation on Bookwalker too.
「俺の現実は恋愛ゲーム？？ ～かと思ったら命がけのゲームだった～」読んだ！ https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4565dq/ #narou #narouN4565DQ
"Is my reality a love game? What? ~ I thought it was a life-saving game ~"
The other WN mentions the possibility of taking lecherous action before the dude decides he's too kind to do that, but this LN / manga protag actually does cross that line. I don't know how I feel about that (kind of hoping he suffers karmically really badly later in this story for his actions). xC
