History Literature / RebornAsAVendingMachineINowWanderTheDungeon

''Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon'' (''自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う'', ''Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū ni Samayō'') is a LightNovel series written by Hirukuma that started as a web novel that ran from March to December 2016. It was later picked up for publication by Kadokawa with illustrations by Itsuwa Kato, and was published from 2016 to 2017 for three volumes. A manga adaptation by Kunieda began serialization in ASCII Media Works's shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh in August 27, 2021. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in English by Creator/YenPress. An anime television series adaptation by Creator/StudioGokumi and [=AXsiZ=] premiered in July 5, 2023.

** Boxxo: Being [[TitleDrop Reborn as a vending machine to wander the dungeon]] in another world is a ridiculous premise.

The story follows the adventure of "Boxxo", a vending machine otaku who attempted to save a vending machine falling over but was crushed by it and [[ReincarnatedAsANonHumanoid reincarnated as vending machine]] in a [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld dungeon in another world]]. He surmises that he needs good flow of money to stay operational as all of his functions rely on a point system that he also passively loses just by running, and worries when he realises he's been placed in the middle of the countryside. Luckily a [[SuperStrength super strong]] young girl who is training to become a hunter encounters him and after being impressed with his product range and figuring out a rudimentary way to communicate with him using his [[WelcomeToCorneria canned phrases]], she picks him up and decides to take him home, and then adventuring with her by strapping him to her back.

* BlandNameProduct: For copyright reasons Boxxo can't vend real-life brand names, just parody ones -- for example instead of Japanese sports drink brand "Pocari Sweat" he vends "Pocket Sweat".

* TooDumbToLive: Statistically, vending machines kill more people on average per year than shark attacks. Why is that so is because you got the protagonist stupidly trying to save a vending machine from falling over after narrowly avoiding an oncoming truck. Only to unsurprisingly get crushed to death for his efforts.

The story follows the adventure of "Boxxo", a vending machine otaku who attempted to save a vending machine falling over but was crushed by it and [[ReincarnatedAsANonHumanoid reincarnated as vending machine]] in a [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld dungeon in another world]]. He surmises that he need good flow of money to stay operational as all of his functions rely on a point system that he also passively loses just by running, and worries when he realises he's been placed in the middle of the countryside. Luckily a [[SuperStrength super strong]] young girl who is training to become a hunter encounters him and after being impressed with his product range and figuring out a rudimentary way to communicate with him using his [[WelcomeToCorneria canned phrases]], she picks him up and decides to take him home, and then adventuring with her by strapping him to her back.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Boxxo actually mentions how in a lot of fantasy stories he encountered in his past life this trope was truly in effect and the female characters never mention them, but this isn't case with Lammis when she ends up on a 3 week long recon mission with himself and others and gets her period so he turns into a pad vending machine for her as well as coin operated washing machine to clean her clothes.

* CastFromHitPoints: Boxxo can spend Points to use his functions, cast magic, or to repair himself, and he also passively loses 1 Point per hour. He concludes that running out of Points will shut him down.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In a limited fashion, Boxxo can use points to add functions such as a heater for soups and even form shift into other types of vending machines. For example, when he needs Lammis and some others to pull off the "mentos and coke" trick he vends some bottles of cola then shifts forms to a candy dispenser to provide the mints.

* FictionalCurrency: 10 Owa is equal to 1 Yen, and Boxxy earns a Point per 100 Owa. A bronze coin is 100 Owa and a silver coin is 1000 Owa.

* AmusinglyAwfulAim: Lammis seems to be cursed to be unable to punch anything intentionally. Wearing Boxxo on her back sets her aim off-balance just right to where her hits should be. Eventually, she remembers how her master used to train her to fight with a boulder on her back, and overcomes this. While she fails to land any hits on two of the thugs threatening Suori, luckily punching a hole in the brick wall right next to one of their heads was intimidating enough that they ran away anyway.

* AmusinglyAwfulAim: Lammis seems to be cursed to be unable to punch anything intentionally. Wearing Boxxo on her back sets her aim off-balance just right to where her hits should be. Eventually, she remembers how her master used to train her to fight with a boulder on her back, and overcomes this.
** While she fails to land any hits on two of the thugs threatening Suori, luckily punching a hole in the brick wall right next to one of their heads was intimidating enough that they ran away anyway.

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The story follows the adventure of "Boxxo", a vending machine otaku who attempted to save a vending machine falling off a truck by [[DivingSave diving in front of it]] but died and [[ReincarnatedAsANonHumanoid reincarnated as vending machine]] in a [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld dungeon in another world]]. He surmises that he need good flow of money to stay operational as all of his functions rely on a point system that he also passively loses just by running, and worries when he realises he's been placed in the middle of the countryside. Luckily a [[SuperStrength super strong]] young girl who is training to become a hunter encounters him and after being impressed with his product range and figuring out a rudimentary way to communicate with him using his [[WelcomeToCorneria canned phrases]], she picks him up and decides to take him home, and then adventuring with her by strapping him to her back.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Left/back "Boxxo", right/front Lammis]]

* ReincarnatedAsANonHumanoid: Boxxo has a mixture of emotions on the matter, on the one hand he was a vending machine otaku so part of him is thrilled, on the other hand... he doesn't have any hands, or feet, or anything else humanoid anymore and can only communicate very basically with others now which is pretty inconvenient.

* StylizedForTheViewer: Boxxo's eyes only appear to humanize him, as otherwise his face is just transparent glass.

* VengefulVendingMachine: Boxxo can pull tricks on people if he wants but only does it when he is pushed by bandits / thieves. For example when a man tries to break into him for the cash inside he seemly vends him a free water, then as soon as the would-be-thief reaches in for it drops a burning hot can of soup on the thief's hand in retaliation.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In a limited fashion, Boxxo can use points to add functions such as a heater for soups and even form shift into other types of vending machine. For example when he needs Lammis and some others to pull off the "mentos and coke" trick he vends some bottles of cola then shifts forms to a candy dispenser to provide the mints.