History Manga / ImStandingOnAMillionLives

* AdaptationDeviation: The anime remains faithful to the manga until Episode 7 of Season 2 (Episode 19 overall)where instead of adapting the Drug War arc as per the Manga, they adapted the plot of the derivative Light Novel.

* AlternateContinuity: In the story, there is a point where the GM offers the heroes a choice on which mission to take, rescue a town or stop a drug epidemic. In the manga, the heroes chose one while they choose a different one in the manga.

A manga written by Yamakawa Naoki and drawn by Nao Akinari, serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine since June 2016 and licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime based off the manga officially began airing on October 2, 2020 produced by Maho Film and directed by Kumiko Habara, with Takao Yoshioka writing the scripts, Eri Kojima and Toshihide Masudate designing the characters, and Ken Ito composing the music.

* AdultsAreUseless: More like cruel. Most of the character's {{Dark And Troubled Past}}s, namely Shindo's and Hakozaki's, can be attributed to most of the adults involved being horrendous individuals and [[SubvertedTrope Un]]ReasonableAuthorityFigures. In Shindo's, her father and some others all but say that her high school friend, who she looked up to, deserved to die because she had a ButterFace, while her teachers often singled her out and even outright bullied her because [[SinsOfTheFather they had beef with her father and older brothers]]. In Hakozaki's, her teachers displayed absolutely NoSympathy towards her for being an IllGirl and not being able to do P.E., forcing her to sit through and watch the lessons instead of giving her any alternative tasks to perform and gave her failing grades at it because she technically never took part, despite knowing her reasons for not doing so.

* BlessedWithSuck: None of the jobs given to the main characters actually help much or actually fit the characters. The cowardly IllGirl becomes a sword-wielding warrior. The school idol becomes a wind mage whose magic can only generate a gentle breeze. The protagonist, who actually has martial arts training, becomes a farmer with very fragile weapons. The otaku becomes a fire mage whose magic can only warm her staff!

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[[caption-width-right:269:Why am I chosen to protect the city of UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, which I HATE?!]]

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: The main characters get whisked to the alternate world with only the clothes on their backs, and the job provided clothes and weapons, then once they complete their quest, are put back right where and when they were taken from. To complete the trope, Yotsuya is given a holographic video of the party having to save Tokyo from rampaging monsters once the quest list is complete.

* TheNotLoveInterest: there is no romantic interest between Yūsuke and any of the females.

* KidnappedByTheCall: All the main characters are dragged to the alternate game-like world without informed consent or warning.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The main cast all get killed, a lot.
* NintendoHard: The difficulty of the character quests in the game-like world is insane. They can't use each other's weapons, their low rank doesn't give them the offensive ability they need to even think about killing the monsters they face. The resurrection timer is thirty seconds (forty after the fourth member joins), which can be an eternity in a fight, and if they're all dead at the same time, they stay dead, permanently. Oh, and did we mention that there's little to no explanation of what they're supposed to be doing aside from a hearty "good luck"?

* DeathIsCheap: As long as all the characters in Yotsuya's party aren't all dead at the same time, they will revive after a certain amount of time has passed, aside from some very special circumstances, like being inside the gut of a troll...

An anime based off the manga by the same name, written by Yamakawa Naoki and drawn by Nao Akinari, serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine since June 2016 and licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. The anime officially began airing on October 2, 2020 produced by Maho Film and directed by Kumiko Habara, with Takao Yoshioka writing the scripts, Eri Kojima and Toshihide Masudate designing the characters, and Ken Ito composing the music.

** Hakozaki shifts between fear and loathing.

* UnwantedHarem: Yotsuya is TheOneGuy chosen by the Game Master to go to this alternate world. Everybody else in the party is a girl. None of them asked for this.
** More male characters are added as the story progresses, with the balance being equal by the time Futashige joins the party.

** More male characters are added as the story progresses, with the balance being 50/50 by the time Futashige joins the party.

* UnwantedHarem: Yotsuya is TheOneGuy chosen by the Game Master to go to this alternate world. Everybody else in the party is a girl. None of them asked for this. More male characters are added as the story progresses, but there are still more girls in the party than guys.

* UnwantedHarem: Yotsuya is TheOneGuy chosen by the Game Master to go to this alternate world. Everybody else in the party is a girl. None of them asked for this.

During this time, he notices that he's getting side-eyed looks from the SchoolIdol Lu Shindo, who is chatting with Kusue Hakozaki, who was never in her social circle before.\\

[[caption-width-right:269:Why am I chosen to protect the city of Tokyo, which I HATE?!]]

* BlessedWithSuck: None of the jobs given to the main characters actually help much or actually fit the characters. The cowardly ill girl becomes a sword-wielding warrior. The school idol becomes a wind mage whose magic can only generate a gentle breeze. The protagonist, who actually has martial arts training, becomes a farmer with very fragile weapons. The otaku becomes a fire mage whose magic can only warm her staff!