Maybe starting over from rock bottom in a fantasy world isn't such a bad idea. This may not be exactly like Dragon Quest, but, if it means being the hero, then this is where my story will begin!
Official Summary
Yūsha Ga Gotoku - Like A Hero
is a Yakuza: Like a Dragon & KonoSuba Crossover fanfiction by Zooms
, where Arakawa miscalculates his shot and causes the death of Ichiban Kasuga when didn't meant to.
Saddened by being unable to fulfill his promise to Arakawa and (in his mind) failed him, Ichiban is given a second chance in life by Eris, the Goddess of Fortune, and fulfilling his childhood fantasy of becoming a hero and adventuring like in his favourite game in this new, Wonderful World.
Beware of Spoiler.
Yūsha Ga Gotoku - Like A Hero has the following tropes:
- Adaptational Context Change: Ichiban ends up failing to fulfill his promise to have a Peking Duck together with Arakawa. In canon, it is because of the Patriarch's death. Here, it is because of Ichiban's death instead.
- Elder Employee: Lampshaded; When Ichiban claims to wanting to be an adventurer, some expresses concern as he started out too late by the world's standard.Construction Worker: An adventurer? Don't mean to be rude, but, your friend here looks a bit too old to be doing that sort of stuff. How old are you, thirty-something?
Ichiban: Forty-two. *Murmur* Doesn't hurt to try though. - First-Episode Resurrection: The story begins with the death of Ichiban Kasuga, who then offered a second chance of life in another world.
- Internal Reveal: Using her scrying mirror, Eris shows Ichiban that Arakawa was never intentionally meant to kill him, and is deeply saddened by his death as he send his body away with the fake money tucked into his suit's front pocket.
- Lowered Recruiting Standards: When Kazuma panicly asking Aqua how could a Yakuza like Ichiban get to have a second life instead of straight to purgatory or hell, the Goddess is quick to blame Eris, as she wouldn't have let Ichiban be isekaid if she is still in her previous posting.
- My God, What Have I Done?: As shown by Eris' portal, Arakawa has a clear look of horrified regret at shooting Ichiban."I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to turn out this way."
- Oh, Crap!: Kazuma has this reaction when he sees Ichiban's tattoo as they about to go into the public bathroom together, because he recognizes it as a Yakuza's tatoos.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Kazuma barely tolerated Ichiban's Large Ham and belief that life is just like a JRPG game.Kazuma: Oh great, definitely another weirdo. Why am I always around these types of people?
