My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered

## Fandom

***My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!*** (即死チートが最強すぎて、異世界のやつらがまるで相手にならないんですが。, Sokushi Chīto ga Saikyōsugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga marude Aite ni Naranain Desu ga) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before being published in print with illustrations by Chisato Naruse by Earth Star Entertainment from October 2016 to March 2023 for 14 volumes. The manga adaptation was illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto and began serialization in *Comic Earth Star* in March 2018. As of December 2022, the series' individual chapters have been collected into eight volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Okuruto Noboru is set to premiere in January 2024.

## Synopsis

### *Light Novel*

Growth cheats? Infinite magic power? The ability to utilize all archetypes? What's the point if instant death ends everything with a single attack?

High school senior Yogiri Takatou was on a school field trip when he woke up to a dragon assaulting his sightseeing bus, with the only ones still on the bus being him and his female classmate, Tomochika Dannoura. Apparently the rest of his classmates had been given special powers by Sion, a woman who introduced herself as Sage, and escaped from the dragon, leaving those that hadn't received any special powers behind as dragon bait. And so Yogiri was thrown into a parallel universe full of danger, with no idea of what just happened. Likewise, Sion had no way of knowing just what kind of being she had summoned to her world.

### *Manga*

After waking up to absolute chaos and carnage while on a school trip, Yogiri Takatou discovers that everyone in his class has been transported to another world! He had somehow managed to sleep through the ordeal himself, missing out on the Gift—powers bestowed upon the others by a mysterious Sage who appeared to transport them. Even worse, he and another classmate were ruthlessly abandoned by their friends, left as bait to distract a nearby dragon. Although not bothered by the thought of dying, he reluctantly decides to protect his lone companion. After all, a lowly Level 1000 monster doesn't stand a chance against his secret power to invoke Instant Death with a single thought! If he can stay awake long enough to bother using it, that is...

## List of Published Books

### *Light Novel*

Written by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka, the series began serialization on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on February 21, 2016. It was later acquired by Earth Star Entertainment, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Chisato Naruse on October 15, 2016. As of September 2022, 13 volumes have been released.

At Anime Expo Lite in 2020, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the light novel for English publication. At Anime NYC 2022, J-Novel announced that the light novel will get a print release by Yen Press.

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation, titled *My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! —AΩ—*, illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto began serialization in *Comic Earth Star* on March 30, 2018. As of February 2022, the series' individual chapters have been collected into seven *tankōbon* volumes.

In July 2021, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication. At Anime NYC 2022, J-Novel Club announced that the manga adaptation will also be released in print by Yen Press.

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## Character

* Yogiri Takatou
* Tomochika Dannoura

## Yogiri Takatou

### Aliases:

* ΑΩ
* Taker of Souls
* Child of Taboo
* The Limiter
* The Scale

### Allied:

* Tomochika Dannoura
* Mokomoko Dannoura

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Summoned, Godlike, Manifestation of Death, Threat to Humanity

### Occupation:

* Student
* Hero (?)

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

Uchiyama, Kouki

**Yogiri Takatou / Taka tō Yogiri** is the primary male protagonist of *Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyou sugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga Marude Aite ni Naranai n desu ga* (aka *Instant Death*).

He is a high school student who was transported to another world by a woman called Sion. After being abandoned by his classmates, Yogiri and his new friend Tomochika decide to explore the new world outside, hoping to find a new way back home.

Yogiri has been shown to possess a special and powerful ability that can instantly kill anything he desires with a single thought. He had somehow managed to sleep through the entire ordeal himself, missing out on the gifts—powers bestowed upon the others by a mysterious Sage who appeared to transport them. Even worse, he and Yogiri's his another classmate were ruthlessly abandoned by their friends, left as bait to distract a nearby dragon.

Although he is not terribly bothered by the thought of dying, he reluctantly decides to protect his lone companion. After all, a lowly Level 1000 monster doesn't stand a chance against his secret power to invoke Instant Death with a single thought! If he can stay awake long enough to bother using it.

Despite his powerful ability, he is incapable of achieving the goal of returning home with it, and thus he makes his way through the new world in order to find a way back home. Through the story, however, we slowly learn of Yogiri's true nature. An eldritch horror-type being who, for unknown reasons, manifested himself as Yogiri back in the old world.

## Appearance

Yogiri is a teenager of average height, with spiky beige hair, beige eyes, and a cute/handsome face (according to Tomochika, Mokomoko, and several male classmates). He doesn't seem very muscular, but is surprisingly athletic and agile when the situation calls for it.
## Personality

He is usually very fast-paced and brazen, and his words and actions are often unrestrained and unreadable. On the other hand, he is a realist and a serious thinker. However, he is a very troublesome person, and when asked to do something, he simply throws it to others or makes cryptic arguments (e.g., "I am concerned about a material that has an infinitesimally low probability," or "I argue that it is not good to make assumptions," etc.).

On the other hand, he is determined to protect those he deems important, and he will show no mercy to any adversary who tries to harm him or those he is supposed to protect by using his instant death ability (however, he will not use his ability unless the opponent, no matter how scum he is, is hostile toward him).

He has possessed this instant-death ability since he was a child (although the details are unknown), and was kept in an underground shelter at a top-secret facility under the code name "Alpha Omega. Of course, he was targeted by various organizations that saw his ability as dangerous or wanted it, but he suffered devastating damage at every turn.

## Abilities

> "*I decide what "death" is.
> Even though I’ve come across tons of people who claim that they’ll absolutely never die, or that they’re already dead, or that the concept of death doesn’t apply to them, they all end up dead in the end.*"
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 A staff member from the Institute noted that his power is limitless.
* *Partial Killing*: Yogiri can kill specific limbs or the organs of his targets if he wants, such as their senses (looking, hearing, smelling), arms, legs, fingers, hands, etc. Even if you cut off the affected limb and try to regenerate/heal it, said limb will still be affected by his ability, and thus won't ever function again, no matter what the target does. It should be noted that at the beginning of the series, Yogiri wasn't fully capable of killing specific parts of the body, but he eventually learned how to do it by training with his powers.
* *Immortality Negation*: Yogiri is not only capable of killing anything, but he can also completely negate different types of immortality, such as resurrection, regeneration, resistance, people who are already dead, and even targets to whom the concept of death doesn't apply. Furthermore, even if the enemy resides in a different plane and uses avatars to attack Yogiri, he can reach his true form by killing said avatars.
* *Resistance/Immunity Negation*: Yogiri's power is capable of completely bypassing immunity and resistance towards instant death abilities. No matter how many defenses or resistances to instant death a person has, it is all meaningless in front of Yogiri.
* *Invulnerability Negation*: Yogiri's power could kill Darian's invincible armors, which are not only invulnerable, but also neutralize all spells, prevent any sort of status ailment, and stop any attack element completely.
* *Spiritual Killing*: Yogiri is capable of killing Spiritual Beings (ghosts and spirits), which also includes souls, as seen when he killed the soul fragments in Chelsea's dolls and Teresa's soul.
* *Inorganic Killing*: Yogiri can kill inanimate objects, natural elements, and inorganic beings such as robots, clothes, ice, wood, etc.
* *Data Destruction*: Yogiri's ability has been shown to kill and destroy programs, such as the Judge.
* *Atemporal Killing*: Yogiri can kill people even when it is not in real-time, such as through video records in which he says "die" on them, which is enough to kill an unrelated target if they happen to be watching a said video at any point in time.
* *Abstract/Semantic Erasure*: Yogiri can choose what he will "kill", which includes how this can affect other objects/people or the environment. He can "kill" his momentum when falling to slow down his fall and land safely. He can also "kill" things based on his conceptualization. If he, for example, "killed" someone's memory of an event, they would lose that memory completely. If he decided to "kill" gravity, he could negate gravity either locally or planet-wide. He is capable of "killing" abstract phenomena and erasing concepts outright such as time or space.
* *Curse Killing*: Yogiri can kill and negate curses.
* *Microcospic Killing*: Yogiri can kill germs, making him essentially impervious to diseases. According to Yogiri himself, germs and viruses automatically die when they get near him.
* *Metafictional Killing*: Although the canonical validity of this is questionable, Yogiri was implied to be able to kill the Question Corner (QnA sections) that the author makes at the end of each volume. According to Tomochika, this would likely result in the lack of other Bonus Short Stories for the next incoming volumes.

― **Yogiri** after killing Maya

***Seals*:** Yogiri continually controls his strength with seals (also known as Gates) that are sealed inside his mind because he aspires to be as human as possible.
He may gradually unleash more of his powers by visualizing them opening. Yogiri enters a new phase with each seal he unlocks, and each phase substantially increases his power.
After a given amount of time, those doors would automatically close starting with the second seal and upwards. This procedure was put in place to stop him from unintentionally wiping out the entire planet. He is said to have several seals, though it is currently unknown exactly how many.
* 1st Phase: When this gate is active, Yogiri becomes capable of killing anything (with a thought or automatically), can sense killing intent, and can foresee any incoming danger that might harm him. This is the standard Phase that is usually active at all times.
 ***Abstract Existence***: The Yogiri that we know is only a shell, a vessel for an abstract being from a higher plane to interact with reality. No matter what kind of damage is done to Yogiri, it means nothing for his true form. It also seems to manifest against whatever or whoever tries to kill the vessel for good. Only part of its appearance has been revealed, and it alone is enough to drive targets to fear and insanity. Additionally, this true form has existed since the beginning of all things and it is omnipresent across all of space and time of the multiverse.
* The End of All Things: Yogiri's true form is seemingly the embodiment of nonexistence that represents the end of all things, something that no one could ever hope to surpass, and the final destination of all fate of which there is nothing beyond. Aoi stated that Yogiri's human form is the end of everything in the form of a normal person, further supporting the fact that his true form is something completely abstract and metaphysical. Against such a being, even Fate and Plot are less than a joke, similar to a disaster/calamity that can't be fathomed.
 ***Born-Again Immortality***: Yogiri can live a hundred years, and after the death of his current Incarnation, he will be reborn as a baby. This cycle seems to continue endlessly.

* Yogiri pauses for a moment in using his Instant Death Ability on the people he cares about.
* Yogiri has a habit of sleeping and gets tired just as any normal human person, this implies he cannot be awake for an indefinite amount of time but that only applies to his human body, while his "true form" will always be active. In simple terms, even while sleeping, he is still able to use his ability just fine

* Yogiri can kill specific body parts of a person's body.
* Yogiri can use his power in a way that makes the target die after a few seconds if he wants to. He also explains that his power is irreversible.
* Yogiri “kills” a dog man’s eyes, ears, and nose; negating the senses that go along with them. No amount of healing magic was useful, and the dog-man is completely unable to communicate with others or grasp aspects of the world, even telepathy is effectively negated...
* Analyze skill can't detect Yogiri's abilities.
* "Killing Intent" is a rather lacking description for his powers, since he actually can sense/predict any hazards towards his life.
* Yogiri's can see hazards in the form of shadows which allows him to know where attacks wre gonna land, the source of the danger or the trajectory of the attack.
* Yogiri’s Instant Death “killed” Lisa’s ice magic, completely negating it, and he also “killed” her magic staff causing it to shatter to pieces.
* Yogiri can kill clothes.
* Yogiri killed Lain’s true body through the indirect connection Lain’s B existence had with Lain’s (main) existence who’s existence was reliant on her real body which was located in a completely different dimension.
* Yogiri can kill barriers.
* Yogiri kills an undead.
* Yogiri’s ability kills an entire battalion of undead monsters and people with “immunity” to Instant Death.
* Yogiri inadvertently killed the sealed Devil and his passive miasma.
* Yogiri can kill inanimate objects.
* Yogiri kills the tower’s ability to suction spirits.
* Yogiri's existence is protected by Fate.
* All futures/destinations leads to Yogiri's victory.
* Narration states that Yogiri can kill any existence or phenomena.
* Heavily hinted that Yogiri is the incarnated phenomena of death.
* Aoi states that Yogiri is not a living being.
* Vahanato was instinctively afraid of Yogiri and would not aim at him with her light attacks despite her having lost all of her sanity.
* Yogiri's ability is beyond the normal flow of time and fate.
* More about Yogiri's ability.
* Yogiri is capable of killing the immortal ruler of life and death, someone to whom the concept of death should not even apply.
* Yogiri's true form is beyond Fate and Plot itself.
* Yogiri can perceive and freely manipulate the higher-dimensional Abyss/Astral Plane.

## 「Biographical Information」

### Occupation:

* Student
* Hero (?)

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

Tomita, Miyu

**Tomochika Dannoura** is the deuteragonist of the *Instant Death* series and a high school student who, along with her classmates, got transported to another world by a woman called Sion. After being abandoned by her classmates, she quickly befriended Yogiri and went on an adventure with him into the new world outside, hoping to find a new way back to their original world.

## Appearance

Tomochika is a beautiful girl of average height with a beautiful face, white skin, and light purple eyes. She has brown hair tied into twin tails using yellow ribbons. Has both large breasts and good curves at her waist.

## Personality

Tomochika is a very emotional girl, and always complains or contests when Yogiri kills something he shouldn't or when he kills recklessly, except when he has a good reason for it in her point of view. She is very active, sometimes hot-blooded, and has good charisma, and her pessimism/optimism varies greatly depending on the situation.

Most of the time, she avoids confrontation and prefers that Yogiri deals with the situation as long as it does not cause much controversy or problems for others or themselves. Although she doesn't like fighting very much, Tomochika is a great martial artist due to her Dannoura lineage and should know many martial arts styles.

She apparently has a crush on Yogiri, but she seems uncertain for now.

## Abilities

> " *『The motto of the Dannoura Style is that unfairness is first class! Showing off is weird anyway! Or something like that. When you fight, find the most cowardly methods and apply them without hesitation. Defeat enemies with unexpected actions. That’s how you’re taught. It’s absurd to do things like killing fairly, as nothing remains of you when you die.』*"
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**Mokomoko’s Access to Information:** Thanks to her status as a high-ranking spirit, she can access the world’s information layer, even being capable of seeing higher-order information layers that grant her the ability to know and completely understand higher-dimensional existences like The Heavenly Record Eater and the structure of the cosmology. Although she is normally capable of accessing the entire information of the world in her original world, when she was transported along Tomochika to the world, she lost access to all of it and could only access the basic layer of information.

**Aggressor Material:** A black honeycomb structured material obtained from the giant robot that Tomochika and Yogiri met. The material appears to be the same component that the robot used for its artificial muscles. It is capable of freely changing shape, color, and hardness.

* **Aggressor Material Shield:** The aggressor material quickly unfolds into a dome that completely envelopes Tomochika and turns its sturdiness to the maximum setting.
* **Aggressor Material Battle suit:** The aggressor material wraps around Tomochika’s body and transforms into black clothes that neatly cling to her body like a leotard, covering even the fingertips without any gaps. It is mentioned as being capable of covering Tomochika’s head as well. In addition to providing protection, the suit also increases Tomochika’s speed and power.

Mokomoko Dannoura is a ghost and one of the main characters in the series. She was the responsible person for not letting Sion's system be installed on Tomochika as a way of protecting her, and later reveals herself to the latter, and eventually to Yogiri.

* Seal Release: Tomochika releases her spiritual seal which keeps her naturally offensive soul of a Dannoura from making her hyper-aggressive during combat. Once released she always strikes with the full intent of killing the opponent which defies the natural nature of people as the avoidance of murder is instinctual. Normally in melee combat, the sense of avoidance is at the maximum which inhibits normal people from going for the kill with every single move they make. It also numbs the natural reaction one has toward death.
* Dannoura Anti-Air Technique: A technique Tomochika performs that consists of first getting a hold of the opponent's body by driving one hand into their windpipe and the other's fingers into their eye sockets, then jamming their head into the floor.
* Dannoura Stance: Tomochika’s fighting stance form is specially developed to hide all of the vitals from the opponent.
* Pseudo Ground Shrink: Tomochika uses a combination of multiple techniques that result in the effect of the ground between her and the opponent shrinking before the opponent can react to her movements. It should be noted that this is achieved through skill and not speed.
* Other: There is a technique in the Dannoura style specifically designed to smash the “jewels” of a male.

As a Dannoura, she should be able to do the same techniques Tomochika can.

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### Pseudo-ground contraction

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> The enemy had widened his crotch when his leg was brushed. Tomochika kicked the gap of his nether regions with all of her might.
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> “I have heard about the name. But, ‘pseudo’?” (Yogiri)
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## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Maika Sakuragi (CV: Anna Suzuki)

An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 1, 2022. It will be produced by Okuruto Noboru and written and directed by Masakazu Hishida, with character designs handled by Sayuri Sakimoto, and music composed by Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Sakuma, and Daisuke Kadowaki. The series premiered on January 5, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Killer Bars" performed by Hilcrhyme.

* ***Staff***:
	+ Original work - Tsuyoshi Fujitaka
	+ Character draft - Chisato Naruse
	+ Original comic/Sub-character design - Hanamaru Natto
	+ Director - Masakazu Hishida
	+ Series composition/screenplay - Yuzuru Aoba
	+ Character design - Sayuri Sakimoto
	+ Prop design - Issei Hasegawa, Tomomi Kawasuma, Kaori Yamada, Makimoto Heibachi
	+ Color design - Aiko Mizuno
	+ Art Director - Scott MacDonald
	+ Art setting - Katsuhisa Takiguchi, Tsukasa Ohira
	+ Art design - Aiko Mizuno
	+ Director of Photography - Yujiro Yamane
	+ Editing - Kiyomi Yamada
	+ CG Director - Yukie Yamamoto
	+ Sound director - Takashi Hamano
	+ Music - Naju Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Saku, Daisuke Kadowaki
	+ Music Producer - Daisuke Mizuta
	+ Music production - Nihon
	+ Producer - Hiroyuki Aoi, Takahiro Hirano, Kento Yoshida, Ryota Kanda, Tomoyuki Owada, Fumihiro Ozawa, Hirotaka Kaneko, Yoshiteru Maeda
	+ Animation producer - Masashi Otokawa
	+ Animation production - Okuruto Noboru
	+ Production - *Instant Death Cheat* Production Committee

Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and will be streaming it on HIDIVE. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.

### Web Radio

"*The instant death talk is so strong that the listeners are no match for me*. (即死トークが最強すぎて、リスナーのやつらがまるで相手にならないんですが)" and will be distributed on Cho! A&G+ from January 2, 2024 every Tuesday from 1:00 to 1:30 (midnight on Mondays). The personalities will be Kouki Uchiyama, who plays Yogiri Takato, Miyu Tomita, who plays Chichika Dannoura, and Tomoko Kaneda, who plays Mokomoko Dannoura, on a weekly basis.

## External Link

* *My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!* ─ Web novel at Kakuyomu (in Japanese)
* *My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!* ─ Official Light Novel Website | Earth Star Novel
* *My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!* ─ Official Manga Website | Comic Earth Star
* *TV Anime "My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!"* Official Website (in Japanese)
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* *My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!* ─ Wikipedia **JP**
* *My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!* ─ Wikipedia **EN**