I'm in bed again, phone in my hand, scrolling through like the 15th isekai fanfic this month. Different titles, different worlds, different writers – same headache.
And at some point I just stare at the screen and think:
Why are so many reincarnated MCs like this? And why the hell would any God/ROB even choose them?
You know the setup already.
We all know it too well:
MC dies.
Wakes up in white space.
Some "God" or "ROB" shows up like tech support for the universe.
"Oops, sorry, you died by mistake."
"Here, have cheats, have a system, go to anime world and be special."
Then boom: MC reincarnated. Naruto world, One Piece, DxD, whatever.
At first it's fun, I wont lie. I also enjoy that stuff. But after reading this pattern in more than a dozen stories, it starts to feel… off. Not just unrealistic, but emotionally wrong.
Because these MCs, most of them, act like walking control problems.
They know canon from start to end.
They know every tragedy and every twist.
They go straight to important people like they're following GPS.
They steal rare items early, fix "problems" before they happen, power up the "right" characters, erase or enslave the "wrong" ones.
And the world? The world just shrugs and says:
"Yes yes, no problem, we adjust for you, main character."
No big butterfly effect.
No chaos.
No "you changed this and now everything else is broken."
You save a village that should be destroyed? No refugee wave.
You remove a villain early? No worse monster fills the empty space.
You heal a broken character too early? No real change in the grand plot.
Everything bends nicely. Nothing truly cracks.
But what makes me really tired is their behavior.
These guys move through their new lives like paranoid speedrunners:
stopping threats before they even show their face,
quietly killing or controlling anyone not inside their circle,
grabbing every treasure, technique, bloodline, artifact,
putting loyalty marks, contracts, systems, soul-bonds on important people so they can't leave.
And I'm sitting there, phone in hand, thinking:
"Bro… how is nobody in this world noticing this? Are you all blind or what?"
In a world that feels even a little bit real, a person like this is dangerous as hell.
Someone would notice.
Clan leaders, Kage, Admirals, Headmasters, whatever – someone.
Governments or secret organizations.
Hidden groups that watch from shadows.
Maybe actual gods, fate, whatever rules the world.
But in story after story, nothing big happens. The world treats MC like some weird bug in the system and just auto-corrects around him:
"Oh, you changed everything? Don't worry, canon still moves… plus bonus rewards for you."
And now comes the part that really makes my brain itch:
Why would any God/ROB even choose this kind of person?
Like, seriously.
We get this scene every time:
MC: dies in random accident
God/ROB: "Ah, my bad, that was a mistake."
God/ROB: "You had good karma, so I send you to new world with OP powers."
And I'm just sitting there like:
"What do you mean mistake? You're God, not an intern at McDonald's."
How does an all-powerful, all-knowing being "accidentally" truck someone?
What, did God slip on a cosmic banana peel and press the wrong soul button?
And even if you say, "Okay, fine, mistake, whatever," then why would that same God/ROB look at a guy who clearly has:
control issues,
trust issues,
zero emotional maturity,
and the personality of a paranoid dictator…
…and say:
"Yes. This one. Let's give him insane power and drop him into a fragile world I supposedly care about."
Like, huh??
If they're truly gods, they don't make stupid mistakes like this again and again across universes.
They don't go:
"Oh oops, I killed you by accident. Now I will fix it by sending you somewhere else to play god with people's lives."
And what is the test? Where is the lesson? Where is the responsibility?
Most of the time it's just:
"Here's a system."
"Here's OP talent."
"Here's a harem waiting to be 'saved'."
"Go wild."
And then, universe bends to MC's trauma and control issues like some kind of apology gift.
And the more I read, the more these MCs feel… the same.
Different names, different hair, different worlds – same heart:
A person who is terrified of losing control.
Inside, it feels like they're always thinking:
"If I don't control everything, I'll lose everything."
"If I don't plan every step, something terrible will happen."
"If I let people be free, they'll leave me or betray me."
So they don't build friends. They build guarantees.
They don't build bonds. They build cages.
And the world – and God/ROB who sent them there – never really prove them wrong. That's what annoys me.
Story after story:
They meddle with big events, but they are always "right".
They over-control people, but don't pay permanent emotional price.
They never really face a situation where they did their best and still lost.
Where is the moment of:
"You tried to save everyone, but you couldn't."
"You tried to control everything, and that's exactly why you lost something precious."
"You are not god, no matter how much power you got handed."
If God/ROB is really testing them, where is the test?
Because from what I see, it's more like:
"You have issues. Here, have unlimited power to never face them."
And yeah, I know, real life sucks sometimes.
It's random. It's unfair. It's out of control.
Sometimes you are a good person and life still kicks you.
Sometimes you trust and get hurt.
Sometimes things break, and you cannot fix them, no matter how much you want.
So I understand why people love these stories:
You know the future.
Your plan works.
People you "save" stay with you.
You never have to feel helpless again.
I feel that too. I get the comfort in it.
But at the same time, I can't stop asking:
If this God/ROB exists in the story,
and they are really wise and powerful,
why are they sending this kind of person into fragile worlds with this much power?
Why not someone who can learn to let go a bit?
Someone who learns to trust, not just control?
Someone who understands that failure and pain are part of being alive?
If they're gods, they don't "oops" a soul into another universe and then throw a cheat system at them like a refund coupon.
Last night, I opened another new story. New world, new MC, new "Sorry, I killed you by mistake, here's a system" God.
By chapter 4, MC was already planning how to "own" every important character and "fix" the world to his liking. The God/ROB just smiled and waved him off like this was all totally fine.
I just exhaled, closed the app, and put my phone on my chest.
"Bro… even your god has no standards," I muttered.
I'm not saying all isekai and fanfic are bad. I still enjoy them.
I just want one where:
God/ROB doesn't act like a clumsy office worker.
The world actually reacts like it's alive.
The MC tries to control everything and the universe says:
"No. You don't get to do that without paying a price."
Give me a story where the second life isn't just power + system + harem + zero consequences.
Give me a story where God/ROB doesn't "fix their mistake" by creating a walking nuclear bomb with anxiety and dropping him on someone else's planet.
Until then, yeah… I'll keep ranting like this in my head every time I see another "Oops, you died by accident, here's unlimited power, go wild" prologue.
Because if you're going to write gods, at least make them act like they're not idiots.